s-j THE PZITSBUEG- DISPATCH, PEIDA'T. FEBRUARY . "19. 189a tv Mje B$jraKg. ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY. 8, 1S45 Vol. 17. No. li Entered at Pittsburg Postofiice -No ember, 1SS7, as second-class matter. Business Office Corner Smithfield and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publishing House 7S and So Diamond Street, in New Dispatch Building. DASTFRX ADVERTISING OPTICS. ROOM 75. TRIBUNE BUILDING. NEW YORK, where corn rifle files ofTHE DIbrATCH can always be found. Foreign advertisers appreciate Jl'e convenience. Home ad ertlsers and friends of THE DISPATCH, while In Sew York, are also made elcoiue. THE DISPATCHis resnlarly on m'e atrrentano't, f Vmsn Sruarc Xeto Tork, and IT Are le P Opera. Tan. Irnnc. where anyone icAo to ten disap pointed at a hotel neat stand cauob'ain it. TERMS OF THE DISPATCH. POSTAGE FREE IX THE UNITED STATES. Daily DisrATcn, One Year $ 8 00 I) uly Dispatch, Per Quarter - 00 Daily Dispatch, One Month "0 Daily Dispatch, Including Sunday, lycar . 30 CO Daily Dispatch, including Sunday, 3m-ths. 2 SO Daily Dispatch, Including Sunday, I m'th. M Sunday Dispatch. One Year 2 50 Weekly Dispatch, One Year 125 The Daily Dispatch Is dell ered hy carriers at 35 cents per -week, or, lucludlng Sunday Edition, at ro cents per week. riTTSBURG. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 19. THE COMING CITY ArrBOPKIATIONS. Our cotemporary, the Times, thinks the recommendation "of TnE Dispatch to Councils to limit the appropriations this year to the aggregate for the year past should not be followed. It proceeds to say that Pittsburg is now one of the best governed cities in the country; that prog ress, not retardation, is demanded; and that there are a number of necessary ex tensions of services which will inevitably require a great deal more money than was raised and expended last year. The non-essential part of these observa tions may be disposed of first, .by the sim ple statement that the quality of city service is not the element of dispute in the matter, but wliat is paid for it, and that as lor the desire for progress and growth and for every requisite of government com mensurate therewith, The Dispatch and it may be said all sensible taxpayers are as earnest for these things as the Times is. But all that does not in the least affect the fact that the growth of city expenses has been extraordinary, and so far beyond the growth of population or of values, that i hen a further increase of over half a million of dollars is asked, it becomes necessary to look at past figures. These speak definitely. They are more con clusive than mere opinion''. They show that in 1S80 when Pittsburg had 156,000 population the total eity expense (less sinking funds, interest, poor and educa tional appropriations) was $963,000. The latter sum represented the cost of all other functions, including salaries, police and fire and water service, street cleaning, sanitary inspection and the like. In 1890 our population was 239,000, an increase of slightly more than 50 per cent. The city expenses for 1890, deducting again the sinking funds, interest, poor and educa tional appropriations, amounted to $2,516, O00, cr an increase of over 150 per cent That is, the ratio of increase of expense was three tiraes as great as of population. In 1891, the expenses still making deduc tions for the same items as were deducted for '80 and for '90 amounted to 2,914,000; and if the estimates asked for this year be granted, as the Times seems to think proper, tue sum, exclusive oi smiung funds, interest, poor and education, would exceed 3,500,000, or nearly 3)0 per cent more than the cost for the same branches of service in 18S0. Allowing that the city has grown and that it has grown in the value of its real estate even more than in its population it w ill still be seen at once that this exhibit presents a much greater and more extraor dinary grow th of expenses; and that the time has most decidedly arrived for Coun cils to call a halt It is utterly fallacious to point to the growth of the city as a re sult of the growth of this particular ex pense. That the city has many more miles of good streets now than in 1890; that it has sewers, and sidewalks is true; but these have been paid for by special assessment wholly apart from the annual expenses of the mere routine functions of government which alone we have been considering. AVe have rapid transit; have natural gas; have Increased trade from the surrounding towns and many new enter prises: it is to these things that the growth of the city is due. But surely they were not raid for in any part by City Halt TnE Dispatch believes that a' city should be as enterprising and liberal as a business firm that expects to keep its place in the world. It recognizes that as the city grows there will be necessary in crease of expenses; that the ratio will in crease; that thepeople demand and should have parks, clean streets, efficient health inspection, and many other things not fur, rushed or less adequately furnished years ago. But it does not believe in wasteful ex penditures, or in expenditures which run wholly out of sight in proportion to the growth of population. We feel assured that even among the regular supporters of the city administra tion there will be many Councilmen who will see the situation in this light, and who will agree that the time has come to call a liait upon the extraordinary annual growth of appropriations. As the city had very large appropriations last year including hundreds of thousands of dollars for spe cial purposes not up this year it can man- age very well to get along upon the same aggregate. The total of estimates vv ill, we think, be cut very greatly; and the Times, when out of the heat of political feeling, will see that this is the course which ordi narily good business sense would dictate. Whenever there is anything up to help the growth of Pittsburg, The Dispatch, it is unnecessary to say, wili not be second to anyone in advocating it; but prodigal out lay for mere routine services, if continued at an ever-increasing pace, is sure to operate sharply in just the other direction. THAT DIPLOMATIC WASH. The national capital is a beautiful city. One of the best features is the width and cleanliness of its streets and avenues. At a time when the -whole, tendenev of Washington is to "become a winter resort for the wealthy, with a corresponding rise in prices which is a hardship for poorer people obliged to live there, it is amusing to find that the econo mic principles of Herr Buddecke, Chan cellor of the German Legation, lead him to make use of a small park-like enclosure in front of his house as a drying ground for his weekly wash. The neighbors ob ject, and it seems undoubted that the Chancellor is trespassing on city property, but from the privileges which attach to members of legations it is impossible to take legal action against him. In this age of extravagance it is delight ful to find that Herr Buddecke's ' niigra- tion to this land of wealth has in no wiso modified the principles of frugal simplicity which are so characteristic of his own nation. The matter is not serious, of course, except in so far as the residents near the German Legation are determined to leave no stone unturned to secure what they believe to be their rights. It would be contemptible to make an international question of the drying of HerrBuddecke's household linen, but there will be no other outcome if the Teuton persist in his practices. It would be only graceful for the Chancellor to retire from his untenable position, and demand an increase in his salary to compensate for the enlargement of his laundry expenses. It is very poor diplomacy for a foreign representative in any country to take advantage of his privileged position to cultivate the an tagonism of the citizens among whom he comes to live, and -with whose customs'.he should accord. THE IMMIGRATION PKOBL.ESL The immigration question as a whole daily assumes a more serious