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A NEW KEA'O.N TOR OUR CANAL.
The framing of a bill for the establish
ment of free ports in this country, now
under Senatorial discussion, as described
in our special telegram from 'Washington,
is a matter of highest importance. There
is a great deal to be said for the proposal
itself, and its accomplishment would have
the additional advantage of completely
removing any excuse for that fallacial
outcry lor "tariff reform." It would tend
directly to increase ourforeign trade while
providing additional demand for our labor
and suffering no foreign production to
compete with home industries.
Such are the national aspects of the
r.ise. There are local feature in it. too
Acity wherein a free port was established '
would have an immense incentive added
to its inclination to grow. Such require
ments as would be necessary to the estab
lishment are not possessed by Pittsburg
to-day. We have now an inland city en
tiicly dependent on railroad facilities, so
called, for its commerce. But we mean to
remedy tlu state of affairs ere long by the
construction of a canal to Lake Eric.
With such a waterway there would be no
rity in the country better fitted to contain
a free port than ours. Our geographical
titration being so much nearer to the mar
l:etof the world would make us superior to
either Chicago or Duluth, which are al
ready suggested for the purpose.
Our leading manufactures are peculiarly
fitted for export, and wc haVc here an
aggregation of skilled mechanical labor
and inventive genius which is unsurpassed.
There arc rer.sons enough already for
strenuous efforts to obtain the canal, and
this possibility is an additional one to urge
us to press on and insist upon its achieve
ment A IOOL1SU SI OUT.
The revival of the previously fully
exnloded story that Secretary Blaine
could be induced to reconsider his de
clination of the PresMental nomination
wrs a foolish performance in whatever
liclit it is regarded. The theory on
which it is founded an assertion that
the Secretary of State was hounded into
writing the letter of withdrawal is not
complimentary to Sir. Blaine, and is far
from furnishing a satisfactory basis for
renewing a Presidental boom. (
So long as .Mr. Blaine had not clearly
and positively declined tne candidacy
The Dispatch decidedly regarded him as
the most available man whom the Repub
licans could select It was also well
known that nothing more than his consent
was needed to make his nomination a fore
gone conclusion. Under these circum
stances the Secretary declined the nomina-
Hfje B$a!qj.
tion in as unmistakable terms as it was
possible to use. That declination, on
every theory not discreditable to Mr.
Blaine, settled the matter. It is not a
compliment to Secretary Blaine to sup
pose that he is such a weathercock as
would be necessary for him to write .that
letter and thus throw away the chances he
had at that' time, only to turn around
later and reverse his positive determina
tion. Of course Mr. Blaine is not put in any
suchunfavorablelightbvanyactofhisown.
The story was probably a pure invention
of the space writers in the absence of any
political wire-pulling scheme that could
be furthered by it
TN DEFENSE OF PROTECTION.
The Manufacturer, the recognized and
official organ of protection, takes a clear
and bold stand in favor of divorcing the
protective system from trusts and combi
nations, as illustrated in the recent con
quests of the Sugar Trust It says :
Congress has provided that many millions
of revenue heretotore obtained from sugar
duties shall lo diverted from the public
treasury and be given to the people. The
trust, under the shelter given to it by Con
gress for a wiso and fair purpose, proposes
in turn to divert a portion of this money
from the pockets of he people to the pockets
of the members of the trtfet. Brethren, we
say to you that if tho protective system is to
be employed for such purposes as this the
game is up.
This is sound protectionist doctrine. It
could be extended so as to put the case
more forcibly. A duty of one-half cent
per pound was left on refined sugars in
order that a stimulus might be offered to
domestic competition which would ensure
a more reliable cheapness in refining than
if the country was left to rely on the for
eign markets. The trust has undertaken
to defeat this purpose. It net only fur
nishes the opponents of protection with
ammunition, but it deliberately sets to
work to prevent the object of protection,
which has been and must be avowed,
wherever and whenever that policy comes
before the public to mean increased do
mestic competition.
The Manufacturer strikes the vital point
of the situation in declaring that the
friends of protection cannot afford to enter
the present campaign without declaring in
the most positive manner the opposition
between protection for the enlargement
of competition in manufactured articles
and trusts for the suppression of competi
tion. This declaration can be made in the
most unmistakable manner by the intro
duction of bills to put on the free list all
products controlled or monopolized by
anv land of combination.
NOT DISCOFRAGING.
