. in u jii. ji . mmmmmm THE . PITTSBURG. , DISPATCH, ' SATUEDAT APRIL 2, 1893. r TWO BttlGHT NEW STORIES BLGIN IN TO MORROWS One Is a tale of Arctic exploration In an airship, BY HERBERT . WARD. The other Is a charming story of social life, BY HENRY JA3IES. Another of the brilliant letters from Europe BY JIUtK TWAIN. A FEW OF THE FEATURES: In Fiction "A Dish to the Pole," by Herbert D. Ward "The Ileal Thing," by Henry James. In Travel TJio Chicago or Europe, by Mark Twain. A Dav in Brazil, by Fannie B. 'Ward. In HiStorj An Untaught Cavalryman, by Lord Wolselcy. The Runic Hoax, by "Frank G. Carpon , ter. In A1 entnre Hurting Deadly Snakes, by G R. O'Reilly. Phonographs In Africa, by R. L. Gar ner. In Fashions Gowns for Easter, by Ada Baeho Cone. Spring Styles for Men In London. In Science Some Peculiar Inventions, by George lies Astronomy for April and Science News Notes. In Humor A Day in Bed, by Robert J. Burdette. Funny Phases of Congress, by Bessie Bramble. In Religion Women In the Pulpit, by Eev. Miss Kollock. A Rich Man's Money, by Rev. George Hodges In Woman's Realm Gossip of tho Hour, by Margaret n. Welch A Woman's Fire Bilgade, by Theo. Tracy. In Odd Morieis The Land of Laces, by W,G. Kaufmann. Bats on the Stage, by Edmoud Renoir. AH these are only hints at -what the mam moth Issue will contain. Uesides.it trill have all the news that Atlantic cables and leased wires can carry. 1 ou cannot afford to miss it. 21 PAGES TO-MORROW. BEST LITERARY FEATURES, BEST SCIENTIFIC MATTER, BEST NEWS SERVICE READ TO-MORROWS DISPATCH. ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY S. 1S46 Vol. 7. No SS. Filtered at Pittsburg Postofflce November, JSST, a second-class matter. Business Office Corner Smithfield and Diamond Streets, News Rooms and Publishing House 78 and 80 Diamond Street, in New Dispatch Building. F AFTER - ATtYFilTISlNG OFFICE. 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Including Sundav Edition, at 0 re- Ts iwr wfc SATCRDAY, APRIL 2, 1-92 TWELVE PAGES Parties who have changed their residence will please leave new address at the busi ness office, in order to Insure the untnter mptcd delivery or The Dispatch to their homes. ntoTrcrioN's ael3 champion. The vital interests of Pennsylvania alid the country vesterdar received the sup port of a mo5t able sreech from lion. John Dalzcil. There was presented to the House an unanswerable array of facts couched in forceful and logical oratory. Pennsyl vania needs men who ran show a knowl edge of American industries and who have the abil.ty and inclination to, argue on their behalf. 3Ir. Dalzell, too, received a great anil deserved compliment, for one so vounc: in legislative experience, by the unanimous ote for a continuance of Ins speech beyond the limit of his allotted hour. There is not a vulnerable point in the argument he delivered, from the declara tion that no one has yet dared to propose tje wholesale repeal of the 3IcKinley bill to the assertion backed up by telling sta tistics that such a repeal, i ere it possible, would accomplish vast injury to our national trade and independence. A vision which is clear enough to read the signs of the times without bias or preju dice cannot fail to discover the gi eat ad vantages enjoj ed under a protectiv e tariff. Anyone capable of learning the lessons of bistory must s"c the bitter experiences which hare attended a recnuc tariff in the past. Protection should ha e the sup poit of every clear-minded man of affairs, and Jo'in Dalzell is eminently fitted to rani: w ith its older standard bearers. The speech, wh.ch is presented clccw!icre in these columns, will undoubtedly be read with a feeling of pride bv Pennsjlvanians In general and Western Pcnusjlvauians in particular. Tnu sksates dilemma. The resolution of the Senate to mark its disapproal of the leaking out of the se crets of executive session, with regard to the Uenng Sea correspondence, by dis missing James R. Young, its executive clerk, is evidently founded on the same idea as that with which the man passed : round the hat for a collection when the ccsel was going down. Something must be done, and the Senate does not clearly -.e its was to doing anything better. This is the natural result of the dilemma in which the learned Senators find them selves Being charged to the point of saturat'on with the secrets of the execu tive session, and being moreover unable mpBEMtt to restrain themselves from leaking, they are unable to find any other way to mark their disapproval of the general leakiness than by turning Mr. Young Into a scape goat. Nevertheless, It does not follow that the proposed course Is the only one to take. If the dignified Senators will impartially view the subject they will see that the ul tra, ite cause of the disclosure of tho secret was the executive session. If there had been no secrets no one could lnve be traved them; and that no one would have been the worse if the executive session had been conducted in public is plainly shown by the fact that not the slightest hi jury has been done by the publication of the secrets. Let the Senate, instead of dismissing ilr. Young, dismiss the execu tive session, and it w .11 hit the real culprit. THE GERMAN AIR-SniPS. The confirmation of the report that Ger man war balloons have been sailing at will oer the Uu-sian camps and fortifications; proceeding from one point to another either against or with the wind; coming to a halt notwithstanding tho air-currents and scrutinizing tho Polish cities at night by electric search lights, lends credence to a story which at first seemed incredible. Yet even with its circumstantial repetition the details make such drafts upon the pub lic faith as to require us to believe that the Germans have secretly reached perfection in a science of which other nations have not as yet mastered the rudiments. The first of these astonishing assertions is not only with reference to the progress of the German air-ships against the wind, but with regard to their ability to remain stationary when the wind is blowing. The most enthusiastic aeronauts of other countries have liaidly got further than to claim that certain materials and power might bo found that would propel a fljing machine in tho direction contrary to tho current of air in which it sails. Yet hero it is asserted that the Germans have not only accom plished all that the rest of the world has hoped for, but have attained such practical exactitude in its use that on their first public appearance they can so balance the new power against the force of the wind as to come to a dead halt. That is a diffi cult feat to accomplish m steam naviga tion after two generations of use, while sailing vessels after centuries of scientific practice aro scarcely able to prevent drift ing while coming to a halt. An ev en more remarkable assertion is that with regard to the use of the search light. The search light imphes electric power, and electric power implies a stor age battery. But storage batteries in other countries are so heavy that their use to propel wheeled motors is of doubtful economy. We are therefore driven to tho inference that the Germans have got air ships that can not only carry the operators, but in addition transport a weight meas ured by the thou-ands of pounds. The only alternative to this is to suppose that German science