aspect and demands the attention of Congress. The difficulties in dealing with the matter are numerous and complicated, and this is no place for a complete solution of the prob lem, though there is room for a suggestion of some of its bearings. "We cannot ex clude the poor, for poverty is no crime, and such an exclusion would be contrary to the whole spirit of our Constitution. "We pride ourselves on offering an asy lum to political refugees so that we can not demand a certificate with each passen ger from the police of the country he has left But we must keep out the physically or mentally maimed, those suffering from contagious or infectious disease, and all such as are likely to become a public charge through incompetence or criminal ity. The way to do this is by making the steamship companies legally responsible for the conduct of theirsteerago passengers for a period after their landing. The best method would be by an enactment requir ing the shippers to pay a heavy poll tax into an insurance fund. Then, a careful record having been kept of the amount paid, the person for whom it was paid and the company making the disbursement, there should be an annual assessment made of the charges incurred by public treasuries on account of immigrants, and if there were a balance from the tax it should be proportionately redistributed as a rebate to the original payers. In this way the steamship companies could be equitably held responsible for the char acter of their importations, without lessen ing the volume of immigration useful for and needed by the country. This would involve care, but it is the most feasible method of controlling the torrent which at present tends to become unmanageable, and which cannot be cut off in its entirety w ithout damage to our development and violation of our national principles. Our lawmakers take long to make up their minds and longer to embody their opinions in enactments, but there is much improvement possible in the meantime with the existing machinery. First and foremost, the health inspection must be rigidly carried out and penalties for in fringement of the law must be inflicted with the utmost possible severity. If the steamship companies continue to treat their immigrants as cattle iheymust be taught the false economy of such a policy by a firm insistence on a clean bill of health. Xo penalty can be found too severe for the punishment of those who attempt to conceal a disease which disre garded would threaten the lives of thou sands. As things are done at present, the quarters of steerage passengers are well calculated to encourage vice and breed disease, and no mistake must be made in letting the responsible parties understand that the evil must be either removed or carried on at their expense and under no circumstances to the cost of the United States. THE ONET WAY. By resigning Mayor Wyman has made the best of a bad job. The prime object of the actions which resulted in a verdict finding the Mayor of Allegheny guilty of extortion has been obtained by the vindi cation of the law, securing the removal of the disgraced official. He has been made an example of by the ignominy which attended the disclosures, and those who follow him will be warned that there are rules for the regulation of their con duct which they cannot disregard with impunity. But the lesson should be for the people as Avell as for the candidates and office holders, and voters shold learn from this expose that there cannot be too much care exercised in the use of the franchise. All this trouble might have been saved by insistence at the beginning that the can didate understood what was demanded of him and distinctly pledgedhimself to satisfy that demand. In other words, the electors must make it clear that they will support no one who fails to give evidence of that suitability for office, which includes honesty of purpose and capability to fulfill the promises made in asking for election. SENATOKS BY DIRECT TOTE. In his speech before the Senate yester day Senator Palmer sounded the true note of the cry for constitutional amendments to make the election of Senators de pendent upon the direct vote of the peo ple without the intervention of State legislatures. By passing such amendments the Senate will indeed attain a position in popular favor which it has never yet held. There are few men better fitted to advo cate the reform than the Democratic Sen ator from Illinois, who owes his own pres ence in the Capitol to the direct expres sion of the wishes of his constituents. The greater the decentralization of elec toral powers, the greater are the difficul ties in the way of wholesale corruption whether of money or of patronage. A measure of this kind, if passed, will in sure a more truly representative body in future Senates than in those of the past But this resumption of rights by the peo ple will bring with it the increased re sponsibility which always attends en larged powers. Hence voters cannot too soon begin to practice the independence of thought and action for the exercise of which this4amendment will give them in creased opportunities. PROGRESS IX BOSTON. The growing interest in the' ameliora tion of the lot of the harder worked por tion of humanity is evidenced by the opening of Andover House, Boston. The institution is planned much on the lines of Toyubee Hall, London. It is for the benefit of the poor, but not exclusively of the destitute. It will form a center for the organization of all existing efforts to reach that class which, from force of cir cumstances, enjoys less of the gcod things. of this world than go to make life's full ness But by these good things is not meant merely the concrete blessings which can be distributed by almoners, but the pleasures of life, the amenities of cul tivation and the opportunities for mental and physical exercise. Sympathy will be the keynote of the undertaking that sympathy on which so largely depends the value of gifts of every kind. The movement owes its origin to the alumni and friends of Andover Theolog ical Seminary, though its scope will in no way be confined to the members of one denomination, and help will be welcomed from all who have at heart the lightening of their fellow beings' burdens. The house will be under the charge of Mr. Kobert A. Woods, a Pittsburger by birth, who has already made a name by a publi cation of the results of that careful study of the sociological problems of Europe which eminently fits him for his post The great aim of the residents will be to get in touch with those whom they seek to benefit by social intercourse, by giving op portunities for discussion and instruction, and for physical and mental recreation and entertainment Pittsburg has not a disproportionately large poverty-stricken population, and it is not a big enough city to have the con gested districts which are the blot and danger of more over-grown communities. But we have here a large number of workers, the conditions of whose lives are such as to make them peculiarly fitted for the enjoyment of many of the most char acteristic 'features of Andover House. Any capitalist who is anxious to testify to his belief in Mr. Carnegie's theories with regard to the disposal of wealth could find no nobler or more useful outlet for his surplus than the one which would be afforded by the endowment of such an in stitution in our midst. The Law and Order prosecutions yester day got out of Alderman Kobe's j urlsdlction and Into that of a higher Court which per mitted of cross-examination of the wit nesses. Tho interesting point was brought out that they were hired to assist in the vio lation of the law for the infraction of which they want the newsdealers fined. That, however, Is but an Incident of the cases, though it might prove an, embarrassing one If the newsdealers decided to push It farther. The main issue of the whole ques tion -will come up next week when counsel argue upon whether newspapers aro entitled to be considered as privileged on the ground of being