Trade reports for the past week on the
whole show a slight improvement. Tak
ing into consideration the variable weather
that has prevailed, the condition of aUairs
cannot be considered discouraging. Sup
ply continues to exceed demand in several
directions, and the restoration of a bal
ance is taking longer than was expected
for its accomplishment, But the read
justment must take place in the near
future.
That individual producers, manufactur
ers, merchants and their employes are
likely to suffer somewhat in the process
cannot be denied. But for the nation at
large the exces of production over needs
is not of necessity a discouraging sign. It
involves a decrease in the price of the
necessaries of life and eventually a de
crease in the hours of labor. Both of
these results will be beneficial and point
to an improvement of the general social
conditions. A cheapening of commodities
soon increases a demand for them. A
lessening of hours of employment will
prevent an overglutting of the market as
a reaction, while providing better oppor
tunities for mental culture and healthy
recreation. It is more than possible that
the present crisis may be passed without
either of these changes, but there is no
doubt that they must be the ultimate pre
ventive of a recurrence of such condi
tions. EXPENSIVE JUSTICE.
A few days ago TnE Dispatcii com
mented on the large share of that bequest
to Henry George which was consumed in
litigation. Although not so bad as at first
reported, the fact that of an estate of
fG.OOO nearly half disappeared in the legal
effort to settle whom it belongs to, fur
nishes a commentary on legal methods not
by any means flattering to this era of civ
ilization. The same subject is presented
on a larger scale by the statement of the
distribution of tho Tilden estate.
This was worth about $7,000,000 at the
start. The percentage of shrinkage by
the legal methods is not so large as in the
smaller bequest an illustration that
wealth counted by millions has a better
chance under the established order than
that counted by thousands. The lawyers'
fees, expenses, commissions and incident
al expenses, however, foot up 51,091,000
a very neat sum to pay for tho authorita
tive settlement of the fact that the de
ceased statesman's will was worthless.
It can hardly be deemed indicative of an
j ideal system of democratic justice when
the appeal to the law involves such pluck
ings as these. The aspect of a small estate
half swallowed up is a graver one than
that of a million dollars used in settling
up an estate of seven times that sum. But
neither are consistent with the theory that
justice is open and accessible to everyone.
When such percentages as these are de
ducted from the properties in litigation a
wise man will submit to a great deal of
injustice before he has anything to do with
the law.
It is clear that the theory of justice
would place a prompt and unerring de
cision of his rights within the reach of
every man who applies to the courts for a
statement of them. When to the law's de
lays and the frequent miscarriages of jus
tice are added such illustrations of large
sums swallowed up in litigation, the ques
tion whether a reality that strays so far
from the theory docs not need reform be
comes a very vital one.
THE DEFENSE OF IXSANITV.
The recent appearance in print of an
expressed, though perhaps not expert,
opinion that Senator Hill is mentally irre
sponsible opens up a new branch of the
subject of mental alienation. The plea of
emotional insanity and various kinds of
monomania has been made to do full duty
In various criminal trials fGr a generation
past The Presidental bee in the bonnet
has also been hinted at: but this is the
first time that a formal plea of monomania
on the subject of the Presidency has been
offered in connection w ith the acts of an
alleged eminent statesman.
It hardly seems that the allegation of an
ordinary case of monomania will be a suf
ficient defense for the New York Senator.
Tho necessity of putting the theory on a
broad basis may be met by studying the
line of defense foreshadowed in the case
of Deeming. He is asserted by his
counsel to be ''a moral idiot;" and
an equally sweeping incapacity to
comprehend the ethics of political con
duct will probably be found necessary to
cover all of Senator Hill's eccentricities.
The man who steals legislatures, holds
two offices at once, defies the courts,
makes corrupt bargains for political suc
cess, and tries to face both ways on the
coinage question without understanding
either side, calls for as .inclusive a plea of
inability to comprehend honesty in poll
tics as that proffered In Australia for the
criminal's Inability to recognize the moral
and statute law against murderous
crimes.
With this amendment and enlargement
of the defense of mental incapacity for
Senator Hill, tho public verdict will be
merciful. The pertinent reply to the
same defense offered in behalf of criminals
under the reach of the law is that if the
defense is true the lunatics must be shut
up in asylums. If Senator Hill's friends
will put him under restraint and retire
ment the public at large will consent to
an acquittal for the present offenses.
THOSE GOLD MOnTOlGEi
Senator Stewart's explanation of that
list of twenty-six mortgages owned by
him in which interest and principal are
made payable in gold, no matter, what the
circulating medium of the United States,
seems to exonerate him from the charge
of advocating one thing in public and ex
acting another In private transactions.
