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THE FHZnIMSIOSS CLIJI'X.
The attempt at suicide with which that
extraordinary criminal Fitzsimmons yes
terday sousbt to finish his melodramatic
career, taken in connection with the letter
he left for the authorities, shows that the
composure" with which he affected to re
gard the operations of the law, which he
had defied, was largely feicned; and that,
whether it was inspired by inordinate van
ity or bravado, it decelerated into arrant
cowardice at the crucial test It would
have been in every way much more desir
able if adequate precautions had been
taken at 2Cew Orleans to prevent Fitz
wmmons' escape from the regular and
formulated processes of justice. In fact,
the want of vicilance which enabled Fitz
simmons to conceal and use an implement
of destruction, in the face of the full ex
pectation that he might resort to that de
vice, is if possible even more to be cen
sured than the s-oss negligence through
which he was enabled to take his leave of
the Allegheny county jaiL
It would have been a terrible reflection
on the inefficiency of legal safeguards for
life and property if Fitzsimmons had not
been captured. Complete vindication of
official methods should have called for his
return and trial and punishment in due
legal form. The Claude Duval, Dick Tur
pin and Jack Shepard type of robber and
outlaw may be highly thrilling in the
narratives of Newgate, or picturesque in
the comic opera, but it is decidedly un
comfortable to think of an outlaw of that
tvpe making his record in these da-s in
civilized places, defiantly of jail or consta
ble. As by evident carelessness of the
Xew Orleans authorities Fitzsimmons has
Iteen enabled to carry out to the last his"
defiance of ultimate legal process, the
only compensating feature of the busi
ness is that his attempted suicide and his
letter show that he felt at last the disgrace
and utter failure which was the inevitable
result of his lawlessness. IDs career fur
nishes a lesson to criminals. It also gives
some sharp instrucaon to jail-keepers.
JOHNSTOWN'S GRATITUDE.
It is nearly three years since one of the
greatest disasters on record overwhelmed
the City of Johnstown. While the suffer
ings were well nigh unparalleled, the re
lief was equally unprecedented. Personal
aid was" prompt from all within reach, and
monetary help flowed in from every part
of the globe. The reconstruction of
Johnstown and its present prosperous con
dition are due no less to the timely assist
ance received than to the energy of the in
habitants themselves. And it is right and
proper that gratitude should have been so
eloquently expressed as it was by the reso
lutions adopted at the mass meeting last
night
Terrible as was the catastrophe, it
afforded valuable proof of the progress of
mankind in the readiness with which self
was sacrificed for the benefit of others:
and the ungrudgingly grateful acknowl
edgement of such geneious action is a
fitting climax to the tragedy.
TUAT LOTTERY DECISION.
The decision by the Supreme Court that
the Postal Department was within its con
stitutional rights in forbidding the trans
mission of papers -advertising the Louis
iana lottery is of course beyond dispute,
and has in this particular instance led to
very desirable results the lottery throw
ing up the sponge. But a postal censor
ship of any kind is none the less contrary
to the spirit of the age and the feelings of
the majority of our people. It behooves
the Government, theretore, to guard
aga nst a reactionary tendency which will
carry us back to the dark ages.
The object of national effort should be
an education fitting indi i duals to judge
for themselves what is good for them
selves, and raising the standard of their
desire in literary directions. The home
and its influence must learn its duties, and
accept the responsibilities of judging what
is fit reading for the young and inexperi
enced. A public censorship cf the mails
dees far more harm than good by adver
tising and calling attention to that which
should be buried in oblivion.
When parents and guardians exercise
their authority for the safeguard of their
wards, as it is their duty and should be (
their pleasure to do, harmful literature ,
will have no market except among those
whoe depravity is already such that their
morals cannot bt f urtlier debased.
THE C KW IN Gi:K3lANY.
The German Emperor is for the first
time confronted bv the united' opposition
of the many parlianient-ry parties in
cluded bv the term Liberals. The strong
front opposed to the bill for the introduc
tion of sect-irian teaching into thc-schools
is evidence that the Liberal party is learn
ing its strength, and finds that it can cope
even with favorite schemes of the Em
peror. This incident points to a near
fu-ure when the people will assert their
power, and, that once learnt, it w.ll not be
long before the degrading military des
K)tism of Germany becomes a part of the
past
The Empyror William lus in many ways
sihown himself a man of no mean abilities,
and that he is cjpable to an unusual de
cree of realizing and coping with the ques
tions ot the tim But his opinions on the
diviii" right ol sovereigns and .1,1 that
tangs therebj are medieval. 'Cope, with
it as the Government may, whether by
seWriug )o loresUll some of its demands I
by legislation, or by the endeavor to sup'
press it in other directions, socialism J$ a
rapidly increasing power in the German
Empire
The tn t institution to be seriously at-.
Urked will be the military system. Re
cent exposureo of the cruel practices of
the subordinate army officers are small
compared with the grievances felt at the
severity of the autocratic regulations for
the preservation of the dignity of the
higher officers. Xot content wf th robbing
men of some of the best years of their life,
the military system demands such abject
deportment from the privates as better be
fits slaves than the citizens of a civilized
and enlightened country. The feeling,
against the enforced military service is
such a growing one that the smoke may
burst into flame at almost any moment,
and where tho conflagration will cease it is
impossible to foretell
RENTS LVALUES A TRUE STAND AKD.
The stir over the tax and assessment
question must already have satisfied thfe
public of the correctness of the frequent
contention of The Dispatch that the sys
tem of assessing by alleged cash values
should itself be changed by the Legisla
ture for more certain methods. The wide
diversity of views on cash values is shown
by the difference between the assessors'
figures and those of appellants. The
former go on the theory that sales in a
neighborhood determine cash values for
that neighborhood, and that big holdings
should be estimated pro rata writh small
lots. Theoretically this has a passable
sound. But in the real estate market it
won't work out; because one or two. or ten
sales do not guarantee buyers at the same
price for a whole district; and so in regard
to large and small places, there are ten
times more buyers for the small than for
the large holding. One swallow does not
make a summer; and sales of real estate,
like chickens, cannot always be counted
before they are hatched.
Kental values for business and dwelling
property are the only true values, and
they should be established by law as the
standard. Thus there would be the same
just, uniform and easily ascertained stand
ard for all sections of the built-up part of
the city. Assessments would in such case
no longer depend upon individuals, but
upon the actual earning capacity of the
property. The only objection ever raised
to this suggestion has been the very weak
one that it would not cover cases where
parties resided in their own houses, or
vacant grounds. But it would be a simple
and easy task to estimate a fair rental for
houses occupied by the owners while as
to vacant tracts valuations could be made
as now, with reference to their probable
selling price.
The effect of assessing by rental values
would be to at once remove the great bulk
of assessments out of . the range of dis
pute and guesswork to a solid, sure and
uniform basis.
But all this is for the future. What con
cerns the present is to see that, defective
though the present system is, it be admin
istered so as to distribute the burden of
taxes fairly, and equitably as maybe, the
inherent defects of the system considered.
But again, it is well to call attention to
the fact that all the assessors may or can
do will not limit nor lessen the aggregate of
taxation. That must be settled by .Coun
cils alone. It will be settled by Councils
in favor of retrenchment and economy
and moderate appropriations if the voters
ics'st before the elections of Councilmen
that the; ro pledge themselves.