necessary articles. Governor Ktjssell, of Massachusetts, shows an unusually high order of wisdom in refusing to approve a, bill to double the gubernatorial salary unless it be provided that it shall not operate until his successor enters into office. WniLE the matters directly responsible for the resignation of French Governments from time to time are usually of little in trinsic importance, and thcreforo hard to foretell, the period of unrest which a change of Cabinet involves Is always a serious menace to the delicate balance of European affairs. The present crisis is but another Indication of the French love of variety, but it Is to be deprecated for the unknown quantity which it introduces to the arena of European politics. It is astounding to learn that there are people who are content to leave their house sewers unconnected with the street mains. Fortunately for tho public there is a legal remedy for this, and it should be stringently enforced. The movement on foot for the election of men hostile to Senator Quay and his methods will be seriously hampered by the live-and-let-liTO arrangement into which he and Sen ator Cameron have entered with tho Presi dent. Tower of patronage is a great factor, and will to a great extent stultify the at tempts at reform. The movement will now have to go deener than an attack on Quay in person, and must come right down to business in support of thorough civil service reform. Ireland still hampers English legisla tion, and in this manner the Emerald Isle will continue to have a disproportionate power in the law making of Britain until she gets the Home Rule which is her right. Ir the Guttenberg gang continue their de fiance of tho law, and if the execntive officials of New Jersey; fail to take action for the suppression of this disgrace after the vehemence and magnitude of the protests which were made on Tuesday, then it will be clear that there is at least one State in this Union in which an emphatic declaration of their wishes by the law-abiding citizens has absolutely no weight. Kaiseb "William would like to visit tho World's Fair, but he fears that his coun try would get into bad habits during his absence. He might allow them an oppor tunity for a little mild dissipation. In making his new appointments Chief Brown has been wise iu the recognition of merit by promoting existing officers, rather than introducing outsiders. Efficiency can be best maintained by the advancement of men familiar with the work. And, while such are to be found, it would De a great mistake to Ignore their claims by the ap pointment of men who would have every thing to learn. Many agitations for reform end in smoke, but thero is at least the consolation that the movement for a purer atmosphere in Pitts burg cannot, add anything to the clouds already on hand. We make noise enough over the encroach ments of poachers on our sealing 'waters, and there is every reason for Congress to put a stop to the destruction of Alaskan sal mon fisheries by unscrupulous canneries. Incidentally it may bo remarked that the Indians are dependent on this fish for their livelihood, though of course that has little bearing on the case. There is still no lack of opportunity for Congress to show the sincerity of its boasted economy by a ruthless cutting down of ap propriations for unnecessary public build ings. If there is truth in the statement that the treasuries of various religions societies in this country contain $100,000,000 of money lying idle, there is sound sense in the sug gestion that it ought to be made use of. Use less hoards should be taxed whether they belong to individuals or corporations. If half the statements made by Eugene Wolff be true, the Germans have a great deal to be ashamed of in their misconduct In East Africa. An educated Chinaman of 2few Tork, in lecturing on "Why I Remain a Heathen," made some pertinent remarks on tho out come of Christian civilization In this coun try. He pointed ont some interesting and incontrovertible facts on the curioiities of our systems of marriage and divorce. Neither the envelope, nor any other trust, is calculated to receive the stamp of public approval. It is not quite clear whether the police man accompanying 'each enumerator in the New York census was detailed for the protection of the enumerator or of those he was to question. Perhaps he. was put there just to insnre the bringing in of returns to suit Tammany. There is no new theory in the world of science which does not at the outset divide students into supporters and opponents. This is especially true of any discovery in methods or medical treatment. This taking of sides is an invitation to searching invests gation, and the sooner that takes place tho better for the people in general and for tho supporters of the innovation in particular if their vie w is sustained by an examination of the facts, TJio Keclcy method of dealing with drunkards is no exception to tho rule, and it should court the investigation which alone can establish its claims.. LIVE WASHINGTON WAIFS. A Hot Timo Over the Silver BUI One Democrat Calling Down Another, for Issulnga Circular to tho G. A. B. Harter Still Trying to Shelve Silver. Washington, D. C, Feb. 18. Speaker Crisp called the House to order this morning, but immediately after the delivery of the prayer resigned the gavel to Mr. Eicbard son of Tennessee. The President's message relative to the Choctaw and Chickasaw claims was laid befoie the House and read by the clerk. On motion of Mr. Holroan, of Indiana, the message was ordered printed and laid on tho table for the present. Mr. O'Neill, cf Pennsylvania, presented a protest of the Philadelphia Eoard of Trade against tho free coinage bill. Referred. The Speaker laid belore the Houso the re sponse of the Secretary of the Treasury to the House resolution askinir lor Information as to the authority by which tho KPer cen loan was extended. On motion of Mr. Newberrv. of Illinois, it was ordered that when the House adjourn, Friday, it shall be to'meet on Tuesday (this order is taken so as to enable membeis to accept the Invitation to visit Chicago). Mr. Geary, or California, from the Commit tee on Foreign Affairs, reported a billforthe exclusion of the Chinese. House calendar. The House then went into committee of tho whole, Mr. Bynum, of Indiana, in tho chair, on the Indian appropnttion bill. Bland Calls Down Mike Harter. During the course of the general debate Mr. Bland sent to the clerk's desk and had lead a circular letter written by Mr- Harter, of Ohio, to tho various Grand Army posts, in denunciation of the flee silver bill, and advising the members of the posts to urge their Congressmen to vote against it as it would prove detrimental to the interests of the pensioners. This circular Mr. Blana characterized as a bulldozing document. It was an effort to intimidate members, and was part of the bulldozing tactics of the millionaire, the tactics which had always been carried on in opposition to the meas ures which would drive free silver to tho country. He denounced it as unfair and un becoming the dignity of a member. Mr. Har ter admittted the authorship of tho circnlar letter. The gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Bland) had spoken of it as a bull dozing cir cular. To men w ho were afraid to have the expression of their opinions made public, such a circular might seem to be bulldoz ing, but to men w ho entertained opinions which thoy were willing to maintain under all circumstances, he could not see how the epithet was applicable. The peoplo of the country who were not familUr with the legislation that was proposed by Congress should receive information. Thegentleman from Missouri had referred to him as a millionaire. He was not a millionaire, nor was netno owner or any national oanK. .tie was more of a farmer than was tho gentle man from Missouri. Harrison's Election Pretiicted. He was as much opposed to givingthe silver bullion producers the earnings ofmthe people as ho was to giving them to