has discovered some means of storing a powerful light without a weight corresponding to its power. It these statements are true the rest of the world must tako off its cap to Ger many in a scientific as well as military sense. But before doing so tne majority of expert opinion may prefer to await more authoritative explanations of tho size, shape and propulsion of the vessels, and an adequate explanation of Germany's premature disclosure of her wonderful secret. DESIK4.BLE DEVELOPMENTS. To-day will, in all probability, see the inauguration of a local cricket league. Amateur athletics now occupy a posltiqn of greater prominence in Pittsburg than they have done heretofore. We have in the city and its suburbs four full-fledged and prospering athletic clubs. The num ber of cj clists, young men and maidens, is on the increase, and muscular develop ment Is attracting some of the attention its importance warrants. We are to have two meetings here this a ear under the auspices of the Amateur Athletic Union, and they will no doubt still further foster the interest in physical training. All this is a very hopeful sign. The sub ject cannot well receive too much thought As the phvsique of our population is im proved inclination to vice is removed, and the process of improvement itself lessens temptation by leaving fewer opportunities for idleness. The culture of the body is apt to improve the mind, and the more we have of it the better for our health in every department mental, moral and physical alike. THE KOAD OF THE FUTURE. The contributor to The Dispatch who suggests, in the article published yester day, the use of iron trades for the im provement of country roads makes a very important addition to the stock of ideas on the subject With the details of his argument we are unable at all points to agree, as we shall brieflj point out But as to the result, there is no doubt that the laying of an iron track similar to street car rails would effect a most thorough economy in power, as well as greatly lessen the cost of repairs, by avoiding the cutting up of the ordinary surface. It is necessary to except first from the assertion that the cost of roads improved on the Macadam or Tilford plan is pro hibitive. True, there are sections where stone w ould be so costly as to make the roads too expensive. Such sections would have to seek some other way of improving their highwaj s; but their strait should not prevent sections where stone is more ac cessible from improving highways at less cost Next, while limestone or traps rock is undoubtedly the best material for dura ble highwaj s, small sections of road can be found within the limits of Allegheny which are a vast improvement on mud, made of cheaper material and at a cost less than 55,000 per mile. Our correspondent's remarks on the tendency of wheels to cut up any high way bear very strongly on the road ques tion. But the fact that as our teaming is done now it will cut up almost any road way in soft weather is an illustration of our own false practice, not of the im practicability of road improvement. When we see the pictures of old world wagons with immense tires and the rear wheels projecting far bejond the front, we are accustomed to regard them as an illustra tion of old world conservatism, which is merely our own ignorance. A wagon carrying a weight of two tons with tires a foot wide and the rear wheels projecting afoot bejond each other will act as a roller on road surfaces at all softened by frost or ram; the same load on two or three-inch tires will plow the roads up. Pittsburg has spent thousands of dollars for replacing pavements cut up by the narrow tires of heavily loaded iron wagons, while if a proper breadth of tire had been maintained the motive power required would have been iess and the weight on the wheels would have solidified the pavements instead of tearing them up. Another point for exception is the theory of our contributor that iron rails could take the place of further improve- ments in country roads. Pittsburg has had experience of street railway tracks laid on unpaved streets. Those who re member the condition to which the space between the tracks would be reduced by the tramping of the horses or mules will recoguizo tho necessity of some improve ment of the surface to make It possible for vehicles to use the proposed tracks with advantage. It follows that the proposed track must be used in connection with an improved surface either by macadamizing, gravel ing, cindering or planking. This would make it the most expensive kind of road; but there would be decided compensation. In the first place, the tracks would so save the wear upon the rest of the road that less cost in the Macadam would be re quired. A road costing 53,000 per mile might serve where a 6,000 construction would otherwise bo necessary, or tho 56,000 construction might last twice as long. Then, although the road might be expensive, it would pay the best interest on its return by its complete economy of power. Say that it cost 510,000 per mile to macadamize and iron a road in tho best style. Such a highway would furnish an outlet to the country for at least two miles on each side. In other words, every 510,000 would reduce by two-thirds the motive pow er required for hauling the products of 2,5G0 acres of land to market. Can any one doubt that such an improvement would add to the value of the land at least four dollars an acre, or in other words de crease the cost of its hauling by at least 5600, or 550 per year for each farm of 200 acres? We believe that the road of the future will be the macadamized road, with tracks of iron or steel. When these tracks are properly laid it may also appear that they vv ill furnish the means for an almost in finite expansion of transit by eIectnc,com pressed air, or steam motors wherever such roads are built AN EXtaiY OF PROTECTION. If themavementintheEastto secure the abolition of the half -cent duty on refined sugar should be successful, the American Sugar Refineries Company, which has monopolized the entire plant at present existing, will have no one to blame for that result except itself. When the half-centduty was retained on refined sugar in the JIcKinley act it was done as a means of protecting and encour aging domestic competition in the refining of sugar. At that time there was a grow ing competition m the refining industry, and the exorbitant prices established by the transient rule of the Sugar Trust were pulled down by the growth of the compet ing concerns recently absorbed. The maintenance of protection on refined sugar was based on the purpose of encouraging further competition by domestic concerns, which would lower prices in the end. That was the principle on which piotec tion was defended in the campaign of 1890; and it is the pnnciple by which it must be upheld in the more decisive battle of 18D2. In its persistent combination of all the refineries under a greatly watered corpora tion the Sugar Trust not only makes that argument ineffective, but it attacks and defeats the purpose of protection. Every defender of protection who maintains its purpose of cheapening products by do mestic competition will have the Sugar Trust thrown in his teeth; and there will be some pertinence in doing so. No free trade advocate, however gifted, is so dead ly an