Counc.ls decide what the taxes shall be;
and the voters all taxpayers decide who
shall sit in Councils. As it is easy to in
terview candidates on their position, no
ballot need be cast in ignorance of its
effect
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IT IS LTIAP YEAR
In Jack the Ripper and Dowd the
Slasher we have Had Ishmaels of a most
undesirable type, but in Kate the Kisser
we have a less harmful individual and a
more interesting study. This name has
been bestowed on a German girl, Katinka
Steen, who has evinced a strange and in
explicable desire to kiss as many male tel
egraph operators as possible during her
journey from West to East on her way to
the Fatherland. No doubt Katinka feels
that she is justified in indulging her oscu
latory caprice's because this year there are
twenty-nine days in February.
But the puzzle is as to why she should
favor telegraph operators to the extent of
climbing through windows, or approaching
them by stealth in order to exercise her
lips when she would have been able to sat
isfy herself more easily from numerous
willing bystanders. She refuses to offer
any explanation for her invidious distinc
tions, and those of us who are not tele
graph operators find it difficult to solve the
riddle of her conduct The only theory
that we can evolve is that Kate finds stolen
pleasures sweeter in proportion to the dif
ficulties it is necessary to overcome in order
to obtain them. Then we see that she
realized that telegraph operators were the
busiest men encountered on her travels,
and that therefore she achieved more by
kissing them than the rest of an otherwise
equally inviting mankind.
AS 1JHU1NAI1T FLIGHT.
The possibility of aerial navigation is an
interesting topic It is especially pleas
ant to be assured by an expert that we are
on the eve of seeing that dream of invent
ors and cranks become a visible and
demonstrated faet. Talk of that sort
from Maxim and Langley has heretofore
enchanted society; but it was reserved for
Mr. Pennington to usher in the new era
by announcements of its actual presence
with visions of the achievements of the
sky-flyers that stun the imagination and
beggar the commentary of enthusiasm.
Pennington will be remembered as the
individual who last year scheduled him
self to launch his airy navies and a $20,
000,000 company from the banks of the
Mississippi, to wind up with a grand exhi
bition of aeronautical tactics at Chicago
next year. But owing to the chili mate
rialism of the age and the stupid resistance
of gravitation Pennington has not been
heard of in the West lately. He now re
appears in the East We presume he
reached that section by the prosaic and
antiquated agency of a railway train the
season being an extremely unfavorable
one for walking but after reaching there
he casts aside all such tame surroundings.
The airships are in actual process of con
struction. One hundred miles an hour
will be a mere commonplace; the New
Yorker can get into a Pullman flyer sup
posing that Pullman is in it at night and
wake up for breakfast in London the next
morning. The railroads will not be wiped
out, but re:e?ated to the low function of
carrying the- degraded, slow and heavy
freights; and the greatest share of this is
to be effected by the Pennington Airship
Company with a capitai of $30,000,000.
In this last touch we recognize the hand
of the mastpr. Pennington, whatever his
shortcomings in the way of making air
ships float, finds no difficulty in inflating
the cap'.tal of his . company as it soars
through empyrean. Railway promoters
have made a record by adding millions to
capitalization on the score of a slight suc
cess; but Pennington casts their most am
bitious efforts in the shade by adding ten
millions to his corporate capital on the
score of a failure. A man who is able, to
make capital spread its wings In that way
may be jordoned if he considers it easy to
make so light and trivial a thing ai a ship
do a little flying. Or perhaps he adopts
the more logical system of thinking that,
as there is good authority for theSellef
that money has wines, the 30,000,000 pair
of wings on 530,000,000 which we pre-
sume to be gold, as it is well known that
: the standard silver dollars refuse to be
floated ought to be able to furnish the
J sustaining and motive bower for an air
ship.
We repeat that the public is anxious to
he assured of the existence of successful
airships. But with regard to Pennington
it would be an earnest of more progress,
as well as a relief to that fatigued feeling
on the part of the public, if he should do
less talking and more flying.
In a blind desire to serve his party,
Judge 1. Maynard, In his action with regard
to the Duchess county returns, seoms to
have put himself within reach or the law's
punUhraent. The spectacle of a member of
Now Yoik's.Supreme Bench as defendant In
& criminal trial is by no means an Improba
bility, and should it come to piss it will De
an edifying spectacle for the world at large,
and It may teach a lesson to those whose
watchword is party at any price.
The collapse of the Iron Beam Trust
means the cessation of an artificial scale or
prices which cannot fall to benefit the con
sumers and is likely to stir up the iron trade
in general.
PrTTSBtrEC detectives must not allow
their disappointment at failing to bring
Fitzsimmons to trial, or any other matter, to
hinder them .in the work they have before
them in discovering the perpetrators of the
dynamite outrage, and unraveling the de
velopments that have followed from the un
earthing of a body in the rains of the Lib
erty street fire. Tbey have plenty of work
before them and work of an important
order, too.
There is much bitterness and a consider-'
able amount ot truth in ex-Senator Ingalls'
statement that the recent war cry was man
ufactured by interested parties.
Now that the bill authorizing the pres
ence of press representatives at electrocu
tions in New York has passed the Legisla
ture, and requires only the confirmation of
the Governor, who has expressed himself in
favor of it, we may hope tor less sensation
alism and more reliability in the accounts of
executions in that State.
The most remarkable feature of the anti
Hill movement, just started in New York, is
the support it has already received from men
of high commercial standing.
We must guard ourselves from an in
clination to crow over the expected further
revelations of Canadian crookedness and
mal-admlnistration. There i&r only one
standard of right and wrong, and it is a
matter of no consequence whether we be bet
ter or worse ou than our neighbors.
Anyone carrying a satchel to a million
aire's office creates more sensation than a
visit from the grip in a country village.
Any measure that can pass the House and
Senate for rendering the laws of the coun
try uniform with regard to marriage and
divorce will go far to abolish a ridiculous
and evil anomaly. But such a measure must
have very careful consideration or the last
state will be even worse than the first.
Mayor Gourley should be encouraged
in his literary efforts. They are entirely In
the right direction so tar as they go.
Xew Mexico isto be congratulated on
its possession of a National Bank Examiner
who does his dutv. It is a sad sign of the
times that an official who does that for
which he was appointed is a rarity that calls
for laudatory comment.
Cardinal Manning's will revealing
his lack of wealth Is an eloquent sequel to
the generosity or his life.
Waste of the nation's time in Congress
by idle and useless speech is only less of an
evil thau the printed record of the same
which encourages it at a further expense to
the country.
WELL KNOWN EVEKTWHERE.
Ex-President Cleveland has returned
to Now' York from his pleasure trip to the
South. .
George J. Longfellow, a brother of
the famous poet, is a farmer, and lives near
Bexton, N. Date
Ex-Senator Edmunds is said to accept
no smaller retainer than $2,000 "In cases of
importance," and to refuse all other kinds
of cases.
Prince Henry of Battenberg left Os
borne House yesterday oia trip to the Med
iterranean. He eoes to Algiers, where the
yacht Sheila awaits him.
The parents of ex-Senator Ingalls are
still living at Haverhill, Mass. The father,
now over 80 years of age, was the lnventorof
several useful machines employed In manu
facturing shoes.
