THE PnTSBTraGr' DISPATOH, BSffJOt: r MARCH 4 ' 189a i$ytik ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY. 8, 1843 ToU f7. No. SS. Entered at Pittsburg Foltofflce November, 1W7, a seeond-elats matter. Business Office Corner Smithfield and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publishing House 78 and So Diamond Street, in New Dispatch Building. Xa-TFUX ATWETiTTSINR OFFICE, room n. TRIBUNE BCILMVO. NEW YORK. where com pile ties ot THE DlbP VTCn can always be found. Foreign advertisers appreciate the convenience. Home ad ertifers and friends of THE DISPATCH. r hl'.c In 1 ew ork, arc also made welcome." THE DIsrA TCHitnsruiarUl on tale at Ertntamft. I U-iton f-guorr, lic Tor, and 17 Ave te VOpera. Tarit. Prance, tchtre anyone who hat teen ditap jmnttd at a hoM newt ttand can obtain it. IIZV.HS OF THE DISPATCH. rO'T OK FETE IX THE riflTID STATE. pail DirTCrt, One Tear 8 00 Duly Dispatch. PerQusrter too Daily l)irTcn, One Month TO Daily DirATcn. including Sunday, lyear.. 10 00 Dail-v Dispatch. IncludlneSnndaj-. Stn'thi. !M 31'L-i DtsrATCit. IncludlngSandar. 1 m'th. 90 FtrvpAYDierATCH. fine Tear ISO llrixn Dispatch, One Tear 125 The Daily DiPrATcn la dclU ered by camera at ir rents per week, or, including bunds? Edition, at Zf cents per week. riTTSBuna. friday. march . THE BLUE LAW DECISION. The Blue Laws of 1701 have been up held in the local courts, in so far as they apply to the newspapers on which the principal work is done on Saturday, hut Ti inch are silently circulated and quietly read on Sunday. In affirminp the findines of Alderman Itohc, Judge Porter strictly interprets the statute to apply to all kinds of worldly employment, only exempting works of charity and necessity. "While a more in disputable construction of the law will be asked for from the Court of last resort, the opinion of Judge Porter must be accepted for the present as the most authenticated construction of the statute in its application "to the con ditions of modern life. The opinion is stronger in its logic by its specific applica tion to all classes of enterprise carried on b the people on Sunday without makins any invidious distinction against the news paper business. Under its language all railway trains must be stopped, all tele praphs and telephones silenced, and all the city transit lines tied up as well as the Sunday newspapers. This is undoubtedly thp legitimate legieof a strict construction of the act of 1794. With this recognition of the effects of the act so construed the course of tlje peo ple, acf ng through the Legislature, can be made vcrv plain. If -tho majority believe tint modem life and progress are bet subserved by the enforcement of such a law, no further action need be taken than the fininz and imonsonmeut of railway managers, street rx Iroad officals and newspaper men. But, if it is the general belief that the condi tions of soc.ety at this era have advanced tlpe eomeniences to the standing of practical necessities, it will be a simple matter for the popular will, acting t rough the Legislature, to bring the ob noxious law into harmony with the close of the Nineteenth Century instead of the E ghteenth. WALL STKEI TS pPINION. Sundry prominent officials of the- an thracite coal roads haveappearediefore a $Cev York legislative committer and testified that they do not know anything about the anthracite combination. All thry ever hearJ of it was through the newspapers. One eminent corporation manager admits that he was elected to a directorship of a formerly competing line; hut he does not say why it was done, and remains in total ignorance of the existence of any combination. The utter absence of knowledce of rail road officials when questioned before legis'ative committees or courts concern ing illegal combinations is a by no means unusual feature. Bat in this instance that prevailing condition of ignoranco is thrown into strong relief by the attitude of Wall street on the subject Direct and authori tative assertions of a combination which could not exist without the knowledge of these gentlemen have been made the basis of an advance of the Wall street valua tion of the anthracite stocks, accregating CHer?100,030,000. When the officers thus testify that they know of no combination on which this advance was based, It might be expected to have some effect on Wall street The basis of the boom being denied on competent authority, prices m.ght be expected to fall back to their former level But they do not do any thing of the sort It other words, thadeliberate judgment of Wall street seems to be that when these eminent gentlemen testified that they did not know of any combination they did not tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. A MATTER Or DEGREE. The-notable characters that have sprung from the Field family, and the strong evidence now riven that the taint of in sanity has appeared side by side with them, once again raises the connection so often asserted to exist between genius and madness. The latest view of the matter, and one which has attracted unusually vide attention, regards genius as uusound because it is abnormal and subject to the rules of weakness which govern all phy-, sical "sports" or "freaks" of nature. The idea is that the further removed an in dividual be, mentally or physically, from the average of its species the less healthy is its constitution. The exception may be above or below the standard, but accord ing to the degree in which it differs there from it departs from the perfection of health. This theory has a good deal of argu ment to support it and of course does not attempt to decide the value or loss of the exception to the race as a whole. Carried to a logical conclusion the reasoning ne cessitates that every individual must be more or less unsound mentally or physic ally For, despite the way which modern crwlizaYon has of rubbing off distinguish ing corners, and reducing all to one monotony of comparative roughness or polL-h, it is an acknowledged fact that no two beings are exactly alike in physique or mind. This Is a great consolation for the humdrum commonplace, and those who usually excite but little interest in their fellows. Nor, on the v other hand, need 11 debar from ambition those whose singularity marks them out as objects of attention. For do what a man may, and be his nature what it will, genius or insanity, like murder, "will out" The whole matter is but an interesting eludy and, whichever way it be decided, is little likely to have any great effect as a practical guidance for life. Individuality is by no means a synonym for strength, and the natures which 'attract least "attention WiieB are often the most happy in their lot But a human being with strongly distinctive traits Is more likely to meet disaster by warping his or her nature for their sup pression than by 'giving them full scopn for developments .And notwithstanding the cheap notoriety which is now a drug upon the market there is, and always will be, a grand satisfaction in stamping the sign of nobility upon one's day and gen eration. A DEAL TOO MUCH. Testerday's proceedings before Attor ney General Hensel, in the discussion of the Reading Deal, threw no new light on the question. The occasion was mainly remarkable for Mr. Johnson's indulgence in ill-advised sarcasm, directed at his op ponents in general, and Ms enunciation of specious arguments In support of his clients' position, which should not deceive anyone as to the true facts of the case. This is essentially a matter for the Attor ney General to deal with, for there would be but very slim chance of success for any private citizen who should accept Mr. Johnson's advice and seek his remedy in the courts. Law can be made very ex pensive, and the monopolists would see to it that their capital made it so in such a case. The question is not as to whether tho violation of the Constitution has been per mitted in similar cases in the