enemy of the protective principle as the combinations in protected articles which pervert the public purpose of pro tection to the enrichment of their own members. There is no surer way of defeating this attack on protection than by the public declaration that no trusts or combinations shall enjoy the aid of the tariff in main taining their monopol y. If Congress should unite in repealing the sugar duty it would be no more than the trust deserves. DIFFERENCE IN I DEMNITIES. The statement that the United States w ill offer to the Italian Government a gift of 100,000 francs for the relief of the fam ilies of the men lynched at New Orleans Indicates a settlement on tht,lines of that made with China for the Rock Springs massacre. It is specified in both cases that the payment is not to be taken as an acknowledgment of responsibility, but will be made as an assurance of interna tional good will and friendliness. This is rather Pickwickian; but as it comprises the relief of the families of the lynched Italians it will afford a practical settle ment of the controversy. At the same time it cannot be lost sight of that the difference between this 520,000 and the claims for 52,000,000 filed against Chile, is rather stunning. The 520,000 is the sum which is expected to balance the killing of elev en men in New Orleans; the 52,000,000 is the estimate not jet endorsed by our Government for the beating and kicking of a scoie of our sailors at Val paraiso and the killing of one of them. Such a contrast suggests that the profit of the prov erbial operation of buying a man at the'general estimate of his value and selling him at his own estimate could be completely cast in the shade by the national wealth to be obtained from mob bing men in our cities at the New Orleans valuation and having our sailors mobbed in foreign ports at the Valparaiso valua tion. Is it to be deduced from this difference that life m Valparaiso is worth a hundred times as much as m New Orleans? Or is it to be explained by the abundance and cheapness of Italians as compared with the scarcity and high price of American sailors? Enterprising Chicagoans anxious to translate Anne Hathaway's cottage from the banks of Avon to those of Lake Michi gin are not to be permitted to have their way. How lost the immoitdl William would be if ho wished to lcvisit the piettv scene and found himself in Chicago Bnt his knowledge of human nature would enable him to see that the mainspring remiins very much the simc, thongh pel haps the easels more pinch-beck than of yoie. People who change their place of abode to av old the payment of debts must belong to the same family as those who wish to scale down their obligations by the frco coinage ol silver. Governor JfcKlNLEr is doing yeoman service for the paity of protection in Little Khody. The battle raging ther shows plainly that the (ai iff is to be the main issue of tho natioml campiign. The pietige of the first notable ictory of the yeai is worth lighting for, too, and with such able advo cates ot a protective tariff as Messrs. Mc Kinlcy and Aldiich in the field it is not hard to pick out the w inners. Buenos Atres is to be pitied. Cursed with more than a sufficiency of indigenous revolutionists, it is in danger of becoming a ralljing point for the Balmaceda family and faction. Commissioner Raum exposed the root or official evil when he said, "I am in my position because I am a Republican." Surely oui voters will some day have sense enough to insist that their servants shall be ap pointed for their efflcienoy and integrity, Instead of simply and BOlely as a reward for partisan political servioes In the past or as an incentive to such action in the future. Statements to the contrary notwith standing, trusts and monopolies flourish In spito of protective tariff, not because of them. The infant seeking to instruct a maternal ancestor of the eecond remove in the art of abstracting nourishment thiough a email apertuie in an- eggshell Bhould be sup pressed. But the piecocity of a youth of 9 j ears who seeks to extinguish his grand maternal relativ e's vital flame Is as alarm ing as it is extiaoidinary. WHEN the Huntingdon Reformatory in vestigation has been completed the remark may be expected that it is hunting done. If Chicago's requests for Federal funds for various purposes continue to multiply at tho piesent rate, the Western leviathan should have no difficulty in selecting the device which is being sought to represent her. A beggar rampant on a field of smoke Mould Just about hit the maik. It is better to be marked refused and find one's self accepted than vice versa in license lists or otlioi applications. It appears that Kaiser Wilhelm I133 his balloons much better under contiol than his tongue. The Empeioi's speeches are so gaseous anil explosive that tno steering ap paratus would surely need lew modifica tions foi its successful application to them. It is hardly necessary to say that those applicants w hose names do not appear on the list ate out of it. The invention announced as capable of dispersing fog in a limited .area fot a short space of time would doubtless be useful for purposos of navigation But it will have to go further and tare better befoie bringing much hope to Londoneis or Pittsburgeis. 51k. Bland is wonderfully courteous in forgiving Speaker Ciisp for failing to live up to his promise It is to be hoped that some one of the Montana hoise-thief exteimuiation expedi tion is gifted with literary inclinations, for theie is a piomise of wild adv enturo und ex citing incident whioh should affoid enter taining and lomantic reading. If the smoke continues to increase the only way to live happily in Pittsburg will be to leside outside. -i Remarkable as are the accounts of ernes effected by tho laying on of hands of a young Mexican woman, the most wonder ful feature of tho case is thit alio is slid to refuse all lccompcnse for her performances. April rcignsj and we sincerely hope it will not snow. iMcKlNLEY versus Cleveland on tariff refoim should be as one sided a fight as Fitzsimmons against Maher. Nor is Rnodo Island likely to witness as many tounds as did Now Orleans. KXWX TO THE U0BLD. Balmaceda's mother has crossed the Andes on her t ay to Mendoza, nheio she will visit her other sons, who ate in that city. The Queen Regent of Spain refuses to touch a pennj ot the $100,000 a yeai Jointuio to which, as the widow of tho late King, she is entitled. The illness of the Duke of Edinburgh re calls the lact that it was a similar illness, hopeless from the start, which earned off hisbiothei, the Dukeof Albany. Cap JIartin, where the ex-Empress Eugenie's new ilia 13 to be elected, is situ ated about two miles Horn the fiontierof Monaco, between Monte Cailo and Menione. A successor to the venerable Prof. James D. Dana has been appointed by tho Yale faculty in tho peison of II. L Williams, professor of mtneiologly at Cornell uni versity. TnERE are so few buffalo left in America as to make it interesting to learn that Queen Vietoiia has sent one fromhei farm at Fiog moro to the grounds of the Zoological Society in London. Congressman Bland, of silver" bill fimo; is a short, rather fit man who diesses with lemaikaule eccentricity. His trouseis, in particular are said to be a sight foi gods and men, but not for tailois. PROrESSOR Royce, of