Douglass Tilden, the American deaf
mute sculptor, is winning valuable laurels in
Paris. His "Baseball Plover" in plaster,
which was sent to the Salon or 18S9, was most
favorably criticised.
The famous "pre-Kaphaelite mansion" in
London was owned by F. R. Leyland, who
ilks just died. Ills collection of Rossetti's
and Tiurne-Jones' pictures is declared to be
the finest In existence.
Prince Victor Emanuel, heir to the
Italian Crown, Is one of the handsomest and
most accomplished men of his station in life.
Although near 30 j-ears of ago and widely,
traveled, he is yet unmarried.
Mrs. Lew Wallace says that Flor
ence Nightingale was a slender woman of
graceful flirure and great dignity of man
ner. She exhibited remarkable fortitude at
all times and especially when present at
surgical operations.
THE EAST TO L0 ITS SHAKE.'
New York to Take lip the Matter or Belief
for thn Stitrvlne Rnsslnns.
New Yoke, Feb. 4. The regular monthly
meeting of tho Chamber of Com
merce wa to-day devoted to the discussion
of means to ameliorate the condition of Rus
sian famine victims. Ex-Governor Hoy t, of
Wyoming, said the Western peoplo wero
ready to give thousands of bushels of grain,
and wre only waitlnirthc action of the New
York people to aid in setting it there. The
following le-olution was adopted:
Resolved, That the President r Hie Clumber of
Commerce is hereby antliorlzeil to appoint a tom
miltee of 50. ltli pancrtondd Ii Its number, to
appeal to ihe citizens of New York and to tiie
ik-odIu of the United tntes InKencral. lor cuntrl
butlont to a rellet Tund to be distributed lu Russia
through such channels as may. atcr proper exam
ination, seem most efficacious and reliable.
The President of the Chamber was made
Chairman of the committee, and among its
members are: William 31. Evarts, AUram S.
Hewitt, J. Plerpont Morgan, C. r. Hunting
ton. Austin Corbin, Cornelius Yanderbllt,
Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller and
William Stelnway. Subscriptions lists will
be opened at once.
The Mormons Demand Home Rale.
Salt Lark, Feb. The Utah Legislature
has passeu a memorial to Congress urging
the passage of the home rule bill Introduced
by Senator Faulkner and Delegate Cain last
month. The memorial recites oppression
through the Utah Commission; repression of
the popular volet, in the make-up of courts
by appointments from Washington. It also
says the conditions in the Territory nave
changed and that polygamy has been abol
ished. Deacon White Formally Reinstated.
New Yobk, Feb. 4. The Stock Exchange
to-day reinstated S. V. White and F. W. Hop
kins, representing S. V, White iCo., as
members in good standing. The announce
ment of reinstatement, when read from the
ostrum, was received with cheers, and
when S V. White appeared on the floor li
was congratulated Uy,all the members pres
ent. " ' '
A DAY In CONGRESS.
The Bouse at Last Adopts Rules" Under
Which to Work A High Trjbnte to Ex
Speaker Carlisle Irreverence for De
parted Representatives The Senate's
Short Session.
"Washington, d. C, Feb. 4. The
House or Representatives was called before
the bar of public, opinion to-day to answer
tho charges of Irreverence to the memory
of departed representatives. Mr. Stout, of
Michigan, was the public prosecutor, and in
the absence of counsel for the defense, the
Houso pleaded guilty to the charge It was
in the historio days of Adams and Clay and
Webster and Calhoun that the practice of
settingapart a day for the eulogy of' do
ceased, statesmen 'was Inaugurated. The
panegyrics of those men are still live In the
nation's history as the Ideal of American
oratory, and now adorn the'pages of nearly
every school reader in the land. Bat as time
passed tho custom of eulogizing tho illus
trious was gradually extended, until to-day
every momber of the House has as his
posthumous heritage the right to have a
day set apart for the special eulogy of his.
eminent abilities and qualities' of statesman
ship.
The eloquent and spontaneous orations of
Webster and Calhoun and Clay have gener
ally given place to studiously prepared re
marks on the mental and moral character
istics of the deceased. As eulogy became a
duty Instead of spontaneous tribute, the in
terest of the House and of the country in
these events decreased, until Momorial Day,
as it is no known. Is regarded as a day of
rest and recreation: as a period when no one
feels it incumbent to attend the session- ex
cept the orators of the occasion generally
the colleagues from the State which the de
ceased represented in life.
Sunday as a Day for Eulogy.
The first declaration of the insincerity of
such proceedings came from Mr. Enloe, of
Tennessee, who desired to amend the rules
by providing that eulogies to deceased mem
bers shall be delivered on Sundays, and Sun
days only, on which day the ceremonies
shall be opened with prayer by the Chap
lain. These services, he said, were in the
nature of religious services, and no more
appropriate day could be selected for giving
tribute to deceased members than Sunday.
The amendment was seconded by Mr.
Morse, of Massachusetts. He believed that
the memorial services were educational and
proper, and the Lord's day was the most
suitable one that conld be chosen.
Mr. Stout, of Michigan, said: "lam in favor
of this amendment. I happened once, Mr.
Speaker, to be in St. Louis when a tuneral
cortege bearing the body of a member of
Congress passed through the city. Tho news-
gapers on the next morning said that the
ody was left in the depot while the Sen
ators were talking about the Presldental
election in the rotundas of the hotels
laughter, and the younger members were
gone to the theater I suppose to assuage
their profound grief. Great laughter. The
country should know 'whether or not we
are sincere in our proiessions of respect to
the dead. Let us meet on Sunday, and those
who are not sincere In their professions of
regret and reverence of the dead can stay at
home." Applause.
Mr. Ray, of New York, opposed the amend
ment. It was evidently offered in the inter
est of those persons who never attended
church, but who could come here on the
aaooatn aay ana listen to oratory.
A Vi hole Month for memorials.
Mr. Beed, of Maine, gave the information
that tho consumption of time in the first
session of the last Congress for memorial
services was 2t days. This announcement
created great surprise, but was not dlputed.
Mr. Bergen, of New Jersey, said he saw no
necessity for putting another day into the
week.
Although a standing vote showed a major
ity ot 96 to 68 in lavor of the amendment,
this matorltv vanished before the dreaded
roll call, and the ameudment was defeated
yeas 91, nays 155.
Mr. O'Neill, of Missouri, offered an amend
ment making it obllzatorv on the House to
consider the private calendar on Friday.
Lost yeas 57, nays III.
Various propositions were made having
lor their object the abolition or the restric
tion of the custom of setting apart days for
the delivery of eulogies upon deceased
members, but they were all rejected.
Mr. Reed, of Maine, offered a suostitute
for rule 24, relating to the order of business.
The only change proposed is that the morn
ing hour, (which, under the code, is limited
to 60 minutes) may be extended indefinitely,
at the pleftsuieofthe House. The substitute
was lost yeas SO, nays 104.
Mr. Cliipman, or Michigan, offered an
amendment providing for Friday night ses
sions for the consideration or private pen
sion bills. Agreed to.
In speaking to an informal amendment J.
D. Taylor, sent to tho Clerk'? desk, and had
lead, the letter sent Dy Messrs. Wise, ot Vir
ginia: Henderson, of North Carolina, and
Randall, of Pennsylvania, to Speaker Car
lisle, asking for recognition to move a sus
pension of tho rules and the passage of a.bill
lor the i epeal of the Internal revenue taxes
upon tobacco.