past, but Tihethr a violation is attempted now, and, if so, whether it shall go unopposed. Every monopoly hitherto instituted has made its profits at the public expense, and there is no reason to suppose that this is an exception to the rule. The miner from Hazelton, who claimed to represent a mass of working people, knew wherein their in terests lay, and in this case the interests of the laborers are those of the public, for a restricted output would injure both alike. The matter is now in Attorney General Hensel's hands, and there can be little doubt, that a fair consideration of the points at issue will convince him, that it is his duty to proceed against the combi nation, and to spare no effort for the vin dication of justice. THOSE DANGEROUS CrOSTNOS. At an early stage in the development of our street car system The Dispatch warmly advocated an arrangement by which all lines should converge In a com mon loop, and the advantages 'to follow such a plan were clearly pointed out The direct crossing of tracks would be obvi ated, all cars would start from a common center, the tide of traffic would all be in one direction, and the concentration would generally lessen danger and incon venience by securing greater ease of con trol and manipulation. The suggestion was ismored, warnings were unheeded,and the result is a frequency of rectanirular crossing which makes serious danger a constant menace. The collision at Sixth and Smithfield streets yesterday very amply demonstrated the risks which have to be run under the present errancement The wonder is that such accidents are not more frequent and that no loss of life was involved in this case. It is unpleasant to back down, but it is never too late to mend. The sooner the mistake is acknowledged and the remedy adopted, the better for the credit of those responsible and for the se curity of pedestrians and street car pas sengers alike. Public safety is of supreme Importance, and nothing whatever. should be allowed to stand jn its way. A STRIKE AlMxilSC THE PUBLIC.,. The coming stride ffoigcoal miners "in England is not alonl remarkable for the immense amount of labor which will be affected it is important as marking a new departure in th- tactics of organized labor. The threatened strike is directed not against the employers in particular, but against the whole coal-using com munity; for its object Is rather to secure an increase in the price of coal, which will enable the employers to maintain existing wages, than an attempt to enforce their con tinuance under existing rates. That there will be much less publio sym pathy with the strikers than usual is to be expected from the fact that this is, as it were, a strike confessedly directed against thepeople. The most curious feature of the case is, that in spite of the immense in crease of prices consequent on the threat of the strike, employers have not yet con-, sentsd to grant the demands of labor, but have on the other band issued statements that no strikers will be taken back to work except at a reduction of wages. Th 'se features of the movement, and the pertinacity with which it is to be pushed, will evoke even a greater amount of inter est than is usual in a strike of such magni ude. Cincinnati is now experiencing one of the must lemarkable levival movements on record. The tuturo alone can show the true alueof the repentance which takes place under emotional surroundings. TnERE is a proposal that New York City should emulate New Orleans to the extent of setting apart at least one day in the year to the pleasures and excitements of mas querading. It would be an excellent idea to make a specialty o( an allegorical lepresen tatton of the machine in polities, as com bined with the .delights of a menagerie con tainir g specimens of the feline-beast. This would be both instructive and entertaining, and no doubt the order could easily be filled. Throwing stones at trains is a malicious practice hich is a source of real and serious 'danger to the traveling public, and no vigi lance and severity-should be spared lor its suppression. Poverty is the greatest and most excus able cause of crime. There is. therefore, no wonder that aj increase in offenses against the law should now be noted as a result of the suffet lngs in Vienna. Poverty is invari ably the result of mlsgovernment in some form Or other, and In days to come this fact will be recognized byenaotmonts to make those responsible for conditions of starva tion bear the onus of tho crimes which follow. The number of planks in the platform recently thrown together at St. Louis is only exceeded by the number of names Which have been applied, to those responsible therefor. There is subject for much serious thought, and some satisfaction for the cynic, in the factthattbe bloated armaments which are to-day tho curse of Europe, and keep that continent in a state of armed neutrality rather thau peace, owe their origin to France's action Just after achiev ing tho destruction of its monarchy and making its watchword Liberty, Equality and Fraternity. We know on ancient authority that the leopard is not in the habit or changing bis spots, and it is surely a vain expectation that the Tammany tiger will banish its stripes. " - f The action of the Hamburg-American steamship companies, taken in concert with the Prussian Government for the medical examination of intending Russian emi grants, is a wise precautionary measure for the 'two parties taking it, and -will, at the same time, be of advantage; in adding to the safety of this country. ' - Now that the rottenness of the hose in nse by the fire department has been officially brought to Chief Brown's notice the evil should be remedied without delay. Panama, authorities should have been grateful lor the ignition of a huge garbage pile and, with proper precautions, should' have allowed purifying fire to take its course. The removal of the matter by other methods -was attended with muoh danger to publie health, and Its results are naturally looked for with fear. The constant movement of professors from Eastern to Western Universities Is an important sign of progress which should not be overlooked. Courtship by letter writing is growing In popularity. As long-dlstanoe telephones become more frequent, they will doubtless fill a long relt want In this direction, and when they have been provided with Edison's visual attachment there will be no excuse for the continuance of bachelors. What is wrong with the moral hygiene of Allegheny? There must be some bidden psychological cause for the epidemic of offi cial crime, v That the House has ways of its own for doiug business, or rather of avoiding it, bas long been acknowledged, and in keeping with these it is right and proper that It should begin its morning hour at about 4 o'clock in the afternoon. As a result of Judce Porter'i blue law decisions, wo may expect to awaken any morning and find that the earth has eeased to rotate. By withdrawing the firman which gave so much offense in Tripoli the Sultan has in dicated that even he is more amenable to ex presslons of publie opinion than is the anti quated German despot who prosecutes bis newspaper critics. ' Public interest will now return in some measure to Presidental candidates nntil the next prize fight is definitely announced. How rapid has been the material progress of the lastbalf century is incidentally indi cated by the recent death, at an age of seventy -five, of the man who made the dis covery' of gold which changed the face of Australia. There is at least one advantage in the continuanoe of the inclement weather. It keeps back the crop of spring poets. Oxe of the meanest forms of fraud ex tant is that of extorting money by false promises of employment to men seeking work, and anyone convicted ot such prac tices should be punished with the utmost severity. IN THE UPPER WILES. Secretary Blaine is suffering from a cold and did not deem it prudent