Harvard, has a young son whose ear for music is so deli cately attuned tliat if a single note bo plav ed upon the piano he can at onco tell what it is without seeing the instrument. Dr. Herbert Vaughan, who succeeds Cardinal Manning as Aichbishop of West minister, is one of a family of seven brothers who all became Catholic piiests. Di. Vaug han was once a member of the crack Bi itish Life Glial ds. STRIKING AT THE STTGAB TB.UST. A Movement to Fight the Combination and to Kepeal the Duty. Philadelphia, April 1 The opposition which was developed among the wholesale giocers, sugar brokers and others in interest affected in this city by theabsoiption by the sugar combination of the thiee sugui re flneiies ot Haiiisou, Frazier & Co, E. C Knight & Co, and Clius SpieceU hete has crjstili7ed into a movement to make a flht in conuiess against the'liust. The first stop will be tho intioduction of a bill in tho Hbu-e at Washington to lepcal the duty of one-half a cent a pound on lellned sugars, which, it is cliimcd, serves no othei piu pose now since there is but one interest but to allow the Trust to contiol the pi ices ab solutely of both leflned and raw sugars The bill hashed pieparedby Samuel Gustine Thompson, an eminent membei ot the Phil adelphia bar. Since the American Refineries' Companv, the successoi of the tiust, has acquit ed tho thi ce big lelineries in this cltv, thus getting control of all of any Importance in the country, the piice 01 granulated sugar has been advanced one-half a cent a pound, while at tho same time raw sugars ha e declined almost us much, fiom tho fact that theie is now no competition for the raw piodnct. Sugir brokeiswho contract with the Wet Indian growers for the sale of their shipments 01 sugar have been complaining loudlj during tho past week of the lict that theyuio at the mercy of tho combination, because there is but one bujei of pioduct. An effort has been mide to build a new in dependent leflncrv, but the projectois have found ltrathci difficult to secme subscrip tions to the stock of the enterprise on account of the well-known methods of hostility employed by the trust to ciush out nvals. It is claimed thit one fourth ot tho present duty would prevent the importation of refined sugars and piotect both consumer and refinei. Campbell Cantivates the East. New York World, Dem. 1 Ex Govemoi Campbell's opening speech in Bhodo Island tully sustained the reputation won by him m the magnificent canvass last j ear in Ohio as the bet stump spcakei in the countiy. Others may bo more eloquent in tho oratorical sense, but for ' captnilng" an audience and making telling points in the most effective way Goernor Campbell is unsurpassed. It is a good thing for tho East to become acquainted with the blight and breezy wav in which a Western Democrat gets at the hearts and impiesses the minds of tho people. And nobody can do it better than James E Campbell. Many Masses for a Peaceable Country St Louis Globe-Democrat. Foi a peaceable country the United States has been getting into a good many "musses" In the past three or foui j ears. Elastic .Enough to Make a Sinap. New York Evening World.i The Rubber Tiust means to be Just elastic enough to make a snap for the manufact urers whoaie in the combine. Gone to Meet the Force Bill. Chicago News. Lot the dead and the beautiful rest. Bilver is gone to meet the force bill. Free SOME AFFAIRS OP STATE. A Multiplicity of Anti-Sunday Opening of the World's Fnli-Tart Charges in Rela tion to Indian Affairs Bering Sea Mat ters and the Cabinet. Washington, April L If the multi plicity of petitions presented in the Senate were an index of popular feeling on publlo questions, the closing of the World's Fair 00 Sunday 9 and the prohibition of the sale . of intoxicants tnero on all days would seem to take piecedence over tariff and silver matters, and over all tho subjects of legisla tion which State granges and labor organi zations take under their special cognizance. Senators from nearly every State In the Union have beon presenting sheaves of these petitions ever since the beginning of the session. Mr. Sherman, in presenting one of them to-day, called attention to the fact that it was an old-frshioued, regular bona fide petition, written and signed by some respected citizens of an Ohio town, intimating that it was therefore more worthy of attention. TnE resolutions on the Bilver question that w ere offei ed in the Senate esterday by Mr. Morgan, having been laid before the Senate by the Vice President to-day, Mr. Morgan said that he did not wish to have them taken np for action to-day, and would profei that thej should go ovoi till Monday. Thev woio accoidingly allowed to lcniain. on tho table. Representative Sayep.s, of Texas, to day reported an uigency deficiency appro pi iation bill v tho House. It aggregates $952,630, of which $450,000 is to supply defic iencies in the appropriation for the collec tion of customs levenues. Tho most inter esting item, howcvei, is ono of $241,(KO to supply w 1th artificial limbs soldiers who lost limbs in the nar. Toi the elcenth census an appiopiiatiou ot $100,000 is made. After the transaction of the regular morning business in the Senate to day the Indian nppiopimtion bill was taken up, and Senators had the opportunity of offering amendments to it. Au amondment offered by Mr. Vilas to increase tho appropriation foi an Indian school led to a discussion in winch Mr. Allison, ChaiimanorthoCommit teo on Appropriations, criticised the Indian Commissioner foi writing long supplemen tary lettcis to Senators favoring inci eased nppropiiations instead of recommending them to the committee. Tho school at Law rence, Kan , was a else in point, the Com missioner having wntten a lcttoi to Mr. Per kins fivoiing an incieiso fiom $SS000 to $125 000. It had been discovered by the Com mittee on Appi opi litions that $15,C00 of that amount (expieved in the estimate as for "outhouses") was actually for tne erection ot nesidenco lor the superintendent and some teaclieis, and that $5,000 was for an elettnc plant. "Whit do they want with an electric plant?" Mi. Gcoige asked. "Cannot Indians be educated except bj electiicltj?" To tho hist queiy. Ml Allison replied that ho supposed kerosene lamps weie disagiee nble. lie adued that he did not like the methods of the Indian Commissioner. Ml. Vilas snd tho nation hud almost with out exception tieated tho Indims unjustlv. He thought they should be educated and geneiouslj dealt witli Mi. llansbroiuh offered an nmendment for a commission to negotiate with the? Tuitle Mountain band of Chippcn a Indians, in Noith Dakota, lor the cession of the light and interest which thev claim in tneir lands. Agreed to Fmilly the bill was re poited to the Sen ite fiom the eommitteo of the whole. Mi. Dawes moved to strike ont of the bill the pro lsion foi the assignment ot nimy officers to the duties of Indian agents, and consented that that motion should go o er till Monday. After a short executi o session, the Senate adjourned till Mondaj. A telegram from the United States Minister to Venezuela to tho Depaitment of State contradicts the report that a battle had been fought between the revolutionary and Goemmenc forces near Caracas, or anynheiein Venezuela. Both parties, are. however, said to be prepaiiugfor hostilities. The young objector