Carlisle More Than Defended.
Mr. Caruth, of Kentucky, said he did not
rise to enter into any defense of Speaker
Carlisle. His name and fame were well
known. No man had ever retired from the
Speaker's chair who had the confidence of
this country without egard to party In a
greater degree than had Hon. J. G. Carlisle,
(Democratic applause.)
Mr. Taylor said that he meant to make no
attack upon Speaker Carlisle. He pointed
to these letters only us an illustration ot the
great power which the rules conferred upon
the Speaker.
Mr. O'Neill, of Jlissouri, offered an amend
ment requiring the Committee on Rules to
report back, within ten days, all amend
ments to the rules referred to. He did not
believe that hen the code of rules was
agreed to, the House should bind itself hand
and foot, and have no power to amend it.
He did not propose without notice to put
bis head in the halter. The amendment as
lost.
The consideration of the rules reported by
the Committee on Rules having been con
cluded, Mr. Reed, of Maine, on belialt of the
Republicans, offered as a substitute there
for the rules of the Firty -first Congress.
Lost, without division. The codo of rules
was then agreed to.
At Work With the New Rnles.
Mr. Savers, of Texas, from the Committee
on Appropriations, reported a bill to supply
a deficiency in ,tlie appropriations for tho
eleventh census, and it was referred to the
committee of the whole. Also, a resolution
directing an inquiry into the affairs of tho
World's Columbian Exposition, stating that
he would call it up lor action to-morrow.
Mr. Durborow, of Illinois, presented a sub
stitute, which was ordered printed and
which will bo considered at tho amo time.
Mr. Dickeison, of Kentucky, offered a reso
lution directing the Committee on Judiciary
to make an investigation and report whether
Congress has the constitutional authority to
appropriate money ror tho World's Colum
bian Exposition. Adopted.
On motion of Mr. Goodnight, of Kentucky,
n. Spnafcft hill W:is misled tn nrnvldn fnr !.
'creation of :i fourth judicial district in tho
territory ot utan. Tiie House adjourned un
til to-morrow.
The Senate Does a Little Work.
In the absence of Vice President Morton,
who has gone to New York for a low davs,
the Senate was presided over by Mr. Man
dcrson, President pro tern, to-day.
Mr. Brice introduced a bill for tho erection
of a monument at "ut-in-Bay, O., to com
memorate the battle of Lake Erie in 1S13.
Referred.
Mr. I'effer offered a resolution, which was
agreed to, changing the day tor holding tho
special service in honor of the memory of
Senator Plumb.
At 12 o'clock the Senate proceeded to ex
ecutive business. When the doors were
opened, ten minutes afterward, Mr. Frye,
who had made an adverse report in the caso
of the bill lor a bridge between New York
and New Jerxev, said tnat the friends or the
measure desired to have the bill and adverse
report placed on the calendar. He had no
objection, and the bill was therefore so
placed. The report of the Committee on
Privileges and Elections in the. case of the
Florida Senatorshlp, declaring Mr. Call enti
tled to the seat, was taken up for action, and
the report -was read, closing with the sen
tence: "The appointment of Mr. Davidson
was an act ot mere irrelevancy which it is
not necessary further to notice." After a
long dehate the resolution was agreed to
without a division.
Mr. Manderson, from the Committee on
Militaiy Affairs, reported a bill granting to
the State of Wyoming certain lands In the
Fort Russell military reservation as grounds
tor agricultural exhibitions, and one for the
improvement of the-intlltarv reservation at
Walla Wallr., Washington. Both were placed
on the calendar, after which the Senate ad
journed till Monday.
Still is Chance to Be Named.
Chicago Mall. 3
Any prominent attorney that has not been
mentioned as the. probable successor of
Justice Bradley will please arise and be
counted.
IHE TAXATION QUESIIOil.
A Representative Body Creates a Commis
sion tp Look Into ths Subject.
Habrisburq, Feb. 4, Special Probably
the most representative body that ever met
in the Senate chambers assembled to-day to
discuss the revision and equalization of
State taxation. Colonel J. A. Price, of
Scranton, Vice President of the National
Board of Trade, presided. After a long dis
cussion of the subject from many differing
points of view, a committee was appointed
torepoit d plan of operation. They pre
sented the folio-wing, which was adopted:
Resolved. That It Is the sense of jr6ur committee'
urn, owing io me inequality or valuation aim wa
atlon tnronRhnut the State, somecninge H needed
In our present system of valuation and taxation.
Resolved, That a commission, composed of mem
bers or this conference, be appointed ror the pur
pose of ascertaining from tne most reliable data to
be had the value or the various classes of the tax
able property of the Commonwealth, and also to
further ascertain the amount of property at pres
ent exempted from taxation, not covered by tho
exemptions specified In the Constitution of 1374.
Resolved, That the same, commission also ascer
tain the amount or taxes paid by each class of
property, both local and State.
Resolved. That a finance committee be appointed
by this conference to solicit contributions tor the
purpose of defraying the expenses of this commis
sion. Resolved, That this commission be authorised to
pav all the expenses necessary to procure and tab
ulate this Information, not exceeding In amount
the money that may be raised by the Financial
Committee heretofore appointed, and that this
commission report to this conference not later than
June I, next.
Tho Chairman was authorized to appoint a
Committee on Finances and the commission
created by the resolution, this commission
to consist or six members and the Chairman,
as an ex-offlclo member. ,
A resolution was offered by Mr. Price, that
a committee of three be appointed to exam
ine the tax laws of other States, and furnish
a printed or somo report to the conference
at the next meeting.
.. r. Wright opposed the resolution on the
ground that the committee was too small,
and that the resolution does not cover the
whole field of States. Ho said it ought to be
a simple and eav matter to irame a tax law
for thi3 State. "First ascertain what prop
ertv you have." said Mr. Wright, "then
make your language In your bill plain
enough to cover it all. I bellovc that such
community, whether it be State or local,
should collect Its own resources. Neither
State or county shall levy tax to be uted by
the other. These corporations, whose func
tions reach out from one county to the other,
should be set aside as a general class.
Representative Taggart and Mr. Niles
favored the adoption ot the resolution. The
resolution was amended Increasing the num
ber to six. and to include all the states In
the United States, and then adopted without
a dissenting vote.
INDIANS HOLS TO THEIE MESSIAH.
No Excitement Among Either Them or the
Whites, bat a Firm, Quiet Belier.
Chicago, Feb. 4. Captain Ell L. Hugging,
aide de camp to General Miles, returned this
morning from a trip in the Indian Terri
tory. He was sent there to investigate the
rumors of ghost dancing among the Indians
there.
"The Aarapahoe, Cheyenne and Osage
Indians still cling to the belief that the
Messiah will some day appear to save them,"
said Captain Huggins, "and they are not at
all disappointed in the failure of the Messiah
to come among them last year. They do not
pretend to know the date of his coming. The
former frenzy among them and their ex
cited dances have given way to a quiet be
lief, which has almost become a religion
with them, that the whites are tp bo de
stroyed and the Messiah will come. There
is no excitement among tho whites because
no outbreak is feared."
