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PITTSBURG. MONDAY. FEBRUARY 15
TIIE SILV1-.K 1IAM CONTEMPLATED.
The logic of the report of the majority
of the Ilouse Coinage Committee in favor
"of the free coinage bill is illustrated by its
argument on a single point. It proceeds
to demonstrate that there is no danger of
the foreign owner dumping his silver on
the United States, because if he should
bring it here, he could get nothing but sil
ver in return. If he should take out coin
notes for his silver, the report says, and
should present the notes at the Treasury,
"the Secretary of the Treasury could hand
him back the coin struck from his shipload
of bullion."
This clearly contemplates silver pay
ments by the "Treasury and the establish
ment of silver monometallism. The
Treasury cannot discriminate between
holders of notes, nnd in ninety-nine cases
out of a hundred it has no meansof know
ing whether the real holdnr of the note is
a foreign shipper or a domestic producer
of silver. The moment that the Treasury
refuses payments of coin notes in gold
and makes the payments in silver that
moment gold goes to a premium, the
country i placed on the silver basis, and
Hie saving bank depositor and the holder
of railway bonds loses exactly the per
centage of the difference between the in
trinsic value of gold and silver while their
debtors make the same gain.
The argument of the Coinage Com
mittee is based on facts, especially as it
appears to contemplate and welcome the
probability of a gold premium. TnE Dis
TATcn has always held that the real mean
irg of the present proposition for free
coinage is: A premium on gold, an ex
clusively silver basis, with an inflation of
values on everything except the evidences
rf debt, which suiter exactly the cor
responding loss. But it remains to be seen
whetlier the country will indorse this
proposition to scale down debts 23 per
cent, which is the practical meaning of
Hie proposition. As to the bi-metallic
theory, the report confirms what Tnn Dis
patch has already pointed out, that the
proposed measure is not bi-metallism at
all. It is s'lver monometallism.
Finally, the report furnishes the most
severe commentary on itself by painfully
trying to reassure the country there is no
danger of Europe sending us the money
metal the bill propos-s to make free of
rinage. If it had any faith that the sil
ver dollar 'which it proposes will be equal
to the gold dollar, it would simply point
out that the more money we get from
Europe the better for this country.
YEKY ADHOUATK CAUSES.
"Balmaceda was overthrown in Chile
1'ecause he was not sufficiently subservient
lo English and other European interests,"
is the latest contribution of that steadfast
Bn'macedist organ, the Xew York Press,
to-.the modern history of the South Ameri
can republics.
The statement requires correction in
Hie interest of historical accuracy. The
ultimate cause of Balmaceda's overthrow
was that he pursued a quarrel with the
legislative and representative body of
Chili" to the extent of usurping the legisla
tive power and establishing himself as a
military dictator. The proof of this lies
in his own proclamation declaring that on
account of the action of Congress within
its constitutional powers he had, to quote
lus own expression, "assumed all the
jwwersof government,"
The immediate cause of Balmaceda's
overthrow was that the Congressionalists
vho were upholding the cause of consti
tutional government fought better than
his troops. The evidence of this is to
!e found in the decisive victories of the
Congressional army after it had made its
final advance on Valparaiso.
These two causes are amply sufficient to
account for Balmaceda's overthrow with
out searching for foreign influences which
neither changed the nature of representa
tive governments nor won battles.
sanitary precaution.
The intelligence that a number of the
immigrants who reached Xew York two
weeks ago by that typhus-laden steamer
from the Mediterranean came to Pitts
burg, where their track is lost, calls for
the most active vigilance of the health
authorities. The expressions of the physi
cian of the Board of Health, quoted in
yesterday's DisrATcn, show an apprecia
tion of the exigency; but it is well to point
out that no degree of watchfulness for the
first signs of the disease, cr of summary
promptness in isolating it wherever it de
velops, can be too great to avert the calam
ity of such a scourge.
Some years ago Pittsburg suffered from
an epidemic of smallpox because the at
tending physicians and the health authori
ties weakly permitted themselves to listen
to the pleas of the first patient and his
family to be left in a thickly-populated
neighborhood. The need for prompt Isola
tion, if a case of typhus should ap
pear, will be far more urgent. The health
authorities should be provided with all the
power and resources necessary to strictly
limit the disease.
During the week or two which must
eleass before we can hare full assurance
that the disease will not appear here, it is
satisfactory to know that much can be done
to guard against and limit it. "Typhus,".
says tne President of the Xew York
Board of Health, "is essentially a filth, dis
ease, and is not apt to .spread where there
is pure air and water and where habits of
cleanliness prevail." On this authority it
is self-evident that both private and pub
lic effort can provide the be.si safeguards
by abolishing whatever fillh can be dis
covered in any part of the cityXlf the
disease should develop to any great ex
tent it would be an evidence and penalty
of our nt-glect of the constant-duty of san
itation. There is.nothinj; more, clearly necessary
for public and private welfare than to
take every step possible-againstthe csnam-
ity of a typhus epidemic. The probability
of such-a scource may not be very irnmi
nent, bnt the mere possibility is enough to -
call f on every precaution.
SOT SO REVOLUTIONARY.
rrom a Chicago telegram elsewhere it
will be seen that what is called a "revolu
tionary" project has been formed, to con
sist of connecting the railroads entering
that cityby a belt 'line which -will enable
them to transfer freight and jjassengers
without sending them into its crowded
portions.
So far as the performance of that func
tion is concerned it is entirely legitimate
and beneficial'. It is far from revolution
ary, as the policy has been adopted by
railroads in otler large-cities with the best
results. II is exactly wliat is wanted to
prevent the overcrowding of railway
tracks within-city limits, when the proviso
is added that-the belt line&hall be open to
the use of all. railroads connecting with it.
Indeed, an enlightened municipal policy
will seek to realize not only the establish
ment of such belt lines, but also demand
that all tracks penetrating business and
manufacturing sections shall be open to
common use on payment of reasonable
tolls.
The intimation, however, is made in the
dispatch that the revolutionary nature of
the scheme is to be in the abandonment of
all tracks penetrating to the center of
Chicago, and in forotng passengers and
shippers to come to the outskirts in order
to obtain railway facilities. To such a
bluff as that Chicago need pay little atten
tion. The railways have secured terminal
facilities of great value well down In the
city for the simple reason that they
gain business by the superior facilities
thus afforded. None of them will be
likely to abandon that business to their
rivals forthe sake of punishing Chicago
fortrying-to abolish the evil of grade cross
ings. In addition to which, even if we accept
the inflated statement of 5000,000,000 to
900,000,000 as the cost of elevating the
railway tracks above the street crossings,
the railways will discover, before they
abandon their Chicago business, that for
one per cent of that sum they can elevate
the street crossings above the railway
tracks.
THE AURORA AXD THE PROTUETS.
The prophets of approaching millennial
disturbances and the astrological calcu
lators of the influence of the heavenly
bodies on stock gambling and politics dis
cover after the fact that the auroral dis
play of Saturday night was very signifi
cant. Tho-distinctivc quality of this post
facto prophetic wisdom is that it is un
usually hazy as to the relation of cause
and effect.