to leave bis house yesterday. Abbe La Flamme, a professor in the University of Quebec, has been nominated Bishop of Chlcoutlrnl. Quebec General Palmer, like many other big men, including Congressman Springer, has a little wife. Mis. Palmer is described as a "mite of a woman." Prop. A. T. Free, Secretary of the American College and Educational Society, of Boston. Mass., has been elected President of Tankton College. The probability is that A. K. Farquhar, of York, will succeed Hon. Benjamin Whit man as Executive Commissioner or the Penn sylvania Board of World's Fair Managers. Private Secretary Halford says that the President and party are having a very pleasant time, free troin Interruptions, and will probably not return to Washington before Monday. Kate Field does not despise the allure 'mentsantTattractlonsof Parlsgowns, which she is fond of wearing, and Which become her so well as to make her look as youthful as a young girl. Vice-President Morton is reported to be a man of many charities, who in a quiet wav glveitens of thousands of dollars to the poor, yet he himself has been the recipient ot all unchailtableness irom the partisan press. The trustees of Dartmouth College have established a lectureship ot Biblical Litera ture, and invited Dr. Bartlett, whose resig nation a pi esident of the Institution goes into effect next commencement, to take itat a salary of $1,800. The late Dr. George Kingsley was the last survivor of the distinguished trio of brothers, of whom Charles Kingslev was the best known to the outer world. He was a man of extensive scientific attainments, an able physician and a brilliant wit. THE BLUE LAW DECISI0K. Only a Temporary Victory Scored by the Law and Ordnr Workers. Evening Leader, Judne Porter this mornlnz rendered a de clsionaffirmtng the finding of Alderman Roheinthe Law and Older suits against Sunday newspapers, and theieby laying down the law that the Sunday press is not even a "reasonable necessity," as counsel for the appellants ably sought to demon strate. We presume that Judge Porter has acted according to his lights, such as they are, and we have no criticism to offer concerning the type ot judicial acumen that can recognize the limited enactment of 1791 as totally ob literating the reasonable privileges of half a million or citizens In 1892. Suffice It to say that the Sunday news papers, relying on the justice of their cause, will appeal to the Supreme Court of the i Ctntn rn il.Atafnn fhat will Ytm fAnitln. . Ifit should appear from the flat of that trihunal that the application of the blue laws has expanded on the principle of pro gressive harassment so as to include the needs of later generations In the same cat egory with the things which were not neces sities a hundred years ago. It will then re main only to apply to the Legislature and piove by the repeal of the act of 1701 the folly of its oppressive enforcement F1GHIIMQ HA1URAL OAB BATES. 'When Fuel Is Turned Off From Eleotrio Works the Manager Tarns It On. FnrDLiT. March S. 8peetaL--Last night the Board of Gas Trustees shut off the gas from undei the furnaces of the Flndlay Electric Light Company lor non-payment of the rccentlyVstabllshod rates. B. P. Foster, tho manager of. the electric light works, took a sledge hammer, and breaking the gate, turned on the gas again. To-d.vv the trustees made arrangements for having foster arrested for violating a city ordinance, which piohibitsanvoue from turning on pas after being shut off for (all ure to p.y bills, but the manager antici pated this moye by going to Ottawa, where tho Circuit Courtis in session, and obtained warrants lor the arrest of the trustees for contempt or couit, the matter of rates for gas being In litigation. The Dnb Evangelical Faction. WrLLiAnsroKT, Pa., March S. The fifty third annual meeting of the Central Penn sylvania Conference of the Evangelical Church convened hee to-day. Bishop it. Duos presiding. There Is a large attendance of ministers. Rules governing the confer ence were adopted and a secret session was held for the examination or the moral and official conduct of its members. The Swiss Plan of Legislation, St. Paul, March S. Before the close of their meeting the Republican State Central Committee authorized a committee to inves tigate the law making system of Switzer land, which requires that laws shall be rati fied by a vote oi the people alter their pas sage by tho Legislature. Could Swap Booms Very BeadUy, Bt. Loult Globe-Democrat 1 Alger and Blair could iwap booms with out perceptibly changing their respective chances for the Preaiaemoy. s; - CAUSTIC CONGRESSMEN. Kessn. Watson and JSlmpion Stake Things Xdvaly in the Honst The Former on Personal Privilege, Mr. Simpson on Sen ator Cnltotn Senator Dubois Retains His Beat. Washing-ton, -March a There was lively scene in the House this tnorning.wnen Representative Watson, the leader of the People's party, arts to a question of privi lege ana, denounced the correspondent of the Atlanta Constitution lor accusing htm of Improper motives In voting with the Repub licans in the recent Craig-Stewart election Contest. Mr. Watson caused to be read from the Clerk's desk a dispatch to the ContMu tton from its Washington correspondent,who Is the Speaker's clerk, wherein It was stated that Mr. Watson had voted in favor of the Republican eontestee because he expected financial aid. from the party in his next race for Congress! "It has not been long, Mr. Speaker," said Mr. Watson, "since my good name was all the property I had on this earth; since it was to me both house and home, and the time has not come yet when t possess any thing that is dearer to me. I am as humble, I trust, as the bumblest member of this Honse, but if any member of it charges me, either directly or indlreotly in the cowardly lancua e of Insinuation, nlth having acted corruptly as a sworn Jni or in passing upon a law question in this House, be shall get my answer rs plainly, as sternlv, and as prompt ly delivered, as honesty and courage re quire it to be made. If one of these reading clerks, Mr. Speaker, were, through the pub lio journals, to denounce as corrupt a mem ber of this House, It would startlo every member of this House who knew of that charge, but when the clerk of the Speaker of this House denounces, through public print, a gentleman whom he knows to be the polit ical opponent of the gentleman to whom he is clerk, then It certainlv becomes still more significant, and the justification of the leply is stm more complete. Flattest Kind of Contradiction. "That statement, Mr. Speaker, so far as it pretonds to state the facts, is false. The Speaker of this House knows it to be false; the gentleman who wrote it knows it to be false; and every man In this Houe knows it to be raise. He says that the caso was so plainly In favor of tho Democrat contestant that only 17 Republicans voted to keep the sitting member in his chair. That Is abso lutely false; and the Speaker of this House knows it, and his clerk ought to have known It, and every member of this House knows Is. Applause Everv Republican in his seat, Faving two, voted to retain the Repub lican in his seat; and the two Republicans who voted against their pirtv associates were met and overmatched met by three Democrats outside of the despUed lepers, who are known as 'third party' men." Laughter. "There were three Republicans who voted ncnlnst Mr. Stewait," interrupted Mr. HauL'hen. "Then it is a set-off, and the three Repub licans did what they thought was only their duty as sworn J mors; and the three Demo crats who voted neiemen whoe.loyalty to the party cannot be questioned. Mr. Cock ran, of New Toik, is one or the cnipf-of National Democracy, laughter. Hh is supposed by any test to come up to all the requirements of loyalty and honesty. The others were Mr. Babbitt, of Wisconsin, and Mr. Hall, of Minnesota. These thiee loyal and8tanch Demociats voted against their