Captain Huggins witnessed the distribu
tion of cattle for food tor the Indians at the
Chevenne and Aarapahoe agencies. The
cattle were supplied by a contractor, and
were so po-r and thin that Little Chief ob
jected to them. The officer who Inspected
the cattle rejected them. An investigation
showed that all the poor and worthless cat
tle were given to the Indians, the fatter
ones being shipped to the markets.
LATJBA BEIDOMAN'S BBAIN
'When Examined Proves to Have Grown
Very Unevenly.
Wokcesteh, Mass., Feb. 4. Special.' The
brain of Laura Bridgman, the famous
woman who lived her allotted years devoid
of sight, bearing, speech, smell and taste,
bi ought some time ago to Clark University
for examination, has just told Its story. The
result of the Investigation, proves that the
peculiarities were due solely to arrested de
velopment In the portion relating to the
disused sense3. Up to the time of the girl's
illness, when she was 2 years old, the brain
developed normally. After that it grew un
evenly. The weight was but slightly less
han that of the entirely normal brain. Both
hemispheres were developed alike.
The extent of the gray matter of the
cortex (which receives and imparts sensa
tions) was, If in any way unusual, somewhat
les than in the average brain. In general
the entire cortex was thinner than In the
normal brains with which it was compared.
The most striking and conclusive feature,
however, n as the condition of the parts
connected wUh the nerves of sight. The
right eye of Miss Brldirman remained useful
to a slttrht extent some tim longer than the
left. This resulted in developing that por
tion of the brain connected with the right
eye to a greater extent than the left.
STJB-TEEASUEY MEN "WTN.
A Complete Back-Down on the Part of
the Kansas Alliance Commltee.
Topeka. Feb. 4. The Executive Committee
of the Farmers' Alliance, which seems to
have created dissension in the ranks by ap
pointing five delegates to St. Louis who
were opposed to tho sub-treaury scheme,
is holding a meeting this morning to find a
way outof tho difficulty. A compromise
scheme Is being considered which the com
mittee thinks satisfactory to the suo-treas-urv
demand".
The committee proposes to allow the men
named by the boltlns Congressional delega
tions to accompany the men named by the
Executive Committee ns delegates. It Is
a complete back-down for the committee,
but the bolters havo won so far that they
may in'ist on a solid sub-treasury delega
tion. Van B. Prather stated this morning
ho thought this compromise would- bring
the opposing factions into harmony.
He May Not Know He Has Withdrawn.
Washington Post. 1
There are reasons for belielng that Mr.
Cleveland has not yet been apprised of his
withdrawal from the Presldental race.
DEATHS HEKE'AXD ELSEWHERE.
Prof. Theodor Mommson.
Prof. Theodor Mommson, the German
historian. Is dead at Kiel. Prof. Mommson was
oncoftheUstof a dwindling group of scholars
who made a golden age for Germanv's universi
ties, He was a participant In the Revolution of
1843. In lS321ie wasjcqulttcd on a charge of libel
ing Prince Rlsmarelrln autumn speech by calling
the "Iron Chancellor's" tarln policy "pure swin
dle." Ou an appeal the professor was again vic
torious. Pior. Mommson was a Radical, very bet
ter in controversy, and was Unawu as "tbo Old
Roman of Germany."
Colonel Geor? G. Minor.
Colonel George G. Minor died suddenly
at the Laclede Hotel lu St. Louis Wednesday,
whither lie had cone from Chicago Monday on a
business trip. Colonel Minor serted tn both the
Mexican aud the CH il war.. It was he who drew
up the articles of agreement between the United
States and Mexico at the end of the .Mexican war
the treatv or Guadeloupe. Colouel Minor, who
was tlicn 'an aide on General frcott's staff, spoke
French and Spanish fluently and acted as Inter
preter for General t"Cott during the entire war aud
while the pcai negotiation were In progress.
Russell age, Jr.
Russell Sage, Jr., the favorite nephew of
Russell Sage, died at 11:15 o'clock yesterday morn
ing, at the Windsor Hotel. New York, from men
ingitis. He had been seriously ill since the dyna
mite explosion In his uncle's ulHce. He was S3
years old and married.
Ohltnary Notes.
MCLain SlfEilY, theoldest white person born in
Youngsiown township, died yesterday from, the
grip, aged 79.
GENERAL ISADORE PIERRE SCUMtTZ, who Saw
service in 14 French campaigns, died In Paris
Tuesday, aged 75 years. General Schmltz was
chief of the staff under General Trochu during the
siege of Paris.
ANSON C. Owex, a pioneer of Iowa, died at Ma
son City, la., Tuesday. He moved there iu 1353,
and lived for a long time in a tent, and had many
thrilling adventures with the Sioux and other
tribes of Indians. He has been prominently Iden
tified with the development of the northern part uf
the 8Utc.
Euwaiid Stevenson, an actor, known on the
stace as Ned Forrest, Is dead at his home In Seat-
lie, aged 35. He was the son of an old-tlmc maua-
ger and made his aeDut at the age ot r in a com
pany which also contained Denuan Thompson. In
1374 ne went Into the variety business. In which he
remained until bis death.
LIVE WASHINGTON WA1JS.
Opponents of the Anti-Option Bill Have an
Inning Their Arguments Before thn
House Committee Excellent Effects of
Iteciprocltj Keed on the New House
Kulrfl Notes From the Capital.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 4. The op
ponents of the anti-option bill bad the floof
to-day in the hearing before the House, Com
mittee on Agriculture, and Chicago ad
Minneapolis told why the hill would not
benefit the farmers and would hurt the
men. who were engaged in the business of
supplying the demand lor grain.
Mr. Alrtrlch, of the Chicago Board of
Trade, Said the board was heartily in favgr
of the bill so far as it related to options as
designed in the first section of the bill relat
ing to fictitious sales. That Kind of trading
had always been illegal and unrecognized,
and the board had spent a great deal of
money trying to procure enforcement of
the State law on contracts. He admitted
that there was In such a large board as at
Chicago considerable trading of a kind that
could not be upheld. If the best members
of tho board could out find a way by which
such things as "Partridge has the market
tfnd is a great short seller" could be made
things of the past they would be glad to do
so. The system in operation was tho result
of a great many yeafs of experience: it was
not something desicned specially to give
an opportunity for dealing in'lutures. The
Boards-of Trade, like the bank Clearing
Houses, were commercial conveniences for
exchanges. At times prices were tempora
rily advanced by speculative buying, and,
in fact, the fluctuations were ereater on
that side than on the other, the short side.
Mr. Hatch asked what were the average
daily sales, including fictitious sales.
Mr. Aldrich replied that ha had never
made an estimate, Dut that the sales were
very much larger than the quantity of grain
received.
Mr. Hatch Are all your sales on the Board
of Trade recorded?
Mr. Aldrich No, 'sir.
Mr. Hatch Is it not a fact that the Board
of Trade declined to record the sales simply
because they did not want the country to
know how many fictitious sales were made?
Mr. Aldrich No, sir.
Mr. Hatch Has not that matter been dis
cussed in the board for years?
Mr. Aldrich I never heard it discussed,
and never knew of it. The board could not
make such reports without nutting an im
mense amonnt of work on the brokers.'
Mr. Hatch If this committee was to re
port a bill simply doing away with fictitious
sales, would it meet the approbation of the
representatives of the Board of Trade at
Chicago?
Mr. Aldrich I have not a doubt of it.