manufacturers. If the free coinage bill wero passed it would elect Benjamin Harrison for a second term, and this would be done bv a Democratic House under the leadership of the gentle man from Missouri. He w ould like to pay members of Congress with the seventy-cent dollar and see how they would like it. If anything should be made a legal tender it should be the corn of Kansas and not the silver of Colorado. Mr. Bland, in rising to respond, sent to the clerk's desk and had read Mr. Barter's biography, as published in the Congressional Directory, in order to show that his business life had been spent as 'a banker and manufacturer. It was not proper, continued Mr. Bland, for a member of the House to prompt Grand Army men to send telegrams to their Congressmen in order to intimidate them and induce them them to vote against me iree silver bin. Mr. Harter, who was again granted a few moments, said he believed in good money for the farmer. For his part he did not care a picayune for either gold or silver that was he had no choice. "This," said he, "is all they have to possess." And with these words he drew from him pocket a largo gold watch. Mr. Bland, who was seated beside him, was not to be outdone, and danzled by Its chain his silver watch, offering an ex change. But Mr. Harter preferred tho gold, to tho silver timepiece, and as tho gentle men compared watches, (Mr. Buchanan, of New Jersey, interjecting the query: "When did you get them outJ") the nouse thor oughly enjoved the scene and much laugh ter was indulged in. Silver was then laid aside for the nonce, and the consideration of the Indian bill was resumed, Mr. Smith, of Arizona, criticizing some of its features, especially the appropriations for the Car lisle School. The Indian appropriation bill was generally discussed until adjournment. Barter's Call for a Caucus. The anti-free coinage men have made a demand for a caucus to relegate the silver question to the rear until after the Presi dental election. The following petition for a caucus was to-day circulated in the House by Representatives barter, of Ohio; Hoar, of Massachusetts, and other opponents of free coinage: "To Hon. William S. Holman, Chairman. Dear Sir We ask you to call a meeting of the Democratic members of this House for Thursday evening, February 25, at 7:30 o'clock, to consider two resolutions which win be presented. They are as follows: He solved, That we aro in favor of the contin ued use of both gold and silver as money, ami that we are unalterably opposed to any legislation which will drive either metal out of general circulation. Besolved, That in justice to the 'Democratic party, and with duo consideration for tho general busi ness, industrial and financial interests of the nation, we deehn it the duty of tho Democratic members of the Fifth-second Congress to dofer any definite action on the subject of free coin age until the question of its wisdom and Jus tice Is distinctly made in the elections of 1693. We ask you further to Invite the Dem ocratic members of tho Senate to this con lerence. "The promoters ot the call express the fullest confidence in securing the requi site number of signatures to force a caucus. In reference to the call.Mr. Harter said to an Associated Pi ess reporter: "Many of our Democratic members begin to see what a howling farco it is to declaim against the rascally class legislation of the McKinley act, and then legislate to give tho same class of advantages to silver kings, especially as tho consequences of the silver class legis lation are ceitain to be disastrous to the country. It is easy enough to see before the Government eloctions come on every Intelli gent voter in trie united states would be laughing at ns, and instead of a national election we should have a kind of Hnmpty Dumpty show say a national circus, with the Democratic party in the very important character of clown. It is only natural that the level-headed Democrats are not enam ored by such an outlook, and it is easy to see that the men who would bring con temnt and disgrace upon the party would live to regiet it to the end of their days. What the party needs now is an insuiance policy, and if we down this free silver madness now it will never rise to plague its creators again. We had no trouble getting plenty of signatures to the call for a confcience in the very short timo we devoted to it." Secretary Foster to tho House. The Secretary of the Treasury has written a letter to the Speaker of the House in re sponse to the House resolution calling on him for Information "whether, at any timo sinco tho 4 per cent bonds became due there has been sufficient funds in the Treas ury to pay tho same; and it so, by what au thority ho has assumed to continue any of such bonds at 2 per cent interest, and' whv tho same were not all paid at the timo said bonds were due." The Secretary says that the 1 per cents are redeemable at the pleas ure ot the United States, on thiee months' notice to the holders. He shows that there wero sufficient funds in the Treasury to pay the outstanding bonds, but says that it was deemed prudent and profitable to the Gov ernment to continue a portion of them, and tho authority under which the bonds were permitted to continue is contained in the act wnicnautuorizeuineirissue. The secre tary calls attention to the fact that-the Forty-sevonth Congress approved the con tinuance of the 5 and 6 per cent bonds at 3 per cent. Another Complaint Against Porter. Those interested in the limestone industry having made complaint that an injury has been done them by statements made in the census bulletins, an investigation was made and to-day tho census office admits that a wrong was unintentionally done this inter est by grouping good and ordinary stone to gether, thereby bringing down the average value of the best. The census office has agreed to omrt the parts of which complaint is made frornlts reports. Tna changes will no doubt satisfy tho limestone men. Option Matters Before Committee. W. C. Brown, a miller of 3?ostona,.0., talked to the House Committee on Agricnlt mo to-day in favor or making an antl optton bill uniform in its opeiation. He maintained that tluo future system gave the farmer a better market for his products. The Judiciary Committee or the Senato heard arguments on tho Washburn bill to day. Samuel Y. Allerton, of Illinois, argued in lavor or the bilL Kentucky Kiver Improvement. Mr. Montgomery, of Kentucky," to-"day "made a strong arguuient'bclorp the House Committee on Elvers and Harbors, in favor of an appropriation of $200,000 to continue the work of locking and damming the Green river in Kentucky, above tho Barren river. A Supremo Court Decision. Mr. Justice Harlan has made a decision sustaining tho jurisdiction of the Circuit Court for the Northern District of California, in the case of theUnited States against the Southern Pacific Eailroad Company, the Southern Kailroad Company, the Atlantic and Pacific Kailroad Company, and tho Western Union Telegraph Company, to com pel the companies to operate their telegraph lines ih accordance with the act or August 7, 1368. A Monument for the Fallen B.