party. WlivT Because, upon the testimony and upon the law. it was a question on which good lawj era could honostiy differ. Patience at an Dtter End. "Ever since I have been here this clerk of the Sneaker has thought it his duty to deride me, ridicule me, and misiepresent me. In the article whloh I have sent to the Sneaker's desk the climax is reached; the timo when silence was ptudent and good policy il past. The time when am- man, be he ever so patient, will leel driven to his denial and his denunciation has come, and here, Mr. Speaker, I denounce that insinua tion cowardlv ax it i-, as a base, Infamous falpliood." Great applause. Witli these personal remarks of Mr. Wat son, the matter was dronned nnd the House went Into committee or the whole, Mr. Rich ardson, of Tennessee, in the chair, an I re sumed consideration of the District of Columbia appropriation bill. The rnfln ished sections were considered without amendment, ana tl e committee then rose and reported the bill to the House and it was passed. In tho morning hour which began abont t o'clock 'he Hotte resumed the considera tion of the bill allowing railroad companies to give special rates to commercial muel ers. Mr. Otis, of Kansas, antagonized the measure. It was a stroke directed at the fundamental principle upon which the in ter-Siate commeice law was founded. Amendments to Kill the Bill. Mr. O'JTeill, ot Pennsylvania, offered an amendment providing that nothing in the bill shall be construed to prohibit any com mon carrier Irom granting reduced rates of transportation to passengers or making re duced rates for freight. Mr. Haines, of Minnesota, offered an amendment, providing that any common carrier mav give reduced rates tomembeis' of the G. A. R. when ti-avellng to or fiom any annual encampment. in speaking of the bill, Mr. Simpson, of Kansas, re erred to the author of the Inter State commerce act (Senator Cultomjas an "iniquitous railroad attorney," when he was Sromptly called to older by Mr. Lind, of innesota. Mr. Simpson expressed his will ingness to withdraw tho "iniquitous," but this would not satisfV Mr. Mnd. who Insisted that Mr. Simpson's remarks were clearly out ot order'. Mr. Simpson then withdrew the entire expression. The demand of the previous question was voted down 50 to 70 and pending action on t-b amendmpnts, the morning hour expired and the House adjourned. The bill w 11 now go on the calendar of unfinished business. Dnbols Holds on to His Seat. In the Senate o-day the House bill au thorizing the Postmaster General to credit the late postmastel-at Indianapolis, Aquilla Jones, Sr., with'the sum of $2 135, was called up and passed. Mr. Call then gave notice that although he had intended to address the Senate to-day on tho resolutions intro duced by him relative to the interference of railroads in Florida Senatorial elections, in deference to the pending order he postponed his speech until next Monday. The Senate resumed consideration of the Idaho contest, being addressed by Mr. Gray" In- support or the claims of Claggett, the contestant Mr. Hizgins, who signed the "S2"X. ElmlwBS5??.nJL '"A""": -""""''" ini.uims iIXMblolllo seat. Further arguments wet e made bv Mr. Stewart in behalf of Mr. Claggett's right to the seat, and by Mr. Mitchell in behalf or Mr. Dubois. Finally, at S o'clock, the debate was closed and the voting began. The ques tion on the min6rUy resolutions In favor or Mr. Claggett's riirht to the seat was, decided In the negative yeas, 7; nays, 65. The nffii-mative votes were fiven by Messis. George, Gorman, Harris. Kyle, Morgan, Pasco and Stewart' The vote was then taken on thelnajnrity resolutions affirming the right of Mr. Dubois to retain his seat, and it was decided in the affirmative veas, 65: nays, 8. The negative votes were given by MessiB. George, Harris, Kyle, Pasco and Stewart. The Democratic Senators who voted In the affirmative were Messis. Bate, Berry, Call, Carlisle Chilton, Cockiell, Coke, Colquitt, Gibon, Hill, Kennrt, McPherson, Morgan, Palmer, Pugh, Turple, Vest, Vilas, Vonr'iees, Waltham and White. The Senate has ratified the piotocolsand treaty making the United States a party to the convention or Berne, i elating to the protection or patents In all of the slgnntory countries. The Senate adopted a resolution providing that the agieement is not to be in derogation ot the existing United btatea statutes relating to patents. BOUNTY. PAH) FOB SUGAB. So Far Nearly Three Millions Have Been Paid to Cane Growers. Washisotox, March 3. A statement pre pared by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue In regard to sugar bounty shows that 2,623 Claims lor bounty, amounting to $6,814,051, have been received, and that 925 claims, amounting t6 $2,923,020, have been paid. The payments were as follows: On cane sugar, $2 715,74s; on beet sugar, $315,400. and on sorghum, $-0,866. The bounty on cane sugar was distributed as follows: Louisiana, 12,580,917; Texas, 12V 627; Florida, $5,204. The beet sugar bounty was distributed as rnl ons: Nebraska, $53,. 974; California, $139,634; Utah,$2S,89S. Iheen . tiro sorghum bounty was paid to residents of Kansas., A License Law Possible for Iowa. Dxs Moihes, March 3. The prohibition question came up again to day in the State Senate In the consideration of the Gatch bill providing ror county local option. In presenting It 8enatorGatcb went against the wishes of all but one of his Republican Col leagues. People, who are In a position to knojr, say there arevenougb votes In the House to-pass toe-bill if it- goes through toe benate, so the prospects for a-Ueenetrla w are 4 gwi t -i LOTJBET'B CABIHET AM THE 0HTOCH. He Says the Clergy Must Submit t'n the Law, - and the Chamber Upholds Him. Pabib, March 3. At opening session of tho Chamber of Deputies to-day. Prime Minister Loubet and the other members of the new Cabinet entered the Chamber and took their seats. M. Loubet immediately afterward ascended the tribune and read the declara tion of Ministerial rjolicy. He referred to the difficulties of the tasksof the Ministry, and said they rAiod Upon the clearness of the declaration to enable the Chamber to say.at tho outset whether the Ministry were to expect the confidence of the Honse. The primary objeot of the Ministerial policy, he said, was the de Tense of all the laws of the Republic, esneclally the laws relative to military patriotism, equality and education, which were the source of all national spirit and the fundamental guarantee of liberty ot conscience. "Tlie-relations now existing In Prance be tween Chut ch and State bave given rise," M. Lonbet continued, "to many incidents and to varied discussions. These have involved questions so numerous and so complete as to obscure the underlying principles. We have not light nnough. as yet, on the principles involved, to guide us in this matter; but Is It not onr duty to consider whether we are not called upnn to prepare the way for the separation of Church and State, even thonzn we may not believe that there exists in the country a majority favorable to the carry ing out of such a measure? It is recognized, of course, to be our duty to maintain firmly the existing legislation based upon the Con cordat, whloh we shall apply in the true spirit of its requirements. The Concordat assures the position and rights of the clergy. At the same time, it imposes on them whatever their rank may be, certain strict obligations. They not only owe obed'ence to the national laws, but are bound to confine themselves to their ministry and to keep aloof from party strugglesand discussions. We shall un hesitatingly require from all the observance of tue.