But it is by no means without its bearing
on the issue, which'that Senator cham
pions. The Senator's statement is that
the mortgages were the result of sales of
property made through a firm of brokers,
and that he never saw the documents.
That they contain the gold clause, how
ever, he admits for the reason that all
mortgages on the Pacific coast have con
tained that clause since 1863 und?r th
"Pacific contract law," by which the gold
standard was maintained in California
during the war.
So far so good. But the sincerity of the
Senator's assertions that free coinage will
work no injustice as between debtor and-
creditor Is not fully established by the
reference to this local custom. On
the contrary, the existence of this
custom furnishes a very pertinent
explanation of the peculiarly fortunate
position of the millionaire Senators from
the Pacific coast In being able to advocate
free silver in public while their private
c'aims are fully protected by this clause
in whatever mortgages they may be so
fortunate to possess. They can run with
the hare and hunt with the hounds. If
they secure free silver coinage their prop
erty will rise with the general inflation
while their claims under mortgages will
not be affected by the diminution of the
monetary standard. The Central Pacific,
for example, can pay its debt to the Gov
ernment, and thus to the people of the
United States, in the depreciated cur
rency, and the Southern Pacific Company
could pay interest and principal on S43,
000,000 of bonds in the same coin; but the
millionaires of these corporations can ex
act gold, or the premium on it, on all
mortgages they hold.
If Senator Stewart desires to bring his
private attitude fully in accordance with
his public professions he can instruct his
brokers to surrender the present mort
gages and take in their place mortgages
payable in lawful money of the United
States. "When " he has done that he will
stand on an equal footing with other credi
tors as regards the chances of a single silver-standard.
Parkhurst found that playing catch-as-catch-cau
can hardly be regarded as a suc
cess. While everything should be done to
make a great success of the National En
campment of tho G. A. E. at Washington,
there is a good deal of justice in tho objec
tion to the appropriation of national funds,
because the citizens or the capital pledged
themselves to raise the necessary monoy
when competing for tho honor with other
cities.
The Wisconsin man who believes he
has found gold at the bottom of his well
naturally believes that -'All's well that ends
well." Later on ho may find that it is a
case of -'Much ado about nothing."
John Kusselx Y6ukg's appointment to
tho fourth vice presidency of the Heading
Deal shows a sad falling off in the change
ironi successful journalism to the accept
ance of office under an illegal combination.
But the fall from grace is not a direct ono,
as he gave up active journalism moie than
ten years ago to become Minister to China.
0"E account states that the President is
hunting plover and another that ho is gun
ning snips. It is at least certain that ho Is
not engaged in sealing, and that he is. look
ing for a second term.
A 2IEXBEK ot the Canadian House of
Commons who urged tho necessity tor rec
iprocity with this country was accused of
veiled disloyalty and of being nn annex
ationist. Canadians owe loyalty first of all
to Canada, and the sooner thej-iealize the
fact tlie better for their country, ana the
better for England, too, for that matter.'
IP a competition of fire engines come off,
by which tho city shall obtain an englno of
the successful manufacturer free of cost,
the Atnoskeag "test" will have been of some
slight'use after alL
ANTOKE who knows the crowded condi
tion of the "poets' corner" in Westminster
Abbey will acknowledge the jnstice of Dean
Bradley's regretful relusal to have a monu
ment to Lowell placed there. The Dean's
suggestion of a memorial window in the
chapter house is the next'best thing and
should be adopted.
3rosT people have regarded the Pittsburg
Postofflcoas first-class for some time past.
Postmaster McKean and the city are to be
congratulated on tho Federal recognition of
the fact.
The recent canards to the effect that
Blaine withdrew from the Presidental con
test under compulsion would, ir true, havo
cast as much disci edit on him for pusillan
imity as on Harrison for perversion of
power. They are simply symptomatic of
tho futile kicking of very dark-horse ofllce
seekcrs. It appears that the man who bit himself
and snowed other symptoms of rabies is in
moio need of Kceley treatment than of
Pasteur inoculation.
BOYS who attempt to derail railroad
trains in order "to see the fnn" are fit sub
jects for cabtigation. How they have been
permitted to reach an age of 15 years with
out being taught the value and sacrcdncss
of human life, to say nothing or the rights
of property, should be mado the subject of
investigation.
Srxcn Mexico hat just been luxuriating
in a snow storm there is no icason why wo
should not have a spell or sleighing weather
before long.
Meat and Milk Inspector McCutclieon
is keeping a sharp lookout for adulterated
milk, and is emptying any cans lound to
contabi it. This Is all right and proper, but
the best way to stop tho offense at once is to
prosecute all offenders according to the
utmost rigor of the law.