Thus we have had placed before us an
almanac published by a Berlin astrologist
in which February 13 is named as a critical
day. Whether the crisis foretold was
astronomical or mundane is not specified;
but even when the heavenly display of
Saturday night is claimed as a verification
of the prediction, it is permissible to ask
what crisis took place on Saturday night.
The heavenly bodies still move in their
regular orbits and politics are more than
usually dull "xcept in the constantly boil
ing pot of Xew York factional fights. So
far as the returns are in, we shall have to
conclude that if Saturday last possessed
such an article as a crisis it has managed
to keep it successfully concealed up to the
present writing.
Lieutenant Totten, on the other hand,
takes the boreal lights to be a brilliant
foreshadowing of something to come and
sagely deduces from their cold illumina
tion that the world is on the eve of a
great trial. The world is constantly un
der trial, and many people find reason for
expectiug that it will be found guilty in
the first degree; but it still remains to be
asked what the aurora has to do with it.
Brilliant displays of aurora borcalis have
been seen and recorded as far back as
15G4, without hastening the verdict of the
jury of the universe. It needs no prophet
to foretell that their calm effulgence will
be seen for ages to come without hasten
ing the battle of Armageddon or serving
as the dawn of millennial light.
Finally, if astronomical science and the
study of prophecy are able to foresee such
heavenly displays and trace their effect on
mundane affairs so accurately, why did
not the prophets tell us plainly that we
were to have on Saturday night a brilliant
display ot magnetic polar lights, so that
everyone could have enjoyed that beauti
ful spectacle?
TAKEN' Ur TENDERLY.
The esteemed Xew York Post, which has
a keen eye and unmeasured criticism for
the shams and dishonesty of politics,
adopts an entirely different tone when
dealing with the sophistries of combined
capital. The subject of the combination
in the anthracite coal business, involving,
it is asserted, some 5700,000,000 of corpo
rate capitalization with probably about
2.-o,000.000 of legitimate investment, is
approached with much more awe than the
misdeeds of politicians. The idea that
such a combination is to effect advantages
to those engaged in it at the cost of the
public, is declared by the Post to be unwar
ranted by a study of the anthracite trade.
After reviewing what it presents as the
situation it concludes that, to the extent
of avoiding over-production, "the public
may acquiesce in more harmonious rela
tions among the anthracite carriers and
producers."
This interesting periphrasis is sugges
tive of one or two pertinent questions.
The laudable purpose of avoiding over
production warrants the inquiry what
overproduction Is. It is well known that
the set policy of the anthracite trade for
years has been to prevent the production
reaching the total which could be attained
by a reduction of the profits of middlemen
and railway carriers, to the level as
signed by competition in kindred indus
tries. The price for years has been sus
tained above a natural level by artificial
suspension of production. The best proof
of this is the fact that at the first whimper
of open competition, as was the case only
a few weeks ago, the price is cut fifty
cents per ton a drop utterly impossible
when values arc fixed by competitive in
fluences. Now, with regard to the rather weari
some iteration of the assurance that this
combination does not intend to advance
prices, which the Post gravely endorses, it
is obvious that it will not permit their re
duction to a competitive basis. If there
was no intention to maintain prices1
higher than would be fixed by competi
tion, or the common reward of labor and
capital when they can get no more, it
would be necissary to secure the
adhesion of all the anthracite interests.
A combination of industrial interests
does not require the support of its
rivals to introduce economies Jn handling
or marketing Its product But it does re-
quire such a combination to supportprices
above the level of a fair competitive re
ward. The reported agreement not only
requires the elision of all competition to
the degree which, necessitates the union of
all the great companies, but contemplates
their union for the purpose of expunging
individual operators from the business by
means which can be imagined if we study
the Coxe case and the history of Standard
Oil discriminations.
"Willie endorsing "more, harmonious re
lations among the anthracite carriers and
producers" which, so far as the latter are
concerned, -recall the proverbial positions
of the lion and the lamb in lying down to
gether the Post does not think it will bed
as close a combination as is reported, and
gives .various reasons for that opinion. It
is singular, however, that, among the
cogent reasons, it omits to include the fact
that such a combination is utterly at vari
ance with .both common and statute law.
HrTHERTO the profitrsharing system has
only been tried by a few individuals and
corporations scattered up and down the
land. The national association recently
formed in Xew York for the extension of
this method of business lias iimoti: its sup
porters men -who are peculiarly fitted for its
study- by their intelligence and experience.
There is cvery-promlse that progress will be
made in this direction , and it is not too
much to say that a general acceptance of
this co-operative principle would mean the
dawn of a brighter and better social era.
EeportS of the Duke of Devonshire's
maiden speech in tho House of Lords say
that he failed to make his remarks audible
to the reporters. It docs not matter much,
as he lost the public ear some time ago.
Chicago is at present suffering from an
epidemioof crime especially involving the
assault and robbery of pedestrians. The
city of high winds and loftv buildings will
do well to take measures for the immediate
suppression of this, or she may bo less over
crowded with visitors than she hopes to be.
And before tho turmoil of the "Woild's Fair
she will do well to give ovidonco to Tam
many's delegates, and the country at large,
that she lias an efficient police system and
city government.
It is said now that the quondam solid
Irish party has farther divided into five
cliques. If things go on at this rate tho
party will soon terminate its existence as
did the Kilkenny cats.
The New York Herald says that "the
difficulty with Kew York is that all the peo
ple do not arise as one man," That is a diffi
culty all over tho country, "and not least in
Pittsburg. Over-taxation, however, has
done a good deal to -arouse the torpid public
to its duty toward itself, and the Council-
manic election should mark the beginning
of a city government for tho benefit of the
citizens,
Russian despotism is to blame for the
famine, tho famine caused the fever, and it
is therefore with tho Czar that tho' world
will have to deal if the plague become wide
spread. "While guarding against a scare, which
only brings pcoplo to a condition which fits
themtobecome tho victims of infectious dis
ease, tho fact that eight immigrants fiom a
vessel wl:ose passengers were afflicted with
typhns fever have reached Pittsburg should
mnkeourphyslcians scrupulously particular
in reporting tho discovery of any such cases-
It has not yet been scientifically proven
that the sun spot 1ms any connection with
the anthracite, coal deal, though that
certainly w as a roarer.
How long will it take Kansas to exterm
inate the wolves and foxes, w hich are said
to bo a pest, if 4,000 men wero Jubilant over
their success in killing two wolves after a
carefully organized drive lasting four hours?
And how many beasts would it icquiro to do
damage amounting to the value of the time
and laborbxpenocd?
TnE most shocking weather of the erratic
winter was furnished Satnrday night, when
the atmosphere was full of electricity.
Ax unprejudiced legislative inquiry into
the Keeley system could not fail to be of
great public advantage. But an investiga
tion by tho New York Legislature can hardly
De accented as unbiased, for that body is
loudly accused of being run for tho liquor
interests.
N
It would, be interesting to know just how
and Why tho typhus patients passed the
Quarantine Inspectors at New York.
Ik these days of unfeminine manliness in
women it is almost a relief to hear that the
average is being maintained by a muscular
Chicago contractor who devotes his leisure
to torturing himseir into the likeness of a
woman in figure, dress and adornment.