-e obligations, and we believe that we are armed with sufficient power to enforce such observance." After the declaration was read, the ,Gov ei nment, replying to a question, denied that there was any engagement between the Government and the Pope. The debate on this subject was continued to great length, and finally a motion appioving the Govern ment's attitude on the clerical question was canted by a vote of 341 tn 9L The Ministerial statement has been received coolly by the public, and it is regarded as a poor composi tion. It pleases nobody. It is regarded as leaving the clerical question in status quo ante. G00O AHD EVIL IN PAPESS. Ho Line Should Be Drawn Between the Secular and the Religious. New York Pun.I The Rev. Dr. Rylance, in bis sermon oflast Sunday in St. Mark's Churob, on "The Good and Evil in Kewspapets," said that "some of our Becular journals are larger bearted, uiuiugcucruu in opiiit, uiuio jusv m JUUgjf, ment, more active In true charity, and more truly Christian than most of our so-called religious newspapers." This Is a bioad and notable remark; but the pieacher ought not thus .to bave drawn a line between secular and religious journalism, or put them In separate camps. The Sun, for example, is a religious as well as a secular ioui nal; it deals with the interests of men's spirits as well as with the affairs of this life and the motions of the world; it seeks the moral as well as the ma terial welfare of mankind; it aims to pro claim the truth in all the spheres of thought. No lesser mission than this is worthy of a paper that possesses the opportunity of in fluencing the course ot human thought and action. We affirm that is Improper to put all papeisiuto two separate camps, the relig ious camp and the seonlar oamp. A paper may be both secular and leligious. It is to be assumed that, in speaking of religious papers, the preacher i eferred to the papers of sectarianism. And we fear that very manv or these papeis are deserving of the criticism which he applied to "most of th()m." In reading many of them, week after tweek, wo cannot help, seeing how true it is that they lack those qualities whloh the Rev. Dr. Rylance accuses them of lacking, such as large ness oi heart, generosity or thought, fairness of judgment, and true charity. Alas I how manv among them aio small-Mearted, petty brained, narrow-chested, blear-eyed, pug nosed, ill-Informed, unreasoning, unjust, un charitable, bigoted, presnmptuous, and wholly unworthy to lie called leligious. Among the many hundreds ot "so-called le ligious papers" there are happily some that can be perused witlr pleasure and praised with propriety; yet how very small is the pioportion that display those supernal mer its which ought afwavs to be associated with the word religion I BIGHTS OP C0BP0BATI0B& They Can Be Onsted From Powers Not Authorized by Their Franchises. Colcxbus, O.. March 3. Special. The fol lowing is the substance of the syllabus by the Supreme Court In the "Standard Oil ouster" case: An agreement, by which all or a majority of the stockholders ef a corpora- 'tlon transfer their stocks to certain trus tees, in consideration) of the agreement of the stoikholders, of other companies and of the metnuers of limited partnerships, en gaged In the same business to do like wise,and who are to receive all dividends madeby the several companies andj limited partnerships, from which as a common tund, dividends are to be madeby the ttustees to the hold ers of the trust eertjficates, tends to the ci cation of a monopoly to contiol produc tion as well as piices, and is against public policy. Apioceedingin quo warranto to forfeit the charter of a corporation must, under section 6789, Revised Statute,be commenced within five years alteif the aot complained of was done, whether commeuced by the State on relation of tile Attorney General, or otherwise. But alcorporation may be ousted by such pioceeding from the exer cise of a power or franchise not confeired by law, where the same has not been exer cised for a term of 20 yecii s. BERING SEA MAITEB CLOSED, Ana So Tar as KhownJNo Agreement Has Been Reached. Washington, March Sf-The Joint English and United States Commission on the Ber ing 8ea Fisheries beldlong session at the State Department this afternoon, and prao ttcally concluded its Deliberations. The members are pledged ii secreoy and it Is therefore Impossible to obtain any official Information as to the result of their confer ences. 1 There is good reason however, for the prevalent belief that the commissioners failed entirely in their endeavors to reach a satisfactory agreement las to the best method of conducting tile seal fishing in dustry with a view to the preservation of the species. J Cnmprest-d Air for I Street Cars. Chicago, March 3. This (evening .the'mvs tery was probably solved legardlng the ex ceedingly llbera.1 ordinance granting the practically unrestricted use of the streets of Chicago to a corporation almost wholly un known, called the Chicago Power Supply and Smoke Abating Conijpany. The an nouncement In now made tiiat the oblect Is to supplant the present grip and cable sys tem for street cars using of compiessed air. DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE. Obituary Notes. Oattaix Pxkctvai., itde-de-camp of the late Duke of Albany, is dead. Sib Jobh Good, the well-known English civil engineer, is dead In London. j JOHK-Toutts. fc well-known wholesale and re tail grocer, died at his home in East Liverpool early yesterday morning. i JudoB T. N. VAX Dtkb, one of tAe most prom inent men of East Tennessee, died Wednesday nlgbt at thejiome of his son, in Rome, Ga. i'risidintVanZabdt, of the BliUbesrd Min- lng Company, of Minneapolis, which collapsed Mondar, died suddenly In London Wednesday, probably from heart disease. - CAPTAIN JOE B. KtSJlir. at One. time an old steamboat man mud owner of several nifidom"B boats on the Mississippi river, died at bis home In Boonevllle, Mo., Wednesday, ages: M years. ALexakceu MiTCHKLt. one of the old Ast busi ness men In PitUton, aged 7S years, tiled Vester dT. He was the fatherr the well-know coal operator, William Mttchen, who opened tbSereat Mill Creek mind operated by Thomas Waddell ' REV. EDWARD PnrKESTOX. a mljslonar. Is dead oryeUow fever at Bahla, Brazil, He waibut 32 years old. Be graduated at Lane Theoloical Semi isry last May and married Mils ' OlbsonJ of Clnilnmtl. who shortly afterward accompanied mm to urun, wmuicr ne was sent Dy me rresuy- terian Board or missions. A. J. Sawteb, tue well-known elevator arid' grain man, died at Minneapolis yesterday morntug .of a complication of diseases. Ho was the owner of the elevated line In North Dakota and Mlnneaol witn terminals ai aunenor ana JuinnesDom. i wis In Washington last week opposing the am option Mil, and it is theught tbst option dui, ana it is ineugnt tost uyerworKlne. nuwnea nis aew. THE READING DEAL INQUIRY. Attorney General Hensel Hears Cfounse! and Takes the Case to Consider. Habbisbdso, March 3. The hearing in the Beading deal was opened to-day at noon by Attorney General Hensel. Neither Pow derly, Cassatt, nor , any representatives of tho Pennsylvania Railroad were present. A. A- McLeod, President and General Man ager of the Philadelphia and Reading Com pany, was present, as were also many of the leading officials of the railroads In terested in tbe combine. The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad was represented by John Q. Johnson, Thomas Hnnker and James D. Campcell; the Lehigh Valley y Henry 8. Baker, J. F. Gowan and M. X. Olmstead; the New Jersey Central byBlohard Dale, Samuel Dickson. The leases of tbe New Jersey Central and Lehigh Valley railroads were presented to the Attorney General by coun sel with request that they be not given out for publication. Mr. Johnson presented maps showing the lines or the different railroads controlled by the combine. Attorney General Hensel said the substance of the complaint that bad reached his office was that these roads were direct competitors, and that there was a vio lation of the Constitution. He invited any person who felt aggrieved by the combine to present their side of the matter. He. Johnson said the roads expected that there would be