-avc. Bepresentative V. "A. Taylor, of Ohio, to-day introduced a bill appropriating $100, 000 for the erection on one of the public squares or reservations in Washington, D. C, ofa monument in memory of the soldiers, sailors and marines of thoUnited States who fell in tho late war. WOLVES Iff A BUFFALO STJBVEB. They Cross on the Ice at Night From the Wilds of Canada. ' Buffalo, Feb. 18. Between 15 and 20 wolves have made theirappearance In West Seneca, a subuib of Buffalo, and women and children are afraid togo ont of doors. They appear in the village at night and escape to the woods about a mile away. Several old hunters are following the trail well armed. Tho story seems incredible, yet it would be very easy for the hungry hordo to have ciosced the ice from the wilds of Canada, as the lako is frozen over, and it is only ten nines across tne point. Children are uepc from school and the men have their guns loaded. To-day a largo pavtv of men expect to start on a bunt for the beasts. i . . . i i FOUND A PJETBIFIED CHILD. A Disturbed Grave in an Ohio Cemetery Leads to a Strange Discovery. York, O., Feb. 18. Last evening Lewis Davis and Joseph McCrasken discovered a grave in the cemetery-that had apparently been disturbed. Their curiosity was aroused, and they investigated. The grave was opened and found to con tain the body of a pretty, flaxen-haired 5-year-old girl, which lay in about a root of water. The body was taken up, and found to "be completely petrified. The remains were interred Uyeais ago, and the solidifi cation was so perfect that not a line or feature was changed. KAMIS OFTEN HEAKD. "Brick" POirEROY; editor, lecturer and capitalist, is now in tho South in search of health. James "Whitcomb Biley has found lec tntlng so remunerative that he does scarcely any literary w ork now. The Duke of Norfolk gives away more money to charities than any other member of the British peerage. ' The oldest Unitarian minister now living is the Eev. Thomas Treadwcll Stone, of Providence, who is over 90 yeais of age. The Controller of the Currency yester day appointed Mr. Emerson Collins, of Will iamsport, receiver of the First National Bank of Muncy, Pa. Mrs. Garrett Pawcett, the widow of the blind Postmaster General of that name, is tho best platform speaker in England, and has a simple, feminine manner. Gustave Jovanovitch, the greatest cattlo breeder in Bussia, and cjftled the "King of the Steppes," owns 600,000 acres of land, and possesses more than 1,000,000 sheep and 34,000 shepherd dogs. Colonel "William" Henry McIntosh, of Deer Foot, Minn., a veteran of the war of 1812, chops his-own firewood and bathes at dawn seven days a week in water from a spring near his solitary habitation. Goveenor Edwin B. Winans, of Michigan, is not very widely known outside of his own State, for, unlike many Western Governors, he does not often come East to visit cities and mingle with men in hotel corridors. , The new Minister to Ecuador, Bowland Btennerhassett Mahaney, is a young man and a brilliant scholar. While a student at Harvard he had a serious controversy with President Eliot, in which the latter-came out much the worse for the treatment he re ceived. DEATHS HEKB ASD ELSEWHERE. John Mackln. It was with deep regret that many old citizens of Pittsburg read yesterday In The Dis PATcn of the death of a venerable and worthy gentleman, Mr. John Mackln, which occurred at his residence at Ingram station on Tuesday night. Mr. Mackln was in the 80th year of his ajre, and until within a comparatively short time back he was a man of wonderful strength of body andmind. Deceased was one of the oldest residents of Pitts burjr. He was a conspicuous figure In Its earlier history, having In his time taken an active and useful interest, particularly In public affairs, and being concerned as contractor at varlons neriods in many weighty undertakings. Srr. Mackln was a man of exceedingly bright mind and of a most affectionate and generous disposition- He took frreat and helpful interest In vonng people partlcu arly, and in fact he never seemed to grow old him seir. Hospitable to the last degree and always cheerful, his society was ever a delight to a large circle of friends. Funeral services of the deceased will be held this morning at Craf ton station on the arrival of the train leading nttsburg at 9:35 o'clock. Sir George Campbell. Sir Georce Campbell, K. C. S. L, D. C. L., member of parliament for Kirkcaldy, is dead at Cairo, Egypt. Sir George Campbell was born in 1321, and was Judge of tbe buprcme Court of Calcutta, Commissioner of the Ciz-SutleJ States, Chief Commissioner ..of the Central Provinces, Lieutenant Governor of Bengal, and a member of the Council of India. He resigned the last mentioned office to enter Parliament. Sir George was the author of "Modern India." "The Irish Land." "A Handy Book on the Eastern Ques tion." He sat for Kirkcaldy since April, 1875. In politics he was a Liberal, In favor of borne rule. Captain William M. Connor, Captain "William M. Connor died at the Muaenphy Hospital at St. Louis, Wednesday, after an illness of several months. Captain Connor was born in St. Louis, beginning his active life in tbe grocery business, but always had a "hankering" . for stage life. When the war broke out he entered the Confederate Army as captain, servlnglhrough the war. At the close he became Interested In cot ton at Memphis and New Orleans, Incidentally be comming wldelv known for his turf and other sporting proclivities. The Largest Woman in the World. Mrs. Chippcna, said to be the largest woman in the world, and who was to have been ex hibited at the World's Fair, died Tuesday at Dog Lake Indian Reserve. 100 miles from Winnipeg. She was 48 years old, 6 feet high and weighed 750 pounds. Recently she married an Indian jvelghlng lesjth.ii) 100 pounds, N .. Obituary Notes. Hon. William RnoDES, ex-Minister of Agri culture, of the Dominion of Canada, is dead at Quebec. Henrt W. 'Hates, the well-known natnrallst and author, died m London Wednesday from an attack of influenza. Edwabd Daxielj, a museum freak, known as the "spotted boy." and recently -nltu the SeUs Brothers' circus, is dead, ogea 23. IIabby STEVKSS, stage manager of "The Pearl of l'ekln" company, died Tuesday at his home In Providence. He was about 31 years of age and un married. Tamekichi, the Japanese Juggler and sleight-of-hand performer, who had frequently appeared at variety theaters, is dead In Cuba, where he was traveung witn a circus. William n. Eosxvelt, best known by his pro fessional name of Bert Miller, died suddenly In TJtiea Saturday evening, ne became known as a manager of minstrel and theatrical shows and or sporting contests. Kev. John HELLEB. a local Evangelical preacher at Loganton, Pa., died in his pulpit cbair at a cburch service one evenlns: this week, during the singing of a hymn. Heart disease carried him off. lie KOSOI jcai U w. David Dcnium Withees. "The Sage ofB-ook-dale," died at tho Brevoort House, New York, yesterday morning. He was ono of the founders bf the American Jockey Chib, anjl spent 52,000,050 on Monmouth Park. Altked BxoDOE the English actor-manager, is dead in a Birmingham, Eng., nospltal, aged 52. For years he had taken dramatic troupes through tna Englith provinces. He was also the author of Astray Krom the Flock," "Morality" and other melodramas. UmsiiABD E. Lt.idian', a member of the State Central Republican Committee and delegate to Ihe List Republican National Convention, died sud denly yesterday at Bethlehem. Pa., of hemor- rnaires. supennuueeu ov ine Krcu. ki-u oi. xie was the founder of Ilic Lchlch Valley Brass Works and ounerlutendeut of the btemtou Car Works. Miss Maby J axe Squibes, aged 80, an eccen tric woman who had lived alone for many years nenr Parry Center, N. Y., was round dead lu her chairTuesrtay. Forty pet cats were. In the room, several of them being on her lap. and one on each sboulder. The life of the woman was a mysterr. for eDe admutea. no one to, companlopsnlp witn HSr.nmuercau, ,.- DISPLAY OF HOME ART Under the Auspices or the Local Society .Evidence a Wealth or Creative and . Technical Power Mrs. Livermore and Thackeray Polite World Nevis. Nothing could be more gratifying than the result of last night's oxhlbition of paint ing by local men and women, under the wing of tho Art Society. The large apart ment, used as a sort of music chamber, with the alcove, had its walls entirely hung with a collection that was a superb example of the thoughtful work being produced nowa days in Pittsburg, as well as indicative of what may yet bo expected. As there was, apparently, no limitation set as to the num ber of canvases each might display, the artists had used their own judgment In se lecting a sufficient number to denote their particular versatility. A group of pictures by Mr. Joseph R. Wood well felicitously told tho story of that artist's earnest study of Magnolia Beach, off the coast bf Massachusetts, where his brush and genius seem to be most at home. The bent of his enerjrv ha3 always been given to rocks and water, but, so wisely has lie chosen his subjects, that, even when you seohaUa dozen together, they do not grow monotonous or commonplace. The same painstaking is observable in the work of the artist's talented daughter, who has done some exceedingly clever things, and, being veryvonng.is likely to do n great many still cleverer things. As a matter of taste it migut ne questioned If in Miss Woodwell'a "Joung Lady With Fan" the attitude of abandon Is In keeping with the thoughtful ,exPrel3iSn a.nd po?e of the face- A rognish ,fk, 'or Instance, in the eyes or round the 1A1UL1 lit. Willi ii aoam ti ra n rmsMau ntumn t . 