The silver cloud hovering over Congress
now has a sort of panicky lining.
IT is significant of the depth of the Dem
ocratic rapture in New York that the World
publishes a list of nine candidates from
without tho State who it says could carry
itorTa basis of tariff reform and honest
money.
IN TnE UPPER WALKS.
The King and Queen of Italy have
abandoned the idea of visiting England on
account of the death of the Duke of Clar
ence. Mrs. .Belya Lockwood is an elderly
woman ota distinctly matronly appearance.
In fiSnre she is quite portly, and her face is
fair, plump nnd plaold.
It is cureently reported that Mason K.
.lack'on, who was petted and created a
Baron by the late King of Wnrtemburg, will
shortly visit Stonbenville, O.
The Princfe of Naples will start on a tour
of Australia. He will be accompanied by an
official charged to report on Australia as a
field for Italian immigration.
Postmaster Gexeual AVanamakek
arrived at Atlantic City Satnrday and will
remain several days. Ho is notwoll and
will devote his time to absolute rest.
"Makk Twaix" is recovering from the
relapse which he recently suffered, ne left
his bed for the first time Satnrday, but he
must keep to his room for weeks yot.
Mrs. Beerhohm Tree plays Ophelia to
her husband's Hamlet. It is not usual for
great tragedians to bo on such agreeable
terms with their wedded wives roven in
public.
Mrs. Francis Hodgson- Burnett, fa
mous for the price she gets for her writings,
lot Just $13,000 in attempting to make a suc
cess of her latest play, "The Showman's
Daughter."
Prikce Christian has visited an
oculist to try to havo tho eye recently lost
replaced by a glass eye. It was found that
thd ocket has not. yet healed sufficiently to
receive a glass eye.
Aaron Kribalx. Loring is one of the
"characters" of Boston. He keeps a book
store, into which Kmei son used to drop for
an idea, John Lothrop Motley for a relcr
ence, Prccott, the historian, for an old
chronicle. Low ell lor .1 new book of poems
and Holmes for his current llteratmc.
Dtugliters of the Revolution.
Owing to a delay, tho invitations for
entertainment of tho Daughters of
the
the
American Revolution will be sent out a lit
tle later than acsiicd by the committee
Members aro requested to bear in mind that
the entertainment will bo gtvon at the resi
dence of Jlf. Robert McKnight. Western
iivfiiiio, on Friday, Fcbnnry 19, from 3 until
6 o'clock, exercises to commence promptly
ut 3:30 o'clock.
A Reason far Its Suppression.
Chicago Ncwj.l
ir execution by electricity is half as paln
fnl to tlioso who experience it as it is to those
who hear It described, it tRht to bo' sup
pressed, , ' "- - " ,
A NOTABLE BOOK.
WSITTXX FOB THE DISPATCH.
The critics are many of thera of the
opinion that tho "History of David Grieve"
is a better novel than "Robert Elsmere."
Jhat is, they say it is a more artistic piece
of fiction. That ingenious adjective "artis
tie," however, is always a bit suspicious. It
means that the work in question accords
with some ideal standard in the critic's
rffind, and is likely to, be out of accord with
tho standards ot the uncritical Judgment.
It is the reason for the assurance, that clas
sical music, as somebody says, is really a
great deal finer than it sounds! A novel is
"artistic" if the critic likes it, Bnt whether
It is really a work or art is not thereby in
fallibly determined.
The average reader will not agreo in this
case with tho opinion of the critics. People
who read novels" for tho pleasure they get
out of them will not derive much satisfac
tion from tho "History of David Grieve."-
The story is too long. We want our stories
short. We w ant everything short, even our
sermons. I looked nbout in an old library
the other day. The books represented tho
collections of several generations of lead
ers. It was carious to see the diifcreuce.
even in external look, between the different
eras of book making. Tho books of our
great-grandfathers wero great folios, each
ono as big as a small child. They wrc pro
digious, and ran Into numbers of, volumes.
Students got a stoop in tho shoulders from
the heavy lifting of these ponderous tomes.
But our modern books aro small, easily held
in tho hand, and brief.
Xot that thero is less in them. There is as
much more in the modern book than in tho
old, as there is inoro in tho biief life of a
nineteenth-century man than thero was in
all the monotonous centuries of the exist
ence of Hetbusolah.
Eong, Somber and iDeprnsslng.
The "History of David Grieve" has
been put into ono volume, instead of its
original three, for the American trade, in
order to persuade us that it is not so long as
it is. But it is too long. Yes; it is sometimes
even tedious "In tho Orlando Inamorata,
JIalagigl, the necromancer, puts all tho
company to sleep by reading to them from a
book.". That old charm can still be discov
ered income of the ohnptcrs of this novel.
Worse than nil else, the book is somber
nnd depressing. One is reminded of many
of Sire. Browning's poems, in which those of
the characters who aro not dead wish they
were dead. Thero is not arayofhumor in
the book. There is not even a chapter of
good, blight, healthy love making. David
Grieve does fall in lovo twice, or thinks he
does. But once tho maiden is a French girl
with whom ho has apathetic, most uncon
ventional and quite questionable courtship;
and the other time tho young woman is a
shallow, inconsequential person, not half
good enough for him, whom ho marries.
The book begins in the darkness, and con
tinues in the darkness, and hardly gots out
of the darkness. David Grieve is discovered
J cn a farnj llvin wJth j,u unclo Keuuen
His aunt is a tyrant, nnd his little sister
Louise is possessed with tho devil. Tho
dreary, miserable life of tho farm and the
village drags itself along for chapters. Then
David goes to the city, nnd gets employment
in a second-hand bookstore. Hero he meets
Lucy, tho daughter or his employer, and
Dora, her cousin. Hero also ho becomes ac
quainted with Yoltaire and with a company
of Secularists. David really succeeds in
making a man of hlmtelf. Ho picks up an
education; ho makes money and spends it in
wise and helpful ways for the good of the
community, ror the bettering of bis brother
men. Mrs. Watd, however, is not willing to
give him the blossing of a very helpful wife.
Lucy is not a"ble to understand fcer husband's
aspirations. At last when tho skies begin to
get a little bright, nnd a glimmer of rose
color makes its appearance on ahead, be
hold, it is only tho sunset, and the book
comes to an eud.
Ilia Drirt ofthe Story.
People who read novels for amusement
will not find the "History of David Grieve"
amusing.
Nevertheless, here is a notable novel. It
will not servo very well to drive dull care
away, but it ill invito tho reader to good
and profitable thinking. Mrs. Ward hns
written it with religious earnestness. It
needs to be read in tho same spliit. It is the
story of tho development of two human
beings, brother and sifter, living in tho same
environment, yet different from tho begin
ning and following tho paths which tho
diverse heritage of their birth seems toliavo
set for them. It is n study in heredity,
n Inch is almost fatalistic in its teaching.
On the other hand, in that which makes
up the larger and more important part of
the story, in the career of David, there is a
strong encouragement. Here is a boy, who,
in the face of a hostile environment, pushes
his way up and wins success. That the boy
has in him some of the wayward spirit of his
mother is shown in tho singular episode or
his life in Paris. But he conqners and keeps
on, translating hindrances into helps and
sets an example full of encouragement.