from Texas, 3Ir. Bailej, "of the Fifth dlstiict, again sub jected the House to some embarrassment this morning by his objections against the con-ideration of nieasmes involving the ex pendituie of public moneys in the absence ot a constitutional quoium. Tho noeI objections of Mr. Bailey, although the source of much discomfiture to members w ho hope to rush througli bills of minor Importance dining the eaily houis of the daily session, aro founded upon such tenable grounds that no one his yet found the courage to assail hiSiposition. The gpntlemin from Texas with a consistency which might well excite the envy or tho venerable Holman, of Indiana, invariibly objects to action upon anviesolution involving the cxpendituio of public money, or to tho House taking any legislative action whatever unless theie be a quorum of members present at the time of such considention. Two or thiee gentle men endeavored to get np measures in which they had a special interest th's morn ijg, but they weie eaoh met Dy the unfail ing objection of Mr. Bailey, and tho bills were obliged to lie upon the table subject to future action. "I desire to introduce the following resolution for immediate consideration," said Mr. Simpson, of Kansas, immediately aftot tills episode. The resolution which the Faimeis' Alliance gentleman fiom Kansas desued to present was the veibal petard loimulated some days aco by Repiesenta tie Watson, the leadei of tho People'3 party in the House, and which has served as a bete noir to Speaker Crisp, and the Demo ciatic members or tho Committee on Ju diciary evci since. It is but a few words in length, but it curtly directs tho Committee on Judiciary to report Mi. Watson's anti Pinkeiton lesolution, which has been slumbering In that committee for the past threemonths. The Chaii will not recognize the gentle man foi that purpose," was the responso of M. Cusp, who piohably divined the char actei ot the re-olntion wnicli Mr. Simpson held in his hind, and which could only be con-ideied by unanimous consent. At this junctuie Mi.Jsoiton, ot Mi-sonri. called up the hill pio ldnii 101 tho election of a motor and w igoii bmUe acios the Missouii liver at St. Clmiles, Mo. "I object to the consideration of that bill," paid Mi. Livingston, the Peoples party Representative fiom Georgia, "unless it is amended eo as to provide that theiatesof toll shall be appioved by the County Court." (Laughtor.) Mi Hvmgton has always maintained that the rates of toll across sti earns that meander tluough the woods and mountains of Geor gia have been so high that gieat injustice is tneieby worked to the agiiculturalists who must necessarily cross these bridges in transpoiting their pioduce to the nearest markets. "The bill already provides that the rate of toll shall be appioved bv the Secretary of Wai,"saidMr. Noiton, in attempt to pla cate the farmer member fiom Georgia. I do not want tho Secretarv of War to be in the thing at all," persisted Mr. Livingston. (Laughtei ) Then I will accept the gentleman's amendment," said Mi. Norton, "but the budge is in two counties. Which County Couit must approve it." "Both," was tho laconic lejoinder of Mr. In ingston, and the House burst into roars of laughtei. With this undeistanding the bill was taken up, but later on, it being ex plained to Mr Li Ingston that the con stitutionality of any measure by which Con gress assured to place the regulation of tolls in the control of a county Court would be called into question, the gentleman fiom Geoig.a waived the right of amendment. IN the Ellis Island inquiry to-day, Mr. Owen, Supeiintoudent of Immigration, sub mitted a statement in replv to that made by A-slstant Secietary Nettleton in refeicnco to bis official conduct. Ho explained how tho Ernest voucher had been passed to pay foi extra services of a stenographer, and how tho changes lelating to bids on medical instruments grow out of an erior by a clerk, and also went into explanation of other transactions lofened to. He maintained that ho had acted with integrity in each instanco, nnd insinuated that Mi. Nettleton, influenced by pique because the Immigra tion act of 1SU1 had been passed, had dono all he could to hamper and hinder the opera tions of the buieau from tho day it was cieated. Ho called attention to tho fact that ho had not yet received from Secietary Foster a copy of the chaiees against him, and asserted that it was a singular piactice to nse before one tribunal charges made and still approved before anothei. TnE Cabinet to-day again considered the Bering Sea question. All the members were present. It is unlerstood that negotiations lor a modus Vivendi are piosressing favor ably. Senator Mills, of Texas, fairly entered upon his Senatorial duties to-day, and ac cepted as his committee assignments the place's vacated by the retirement of his predecessor, Senator Chilton. He will thus be a member of the Committees on Coast Defenses, Mines and Mining, Patents, and Postofflces and Postroads. Senator Mills also appointed as his private secretary O'Brien Moore, the head of the Washington bureau of the St. Louis Republic Mr. Moore was one of Mr. Mills' most earnest sup porters during the Speakership contest, and one of his most Inconsolable friends after his defeat, and hi appointment is regarded as a graeofnl tribute for his loyalty to the Texa3 leader. THE SEAL SITUATION. dltor Dana Says Uncle Sim Has Certainly Backed Down. New York Sun.l The arbitration treaty respecting our al leged rights In Bering Sea was ratified by the Senate on Tuesday. It provides for a tribunal at seven arbitrators, two to bo ap pointed bv the Piesident, two Dy the British Government, one by the President of tho French Republic, one by tho King of Italy, and one by tho King of Sweden and Norway. Eich arbitrator will thus be the representa tive of a maritime power. The questions to bo determined by the tribunal are in these words : First What exclusive Jurisdiction In the sea known a the Bering Sea. and what exclusive rights In the sel fisheries therein, did Russia as sert and exercise prior and up to the time of the cession of Alaska to the United States' Second How fir were these claims of Jurisdic tion as to the seal fisheries recognized and con ceded bv Great Britain Third Wis the bodv of water now Known as the Bering Sea Included In thephrase "Pacific Ocesn. " as used In the treaty of 1825 between Great Britain and Russia, and what rights. If any. in the Ber ing Va were held and exclusively exercised by Russia after said trcity? Fourth Did not all the rights or Russia as to Jurisdiction and as to the sell fisheries in Bering Sea ea3t of the water boundary In the treaty be tween the Untted Stites ind Ru'sK of the30tli of March, 1SCT, pass unimpaired to the United ttates under tint treaty? 