1 ".v .WLU irW W IUVS1 O U1UUV1 ttV" uuuipanimens to the careless joyousness which provoked the young lady into throw ing one kneo over tho other and displayinz a bewitching bit orjuponerie. The color is daring; but there is no faltering with Miss Woodwell and she maintains -well tho key In which she starts out. " Exponents or Nature's Beauties. Mr. George Hetzel, above all else, is the exponent of nature, as we find it in Western Pennsylvania. He exhibits at least four of the most delightful examples of streams, with rocky basins, as tbev actually exist al most at our very doors. In this particular field, he has practically no equal hereabouts; to his brush alone has it been left to tell tho story or possibly the most striking phase of tho landscape in the vicinity of the Alle ghonics. What Mr. Hetzel has done to tell us of nature near at hand, Mr. Walkley Is partially doing with the manners and social customs of the people. But he is still Inclined a'little to Holland and foreign subjects. Mr. Walkley will find that if be penetrates Into the oddities of rural life here, he will find as much for his brush to bo at home in, and, besides, he will bo vastly more appreciated; as it really is an unbioken field and worthy of his master nana, lie has done some so very excellent work in this direction that we are growing impatient for more. "The Advance Guard" and "Log Hauling," the sole examples of Mr. Clarence John's artistic excellence, are In every way worthy of him. More marked than ever, also, is his endeavor not- to sacrifice his hindscanebv making it a mere background to his animals. His wood interior is vivid, homelike and full of nature, though his view or it is ex ceedingly somber. Mr. Poole, who has but recently become a Pittsburg artist in fact, though bis works have been well known here for some years, had several of his typical gentle landscapes on view. Sir. Poole leans tonatuioiu her sunniest, happiest moods, and, indeed, ho is always most happy when ho does so. Some of tbe canvases are among his best achievements in this line. In Mr. Stevenson's display thero is evidence of a much greater earnestness and a faithful study of nature. He is getting away, too, from a slight bent toward the more striking though less artistic effects of the decorative in art, and his dainty fancy is deepening into imagination and sentiment. His collec tion embodies a deal of excellence and still more promise. As Natural as Life. Mr. King has made a noteworthy depart ure in his painting or a "Newsy," with his papers under his arm and a cigar withdrawn from his mouth, out of which issues a long- drawn-out curl of smoke. The title, "Strict ly in It," indicates somewhat of the humor with which Mr. King has invested his boy. This artist hitherto has been particularly known through his "Still Life," of which several of his very best examples hung on the walls last night.' Miss Henderson and Miss Turnov, both of the School of Design, were, with Miss Wood well, the only ladles represented at the. Art Society exhibition. Miss Turney displayed a superb bowl of chrysanthemums, treating tho shaggy-headed floral foreigner withbotn skill and feeling, so that even that rather ungracious flower (when it comes to canvas) paid more than it does usually for tho trouble spent upon it. Another painting of chrysanthemums which Doro Miss Henderson's name also was hung. Her brush'wus skillfully bandied In two souvenirs of travel. "Lake Joseph, Canada," and "Old Mill, El Pao, Tex." Several years which Mr. Bussman ha spent in the vicinity of Scalp Level and tho picturesque Connoqnenessing, have told" on his brush, which displays a fervor that did not heretofore belong to it. Mrs. Mary D. Xiyermore, who lec tuied last night on the "Boy of To-day," nndcrthe auspices of tho Women's Press Club, has her own ideas of what fiction shonld consist of, and gives her opinion, terse and often, unasked, when she thinks she has a point to make. She promptly informed W. D. Howells, whom she found to be herdinner companion at a summer hotel one day, that she'detestcd a "Modern Instance," and wished he would stop writing about low life. When Thack eray lectured in this country Mrs. Livermore. having read "Vanity Fair," and disliking it, nent to see if her author was any more agreeable in '.'The Four Georges." The Georges were never delectable company, and in Thack eray's hands they lost nothing. Mrs. Liver more was shocked and unhappy to a de gree. "I wouldn't," sl:o now says, "select Becky Sharp for my friend. I wouldn't talk to Sally Gamp. The Tour Georges, were they living, are not tho kind of men I should ask to my house, and why, on earth, should I want to read about them?" In conse quence, it Is said, when Mrs. Livermore makes ont a list of her hundred best authors sne gives Tnaciteray tne wist piaoe. Social Chatter. The young ladles of Emory M. E. Church met yesterday and decided that Masonic Hall, at the East End. was too small for their colonial reception nna taoieaux to be given on March 7 and 8. So numerous had been tho applications for tickets of admission that it was decided to cbango the place to tho new Orpheus HaU, on Luna street, near Larimer avenue, it was also decided to no tify those who had proem ed tickets of this change. A diskkr dance was in force last night at Mrs. H. Kirk Porter's house. The order or things "was somewhat transposed ns the din ner, practically succeeded tho dance instead of preceding it. The residence has had some improvements and .additions lately, which, with recent artistic embellishment.wero the subject of much admiring comment by the visitors last night. Next Monday dinner will bo served from 11 to 2 o'clock and supper from S to 8 by tho ladles of the Universalis! Church in Curry Hall. An additional attraction in the even ing will be a musical and liternry entertain ment, which is-in chnrjjo of the Young Peo ple's Society, and who are said to be clever at arranging such things. Major and Mns. Howard Mobtom will spend next week in Washington City to at tend tlie meetings of tho District of Colum bia Societies of the Sons of the American Bovolutlon and tho Daughters of tbe Ameri can Revolution, of which they are charter members. Mrs. OuarS. Deckeb and Mrs. George S. Scully aro still receiving special little social attentions, among the most agreeable of which will be a tea this nf ternoon. given by n couple of yonng ladles. Miss Dolly Pitcairn and Miss Street, Mrs. Decker's sister and cousin. Mns. M. Rath Merrill, tho accomplished art needlework designer and instructor, will li at the Mononganeln House next Tuesdav and Wednesday to take charge of her Pitts- i...... r. nil,.,..A tvaa4" ,ii KntJ. iIah. .. UUrg C1H33C3. Jlta l MV. If w mini ., a I1U1U 10 to 12 in tho morning and 2 to I In tho after noon. Miss Virginia McCbeebt, Mr. John Mc Creery's youngest daughter, who has been wintering in Washington with the young ladies of Congressman Stone's family, ro turned.ro Pittsburg this week. Me. and MbsI W. C. Scott, or Buena Vista street, have Issued Invitations .for a recep tion on noxt AVednesdayin honor oT Miss Scott, the sister of Mr. Scott, and tho guest at present of his family. Miss Ella G. Malonet. ot North Highland avenue, is visiting tho Misses Lowrie at the Hygehi, Old Point Comfort. Mrs. STEVxi.