A Promise Not Fu'flllod.
Of course, after Eobert Elsmere, one
looks with most interest after tho religious
treatment of tho story. Some advance
notices of the book had promised that the
hero would show tho piactlcal working of
Elsmero's'doctrincs in the uplifting of tho
poor. But tho promise is not fulfilled. Thero
is little likeness between David Grieve and
Robert Elsmere. And yet thero is a relation,
and a most significant one. Here, to many
readers, Is tho most interesting part of tho
book.
David gets far enough nway from orthodox
Christianity, but ho grows gradually to think
better of it. Mrs. Ward has not changed her
opinions, but the two books present two
quite different cases. EUmcro is a clergy
man who gradually comes to lose his former
faith! Grieve is a self-educated working man
who out ot secularism comes into a bettor
understanding of Christianity. To most poo
pie, accordingly, the new Dook Is pleasanter
than the old.
Naturally, the clergyman pays a great deal
of attention to certain outside mattertTof
religion, such as the question of tho inspira
tion and authorship of Holy Scripture and
the metaphysical statement or certain doc
trines, and wo are given long disquisitions
upon theto points Jn "Robert Elsmere."
But "David Grieve." beginning at that end,.
works toward the trner side of Christianity
which has reall3' nothing to do with ques
tions such as these.
What Most lie Learned In These Days,
Thus, says David, "the legend of
Bethlehem and the mythology 0f the Trinity
are no longer matters or particular interest
or debate with mo. After a period of three
fourths assent, followed by ono lasting over
years of critical analysis nnd controversial
reading, I have passed of lato into a concep
tion of Christianity far more positive, fruit
ful and human than I have yot had." And
ho concludes that what tho Individual has
to learn In these days is "to dissent no
longer with the heat of a narrow antipathy,
but with the quiet of a largo sympathy."
David has an increasingly high opinion of
the value and of tho sincerity of the Chris
tian ministry. Ho goes not nnfrequently to
service, and that at a ritualistic cnurch. It
is true that ho objects to have hii littlo son,
Sandy, instructed out" of a catechism, "in
which the littlo child, asked about tho num
ber and names of tho archangels gavo a de
tailed auswer." It istruo that he finds him
self in disagreement with many of the
things which he hoars in the sermons at St.
Damian's. Yet here wo can many of us sym
pathize with him.
"He knew tho perils of his own nature.aml
thero was in him 11 stern sense ofthe diffi
culty of living aright and the awfulncss of
the claim mado by God and man on the
strength or the iudividual. It seemed to
him that he had been taught of God through
natural, affection, through repentance,
through sorrow, through tho constant ener
gies of the Intellect. Never had tho divine
voico be-on clearer to him, or tho divine
Fatherhood more real. Freely ho had re
ceived but only that ho might freoly give.
On this Christmas night he renewed overy
past vow of this sort, nnd in so doing rose
onco more to that state nnd temper which is
man's pledge and earnest of immortality
since already, here and now, is the eternal
life begun."
Thus the book ends like tho last sentences
of a spiritual sermon. ' ' lt
10 GSX BID OF GRADE CB0SSINGS.
Chicago Railroads May Sejl AH City
Troperty and Balld a Holt Line;
Cnro&ao, Fob. II. The TimeP says a de
cidedly revolutionary move is contemplated
by the various railroads entering Chicago.
Rather than elevate thoir tracks they will
transfer their base of operations. It is pro
posed to build a new belt line, with which
each road will make connections; all tracks,
depots and other property within tho city
limits to be absolutely abandoned. The
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad esti
mates that to elovato the ISO miles of sur
face tracks which it owns in tho city will
cost $65,009,000. There aie nearly 500 miles of
surface tracks in Chicago proper, and on
this basis the cost of complete elevation
would run into figures somewhere between
SGOO.OOO.COa and $000,000,000, or nearly twice the
amount it would cost to duplicate the great
Atchison system, which, with its 10,000 miles
of mnin lines, is the greatest system in tho
woild.-
Under the proposed plan, the Chicago and
Xorthwotern's main passenger stations
would be at West Eightieth street, vand
pasengeis wpuld tie obliged to use cable
cars, road trains or other means of local
transportation to leach tho city. In tho
cao of a passenger arriving at Chicago on
the Northwestern and beyond to some point
farther East or South, a transfer train on
belt line would tako him at once to his
proper destination. It is proposed to sell
all railroad property in the city limits, and
it is believed that the amount so realizeulwill
build the belt line, all new depots andpay
all expenses attending the change, nnd then
leave a surplus of more "than $10,000,000 in the
aggregate. Behind the scheme aro all the
Vandrrbilt roads, including the Chicago and
Xorthw estem and six other companies. Tho
motive for this radical departure is tho
ngitation resulting from the daily horrors
ut grade crossings, the loss of lifet in the
aggiegate, being appalling.
BOTH WENT INSANE.-
Twin Brothers Become Strangely Affected
on the Same Day.
Kaxsas City, Mo., Feb. 11. Ono of the
most remarkable stories of insanity on
record comes Irom tho little town of Olathe,
20 miles southwest or this city, in Kansas.
John nnd Marshall Burdye are twinbioth
ers 36 years of age. On their 33ih birthday,
upon which occasion they hacf a reception
in Olathe, both showed signs of insanity.;Up
to that time they had been engaged in busi
ness in Leavenworth nnd other Kansas
towns and had everywhere ranked as men
of brains und' business capacity. The very
next day following their reception they
closed all business, lion ever, and, renting a
house near Gardner, in Johnson county,
Kas., they entored upon the life of hermits.
Friends and relatives went to see them, but
no one whs admitted.
When they came to town they saw no one.
Business affairs demanding their attention
were suffering so that after a few mouths
legal steps w ere taken by relatives with 11
view to ascertaining the mental condition
of the once popular and prosperous twins.
They were summoned to court, out refused
to come. Tho Sheriff was ordered to attach
them, nnd when ho went to their house he
was assailed and fired upon from an upper
window. He thon procured a posse and,
niter blowing sulphur under njl ot tho doors
and windows, waited a few moments, when
the twins broke out 01 a front way and ran,
firing at tho crowd, across a field. They
were chased and soon captured, without in
Jury to any one. Tho men have been locked
up and will bo sent to an asylum. Tho
Burdye twins boar a peifect icsemblnnce to
each other. No one has offoied a theory as
to tho cause of their insanity.
CONGEESS AND THE WOSLD'S FAIS.
The Two Boards Don't Seem to Agreo on
YV hat Will V.o Asked For.
Chicago, Feb. 14. President Harrison's
special message on the sublect of an appro
priation in aid or the World's Fair will
probably bo sent to Congress soon after the
members return from Chicago. Yesterday
afternoon members of the National Board or
Control, now In sesslon.made a report to the
President on the subject ofthe appropriation
The board informed President Harrison
that since the date of its last report the Chi
cago directors had decided that they would
not ask Congress to lend the $5,000,000, and
that the whole subject of an appropriation
was now being discussed by the two govern
ing bodies of the Fair. This step was taken
that the President might have official knowl
edee of the change In the programme, and
not ask Congress to do a thing that the Chi
cago directors have decided they do not
want.