1 lfth Has the United States any right, and. if so, what right, of protection or property in tne fur seals frequenting tbe islands of the United States in Bering Sea when such sells are found out side of the ordinary three-mile limit. From the decision of tue triounal there Is to be no appeal, and it is to bo binding upon both tbe United States and England. As the tribunal is constituted it i3 morally certain that every essential point in the five ques tions, except the fourth, will be decided against the United States. In other words, the effect of the treaty is to abandon all the claims that havo been put foith by the Gov ernment of the United States since the seals first became a subject of contiov ersy. Thi3 truth must be perfectly familiar, not only to the authors and negotiators of the treaty, but to all the Senators who have voted to ratify it. They have voted in substance to surrender the light our Government has hitherto claimed, to protect the seals of Ber ing Sea againstpoachersoutsideof the three mile limit. The treaty, with all its ceremonies and formalities, is accordingly nothing but an elaborate and pompous renunciation of what the people of this country have been led to regaid as a valuable right acquiied with the purchase of Alaska. Can anj body tell us what has been gained by tnking so tremendous a method of mi k ing this acknowledgment, and of backing down irom an assumption upon which only a few days ago we were preparing to stand and fight? TRIED A MADSTONE'S CHAEMS. It Works Strangely on an Arm Bitten by a Ticlous Canine. Ixdiaxai-olis, Iiid., April L Herman E. S u wear, who was bitten in the ai m by a vicious dog Monday, to-day returned from Terre Haute, where he went to have the famous madstone, owned by Mrs. Pelffer, applied to tho wound. He comes back a firm believer in the efficacy of the treatment. When the stone was first applied it re mained firmly attached to his arm for four hours and 10 minutes, when it dropped off. A second application of one hour and a third of 30 minutes was made, but tho stone did not take the game hold, having apparently absorbed all the virus. The sensation while the madstone was absorbing the poison was like that felt when the arm is "asleep." The stone was afterward placed in milk-, which extracted the poison from it. lhis has tho appearance of water with a sediment of whitish substance something like clabber. DEATH'S HERE AND ELSEWHERE. Prof. Lemuel Stephens. Lemuel Stephens, Professor Emeritus of GIrard College died In Philadelphia. Friday, 25th ult He was Professor of Mathematics and .Natural Sciences In the Western University, In this cltv. for live years, from 1S44, when he went to GIrard College. He was there for 33 years. He will be remembered by many of Pittsburg's citi zens who had the privilege of coming under the Instruction of a man of 6uch ripe knowledge, entle manners and generous disposition as the ead professor. He died at the age of 77, and wa3 burled at Plymouth. Samuel tf. Meanor. Samuel S. Meanor, 69 years of age, was burled yesterday at Sharon Church from his late home at btoop's Ferry. The deceased was born In Allegheny county. He was a member of the Fortv-nlBers who went to California, and he was a delegate to the organization of the Republican party In Lafavette Hall, Pittsburg. He was a char ter member of Dexter Lodge of Odd Fellows, or ganized in ISro. and the Acme, tshoustown and Coraopolls lodges In a body attended the funeral. Coroner McDowell acted as marshal of the lodges. He leaves a wife and six grown children. Jadge Charles D. Drake. C. D. Drake, ex-Chief Justice of the Court of Claims, was found dead In his bed yesterday morning, at his residence In Washington. Last night he attended prayer meeting at the Western Presbyterian Church, and took part as usual. He ncnt to bed In apparently good health. Judge Drake was 81 years old. William Densmore, Centenarian. "William Densmore, acted 103 years, East Liverpool's oldest citizen, died Yesterday. He was born at Loctport, s Y.. m 173!) and served in the war or 1812 an 1 the war with Mexico. He worked In the pioneer potterv works of East Liverpool in early daj s, and afterward farmed. Obituary Notes. MB. Rtat, President of the New Brunswick Legislative Council, is dead. Joiiv E. Thayer, one of the oldest Jockeys of the turf, is dead at his home in Camden of pneu moni. The Duchess of Pastrana, Spain, who his Just died, has bequeathed the greater part of her enor mous fortune to tbe Jesuits. Isaac T. Millspacgh, fireman of the first loco motive operated In Illinois, died yesterday at Joliet, 111., of paralvsls, aged 72. Fbavk Wzstawat, a musician and comedian. Is dead at his home In Detroit, aged 3 years. He had been on the stage since 1838. Etiiei. PnrSTiGE, daughter of the well-known actress Fanny B. Prestige, died in St. Paul several days ago, aged 19. She had been on the stage sev eral years. COLOVEL CHAHLES F.THOMPf OV, aged 63 years, died Friday it Pluma Junction, near Deadwood. He w as a leader of the South Dakota Democracy, and was wealthy. MBS. Maky RIORDV.V, mother of Archbishop Rlordan. of Sin Fnnclsco. died vesterday of old age in Chicago. She was 82 5 ears of age and was one of Chicago's oldest settlers. Jcdoe GFoncE N. Lester. Attorney General of Georgia, is dcid. He wis a Confederate soldier and had held many positions of prominence. He was in the Conlederate Congress. Dr. J. W. RUSSELL, one of the oldest and best known homeopathic physicians in ListernOhlo, died yesterdiy afternoon at East Liverpool He was born at Fmlenton, Pa..andwas7Gearsof age. Jcdoe John W. JiOWLIV, who resigned from the bench several months ago on account of falling health died at Rapid City. S. D.. or consumption 'Ihursday morning Judge Nowlln was an able jurist and a prominent leader in the Democritlc party. ALrRtD NEDDO, an acrobat and manager, is deid at his home in Providence, aged 21. He had been on the st ige sinca 1833. and had been a stage manager, acrobat, roller skalr and circus per rormer. The Actors1 Fund defrayed the funeral expenses. Prof. E. C. Blckly. a noted horse trainer. Is dead in Chicago, at the age of 65. He was a de scendant of the famous lamlly of horse tamers of that name, and at one time had one of the finest troupes ut trained hor&es in the country. He had traveled largely through the V eat. Rev. Daniel F. Bccher, a prominent minister of the Methodist Church, and one of the ealthlcst men in Adams county, died at his home near Abbottstown last evening, aged 77 years. He had left the ministry and gone into other pursuits, be ing a shrewd and very successful business man. Colonel CniRLES Frederick Thompson died suddenly Thursday at Deadwood, S. D . of heart failure, aged 63. He was bom in Pennsylvania In 132S. but was reared in Wisconsin, where he lived until 1870. when he came to the Black Hills. He was a member of the Wisconsin Legislature In 1868 ana iscm, ana was nomiuaiea oy me rerorm, move' mem to i&ngrcss in io, 4 out was aeieaiea. MUSIC BY COLLEGIANS. Glee and Mandolin Clabs of the Western University Give aConcert at Dilworth Hall Allegheny Musical Association at Carnegie Hall Series of Sermons TnE concert by the Glee and Mandolin Clubs of the Westorn University, at Dil worth Hall, Pennsylvania College for Women, last evening, was as pleasint an affair of it3 kind as has ever been gi en in Pittsburg. Col'ege song, when rendered by college student", are always enjoyable, and those rendered last night were no exception to the rule. Then the Mandolin Club of the Westorn University is made up of really clever performers on that tunefnl instru ment, which, with a background of guitar'', gives a splendid effect. The Glee CInb is made up of tho following gentlemen- First tenors Willis Brown, J. II. Evans, D. G. Parkinson. Second tenors C. II. Edwards, A. B. McGrew, G. H. Calvert. Firt ba W. vicD. Dorrington, Walker