-so', "f Wlncblddlo avenue, cave a reception yostorday atternoou rrpra. 3 o 5 o'clock. " The second of the two small dances was civen last night in tho Pnt-burg Clnb 4Theater. ' , 4.. htjutihg fob a lost mihe. Three'Men Start on a Search In the Colo I rado Dcs-rt. Sax JTRASCisco, Feb. IS. Special Next SundaThomas XuDoran and three com panions all experienced in desert travel will start from here to hunt for the lost Peg Leg Mine, which has been one or the mysteries ' of the Colorado desert for 30 years. Doran will pack a train of burros at Sandiego with provisions for six months and he will thor oughly exploro the desert country where at least a dozen of his predecessors in this search have left their, bones. The lost mlno was discovered In 1S30 bynn old trapper known as Peg Leg Smith, who fonnd gold .nuggets on three little hills, but did not knowthese were gold till he reached Los Angeles. When gold was discovered by Marshall, Peg Leg Smith determined to bunt for this desert mine, bnt was driven off by Indians. About 18o5 a miner was brought into San Bernardino almost dead from thirst in the desert. He recovered and showed rich specimens which he found in three hills, not far from Warner's lanch, and which, irom tho description, wero identified as the Peg Leg Mine. He had $7,000 in nuggets and dust, and gave tuo doctor who cured him $2,000. He arranged to lead a party to the mine, but suddenly sickened and died andhissecret perished with him. Within the last ten years no less than five parties have started to search for the Peg Leg Mine. In each case disaster ahd.deatn have followed them. CHANGED ITS POSITION. A Woman's Heart found to Be Located in Her Bight Side. Chicago, Feb. 13. A clear case of suicide wag the finding oi the Coroner's Jury upon Annie Munson, tho laundress, who died from arsenical poisoning. The testimony of witnesses brought out tho fact that the young woman was despondent the Sunday morning preceding her death owing to tbe desertion of her lover, Rudolph Berling, after he had promised to marry her. At the postmortem examination held by Dr. Hek toen a most peculiar and rare anatomical condition was found in addition to traces of arsenic. In speaking of the case after the inquest had been held in O'Toomes & Cummings' undertaking establishment at No. tl-25 State street Dr. Hektoen said that in holding nearly 2,000 post mortem examinations he had never found as complete a case or trans position as he had in the Munson examina tion. "Every part was clearly transposed," continued the surgeon, "and had been . from birth. The heart was upon the right side, and tbe other members of tho viscera wero completely transposed. It is a rare and D'osc unusual case, and one that is well worth receiving careful attention from sur geons. The woman suffered no inconven ience therefrom, however, and from talks I have had with her acanaintances and .friends I have learned that she paid but lit- iie attention to tne transposition oi fier vital organs." TAKES TO A HIOHSB COTfET. Attempt to Prevent tho A. O. U. TV. From Dividing a State Into Districts.. Columbus, Feb. 18. Special. A petition in error to the Circuit Court or Hamilton county, in the case of Henry Steuve against the Grand Lodge of Ohio, Ancient Order of United Workmen, and A. Eoever, Grand Eocorder, was filed in the Supreme Court to day. Mr. Steuve, for himself and otner members of Damon Lodge, at Cincin nati, brought suit to enjoin tho Grand Lodge from dividing the State into districts Nos. 1 and 2, the former comprising Hamilton countvand the latter the remander of the State. His claim was that the mortality in Hamilton county was so much greater than in the other dis trict that an in) uitice is done by the division. The maximum assessment in Hamilton county is $55 a year and in the other districts $2S, and his salt was to enjoin, as a test case, the collection of 55 50, the assessment for Jnly. 18S9, in district No. 1, which wonld be but $2 5'J in district No. 2. Senator Steuve has so far failed to accomplish his purpose, tho Common Pleas and Circuit Courts hav ing decided against him. THSOUGH TICKETS VIA WHEELING. ThoB. &0. and thaW. r L. Ii Conclude a Passenger Traffic .Agreement. Wheeling, Feb. 18. Special. An impor tant meeting 'of representatives of tbe passenger and freight departments of the Baltimore and Ohio and tho Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroads was held here to-day, at which arrangements wero perfected for 'the issuing of through tickets and through checking of baggage from Eastern to West ern points and vice versa over these two roads. For the present the Baltimore and Ohio will continue to use its own stations, and the Wheeling and Lake Erie will, as heretofore, use tho Union station of tho Wheclinz Bridge and Terminal Company. It is claimed that this puts Wheeling on the shortest direct route from New York and New England points to Chicago and the West. The schedule of trains of both roads will soon be changed to suit the new ar rangement and give close connections both ways. The stations are about one square apart. THE SUN SPOT BS0KEIT. It Is Divided Into a Score Of Fragments, and Others Have Appeared. Washiugto-.-, D. C, Feb. 17. Observations made at the Naval Observatory to-day by Prof. Edgar Frlsby showed that tho largo spot hitherto observed upon the sun, which covered a space equal to one-sixteenth of the snn's surface, or an area of 110,000 miles long by 100.C00 wide, has by some great cata clysmic operation been broken into about 20 smaller spots. In addition to this other spots have ap peared which aro situated a vast distance irom the original spot, and are evidently totally independent from it. This new de velopment in the sun's surface has attracted the attention of the astronomers at tho observatory, and will be closely observed by them. A KOBESHArT EXODUS TO CHICAGO. ' San Francico Followers of Teed to Work Up an Industrial School. San Fbakcisco, Feb. 18. Fifty members of the Koreshan community will start in a few days for Chicago, where they will work in an industrial school. Teed got a 330 rate to Chicago for.the party. Teed says he proposes to nnlto the seven societies in this country, which represent the seven churches in St. John's revelation. Ho believes that labor is cursed, and that It will be removed when wo get nearer the Adamic state. He says that $100,000,000 Is lying Idle in thecoffeisot Shakers, icono- roites and other societies, and tna' money should be put to a good use. this KNOWLEDGE FOE CHILEANS. Their Minister Hero Given a Quantity of Documents on Education. Habeisburq, Feb. IS. Special. The Ex ecutive Department to-day mailed to Minis ter Montt, the Chilean lcprescntative at Washington, a quantity of data relating to taxation, public schools and the manage ment of insane asylums and kindred institu tions. Senor Montt stntes tho Chileans havo great respect !or tho methods of government in vogue In this country, and especially In Pennsylvania, of which Suite they have a very high opinion. All the Comforts of Borne. Thero is lots of laughter at all events in "All tha Comforts of Home," and most ot It due to tho ingennlty of Gillette, the anthor. Charles Frohman's company or comedians will plav "All tho Comforts of Home" at the Grand Opera House next week. Tho sccnery nnd effects, it is promisea, will be nil that could bo desired, and or the company high things are also to be expected. It is remark able how many companies having tho Froh man name aro to be found on the road this season. Divided Election Victories In Hawaii. San Francisco, Feb. 13. Honolulu papers of February 0 state the elections of February 3 passed off quietly. The National Reform party elected all of tho five nobles on tho Island of Oahu, while the Liberals elected all of tne representatives In Oahu except in the First district. Bush, Wilcox and Asbford were elected. Returns rroin the othor islands m ere" incomplete. , "" " f The 10th Regimental