At a conference yesterday of the commit
tees appointed to sottle the disputed ques
tions 01 transportation nnu lnsiaunuoii.
President Baker brought up the question of
tho Government appropriation. He asked
the B.oard of Control to join tho directors in
trying to get $3,000,000 from Congress. He
was in favor of an omnibus bill, and indi
cated'that the Chicago Board ought to have
$4,000,000 of the money nnd the National Com
mission $1,000,000. Mr. Baker's plan was in
dorsed by members of tho Board'ofl Control,
who have a plnn or their own by which they
expect to get $4,000,000 for the National Com
mission. The subject will be discussed-tomorrow,
k
SHOT OUT OF SPACE.
A -Big Meteor Falls In n Mountainous Re
gion In California.
Okovhxe, Cal., Feb. 14. Tablo Mountain,
around which so many mysteries of nature
cling, and in whose depths aro caves and
caverns of unknown depth and beauty, was
the scene a few nights ago of a strange and
awful sight. A ball of fire desconded from
tho heavens with a frightful rapidity and,
with a shock that made the ground tremble
for nearly a mile around, buried itself deep
in the earth. William and Robert Campbell,
on the evening in question, about 10 o'clock,
saw a ball of fire In tho heavens, which hung
for a moment over the rim of the mountain,
and then with a rash and roar impossible to
describe, descended to the earth. A shock
like that of an earthquake followed.
Next day they went to the spot where the
mass had apparently struck. They had no
difficulty iu finding the place, for the light
that the meteor made on the previous night,
nlthongh but for a moment, had made every
thing clear. They found that where it had
struck was an immense hole iu the caith,
four or five feet deep. Numerous pieces had
ben broken off by tho fall and had also
bnried.themselves in the ground. Tho top
of the mass was still hot, so hot in firct that
they could not hold their hands against it,
and the surrounding brush nnd greenwood
was burned and scorched as if it had been
exposed to a long-contlnned fire. The ma?s
weighs over eight tons and will be unearthed
and carefullly examined.
DEATHS HERE AXD ELSEWHERE.
Commissioner Frrnand Armand.
IJernand Armand, Commissioner of Im
migration at New Orleans, died Friday night of
pneumonia, aired 42 years. He had an Interesting
and romantic history. A native or New Orleans,
lie was educated In art and literature in France.
He took second prize for dramatic composition at
the French Kxposltlon. During the Franco
Prussian War hewasaprlso.ierln the hands of tbe
enemy, suspected or Doing a spy. Returning to Ids
native cltv 111 1874, lie practiced law successfully,
and established quite a clientage among the Italian
element, and was attorney In several Maua minder
eases, where he became possessed of the secrets of
the bands before the killing of GhtcrHeiuirssey.
For some years ne was Assistant Recorder of the
Seconil District of New Orleans. He had only held
the ofllce of Commissioner of Immigration a few
months, bnt In that time had been Instrumental In
turning back several typical representatives ofthe
allea criminal classes.
cr
KtT. Dcnsld Fraser.
Eev. Donald Fraser,. 51. A., D.D., died
Saturday in England. He was born at" Inverness,
January 13, 1325. Ills father was Provost of the
bnrg. His mother aof the Frasersof Klrkhill.
He waeIucated for the most part by private tu
tors till lie entered the Universltv of Aberdeen.
A fter Ave 5 ears' study lie took the degree or Master
of Artsatanunuunlly early age. ile afterward
studied divinity at Koox College. Toronto, and the
cw college, fcainmueu. iu iii: ne received the
degrceorDortorofDivlnllyfrom the BnlrcMltv of
Aberdeen. He was ordained lit 1S51 and inducted
Into the charge or congregation at Montreal. For
the last 10 years hctipik a leading part In the Pres
bvtcrlau Church oflCnglandand as twice modera
tor of the synod, lie was a vice president of the
British and Korelgn-Hlble Society aud was pro.ui-
nenuy eonuecien wuu many missions nnu cnariues.
He was the author.of a number ofrcllglous works.
Obituary Motes.
Epwahd Mokdecai Keed. Viro President ofthe
New York. New Haven and Hartford Railway,
died yesterday at New Haven.
Josiil'aDavidsox, aged CO. died last night at
Parersbnrg after a lingering Illness, lie was one
ot the prominent contractors In West Vlra-lul-i.
Mns. J. A. II. C.vasos, .of Jamestown. N. Y.,
formerly of Pittsburg, died at the home of licr
djugliter, Mrs. M. R. Yandcrgrlft, on Saturday at
1:311 r. it.
G. W. SlIERWOOP, Councilman, director In the
Union National Bank and proprietor of Sherwood
Eros, pottery, died at New Ilrlhu yesterday of
heart lallnre. '
Calvis ParDMOBE. a veteran horseman, who
has driven lnauy of Ihc fastest flyers on the tnrf.
died sudlealy yesterday at Ids residence at Yciuugs
tuwn while sitting lu a chair, of heart iallure.
THAT COAL ROAD DEAL
The Governor and Attorney General 'Will
Not Jlovn Without Deliberation.
HAititiSBuao, Feb. 11 Special. It is known
to those well Informed on tho subject that
tbe question of tho alleged illegality of the
Reading leases has not yet been presented
to tho Governor and that thero lias not been
any consideration of the subject by the
Govcrnorand Attorney General. Both have
been asked to say something about it for tbe
public, but they have studiously declined
for reasons which must be serions to all.
Two tilings can bo confidently expected
ftom tho Governor nnd Attorney General
they will not play for tho galleries nor will
they act precipitately. Thoy are the pre
sumed guardians of tho Interests of the
whole Commonwalth, and they are certain
to judge so momentous a movement as the
late harmonizing of the anthracite coal pro
ducers and transporters largely by the as
snml results. If it obviously promotes
healthy flnnnce, stable employment and
equality or exactions of onr consumers, only
the clear mandate of the Constitution could
excuse tho interposition or the State Govern
ment. And the results of tire Reading lenses
may bo fortunate for capital, labor and trade
nbw and yet be perverted hereafter to op
pression. Should that be done at any time
it would then becomo the clear duty of tho
Governor and Attorney General to summon
the extreme powers of the Constitution to
overthrow an orzanlzed assault upon the in
terests of tho public.
In the case of tho South Fcnn Railroad,
tho purpose an'd tho results of the com
bination were apparent as soon as the deal
was concluded. It stopped a great artery of
commerco and trade on which millions had
been expended, und denied the southern
counties of tho State the railway facilities
thoy so much needed, solely to hinder com
petition in tho transporntion of the products
of our industries to market. It paralyzed
a large section of the State, and benefited
only a single corporation. If tbe .Reading
deal presented such purposes and results
clearly to the public, there would be prompt
action by the Attorney General under the
direction of tho Governor; but when sncU
action can result only in destroying millions
of legitimate values without benefiting any
class or condition of the people of the State,
tho Govcrnorand Attorney General will be
likelv to interfere only under tho-accepted
absolute command ofthe Constitution.