A. J. Sawyer, one of the largest elevator
men in Minneapolis, then explained the
system of marketing grain. Ho said he would
make no attack on the bill, bnt .before the
present method of handling grain was de-.
scroyeu, ne wouiaasKtne committee to ae
vise som substitute by which it could be
better handled.
Ex-Speaker Heed on tho'New Enlos.
After the House this afternoon agreed
to a new code of rnles, ex-Speaker Eeed was
sought and asked to talk upon the subject.
After a' moment's consideration, he said:
"The withdrawal by 'the Louisiana lottery
of Its demand for a new charter is one of the
triumphs of the Fifty-flist Congress. The
acts of the Fifth-first Congress are all stand
ing well tho test of time." With regard to
the rnles just adopted, Mr. Reed said that
"the principle of responsible government
in tho HoUse has been more ruthlessly rec
ognized in that part of the new regulations
relating to the power of the Committee
on Rules than was ever dreamed of
in the Fifty-first Congress. Power
to enforce the will of the House
was lodged in important measnres in that
committee, so that party legislation could
have full swing, whllo the will of the indi
vidual members, even if approved by the
House, was leit to the mercy of the flllbust
erer. The right of a present quorum had
been denied, and the farce of the member
present for the purpose absent hid been re
vived. All this, however, time and the Su
preme Court will take care of. The debate,
however, has shown that the good example
of the last two years bo3 not been entirely
lost. What useel to be called 'tyranny,' and
is now on the road to be called 'good sense,'
has been established in the great and unex
ampled power conferred on the Committee
on Rules. The folly of wastlmr the time of
the House In the reference of bills has been
foreyer done away with."
The People's Party Out In an Address.
The People's party of the House of Eep
resentatives is intadt as a political organiza
tion, and united as fto the party measures
which it is to press upon the two Houses of
the Fifty-second Congress. In the caucus,
which met before the organization of the
House and nominated Representative Wat
son, of Georgia, ns the candidate of the Peo
ple's party for Speaker of the House, the
nine independent Representatives then as
sembled decided to preserve their political
autonomy on all questions to the end of the
session. Within the past few day9 varions
reports of allesed dissension In the ranks of
tho nine People's Representatives have been
current, and the third party men to-night
complain that these rumors have been in
spired by politicians of the other parties,
and telegraphed throughout the country
purely for political en"ect. To silence these
Insidious rumors In their inception the nine
regularRepresentatlves of thePeople's party
to-day issued a long address to the country.
Frenchmen on an Inspecting Tour.
A-party of gentlemen representing the
French Government ave now on their way
to Chicago and other Western points for the
purpose of investigatingour pork inspection
regulations and the efficiency of their prac
tical application. The party includes Mr.
Rtche, Member of the Academy of Medicine
and Professor of Chemistry at the Paris Col
lege of Pharmacy In the employ of the Min
istry of Agriculture; Mr. E. Roume, an offi
cial of the foreign departmentof the Min
istry of Commerce, and Mr. Maurice Dnclos,
a produce commission merchant of Paris,
not a permanent employe of the Govern
ment, but specially commissioned by the
Minister of Agriculture for this investiga
tion, and who has been frequently employed
under special contract with the Govern
ment as an expert examiner and appraiser
ot food products. Mr. Dnclos called upon
Secretary Rusk while In Washington, and was
furnished by him with a letter of introduc
tion to tho Chief Inspector of the department
at Chicago, Instructing the latter to give
these sentlemen every opportunity to thor
oughly investigate our system of pork in
spection. The Fan Francisco Site Scandal.
The commission having in charge the
matter of the selection and purchase of a
site for the public bulldingat San Francisco,
consisting of the Postmaster General, the
Secretary of the Treasury and Attorney
General, met to-day at the Treasury Depart
ment and decided that the purchae of the
Seventh and Mission streets property should
not he consummated until every effort had
been made to discover the truth as to the
charges of brlDery which had been made
against the local commission. A special
agent ot the Treasury Department, It is
stated, has been a long time in investigating
the matter, but thus far has not discovered
anything tangible upon which any adverse
action can be taken. The commission to
day ordered tho publication through the
public press of a request that any porson or
persons having any knowledgo of a bribe
having been received bv the local commis
sion to communicate the same to the gen
eral commission at Washington.
Some of the New Postmasters.
Among the appointments sent by the
President to the Senate to-dav were tho fol
lowing postmasters: Edwin J. Vinton, Jean
nette, Pa ; Joseph M. Broth, Knox, Pa.;
Edward A. Hamilton, New Bethlehem, Pa.;
Hiram J. Haldeinnn, Salem. O.; Walter W.
Pnttoii, Kent. O., and John M. D.itChler,
Franklin, O. Tho Semite in executive ses
sion confirmed the following nominations:
James H. Beatty, United States District
Judge for the District or Idaho; D. P. Rob
erts, of Indiana, Recorder of the General
Land Office W. C. Haskell, United States
Marshal, Northern district of Ohio, andL. S.
Howlett. Register of tho Land Office at
North Yakima, Wash,
The Silver Brick Case Again.
The Supreme Court of the District of
Columbia to-day sitting in banc heard argu
ment of counsel inwhat i3 known as tho sil
ver brick case. The contention in this case
is, in brier, that the actori87!J restored sil
ver to iree coinage. Tho petitioners aik for
a writ df mandamus to compel respondent
to Instruct the proper officers to receivo'und
coin silver bullion, tendered to the Superin
tendent of the United States Mint on Marsh
14 last. The coinage was refused on the
ground that it would be in violation or law.
To the petition the respondent demurred
and it is on this the case is heard. Jere
Wilson appeared for petitioners, and As
sistant Attornw5j6eWa:);Maurv- for the
United States OWtfMrlwBltJMr. Wilson as
serted that the act bt "1S73, which demone
tized silver, is unconstitutional if that part
of the act still remains; he insisted, however,
that it does not remain.but that this feature
was repealed by the act of 1878. Assistant
Attorney General Maury reaa an abstract
from the decision ot the United States Su
preme Court in the case of the United states
ox rel Dunlap versus Black, In which it was
stated that: "The court wonld not interfere
by mandamus with the executive officers of
the Government in the exercise of their or
dinary official duties, even where thqse du
ties require an interpretation of the law, the
court having no appellate power for that
the case, Mr Maury declined to enter upon
an argument in support oi morrewsui mo
statutes in question taken by the Secretary
or the Treasury unless requested to do so by
the court.
Good Effects or Reciprocity.
The reduced duty 'on American flour im
ported to Cuba under the reciprocity treaty
went Into effect January 1 last. Consul Gen
eral Williams telegraphs tho State Depart
ment tlfjtt tho receipts of flour at the port of
Havana for the month of 'January last wero
as follows: From the United States, 62.S71
sacks; from Spain, none. The receipts for
month of January. 1S9L were: From tho
United Stales, 2,720 sacks; from Spain, 33,1'X)
bags. The exports of flour to Cub.i from the
ports of New York. New Orleans, Mobile and
Key stin January, 1S92 amounted to 67,
473 barrels or sacks. The exports from the
same ports in January, 1S91, were 9,231 bar
rels. Don Antonia Batres, the Guatemalan
Minister, has informed the Secretary of
State that he will return to Guatemala by
the Pacific Mall steamer which leaves New
York on the 10th inst., and that he will use
his best offices to secure the early approval
by Congress of the reciprocity arrangements
recently signed by himself and Secretary
Blaine, on behalf of Guatemala ana the
United States.