Riddle, II. S. Cal crt. Second ba V. L. Hocrr, M. C. Cnnninglnm, C. N. Eeidmgcr. Tho Mandolin Club it as follows: 3Iindolins. J. P. Murray, J. E. McCIurs, II. a Brown, G. P. Weyman; gnltirs, F.B.Smith, J. A. Hartrick, II. T. Dubarry. The programme ouencd with tho chorus, "Pnise to Old U111," and was fol lowed by a Spanish gallopado. Other nota ble numbers were "The B'.nck Brigade," "Invincible Guards' March," "Patrol Comique," 'Slumber song," etc. The muic. both instrumental and vocal, wa excel lently rendered, showing that it had been carefully rchear-cd, and that the nitunl talents of the performers had been brought out under skillful instruction Mmy of tho numbers were encored, and the programmo was consequently a very Ions one. Tho en tertainment wasso 20011, how e er, tint the large an J fashionable audience did not be tray any weariness. In fact, there was a general feeling of regret when the last selection had been gien and tho voung men made their final bow. The nudienco comprised the elite of the city, and it is doubtful whether a more representative gathering of tho society people of Pittsburg lias been seen at an entertainment this winter. A delightful concert was civ en last evening in Cirnogle Musio Hall, under the auspices of tho Allegheny Music tl Associa tion. Mi3s Engenia M. Baldwin, of Chicago, who is the possesssor of a sweet soprano, sang Delibes' "Maid of Cadiz," and an air and variations by Prock. Madame lCute Ockclsten-Llppa rendeied several piano solos iji masterly style, among them Ueing St. Saeus'Kemie-seandFaustwaltz,and Cho pin's "Nocturne." op. 27, No. 2. and Kroee.'s "Dance of the Elves." The schubeit Quar tette gav e "Tbe Spring is Come, Huzza." nnd other pieces in tho splendid way in which they do everj tliinir. Mis Ida M. Clemens, ot Chicago is a clever rtader. and she showed it bv her pleasing manner of givin j several selections last night. To-MOKROW evening, Kev. John A. Bur nett, pastor of tho Second U. P. Chuicli, Wil kmsburg, will commence a series of six ser mons to young men. His 11-st suoject will be "On the Threshold; tho Young Man Be ginning Lite." Mr. Burnett was pastor of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of VV llkins burg, but was suspended lor hn too liberal views. April 10 lie will spcik on "Wanted, a Man; tho Elements of 1 rue 3Ianhood." April 17, "slaying a Lion on a bnowv Dav; the Young Man in Life's Conflict." April 21, "Wolves in Sheep s Clothing: tho Young Man's Companions." Mav 1, "Good Cheer; the louns Man's Amusements" JIiv 8, "The Warning Banner; the loung Man's Victory." DYNAMITERS IN PARIS. Is Paris tho art of being a legislator i3 in separably interwoven and combined with the art of dodging Uj namlto bombs Chicago Xfews. Is dynamite is to become the favorite weapon In Paris tho French duel will soon be a deadly affair and will speedily go out of fashion. Chicago Trtbuni. The French anarchists aro getting in their work w ith deadly effect. It w ould not take a great many dynamite affairs like that re ported in the dispatches this morning to make Paris a rnin. Detroit Free Press. Tue dynamitards in Paris are showing an amount of energy and a careful attention to business which wonld easily put them in the position of lyn unitees if they turned their attention to productive work. Chicago JlaiL Those dynamiters who have ctiblished a reign of terror in Pans would not be long at large if they attempted such things in any big city in this coantry. They do some things bettor In the United States. Af. Lima Globe-Demccrat. We are in a position to advise France how to deal with anarchism. Tho mere profes sion of anarchist sympathies should pi ice a man beyond the pale of the law and oxpoe him to execution without trial. .V. 1'. Com mercial Advertiser. Thfre is nothing strange in tho alleged discovery that the French anarchists are preparing to resort to poison in place of dynamite when they can in order to "re move objectionable people." When an archists aie found with manly weapons in their hands it will be timo for surprise. Brooklyn Citizen. JcSTnow the tealold dynamite anarchists, who explode tho genuine stuff, seem to navo captured and terrorized Paris. It would be a good idea for tho Parisian authorities to hunt them down like rats and wipe them out. Fiends in human shape have no claim to the toleration of authority. Minneapolis Journal. HAIF A CEHTTJBY IK TBAH5IT. The Time It Took a Letter to Go From Mobile to Kalamazoo. Kvlamazoo, Mich., April 1 James Mc- Nabb, of this city, has Just received a letter that was written by his bi other from Mobile, Ala , December 29, 1S10. The letter was for warded from Caledonia, Livingstone countv, N. Y , to which place it was originally ad diessed. but there was no explanation as to where tho missive had been loi these 51 years. The writer of the letter died three years vearsago, and everyone mentioned in the epistle except Mr. McNabb is dead. The lettei was written before stamps and en velopes and wlen it cost 23 cents to send a letter, the money being paid by tho re cipient. CAENEGIE IN THE SCHEME. Some Notable Recent Accessions to the Nicaragua Canal Company. New Yohk, April L Warner Miller, Presi dent or tho Nicarazua Canal Construction Company, announces that Henry M.Flag ler. John W. Mart ay, Austin Corbin and Androw Carnegie havo become largely in terested in his comp my. Speaking of the matter ycsreruiy, ear ner Miller said the fact that Mr. Mackay had entered the companv would be likely to still further increa-o tho confidence of tho people of the Pacific Coast in tho under taking: that he is only waiting for improve ment in the financial situation to place the bonds of tho Nicaragua Canal on the prin cipal markets of the world. Very Clever, Indeed. Chicago Tribjnc. Kiv ers What do you think of that story that a pug nose can bo straightened out by lying on one's face when in bed? Banks I think it's a lie on the lace of it. GO SLOW. From the Clothier and Furnisher. The nights grov shorter The old man's daughter AV ill see her tourter Soon b the gitc. The sun's slow sinking It's tine for thinking Of new Spring prinking Ere It's too late. We spend our dollars For shirts called lalis" And bright hued collars That soon will fade. We sec our tailor. And drein orsqualor, VV ith cheeks grown paler. At what he's made. The sun's so snnny. We think It's funny To spend our money. Hut how we'll foiml VV hen comes vacation. We'll skip flirtation And ovulation. And stay at home. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. It cost over 5200 recently in legal fees In South Carolina to settle a claim of $3. The glare of the white, sandy plains of Africa produces dangerous ophthalmii. A mother, father and their 18 children Joined in one day a Mennonito colony la Lano county. Ore. In the year 1829 the Chinese completed an imperial'eannl that traversed a distance of 1,000 miles, a 10-daya saU for the Mongolian Junk. A bill entitled "It shall be unlawful to hire any red-headed female to playbaso ball" was reccntlv introduced In the Albany, N. Y , Legislature. Numerous grandchildren of both tho contracting parties attended tho weddini of a crroom of 73 and a bride of 71 at Crawfords ville, Ind., a few days ago. Dr. Livingstone onco said he had walked for weeks through a region in Africa where a lake ought to be. according to the maps, and he never saw the lake. Umbrellas are rarely ued in Aden, Arabia. Rain has fallen there only twice ia 29 vears. Previous to tho last raip, which oc curred In 1S83, there was a period of dry weather which lasted 2Gj ears. A monkey in the Philadelphia Zoo tried to commit sniclde by cutting its throaS with a piece of trlass, after his mother had whipped him. He made a frightful gash be-' fore his mother took the glass away. In the South of Europe the rosemary has Ions had masic properties ascribed to it. The Spanish ladies nsel to wear It as an an tidote against the evil eve, and the Porta gueso called it tho elfin plant, and dedicated it to the fairies. In Corca three spirits are supposed to enter tho world with every infant, guaraing' the child until it grows np. For these mys terious protectors these lit tie bag3 are sewn J upon the child's waistband, each containing;' a lock of its hair. Jlr. Gladstone is the owner of the largest lead pencil in the world. It is the gilt of n pencil maker at Keanick, and is 33 inches in length. In place of the customary rubber' cap it has a gold c ip. Its distinguished own er uses it for a walking stick. In the olden days Egyptians wore golden eyes for the purpose of warding off the evil' influences which were supposed to causa diseiscsot theejes. A person whoo rizhfi eje was sick would carry the corresponding optic carved in metal, and vico verso. Gold is weighed by troy weight, whila feathers are weighad by avoirdupois; and as the 12 ounces in a pound troy contains but 5,700 grains, while the avoirdupois ponnd contains 7 000 grains, the pound of feithers is 1.210 srain 3 heavier than the pound of gold. The statistics show that the 2forth Ger man Lloyd Steamship Company heads tha list ofpas-eugers carried across the Atlantis forlSDl with a total of 73S CS passengers tor New York, and the 11 imburg-Amorican coms next with 523.0C0, giving a total of 1,204,563. A remarkable instance of the tendency to change and even mutilate a word in order to zive it a familiar and suggestive appear ance is fonnd In the expression "jerked beef," which is a ready Lnglih substitute for "ch irqui," tho Peruvian word for mcac cooked in smoke, or "Jerked." There is a spider in Xew Zealand that usually thro as colls of his web about tha head of his prey until the wretched victimjls first blinded and then choked. In many un frequented dark nooks ot the jnngio you come across most perfect skeletons of small birds caught in these terrible snares. In the presence of her parents or par-cnts-Inliw, a Chinese woman may not sneeze or coush, neither stretch, yawn nor loll about when tired, nor may she presu-ne to stare at them. She shonld wear 1 hanpv face, and a mild, rileasant deportment ia serving them, in order to soothe them. It was not usnal for the old Komans to Ini e baths in their house-., though at a dato L50O ears before that, or 3.500 years a"o. tho noblemen of ancient Greece had their dwell ings supplied with baths of terracotta. A. nortinn of such n b ith was found hv Dr. Schiicmann in the pilaro of tho Kins of Ttrvns, cotpmporary with rhiHes, Fans, Helen, and the war against Troy. Some of the most valuable objects of art now adavs are hung upon watch gnards. There is a well known Washingtoman whoso scarf is nsnallr ndorned with an Hryptian, scarab worth $ 0C0 Its appraisement is so hizh not so mu h on account of its exqnisita workmanship as because it was found in tho sarcophagus of Itameses the Great and is! believed to havo bee-i the royal seal. The wren is chased every St. Stephen' Hay on account of its betraying the Savior by chattering in a clump of fur?e where ha was hiding. It Is called the "I.111; of all birds" hecarse It concealed it-elf be ieatli the v-ing ot the eaele when that lordly bird claimed sunremncv by soaring hKhest 'nere I art " sul tho wren, mounting aboio th eagle's head when the latter could go no higher. A curious book, in which the text is neither written nor printed, but woven, has' lately been published at Lyons. It is mace of silk, and was pnblished in 25 parts. Each psrt consists of two leaves, so that tho en tire lolume onlv contains 59 leaves, in scribed with the service of tho mass and several pri vers Both the letters and tha border are in black silk on a white back ground. The number of persons in Great Britain who approve of ci emation seems to be stead ily increasins. From the report of tha Cremation Socerv of England for 1S91, is nppeirs that in 1!j3, the first year the crema torium at Wokmjr was used, only 8 bodie were sent there: in 1SSG the nnmber was 10; in 1SS7. 11: in 1SS3. 2S: in 1SS9, 40; in lno, V4; nnd during tho past year, 09. Crematoria, uro being built In various part of tha country. "r. J. Laja'd, who ha3 ben investigat ing the well known whlstllns language of the inhabitants of tho island of Gomer. in the Cinanes, has come to the conclusion th it it is reillvtheSpinish langnase intensi fied bv tho aid of wui-.tluig. In speaking the Gomerian pnts his fingers in his month by two-or fours, and blows with mihtand mam. The result is a mixture or woras and whistles unintelligible to the tvro: but after a little practice one can distinguish tha words of the language. "While splitting an ash tree into rail? a few cla s aso, Rensselaer Hopkins, of Monu ment Creek, Pa., came across a section of the heart that was decaved as fine as pow der. The rotten part was 3J4 feet long and the heart and outride of tho tree were as sound as a nut below and above it. Thera was no hole from the outside, and in tha hollow Mr. nopkins fonnd a hatful or dead honey bees and an ounce lead bullet. Tha layers of growth showed that tho bees had. been there for at least 14 years. IDYLLIC IID3IOIIESODLS. First Shade (a concert goer while on, earth) What are thoso wondrous hamonles I hear? second Shade That is the nnIe of the spheres. First Shade It 13 divine I What piano do they advertise' Puck. He who would thrive should rise at five. Bat I've noticed, now and then. That the milllonitre don't take the air Much earlier than ten. Ertctmater. "Say, Dudikins, why do you write your name '"Algernon Dudikins (Limited)' th- daysj" Oh. it's a great go. me bov. Anybody who takes stock enough In me to lend me monev la re sponsible for the amount of his stock, don't you.. Bcc.,,IIarpers, Bazar. She don't know a bit of logic Jnst a silly girl Is she. But In all our disputations She Is far loo much for me. She can't mike a pie or biscuit. Cannot mike a cup of tei. Cannot make a thing that's useful. But she makes a fool of me! ieio York Herald. "Why is it that there are so few women, employed on railroads'" "Well, you see. when an accident happens on a, railroad the employes hav-e to ketp their tongue still about It." iew York Pres. Bloobumper (examining his gas bill) The? meter moves with feverish haste. bmith. Gray 3 CoS s Monthly. "What is it holds the eager crowd And seems to stir each soul' A teamster there Is Just about To dump a load of coil. Washington Star, "What do those letters stand for?" asked a carious wife of her husband as she looked at his Masonleseal. Well, really, my love." he replied encourag ingly, " presume It is because they can't sit down." She postponed further questioning. Texas Sitings. " 1 A ft V :A&' JL 4
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