IN AN EAGLE'S QBASP.
A Baby Seized and Carried In the Air by a
Ilnge Bird.
Ratox, N. M., Feb. 14. A party of tourists
witnessed a strange sight near this place a
few days ago. Late in the afternoon while
going by a littlo house near the road they
heard the frantic screams of a woman. Sev
eral of tho men lantothe house and fonnd
her standing in a side door screaming, "My
child! my child!" and pointing to the barn,
on the top of which sat a big bald eagle with
a child about 1 year old in it talons. Be
fore any of the party could shoot the bird
the noise had frightened him, aud, picking
np the child, ho flapped his enormous wings
and started away. The half crazed mother
and tho party of tourist9, wild with excite
ment, ran along, keeping as near the eaglo
as possible. Thinking tho boy's death was
almost a certainty in any event Mr. Roberts
took careful aim and fired and broke the
bird's wing.
It was almost a minute before the strength
of the bird gave out and it began to fall,
still holding the boy in its talons. The talons
of the eagle, had gotten well tied up in the
clothes, and this had saved the boy's Hie.
The mother's joy was something indescrib
able. She told the tourists that the eagle
had been about the house fora longtimeaud
hud almost brcotne a pet. It had seemed to
be much attached to a dog owned by her
husband and spent mnch of its time near the
dog's kennel. A few weeks beforo tho dog
iid showed symptoms of madness and had
been shot. Since then the eagle had seemed
very vicious. Two days before it had taken
the child it had gono away-nnd had not been
seen until tho mother, attracted by the cries
of her child, ran to the door nnd saw it
perched upon the barn with the baby in its
claws.
A WIDE OPEN TOWN NOW.
An
Ingenious Minneapolis Ordinance for
the Protection of Saloon Men.
Misseapolis, Miss., Fob. 14. In an all
night session the Minneapolis City Council
repealed all existing liquor laws and passed
a new ordinance that is unlqne. It.is de
signed to permit the running of saloons on
Sunday. Under the old ordinance, as fast
as saloons wero opened on Snnday, mem
bers of the Crusaders' Society made com
plaint against tho violators of the law, and
they wero taken into tho Municipal Conrt
and heavily fined. In tho new ordinance a
clause distinctly states thnt "no proecution
shall be commenced for any violation of any
provision of the ordinance except upon
complaint of a police officer." The police
officers receive their orders from Mayor
Winston, vi ho is in favor of the wide-open
policy.
The saloonkeeper la further protected in a
section, in which it is provided that, in caso
of revocation of license, the city shall re
fund to the holder thereof a sum of money
proportionate to tho amount paid for such
license for the unexpired term thereof.
A CARSIVOBOUS H0B8E.
Ho Has a Queer Taste for Flesh In the Hair
State.
CnrcixifATi, Feb. 14. A horse that can
make a meal off of raw meat is to be con
sidered a novelty, even in these times of
strange and peculiar freaks. Joseph Graaf,
a dairyman, living on the Hamilton pike,
near Mt. Healthy, is the owner of such an
animal. It will leave oats, brnn and hay un
touched if it can only get hold or a piece of
raw meat. About three months ago Mr.
Graaf left the animal standing In Court
Street market just behind a wagon loaded
with fresh beef. He was absent a few min
utes, and on his return was surprised to see
it tearing away at a hind quarter and swal
lowing it with apparent relish.
On hi way home Mr. Graaf got to thinking
the incident over, and stopjilng at n butcher
shop ho purchasod some rough pieces of
meat, intending to try the home again when
he reached the stable. He did so, and al
though there was a pretty fail-quantity or it,
the animal speedily devoured it all. It was
also tried with conked meat, bnt this it
would not touch; neither would it have any
thing to do with pork. The animal is about
6 years of age, of remarkably fine propor
tions, and very powerful. It is a freak that
might draw well In a museum.
THAT C0BDAGE SCHEME.
Alonz) Wardell Says the Alliance, as an
Organization, Is Clear of It
Hcitox, S. D., Feb. 14. When interviewed
relative to the National Cordage Company
and tho Nntlqnal Union Company scheme,
Alonzo Wardell, President of tho Alliance
Association and tho dofnnct Fidelity In
surance Company, declared that ho had no
personal connection with it, aithongh last
summer, wbllo working for tho Alliance, ho
would riequentlv say n good word lor tho
National Union Company.
He nsstimed that the National Cordagd
Company and Wnterbury wero interested
in tho scheme because it would open for
them now nveunes for their goods, partieu
larlv bagging nnd twino. Tho check for
$123 OM was glvon ns an evidence of good
faith and to show thnt the comp-my hnd
plenty- of money with which to fill all con
tracts. The now sclieme lint, no connection
with the Farmers' AHHnce, nor has tho
National Alliance indorsed lt.
Dnlntli's Oldest landmark Doomed.
DL'Ltrra, Mix;.-., Feb. 13. Steps are being
taken 10 tenrc'.own the old John Jacob Astor
headquarters trading honso at Fond du Lac,
nnd enough Intere-t has been aroused in tho
preservation of the oldest building nt tho
nc.id ot tho Inko to cull out a vigorous pro
todt. It is proDable, however, that unless
tho protest takes the lOrm of cnih lohny the
old log trading hotteo and fort lt will be torn
down In a lew days.
The Fennsj's Best Engine. '
Altooxa, Feb. 14. Tho now Baldwin com
pound locomotive this morning hauled the
Now York and Chicago limited on the Penn
sylvania Railroad up the west slope of the
Allegheny mountains unassisted. No
single online has boiore been equal to the
lank. "There is much talk in railroad circles
in thlscltyusniesult. The engine gained
10 minutes in the ran between,Pittsburgand
Altoomi.'
Folllici Ilablo to Bo oil Top.
Detroit Free Press.
When morality and politics get mixed up,
politics is very liable to come out on top.
FUITftT THE "WHITE H0TJ3E CEUSH.
Humoro&s Incidents Noted Daring tbe
Crowded Card Exception.
WASntsoTOS, T. C, Feb. U.-SpecidU
Many stories nro still being told about the
remarkable Jam of invited and uninvited
people that converted last Tuesday night's
card reception at the White House into a
fiee-for-atl scramble. Some of tho stories
relate to serious mishaps to persons and
clothing and others are amusing. Ono ac
cident that occurred has caused consider
able gossip nt tho expense of Mr. Paul
Desprez, the handsome first Secretary ofthe
French legation. He is tho proud possessor
ofthe decoration known as tho Order of
Tunis, which he pinned npon his breast be
fore going to tho White House. When
tho crush was nt its height he suddenly
missed the order, which was dearer to him
almost than his life. He was in despair, and
at once notified the ushers und servants of
his loss, and a systematic search was began.
Itwas. quite unavailing forsomotime. and
Mr. Desprez was on tho point of notifying
the police, in order that nil possible precau
tions should be taken, when, being in a more
than usually crowded cornerof the room,
ho wa-t Jostled against a handsome woman
In front of him. Raising bis eyes to hers to
apolo-.'lzp for his apparent mistake, he dis
covered his much coveted missing jewel
firmly cansht in the meshes of her luxuriant
hair. The foreignerpolitelvcalled the lady's
attention to her new decoration, and she
surrendered it with a blush and with an ex
pression or wonder as to how in the world
It ever got into its new resting place.