Uncle Sam Not Bearing Resentment.
These is no feeling.of resentment on the
part of the United States on account of the
action of the Mexican authorities who
searched the residence at Matamoras, of
Don Enrico Vizzuya, the United States Con
sular Agent at Mier, Mexico, for arms and
ammunition supposed to be concealed there.
The agent in question is a citizen of Mexico
and has not been at his post at Micr for sev
eral months. He has been living at Mata
moras, and it was the house there and not
the Consulate that was searched. The De
partment of State will await full reports by
mall before taking action.
No Faith In, the Honoris From Borne.
The reports from Home that the Italian
Government contemplates the immediate re
establlshmeut of full diplomatic relations
with the United States and that Sfgnor Cati
llni.now Minister to, Denmark, will be ac
credited to thisGovernment, are discredited
In official circles in Washington.
NOSEGAY OF EVENTS.
Society as Thursday Found It In Piltsburg
Parlors A Few Things Treated at
Length and Others Briefly Coming s
Goings and Doings.
The disappearance told in yesterday's
Dispatch of several unfortunate bachelors'
evening toilets, due to cultivated, impecu
nious gentlemen with light fingers, brought
about a "that-reminds-me anecdote" at a
dinner table last night in Pittsburg. A club
of New York book men wero jentertaln
ing a number of bright fellows of
the craft from Boston, Philadelphia, Pitts
burg ana Chicago. Everyone was de rigeur
evening dress, excepting one of the New
Yorkers an Irishman by birth. After cham
pagne had loosened every man's reserve, it
was demanded of Jack why, since he was
known to possess a dress sulte bad not
appeared in it.
"A fellow," said Jack, "has played me a
nasty trick. I had a friend, you know,
whose purse, jointly with mine, didn't make
a millionaire banking firm of us. He owned
a dress suit and I borrowed it, as you saw,
but didn't realize on several occasions. But,
what do you think! the other day the fellow
died, and like the ungrateful corpse that be
is, ho was buried in his dress suit; and that's
Tvhy I am as you see me." Jack's explana
tion was accepted, and the absent dress suit,
doing dutv as a shroud, was toasted Dy a
standing majority.
The Rev. Dr. Hodges entertained the
Art Society last night by a lecture on "Life
In a Mediaeval Monastery," which was de
livered before a large representative gather
ing. The subject, fascinating even to the
least curious, was treated in Dr. Hodges'
own terse fashion, the interest by
no means suffering at his hands. It
nas in part a philosophical treat
ment of the subject, as well as narra
tive. In addition to oeingacapltal raconteur
Dr. Hodges is always a thoughtful speaker,
so that be not only entertained but Instruct
ed his listeners. All present were delighted,
and expressed n desire to hear Dr. Hodges in
a short time again.
Mbs. Marie Cosgrave, who is clever in
almost everything and cleverer than everas
an artist, is painting the daintiest imagina
ble card counters that are now the fad in all
circles where cards are a "card" to a decora
tive artist. She is rapidly climbing to a
height where she will command the admira
tion of people appreciative of art in Pitts
burg. Whitcomb Riley's "Old-Fashioned
Roses," one of tbo holiday books, was made1
additionally interesting bv the aid or her
creative brush, to say nothing of the many
little novelties which she is" unceasingly
turning out from her "workshop" in the
East End.
Social Chatter.
Preparations are proceeding enereeticnllv
for tho leap-year party which the Alhambra,
Cotillon intend giving on Monday evening
week In the Monongahela House. The young
ladies on that occasion will usurp all the
privileges of tho superior sex, escorting the
unblushing sex pro tempore to and from
their homes, and supplying them with these
floral tributes and bonbons in which young
ladies are supposed to revel. The dance will
be uiaue as novel as possiDie, anu, undoubt
edly, will bo n snecess. Mrs. E. T. Normc
cutt will net us chaperon.
Miss Mart McClellanp, of Fifth avenue,
left on Wednesday night for New York
where she sails on the steamship La Bour
goyne for Europe, with the intention of
joining her brother and.his family. The in
tervening time until thilr return, somo timo
in April, will bo spent cruising on the Medit
erranean. Miss -McClelland will De much
missed iu home social circles, where she is
considered a necessary attraction of any
function worthy the name.
Mrs. W. Newton Lincu. a member of the
Women's Auxiliary Boaidof the World's
Fair, in which august body she acts as repre
sentative for West Virginia, is in the city.
Besides being a clever woman, Mrs. Lincu
pos-esses these social charms which make
their fortnnate owner eacerly sought by
hostessesVho desire to be known as success
ful entertainers.
The Art Society Invitations havo Dcen
issued for Mr. Frederick Keppel's lecture on
"Personal Sketches ot Some Famous Etch
ers," with stereoptienn illustrations. Mr.
Keppel Is a man of unbounded information
iu his particular line, and the society is to be
congratulated upon bringing the distin
guished gcntlemau to Pittsburg.
The event in polite circles this evening
will be the opening reception at the Pitts
burg Club, which will be thrown open to
Pittsburg's 400; the feminine part of which
is expected to pass judgment upon the im
provements. Six hundred invitations have
been issued and about a thousand people,
probably, will be present.
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Wood, of the East End.
will leave in a few days for Florida. Mrs,
Wood returned home last week fiom a visit
or some duration in New York, sons to be in
attendance at the dinner dnncu given on
Tucsd.lv evening by her sister-in-law, Mrs.
J. M.Schooumaker, of Ellsworth avenue.
A vert cMiarmlng evening at cards find
after them a dance pas-ed the nlirht at Mr.
George WainhntTs honsp on Rlppey street,
Mr. and Mr?. Wamhoffare a popularyoung
married pair, of tho Allegheny Cotillion,
which organization was entertained by
them last night.
Thz Allegheny Cotillion set remembered
Miss Fawcett nnon the eve of her wed
ding to Mi McElroy bv nvery hanasomo
onyx cabinet. Mis. McElroy comes of an
artistlo family, and her present indicated
the influence of a good deal of carefully cul
tivated taste,
AT the last meeting of the Art Society
Board of Directors the following activo
members wi-re elected: Henry Darlington,
Theodore Salmon, J. L. Konthor, Jr., Dr.
Millie J. Chapman, Mrs, R. E. Tingley and
Miss Lillie U. schlcltcr.
Mr. and Mrs. D. Herbert Hotsttir leave
for the. West on Tuesday next. Mr. anu Mrs.
Theodore Hostetter have Journeyed as far
as Tbomasville. Ga.. being heard last of at
Plncy Woods Hotel iu that city.
Miss MoBridz, of Philadelphia, Is visiting
Mrs. Florenco Mitchell, of Stockton avenue.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.:
There are a dozen woasn piano tuners!
in Philadelphia.
The net indebtedness of thewortdia
ISM was 28 917,096,000.
A 515,000,000 railroad tunnel is to be
bored through the Alps.
Thirteen tons of postage stamps aret '
said to have been sold In New York City last
year.
Flaying upon the typewriter is said to
"produce" an ailment known as the "type
writer's stub finger."