somebody present who would do more than writing letters, and asked that counsel be allowed to retire a few minntes to oonier as to what oourse to pursue. After a brief consultation Mr. Johnson asked that he be allowed to make a few statements to show that the Constitution had not been violated. Mr. Johnson said this was not a case in which it was necessary to secure the inter vention of the Attorney General. If any private citizen feels that the law is violated lie can get his redress in the courts. Mr. Johnson said that during the whole year at tidal noints theie has been a steadv nrice of 13 to 19 cents per ton less than the.prlce of coal in Pennsylvania. This state ol affairs is not beneficial to the Commonwealth. This move of the Reading Company is to elemi nate tbe middle man. He contended that this case was not parallel to that of the South Penn and Beech Creek railroads. Mr. Johnson said there bas not been com petition In the past ten years between the Lehigh Valley and the Susquehanna Rail road, which is the leased line In this State of the New Jersey Central. Samuel Dixon, or counsel for the New Jeisey Central Railioad, followed Mr. John son. He said the leases that they held were secured three years before the present con stitution went into effect.and contended that there was competition between all of the roads In tbe combine. A sensation was sprung by Matthew Long, of Hazelton, who bad come in after the hearing commenced. He presented a peti tion, numerously signed by residents of his vicinity, imploring the State to take action. He then spoke as follows; "I cannot speak as a lawyer; I am simply a miner, and repre sent a great mass of working people. The coal business in our viotnity amounts to (100,000 per month, and if the State takes no action the combine means ruin to hundreds. I assert that the Constitution bas been vio lated." Mr. Long Instanced other general facts, but said he had not expected to speak and could not go into details. The Attorney General inquired if Mr. Johnson had any reply to make, and that gentleman said that If Mr. Long would spec ify at what places there had been competi tion before the combine he could disprove the statement, but he could not refnte gen et al statements. There being no one else who bad anything to say on either side of the question, the Attorney General declared the hearing adjourned. He lia all the papers in his possession and will hold the matter under advisement. MABIE BLAINE STILL DEFIANT. She Says She Will Not Allow Her Father-In-Law to Besmirch Her Character. Chicago, March 8. Some sentiments were given voice here to-day by Mis. Mary Nevlns Blaine, In Telatlon to the open letter she wrote the Secretary of State. Mrs.' Blaine was in Chicago en route to New York. Mrs. Blaine said: "I allowed Mr. Blaine ten days ill which to tell tbe whole truth about the treatment given me by his family and to re tract tbe statement that it was I, and not his son, who had done the courting before our marriage. Mr. Blaine gave to the pub lio gal bled extracts from letters to bis son. They convey an untruthful, nnjust idea re specting me. If Mr. Blalhe does not within ten days publish the mil text of my letters, I will give the public letters which will prove conclusively who it was that was the wooer. ' "Great as Secretary Blaine Is, he cannot and will not be allowed to asperse my char acter with Impunity, and without lejoinder on my part. If be persists in his attacks on me I will teach him to regret it. He set up bis love for bis grandson as an exense for an attempt to besmirch me. I love that child as my son quite as much as Mr. Blaine can love nim as a grandson, and tor that rea-on it is my duty to see that bis mother does not rest under a false charge un answered." 0HILB A LITTLE 100 ?00B To MaAce Mneh of a Spread at the Chicago World's Fair. WASHinaTOjr, March 3 The Latin-American Department has just received from its commissioner in Chile, in the Interest of the Exposition, information by cable that the Chilean congress adjourned without taking any action In regard to an appropriation for the representation of that country at Chi cago In 1893. No ill-feeling was expressed, but the impoverished condition of the coun try and the lack of funds weie alleged as reasons for this want of action. It is, honrever, considered probable that when Congress meets again and the action of other South American countries becomes known, as well as the great value which a suitable exhibit will have in the magnificent exhibition whloh is being prepared, the Re public of Chile will take favoiable action toward securing a good display. Many individual-, notwithstanding the Inaction of the Government, have promised to send ex hibits or their products, so that the country will not go unrepiesented, in any event. BEACON 10 GO FBEE ON. BAIL. He Is Again Confronted With His Erring Wife Before a French Magistrate. Cannes, March 3. Mr. Deacon, the American who shot and killed Abellle, the Frenchman, whom he discoveied in his wife's bedroom at the Hotel Splendlde here, was again confronted with Mrs. Deacon be foiethe Judge d' Instruction, at Gtasse, to day. Mrs. Deacon was seen as she was leaving tbe room in which tbe examination was held, and her manner appeared very de jected. Mr. Deacon Is confident of his ulti mate acquittal. It is probable that be will soon be liberated under substantial ball. His trial will take place In April.,, - HEW BALLOT LAWl'BLASES, County Commissioners Have Been Fn Into Possession or their Pitpers. HABBiSBDga, FAMarcb 8. tfibaesail The Secretary ot State to-day furnished to he- Ctmnty commissioners or eacrr conn ry. or tbe state copies or forms oi-wanss, made necessary to put the new bajioc.lawlhto operation at the next election.,., ' ' ; They are certificate of nomination,"' nornl-' nation i.aner. official ballot, specimen fifflcial ballot, letter to Connty Commissioners and" Sheriffs certifying- nominations,, letter or transmittal .to County, Commissioners, let ter or transmittal to Sheriffs and watcher's" certificate. t 7 FlLftfT OLB-PAlTAJIi.' ! f A.GarbSge Pile In the Mala Street Xlreofby Spontaneous Combustion. Paa-AtfA) Mroh, This oty is-threatened with an epidemic. A huge garbage pile in front of the Stan, and HeratdoSlco took fire on Saturday by spontaneous Combustion. Instead or allowing it to burn out the prelect thought best- to -turn prisoners to wbtkend dig nb the whole foul mass, upon' which water wits continually played lu four streams during Sunday and Monday. To-day the atmosphure in the vicinity is almost in sufferable, and many fear that disease germs have heen'reieased in tue air. Minnesota's Mineral Belt. St. Paul, March 3. The work of providing for the thorough prospecting and exploring of tbe mineral belt in Northern Minnesota goes on with undiminished activity. In the State Auditor's office yesterday 33 contracts for 80 years each weie taken out on leases about to expire. New companies were or ganised and yesterday legally Incorporated, with an ftmrreirate oanttal stock ofSlB.000.0fl0. upon whloh the State levies an Incorpora tion fee of e.WO, including the oompanles ipanles I lncorporatea- Auesuay, me state is richer than on Monday. LENTEN QUIET BROKEN. The Marriage at Miss Esther Little nd Mr. John House Pleasantly Dis turbs tbe Commandment of the Season or Rest Marfan of Minor Moment. The Lenten quletneA had a slight varia tion yesterday in Miss Esther Little's mar riage to Mr. John House. Somebody qnlck at analogy called It a little honse ceremony. In other words, it was a comparatively qnlet affair, confined In a great degree to the friends of the bride and groom, the lat ter of whom is blessed with an uncommonly large connection. The ceremony took place at 6 o'clock, the Rev. Dry Eaton, or the Oakland M. E. Church, officiating. Tbe bride IS tbe daughter of Mrs. Tate, of Oakland, and was married from her mother's bouse, a bijou residence