XJ10 wife ota new Western Senator is ten
ing her friends another humorous incident.
She. with a party of friends wore, like hund
reds of other guests, absolutely unable to
reach the dressing rooms after gaining
entrance to tho White Hon3e. They were
undecided what to do, when one of the party
spied a bundle of wrap in the corner and
suggested that they all add theirs to the
pile. This was agreed to, and the .three
ladles removed thoir carriage hats and
cionksand threw theiri on tho itonp of cloth
ing in the corner. Ah the last garment fell
into place the heap of cjotliing, which hap
pened to bo another Senator's wifo tieing
hershoe, indignantly arose and demanded
an explanation. This action showed the
absurd mistake that had been made and the
whole partv 103t their embarrassment in an
outburst of laughter. They wero hardly
clear in their own minds, however, as to who
was the real victim of the mistake.
CONGEESS GEOWS INTERESTING.
Some Fendlnir Measure That Will Stir Vp
Politicians in Both finds.
Wasiiimjtox, Feb. 14. Thero are indica
tions that tliis week will be notable in Con
gressional annuals as one in which political
Issues wero made up. In tbe House thero
may be an alignment of members on the
silver question, and it is probable that in the
Senato will be defined the economical
policy ot the Democrats as 11 sequence
of the programme adopted by tho
majority in the House. The bill providing
for the public printing and binding which is
the pending business in the Senate will
probably be attacked in the section creating
a new office, that of a Superintendent ofthe
Public Document, and indeed tho Demo
cratic Senators arc disposed to question tho
statements made by tho majority ot tho
committee to the ellecc that tho entire bill
is in the interest or economy. The debate
on the measnrc is expected to occupy sev
eral davs this week.
The Paddock bill to prevent the adultera
tion and misbranding of food and drugs
stands next in order of tho measure to be
considered, but it is posslblo that it may be
antagonized by the Idaho Senatorial elec
tion case of Claggett vs Dubois.
It is probable that the subject of appro
priations will be the principal topic of dis
cussion in tho House during the week unless
the silver question should he forced to the
lront. To morrow is "suspension" day and
thereTare several bills on the calendar which
their friends believe can secure tho two
thirds vote necessary for their passage.
It is tho intention of the Indian Affairs
Committee to call up tho Indian appropria
tion bill early in the week, and its consider
ation may operate to postpone all other
measnres, as tho large reductions made in
the bill from the act of tbe last Congi ess will
not be permitted to go unchallenged.
The Rules Committee has several resolu
tions before it. Its proceedings will be of
special interest in view of the fact that one
of the resolutions is thatintroduced by Mr.
Bland making the siivorbill a special con
tinning order In tbe House. The silver men
are striving to have the order reported at an
early day. As soon as this resolution Is re
ported an interesting parliamentary struggle
will begin, and, should there be much delay
in the Rules Committee, the fight will ho
.precipitated without awaiting action by it
on me reqnesc 10 maico tne suvrr 0111 a spe
cial order.
SHAKB0CKS COMING OVER.
Ten Thousand of Them to Be Used on St.
Patrick's Day.
New Yobk, Feb.14. Ten thousand bunches
of shamrocks, their roots carefnlly im
bedded in Irish earth, nro on their way
across the Atlantic Ocean to this city, and
tbe hearts of 10,000 and more men of Irish
birth and descent in the States of Now
York, New Jersey and Connecticut will beat
with pride as they port the three-leaved
problem or Erin, fresh plucked, on St.
Patrick's Day.
Joseph Ryan, Secretary of the Irish Fed
eration of America, of which Banker
Eugene Kellv is President, is the consignee.
Mr. Ryan wrote to relatives in Ireland to
send him tho shamrocks, intending to give a
pleasing surprise to his many friends in the
land of the Stars and Stripes.
FOUND DEMENTED IN A BABN.
The
Sad Flight of tho Wifo of a Well-
Known Citizen ofReadlng, Pa,
Reabiso, Feb. 14. Mrs. James Milliard,
wife of a well-known citizen of this city,
who disappeared from her homo here over a
week ago, was brought back yesterday
morning. She was found by a friend Friday
evening in an isolated barn, 15 miles west of
this city, almost frozen to death.
From the statement of the- poor woman,
she epent several days and nights In the
building and wasnearly famished. Her mis
fortune was brought about Dy a recent sick
ness. Architects to Assemble at th's Fair.
UniCAOO, Feb. 14 Invitations will-soon be
Issued to the architects of tho world to at
tend ft congress or architects during tho
F.iir. A committee has been appointed by
President Bonney, or the World's Congress
auxiliary, to issuo tho invitations.
Soma One Else Is Willing.
Toledo Blade. J
Nearly every day slnco tho publication cf
Blaine's withdrawal, brings the announce
ment of some one else who desires to be
Barkis.
May be Still in tbe Ring.
Boston Herald. 1
The Antis and the Pros are still fighting
jnst as fiercely down In T.oiiisIana as if the
lottory hadn't given up the ghost. Perhaps
it hasn't.
BIjAND'S SILVER BILL.
TnE reporting of tho till with the. approval
of the committee, indjbed, is by no means
equivalent to its passa. Boston Post.
The free coinago silver ghost will plague
tho Democratic majority in Congress, de
snlto tho efforts of the party ghost doctors.
Kansas City Journal.
Mr. Blasd's vigor in pressing the Mlver
bill shows that ho knows what tho Demo
cratic bosses aro afraid of and what the
Democratic masses want. St. Zouis Globe
Democrat. ,TnERE is a strong Democratic anti-free
coinage minority, and the minority.together
with'tho Republican side of tho House, can
and will prevent any free coinage legisla
tion. Detroit Tribune.
The entire bill is a mistaSe. Its passago
would bo infinitely disastions to tho coun
try. Every honest man should raise his
voico In protest against this scheme, which
has not one sound reason for its enactment,
bnt overy possiblo reason against it. Toledo
Btade.
Tueee Is nochance that the bill wllbecome
a law. rrcsidont Harrison can bo depended
on to veto it, and it cannot secure the re
qnlslte two-thirds vote for passing over his
veto in the Senate. The silver men aro sim
ply seeking to show their strength and pnt
themselves on 1 ecord. Hvjfala Express.
Ma.- Blasd, in. his freo coinage of silver
bill, proposes a surrender to France- This
exemplifies tho Democratic capacity lor
government. Our standard of value must
be fixed at home, not abroad. This Is tha
honest American doctrine, nnd unfortunate
ly Mr. Biand does not seem to be in it. Ainc
1 orA Recorder.
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CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS...
Paris-has 87 daily papers.
Illinois pays her Lieutenant Governor
$3 77 a day.
There -were 500,000 chickens reared for
markot in Sussex during 1800.
The people around Dark Harbor, Grand
Mannn, are somewhat excited over a big
whale which. got into the harbor and cannot
get out.