A Connecticut judge fined a man SlOfor
disturbing the slumbers of a police officer by
practicing on the cornet.
Out of a total of 36,503 dogs in 2few
York City, only 3,337 were licensed accord
ing to the last dog census.
- The Washington office of the 'Wesjernj
Union Telegraph Company has sent out oyer . .
400,000 words in a single evening.
An Englishman who recently visited ji
Boston was most struck with the fact tnaifJT
tho men there use ice water in shaving. '"Oit
One bullet in its passage from a pistPla
bored through the knee ot one man, the caljA
of the leg of another and cut off the toetbjH'
atIlIra- 5irf4
With some C.000 homicides irftH&if' .
United States there were but 123 legal exsfoft? e.
tions. Judrre Lynch, thomrh, contrivers ifc( ' W
attend to 195 more. " "SLltJ;'
There are 800 pnblic baths in the' tjP4 i
of Tbklo, Japan, wliere natives are"p--' -boiled
at a temperature of HO3, for a sum??
equivalent to 1 cent. nzifi
The eggs of the sturgeon, under thevfj
name of "caviare,"are shipped as a food deli- "
caey from Russia to tho extent of over 3,000 -tons,
valued at $292,000.
A hotel keeper on the upper shore of ,
Lake Michigan proposes to transportTiis big
hotel over the lake on a raft tn Chicago in.
time to open in the spring of 1S93.
Philip Stehler, of Marine City, Mich.,
who died the other day, aged 93 years, was
buried In his wedding shirt, a garment
which ho had kept 63 years for that purpose,
Suppose that each baby born this year
weighed eight pounds, it would take half a ,
dozen cradles of the size, capacitv and
strength of our new steel war cruisers to
hold the iu fants.
According to a law enforced among
some American aoorigines a wido is always -compelled
to carry about with her for four
years the bones of her dead husband, in
closed in a casket.
"Horned shoes" were first introduced
in the reign of William Eufus, 1093, by "Rob
ert tho Dandy." Robert's shoes were long
and pointed, the toes being turned up and
twisted like a ram's horn. On this account
history frequently refers to him as "Robert
the Horned."
Paris is celebrated for dolls and mechan
ical toys: Jumeau's is one of the great doll '
factories. Switzerland is another storehouse
of toys. Pewter toys are mostly made in
London and Birmingham. Ohrdruff exports
porcelaintoys, and many plaster toys eoma
from Prussia.
When the effects o.f a man who died re
cently In Leadville were examined it was
discovered that he was under engagements
to many 12 different girls in various parts of
the country. He bad a photograph of each,
and on the backs bad written the date fixed,
for the marriage.
In the South Atlantic it rained on one
occasion for over an hour when the sky was
entirely free from clouds. In the Mauritius
and other parts of the Southern Hemisphere
this is not a rare occurrence; but in Europ
it is, and the greatest known length or its
duration was ten minutes at Constanti
nople, A steam atomizing apparatus fell on a
child in an English town and killed him.and
the verdict or the Coroner's jury was that
"He died from shock "following bronchitis
and whooping cough, cau-ed through the
shaking or the house by the firing of a gun.
at the Government proof butts on the Plum
stead Marshes."
A gang of strikers in Queensland in
sisted on a hotel keeper discharging his
Chinese cook, who was excellent. When be
was turned out the local police engaged him.
The leading striker was soon arrested for
sedition, and the first thing he was set to
work at in the prison was chopping wood
for the Chinese cook.
One of the most successful ranchers in
the West is a young widow, slight ia stature,
Tefinedin manner and fair of face. She is
also a clever conversationalist, intellectual
In her tastes and very fond of painting, to
which she devotes the leisure she can se
cure after attending to the large estate she
manages entirely herself.
A few days ago afarmer who lives near
Woodland, Gal., procured a wagon" load of
grape pomace from one or the wineries with
which to reed bis hogs. Upon placing it be
fore the swine theyateof It so heartily as to
acquire a loud In more ways than one, for
they became intoxicated and remained in a
drunken stupor for several days.
The bread tree has a solid fruit, a little
larger than a cocoanut, which, when cut In,
slices and cooked, can scarcely be dlstin
gnlshed from excellent bread. The weep
ing tree of the Canary Islands is wet, even
in a drought constantly distilling water
from Its leaves, and the wine tree of Mauri
tius Islands furnisnes good wine instead of
water.
A peculiar and extraordinary phenom
enon! was worked on the snow-coverea cam
pus of a New York theological seminary re
cently. One morning passers-by were as
tonished to see the Immaculate field of over
five acres covered with white eruptions
varying in size from a-marble to a pumpkin.
Investigation showed that the snowballs
had been formed by the high wind or tho
previous night.
Ihe Hindoo nose ring is said to be
doonied. At a meeting or the members of
the Cntchce Veesa Oswal aste, held at
Mandvie Bender, it was resolved that In
stead or a ring women should wear a flower
in tho nose. Inasmuch as the nose ring had
led to "much unfavorable comment," hence
forth wearing nose rings would lead to a flno
or 10 rupees and four unnas, in addition to
forfeiture of the ornaments.
A mintr Ti n,nn tf anf.inllltv f h titap-
I tlce was not uncommon of disposing oT tho
dead by throwing them into the sea, by sink
ing them in watercourses and by setting
them afloat in boats. The Ichthyophagi, or
fish eaters, who lived In a region bordering
on tho Persian gulf, are mentioned by Ptol
emy as having th e ens torn of invariably com
mlttiiig"thelr corpses to the ocean, thus re
paying the obligations they had incurred to
its inhabitants.
PICKINGS FBOil PUCE.
He Will you expect me to-morrow even
ing lr It snows? You know the walking will be so
bart.
blic (brightly) If worst comes to worst, you can
come In a stelgli.
She kept him indoors just an hour
Engaged In idle talK;
But did not think to don her gloves
Until they went to walk.
Mr. Trotter Well, I suppose yon will
marry some peer before you return?
Miss Budil-Dcar me, nol Slost peers belong to
old famUles and are dreadfully In debt, wnlle
nearly all tho baronets are quite new and kaiglitci
on account of their sooner. I'm going for a bar
onet. Flora Wall Oh, dear! there's a spot on
the back of my gown. How can 1 Ter go to ths
dance to-night?
Minnie Ball-It won't be noticed, my dear, if Too
go early.
Although ray darling is priding
Herself ou her formal tone.
I know that the zlrl Is hiding
A love which she will not own.
Though 1 have recelred no token.
Yet my eager hope Is Jed,
Not bv toe words she has spoken.
But by things which she hasn't hill.
Brown What baggy, sloppy-looking
trousers Hcuppeck wears!
Brown. Jr. I heard mother say that his wire
wore tae trousers at hit house, and I guess that it ,
the reason.
Mrs. Musicmad Doctor, why is it that"
all the great pianists have such lonp; bushy hair?
Prof. Savage (reflectively) I presume It Is to
keen off the flics while tlicy are performing.
Cold wind, for, spring zephyrs, snow, - .
Ice. heat ami lialUtones all in a raw
By what name shall war belt be Known?
Intemperate or Horrid Zone? J '-" '
Tom Collins The singing'of the Lonely
Tllle choir reminds me of an experience I had the
other.nlghl returning from the club. -'" "
'What was It?" v' . -
"It took me about half an hour to strike the. rlgbiw
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