Election. OitCiTr, Feb. 18. Special A meeting of tbe lino officers of the sixteenth Regiment N. G. P., the catjtains and first and second' lleut-nants of all tho legiment companies, was held nf the Arllng vn notel here to nizht. Colonel ill! J. HullMg,- of this city, was re-elected Colonel. A banquet lot ion ed. CURIOUS CONDENSATION There are now living in Germany no fewer than 529,937 Mullens. All the coal at present consumed in the Austrian navy comes from England. A Eussian can plead infancy for a long time, as he does not come of age till he is 28 years old. A LaHrens county (Go.) farmer claims to havo a pig which has eight legs, four ears and two tails. A wild crape vine was cut down in Iown thar had a trunk 15 Inches In circum ference one foot above the ground. There is a man in Ohio who, it is said, is in tho habit, when eatln-r meat, of devour ing such bones as ha may find in It. A baby, 2 months old and weighing but fonr pounds is reported from Georgia. It is said to be perfectly healthy "ana the best baby alive." A German inventor is reported to havo devised an ingenious camera for taking pho tographs of the internal organs ot human beings and beasts. A Coroner's jury in Peoria, I1L, brought in the following verdict one day last week: "We find that the deceased came to her death by being found dead in her bed." The first notice of India rubber on record was given by Herrera, who, in the second voyage of Columbus, observed that the natives of HatI "played a gamo with kui3 maue 01 ine gum 01 a tree. ' The star fish turns himself inside out, and wraps his food round him, and stays that way until he has had enongn. The prongs of the star fish look like teeth, really they are not, being nothing but ornament to his person. "A house is still standing in North Cas tine,"says the Kennebec Journal, "which was bnilt immediatelv after the close of the Revolutionary War. "In 131-1 it was occupied as headquarters of the British officers, and from 1790 to 1820 as a public house. In Japan there is an ascidian (Cynthia) which is as large as one's first. It "has no shell whatever, and is a gray, fiabby, tulip shaped sac. supported on a shore stalk. Bat, In spite of all its forbidding appearance, tbe Japs pickle it in vinegar and use it'as food. The curator of the Colombo Museum has discovered that carbolized oil Is one of the most perfect preservatives of the colors offish and other animal specimens. The most delicate frogs, snakes and geckoes re tain their evanescent tints when sept in it. It is stated that there are more priests, monks and nnns In Jerusalem, in propor tion to the population, than in any other city in the world. They belong to every nation of Europe and many of Asia, and are of every creed, form of worship and dress. The robes of Queen Victoria are never sold or given away, despite the energetic at tempts which have been made, from time to time, to induce the attendants to nart wltr. some of these thousands of gowns, which their wearer has probably forgotten that sho ever possessed. Almost every railroad company has a device or motto which is printed on tho time table folders, the letter heads and the illuminated cards that hang on tho walls of stations, waiting room and business ofllces. These devices are usually printed in colors, and some of them axe quaint and clever. The action of the Xewcastle-on-Tyne local gas companyin reducing tho price of gas to 45 cents per LOOO feet probably makes this the lowest priced gas to be found any where. In addition to this consumers are to continue to enjoy tbe usual allowance of 10 per cent in their bills for promptpaymont. The manufacture of sleigh bells in the East has, from time-to time, within tne past ten years diminished until now it is only about one-tenth in magnitude of what it was a decade ago. The apparent reason for this decline seems to be tne snowless winters, which are now the rule, rather than the ex ception. In Persia, lambs a week old, and weighing only a few pounds, aro roasted whole and stuffed with dates, raiBins, chest nuts, pistachios and almonds. Sherbet, in large china bowls, is always served at dinner. It consists of frnit-syrups oreaa sucree: it is usually iced, and is drunk from large wooden spoons. Berlin's richest citizen: has an annual income of $750,000. But two persons in Prus sia paying an income tax are richer.' A man (said to be a Rothschild) in Weisbaden is taxed on an income of $1,G00,Q00, and another (said to be Krupp) in Dnsseldorf is taxed on $1,500,000. Krupp stands at the top in the 12Stli class of income taxpayers. , A'Horth Carolina tourist, m Cuba, had his watch stolen on tho street. In less than two hours a police judge had sentenced the robber to three year' imprison ment. He also awarded the North Carlinian $23 damages for tho in jury sustained by his watch in the strug gle for its possession, and ordered the con vict to work it our. The wonderful and welll-known faculty of mimicry gossessed by monkeys makes them excellent subjects for Thespian train ing. Several apes of the common order are sold annually irom tho Zoological Gardens to impressarios of the Simian stage. Tho value of them depends almost entirely on their powers or attention, which vary greatly even in different members of tho same species. A most interesting relic, which British Columbia proposes to send to the World's Fair, is the wreck pf tho old Hudson Bay Company's steamboat Beaver, which was the first steamboat to stir tho waters of the Pacific of tho North American coast. Tho wreck of the Beaver lies with its nose on the shore and its stern in about 12 feet of water at tho entrance to Vancouver harbor, where it was run aground and abandoned in By far -the most intelligent denizens of the deep are-the dolphin and the porpoise, and long and careful examination of two of the latter which formerly inhabited tho large tank at the Brighton Aquaiinm proved them to be not only tameaDle and even sociable as regards man, but also to possess social likes and dislises, and great exclusivenesswlth regard to other inhabit ants of what they considered their particu lar domain. Two men in the employ of Councilor Shepherd, builder and contractor, of Cardiff, made an extraordinary discovery in tho Royal Hotel building yard. They were en gaged in sawing a huge block of stone from tho quarries neai Bath, when tho saw cut through a bees' nest almost in the center ot the stone. Some of thebees wore crushed to death, but the living onos came swarming out, frightening tho stonecutters, who beat a tasty rotreat. JOKELKTS FBOH JUDGE. "You aren'tdoing your work well, Thomp son." "I know it, sir. I'm as weak as water to-day." Well, If you are only as weak as Schuylkill water you're strong.enongh to work." As a blesaing yon never were meant; Of this I have very good proof; For yon make me put np for the rent And put up with one In the roof. Bagley I never restrict my wife. Sha does exactly as she pleases. Bailey And you? Bagley I do exactly as- she pleases too. Featherstone I have just made the rai taVo of my life. Rlngway How so? Featherstone I was foolish enough to call on my doctor in a silk hat and he charged me double rates. Sweet Ethelinda sewed one day A bntton on my vest; And as she was so near and sweet Her form I gently pressed. She frowned, she blushed: the button danced Unsewed about my.vest. bhe said. "Yon press the bntton, sir. And I will do the rest!" Proprietor Where is that new stock of imported underwear that was piled up here yester- Clerk-There was a leak in the roof last nighty sir. aud It shrank away. Proprlctor-But It didn't rain last night. Clerk It did In London, sir. Grace Is it true that you refused poor Mr. Trotter? Rosalie-Well, yon don't think I'd refuse rich Mr. Trotlcr. do your You have oft seen a man ' Whose syllables ran - While his ideas parched In a drouth , He does so. you'll and. - Fromthefactthat hU mind Can never keep up with his month.. v laid it to tub rainmakers. 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