Chemists say it takes less than half the
amount of snr to sweeten preserves if tho
sugar is pnt in after the cooking has com
menced. Tbe energy of a stroke of lightning h
estimated by Carl Henry to be equal to that
of a ono hundred horse-power engine work
ing ten hours. -
The jrray hair of an Elbert county (Ga.)
woman, 87 years old, is falling out and being
replaced by a luxuriant growth of Jet-black
locks, so it is said.
Fifteen per cent of the students attend
ing Sydney University in Australia, aro
women, whoso advancement there is keep
ing step with their progress in America-
It is a enrions coincidence that the two
"Teatest republics or to-day, namely, the
United States and France, are each presided
over by the descendant of a regicide.
In 1703 the first Hussian newspaper was
published, and so ranch interest was taken
in it that the great Teter himself wrote
some ofits editorials and corrected proofs.
A Long Island man is very indignant at
the conduct of hU dead wife. He declares
thai she not only refuses to remain in her
grave, bnt insists on visiting him at night
and preventing his sleeping.
The earliest reference to shaving of the
beard i s found in Genesis, chapter xIL,
verso 14. where we read that Joseph, on be
ing summoned before the King, shaved himself.
An official in a Texas town recently
wrote to the local treasurer asking that his
salary should be sent to hi bouse, as ho had
not beon lober enough to leave home for
several weeks.
By the aid of old manuscripts at Pari?,
Vienna, Yenico and Munich, M. Berthelot
maintain that the invention of gunboats
and armour-protected guns is as old as the
fifteenth century.
There are now 120 women in the Berlin
telephone exchanges. It has been decided
to employ only women in the future, as their
voices are much more audible than men's,
owing to the higher pitch.
In Michigan, recently, a woman was
sentenced to the Upper Peninsula prison, at
Marquette, but, because thero were no fe
male convicts there, and no matron, it is re
ported the warden refused to take her In.
At a wedding at Brookfield, Mo., last
week, tbe bride and groom each wore very
valuable gold nuggets, old family relics
dug from Deadman's gulch, Sacramento
Valley, Cal., by tho father of the groom in
White ash leaves are shunned by rattle
snakes. It is said that a rattlesnake placed
In a circle, one-half of which is formed of
ash leaves and tho other half or live coals,
will cross tho coals rather than touch the
leaves.
A pig's tail is said to unerringly indi
cate the condition of the animal. If it
hangs loose it shows that the pig is not well,
and that its food should be cnanged. If it
bo coiled tightly the pig is healthy and
happy.
A quiet rancher in the foothills of Cali
fornia has been experimenting with the
olive, and now makes the sensational an
nouncement that olives can be grown on onr
native willows by tho ordinary process of
grafting. He makes good the assertion by
exhibiting willow branches with clusters of
fruit growing on them.
When a Clinton, Mich., woman visited
her woodpile one morning recently she
foundevidences that it had been tampered
with and a pair of mittens. Tho last she
washed and carefully mended, and then ad
vertised for the owner to come forward and
prove property. To her surprise no one has
appeared to claim them.
In the Caucasus, suspension bridges of
80 feet span wero made with cables' of threo
strands of grape vine, secured to trees on
opposlto banks of the river with, a footpath
of narrow plank snspended at intervals
from the, caTble. The suspension bridge does
not seem to have been introduced into
Europe until about the closvsof the sixteenth
century.
If the populations of England and Scot
land increase tor the next census decade in
the same ratio as they have done over thai
of 1831-91, and if, correspondingly, Ireland
decreases proportionately in population the
respective numbers of the United King
dom will be thus divided in the year 1901;
England,32,468,4i9: Scotland, 4,304,105; Ireland,
4,235,858 total, 4I,09J,462.
Nuptial garlands may be traced back to
the "confarreation" ceremony; indeed, they
wero equally employed by both Hebrews
and Gentiles. Tho Anglo-Saxon garlands
were ecclesiastical property, and did dnty.
so long as tncy conunueu to do presenraoie,
for successive bridal ceremonies. Some
times they were flowers, sometimes of rayr
tlo, frequently of corn ears.
At a meeting of the members of the
Cntcheo Vcese Oswal caste, held lately at
Mandvle Bender, Hindustan, It was resolved
that instead of a ring women should weara
flowerin the nose. Inasmuch as the nose
ring had led to much unlavorablo comment,
henceforth wearing nose rings would lead to
a fine of 10 rupees and i annas, in addition to
forfeiture ofthe ornaments.
Two strange fish were taken in a trawl
net off tho coast of Maine recently. One.tue
lampris, is the only specimen of the kind
ever taken in Eastern waters. In shape it is
like a very largo snnflsh, and its weight
was about 3C0 pounds. Its back was of a
beautiful sky blue, the sides were snowy
white, and tbe fins scarlet. The other fish,
the ecolarof the Canary Islands, is common
in warm latitudes, bnt has never before
been taken so far north as In this case.
Both were taken at a depth of 1,000 feet.
BRIEF BUMORE-QUES.
"I'm surprised at the noise that Niagara,
makes."
Why?"
You'd think there was enough water there to
drown the noise.'; Puck.
I cannot sing the old songs
I sang a while ago.
For if I do the other guests
Quickly get up and go.
Snyder See.
Bulfinch So you've married Miss Spend
lots? Wooden Yes.
Bulflnch Who gave her away?
Wooden Gavclier away? Well, considering tho
fact that I've been married only four weeks and
she has cost me 51.600,11 doesn't strike me that
anybody gave her away. Boston Courier.
Jimmy (catching sight of a piece of cake)
"Mamma, I'm awful hungry.
Mamma Very well, deary. Dinner will be ready
shortly.
Jimmy I'rc not hungry for dinner. I'm hungry
for cake. Harper's Youny People.
The owl took his hat and his glores one
night
Ills sweetheart for to see.
When his daddy asked Mm where he went,
"On a definite object I'm Intent,
'To wit. to woo," salt he:
Towlt,'to wit, to wool"
Bnt he scarce had stepped outside the door.
When he could not fait to see
That the sky with clouds was all o'ercast,
Tbe rain was falling hard and fast.
Too wet, too woo," said he.
"Too wet, too wet to woo!"
Harvard Iimpnon,
First Lady I saw your husband meel
yon on Fulton street yesterday, and I noticed that
he removed Ills hat while speaking to you. I ad
mired him for it. Very few men do that.
Second Lady I remember; I told him la the
morning to have his haircut, and he was showing
me that he had obeyed Smith, dray Co-'
Monthly.
Proiessor (looking at his watch) As we
have got a few minutes I shall be glad to answer
any question that any one may wish to ask.
Student-What time Is lt. plmet-Tura Stft.
ings.-
Ycs, pity is akin to love
When she said "No" I fonnd It out; .
She sighed for mei tse tender dove:
bolt's a sister, I'rcnodouDt.
JVjio FrS Herald.
Physician (to hospifal nurse) Yoa will
see. it yon please, that the patient Is given tbe
medicine exactly as prescribed. '
Hick man (formerly from Uoston. feebly) If yoa
hare no objection, doctor. I greatly prefer that the
medicine should lie given the patient.. ThatUtlH
correct form. ChUgo Tribune. rtl rr
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