on Forbes street. Holiday attire was the rale everywhere, the house being most prettily arranged with plants, admirably distributed in groups at all avail able spots. The decorations were yellow. The ceremony took place'in the drawing room, where tbe bride and groom were at tended during the interesting occasion bv these yonng ladles: Miss Beulah B. Little, the bride's sister, as maid of honor, and Miss Lillian J. Smith, of Chicago, as bridesmaid, and Dr. Jones, or Philadelphia, the bridegroom's cousin, as best man. The bride wore a fashionable, conventional wedding gown of heavy silk, her attendants appearing in more simple gowns. The bride carried one of tbe most successful of Patterson's creations in bon- ?uets that bas been seen this season. It was ormed solely of white violets, mingled with exquisite sliver adlanthnm fern. Yards upon yards of white babv ribbon were knotted round the stems, little clusters of the violets being fastened in it, until there were almost as many violets out of the bunch as in it. The groom's boutonniere was composed of a perle rose and a hud and was also very pretty. ' Among the gnests representing the House family were: Mr. Jobn Bucher, Miss Irene Watts, of Lewlsburg; Miss Nellie Jones and Dr. Asbcrott, or f hiladelphla; Mr. Meivin House, of New York, and Mr. James Honse, of Ohio. A reception followed at the bride's house, after whloh Mr. and Mrs. House left on the wedding Journey. A number of affairs await their return, among them Doing a re ception by Mrs. William Moreland and one by Mr. and Mrs. William H. Honse, the groom's parents. Tley will take up their residence in a bouse given to them by Mrs. Tate, tbe bride's mother. A pleasant event of yesterday was Mrs. Black's and Mrs. Frlcke's fancy work party at Mrs. Black's house, the Boulevard. It was from 1 to 4, and drew a large number of voung people 'rom the two cities, particu larly the East End. TABEBE SKILL TO THE BESCUE, A Crew of British Seamen Owe Their Safety to American Perseverance. New York, March 3. Speciaf. The Savannah line steamship, City of Birming ham, arrived here to-day. Her master, Cap tain Charles S. Burg, told bow he saved tbe Akaba. Captain Burg resorjed to the old trick of drafting a line to the Akaba. The Overjoyed men 'on tbe Akaba fished up tbe buoy and got the line, to which the men on the Savannah steamship bent a 4-inch hawser; after this bad-been grasped by the Akaba's crew, and hauled in a few feet, anil-inch manilla hawser was bent to it on the City of .Birmingham. Another line was drilted down to the Akaba, and the steel hawser of tbe Akaba was hauled aboard the Yankee steamship. The manilla hawser parted when the Akaba had 19 fathoms under her, and the strain fell on the steel cable. Tbe cable was fast to seven pairs of heavy wrought Iron bltts on the deck of the Savannah steam ship. It did not break, but the bitts were twisted from the deck and a biz section of the City of Birmingham's bulwarks was carried away. A-.aln a line was drifted down to the Akaba, and the plucky Ameri cans succeeded, slowly and laboriously, in towing their British friends 40 miles to sea.. The weather moderated and the seas sub sided somewhat, enabling the City or Birm ingham to taw her throngn the capes, with the assistance of the Boston Towboat Com- gany's tugs Underwriter and Taurus, which ad put out from Newport News. CATHOLICS BITTEBLT 8C0BED. Kansas Methodists Denonnee Congress for Its Treatment of the Carlisle School. Kaksas City, March X AMo-day's session of the annual Methodist Conference of the Kansas district tbe report of the Committee On State of tbe Country was presented and adopted. The report made a distinct attack upon the Roman Catholic Church. Tbe pre amble said: "The Kansas Conference of tbe Methodist Church has long observed tbe insidious en croachment of tho Roman Catholic hier archy in the direction of public affairs, the' areau or tne so-canea uatnoiio vote witn which it was attempted to Inspire time serving politicians, the malevolent influ ences of its active lobbying In national, State and municipal legislation, and the large snms of public money it has secured for its schools, greatly disproportionate to the membership among its people, and wholly unwarranted by the educational re sults their schools bave accomplished." The resolutions scored the House of Rep resentatives for its action in regard to the Carlisle, Pa., Indian School and Captain Pratt, manager of the school. They com mended the school, Us work and Captain Pratt, Grim Death Vetoes a Wedding. West Elizabeth, Pa., March 3 fSeetat The body or Miss Mary Ann McGulre, who died from injuries received in the wreck here last Thursday evening, was burled In the Catholic cemetery this morning. She was engaged to be married to Noohokas Tobin. Tobln was at her bedside all the time, and his last favor lor his sweetheart Was to hold the candle in her hand when she was dying. World's Fair Grounds Too Small. Chicago, March 3. In spite of the Im mensity of the limit prorided for the dis play at the World's Fair, it is found neces sary to enlarge it. Chief Ives said to-day that two foi elzn nations alone have asked for as much space as the great building af fords, leaving nothing for the rest of the woild. The Vfhalehack as a Man of War. Chicago Herald.-) Its Inventor claims that tbe whaleback hto would make a very powerful man o' war. If ft will enable ub to whale back the foes that may undertake to whale us it ought certainly to be added to the navy. May Have to Erect BI-Chlorlde Asylums. Washington Post. The country may yet be. compelled to erect asylums., or the victims .of the hi Chloride of gold habit. j ' ' i r-iTlKODGH SURAL 6IiSBI8. ; THxmore iheJMeKlnlex.piU Ja.teB.teg the betterlts pi aotical" workings are appreciated; its effect op ragesrls to keep thetn up JZoeAexfcr Arffus?. - ' STfP.tOiA's'freeTjrn'dlttff twin hill is jnst M months-behind the-times. -That- bird's nest belongs" to" Jasyeac.amt there are ljp eggs in itForrettilrpuUicaiC ,, - Thx freo'wool. pdlioyjJf1 the Democrats teems likely to prove as unpopular as the free trade policy which coat them tbe Presi dency in iS&.Ene Dispatch. t fjtSATaa Quay's plan of permitting Re publican voters to express their ohoice for United States Senator at the primaries, is meeting with great favor with tbe people, Sail Mercer county is mot behind In submit ting the question- to the voters. GretntiUi Argus. Z "Whcthj Democrat pa.s & sliver bill or not Qeywtli have to meet the issue before the people. The fine theory already made out by the Hills and Springers has already gdne 'Into "innocuous desuetude" The 1 people cannot be bamboozled by a lot of charlatans. Sjmertct Herald. It reciprocity could be made to fail or to result In harm to the country, Democratic Joy would overflow. Since, however, it is proving triumphant and bs winning great advantages for American industry, its Demo cratic enemies are being roroed to drink a bitter cup. Clearfield Journal. TnxBE is a notable improvement in the ex pectations of Republicans as to winning the Presidental contest. The causes or defeat in 1890 are now thoroughly understood, the most prominent being the misrepresenta tions as to the effects of the MoKlnley bill; Now that the success o( that law has been fully demonstrated, the situation takes on ait entirely different Upeck-srrowifJl aercua. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. The colossal statue of the republic at the World's Fair will he a female figure 73 feet higb. A. Philadelphia saloon bas a sign In the) window which reads: "A bl-ohlorlde-of-gola sandwich with every drink." All other things being equal, baritone voice in a man and a contralto voice) In a woman will wear better and last longer than any of the others. There is a man living in Calhoun, Ga, 70 years old, who boasts that heneverwort) a pair of boots, bonght a suit of clothes, white shirt or any store clothes In his life, or wore a collar or necktie. A French company is now building" a street car line in Tashkent!, the capital 6f Russian Turkestan, where, not very many years ago, any white man who had visttear the place would have lost his head. -it'll- Old "Aunt" Snkey Coats, who dieals4. Dublin, Ga., last week, was reputed to he 111; years old. She was a professional narMff and her death suddenly occurred while1' fes'v2' turning home from filling an engagement as a sick bed. "While a young man was sitting- 'in "str San Francisco theater the othernigbta wan dering rat sought refuge under hUooa, tails. He was unaware of its presence until, i reaching for something from his hip pocket, . I he was severely bitten in tne band. - A dispatch from Danville, ID., an- 1 nounces the birth In that place of two girl. 1 whose bodies are grown together face to " face. There are four fully-developed feet and hands, both bodies being grown solldljy , together. They are reported alive and welL A Mississippi man who has counted tha t number of seeds in a bushel of various" -grains found that corn went 72,130; whealT, 830,000; peas, 109 000; cotton seed, 164,168. This ' item would have mote value if it stated tha kind of oorn, wheat and peas selected for the experiment. The most accomplished negro voodoo in the United States live3 near the small creek of Gooseneck, in the Indian Territory, 40 miles irom the Kansas line. His bouse is alive with snakes and rats, and is adorned with bones and skulls. His many followers believe him implicitly. A South African mining journal says the surfaces of numerous boulders have been polished by the constant rubbing of countless herds or large game, such as the) wildebeest. These examples oCtbe attrition of rocks by animals are found in a good many parts of the Transvaal. According to the American Angler a Mrs. Stagg last year captured, with the rod, 13 tarpon in as many days in the gulf. The total length of the fish footed up 83 feet 4 Inches, the total weight 1774 pounds, and S hours and S3 minntes In actual play. The largest fish weighed 205 pounds, A new viaduct over the Biver Lea, in Bolivia, for the Antofogasta Railroad, is de scribed as the highest viaduct in the world. It is 9,833 feet above the sea level, and the height or the viaduct above the river is 4.003 feet. It is 10,497 teet long, the highest pillar is 3 73S feet, and the weight of the structure is 9,115 tons. Two Olympia, Wash., women caught a big gray rat in a trap tho other morning, but, as there was no man about the house, the rat was suffered to live in the trap sev eral days, while he was carefully fed and cherished by his captors. While the ladles were waiting for a man to come and kill the rat, he died through sheer kindness and high living. A party of fox. hunters around Cleve land, deciding that "reynard" was too tamo to follow longer, liberated a wild mountain wolr from Kansas. Bv the time the fierce animal had bitten off a finger of one hunter, torn holes in the boots of three orfonr more, killed two dogs and severely wounded sev- -eral others, the fox hunters, a ter killing blm, decided they had enough of that kind of sport. The modern counterpart of the man who recovered his lost eyes by a second J limp into a bramble bush Is found in tho person of A. A. Hubbard, of Stetson, Me. The other day Hubbard dislocated his shoulder by falling from an ox cart, and. while on the way to a neighboring lawyer's bis horse twitched the sleigh In some way so that the shoulder was forced back into its Original position. It.is related that at the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Sumner Soule, of Freeport, Ke., re cently, tie minister, in the course of a, long prayer.ftjd: "O, Lord, give grace to soma' ' soul to-day." As the gioom was known familiarly as "Sum" Soule. and as his bride's first .name .was Grace, the prayer was an swered satislactoiily, although the clergy man was unconscious of having said any. thing so well fitting the occasion. The elster (pita candata) is a bird thai is respected and feared throughout South Germany. It belongs to the raven tribe, and Is about the size of a dove, with black; and white feathers and long pointed toll. It bnilds its nests in orchards, and its life is sacred. If It is seen three times in succes sion on the same house top. in a place re mote from its home, it it believed to be a sure sign of death In that house. If It flies over a house where anyone is ill, and gives its peonliar cry, the sick person is sure to die, but is It does not scream the patient may recover; The woods and fields and the very air of Maine are full of tbe signs of spring, and If that welcome season Is not several weeks ahead of time this year, tho robins, blue birds, frogs and butterflies are very much out of their reckoning. Robins, fat and saucy, are making merry in various locali ties from the Androscoggin to the Penob scot, May flowers have bloomed in Otis, but terflies have been seen at C'ark's Isl ind, and caterpillars have appeared in Calais. The hills and fields about Portland are bare, and song sparrows, robins and bluebirds have gone to building nests in Deering's Oaks. It has been a strange winter. An example of the cunning of gulls was observed at Tacoma when several alighted -on a Duncli of logs that had been in the water for a long time, with the submerged sides thick with barnacles. One was a big, gray fellow, who seemed to be the captain. He walked to a particular log, stood on one side of it close to the water, and then uttered pecnliar cries. The other gulls came and perched on the same side of the log. wnlch, nnder their combined weight, rolled over several Inches. The gulls, step by step, kept the log rolling until the barnacles showed above the water. Tbe birds picked eagerly at this food, and the log was not abandoned until every barnacle had been . picked. y TRIFLING HUMORESQDESL Bagley I understand you have a place in Ms. Stepson's affections? ' Brace Tes, bat I have hopes that the favorite won't" surf.. Jleio lark Herald. " She g-t a red ear and I kissed the lass, i ,Fdr I thong&t 'twas the thing to do, K But hex lover -was there and It came to pass '"1 That 1 got a red ear. too. --- - Tori Frit. . . Mrs. Hamonex (the boi) Really, Mr."" Scrimp, yon shouldn't complain of my rates: I ftna 1 It hard to pay my debts. 1 Scrimp (grimly) If yon paid in advance.Madain, is jrbu nuke others do Ton would hare no debt, ,, fuilc. .Impatient Guest I hnrrf up that beefsteak, minutes for It. wish yoa -wouli , I've waited already U Walter (erect and dignified) Get it for you as toon as it's ready.slr. We don't do things here by pressing a button. This ain't no Hill ConvenUon, sir. CMcago Tribune. She measured out the butter with a very solemn air; The milk aud sugar also, and she took the greatest - care To Count tbe eggs correctly and to add a UtUe bit pf baking-powder, which, you know, beginners oft omit. Tien" she stirred It all together and she baked It ' f ' full an hour; But she never quite forgave herself for leaving out the flour. r - fudge. "Wool I never saw a man who could scrape an acquaintance Uke Brush. Van Pelt What la bis business? Wool He is a barber. Sew lark heratd. ' "The boss has got his back up this mora ing." "Is that so? Then we've got to bump ourselves," Sew lork Star. -j.no- j oseph rironued into a nit. ?.l No record doth rehearse His mating such a great mistake A "dropping Into verse." . Button Courier. Seeker It amuses me to hear people talk , about having regard for posterity, and wanting fsture generations to think weU of them. It's absurd t L for one, don't propose to spend my time worrying about those who come after me. SagcBun-Don't, eh? Maybe you didn't worry lastnlghfattae elub when your wl easts after X' jou.ltonertttSne. i , " j . . . C Mi ' A . .- J-i JfcAXtCJt.&i..Ji, mmm& ilff jls-.'j iu..a i nr r- -ttSZSZ i
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