When gold is discovered at the bottom
ofa'water -well it will bo about time for
Kceley to retire from business.
In speaking to the farmers at Tarentum
Mr. Dalzell made plain tho degree in which
agriculture and manufacture depend on ono
another. Tho farmers will do well to take
to heart his words as to the advantages they
n ould gain from a canal between Pittsburg
and Lake Erie.
THE NEXT LEGISLATURE.
Now tbat more than the usual amount of
attention has been drawn to the election of
the next Legislature because of the Sena
torial contest, it is of interest to consider
some of the purely political aspects of the
situation.
I do not mean as to matters pertaining to
tho candidates or their merits, bat ns to the
unusual conditions of the contest between
the tn o leading parties this fall.
There is some danger of a loss o? the upper
branch of tho Legislature, which is .anoma
lous. It comes about through the fact that
tho Democrats have a heavy majority of the
"hold-over" Senatorships.
At present the Senate of Pennsylvania
contains 31 Republicans and 19 Democrats,
which seems to be a safe enough majority
under ordinary circumstances, but which is
very delusive this ynr. Of the 23 Senators
to be elected this year, 22 are Republicans
and S Democrats." The odd number districts
elcgt in November, and the outgoing Repub
lican Senators are jGcorge Handy Smith,
Osbourn, Porter, Grady, Robinson, Mylln,
Thompson. Gobin, Harlan, Newell, Packer,
Bates, Keefer, Woods, Williamson, Lemon,
Bobbins, Shownlter, Upperman, Steel,
Mehard and McCreary. The Democrats who
retire are Green, Hincs and Sloan.
Of those who will sit in the next Senate
there are but 9 Republicans and 16 Demo
crats. Tho Republican hold-overs are
Messrs. Becke'r, Thomas, Penrose, Cronse,
Smith (of Lancaster), Crichfleld, Nceb,
Flinn and Crawford. The Democrats are
Ross, Mnrkley, Henninger, Laubach, Mc
Donald, Rapsher, Herring, Rooney, Brown,
Monaghan, Lloyd, Meek, Hall, Brant, Dun-
lap and Logan.
In other words, the Republicans must
elect at least 17 members out of the25tobe
elected in order to retain n bare majority of
one, while the Democrats need elect but ten
to have control by tho same slim flgur..
The Democrats are certain to cany the
Eleventh and Twenty-first districts, the
first named being Berks and the second parts
of Luzerne, and Laokawann.o. Ttiey had
about 7,500 majority in tho Eleventh for
Green in 1390. and 1,2W in the Twenty-flrst
for Hines. It is wholly improbable that a
Democrat will be elected in the Thirty-seventh
district to succeed Sloan, as he was
elected by the fl-rlit between Hood and
Bond, when they frittered away a normal
Republican majority of over 3,000. This
loAves the Democrats In control of IS Sena
torships and the Republicans with ten.
Of the remaining 23 districts, three are de
cidedly doubttul and tivo are conditionally
so. The doubtful districts are tho Third,
Twenty-ninth and Thirty-ninth, and those
where thero are Democratic possibili
ties are tho First, Seventh, Seven
teenth, Thirty-first and Forty-ninth. The
Third district is made up of the
Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth and
Twentieth wards of Philadelphia, and in 1SS8
Osbourn had a bitter fight for his seat with
C. P. Devlin, the Democratic candidate. Os
bomn was given tho best of it by the Senate
Committee on Elections, which declared ho
had 181 majority. Senator Keefer carried
his prut of Schuylkili county, which com
poses the Twentv-ninth district. -by 148 ma-
joritv, while Bobbins, in Westmoreland,
which is tho Thirty-ninth district, had but
199 over John Marchand, his Democratio
competitor. These thiee districts ate still
hichly uncertain in temper even in a Presi
dental year. Of the trio theThlid is the
most dependable from a Republican stand
point. The personnel of the candidates is
everything in the other two districts, and a
very popular Democrat, aided bv the pecul
iarly combative quality of the "Republican
leadeis, could easily be elected.
What i call the conditionally doubtful
districts may tall into line and be as reliably
Republican as any others if there are no in
ternal differences. The First district is com
posed of the First, Second and Twenty-sixth
wards of Philadelphia, and it is good for
3,500 Republican majority ordinarily. This
year a fight has grown up against George
Handy Smith and it Is said a section of the
regular party organization will strive to pre
vent his eleotion. It is not likely that this
will occur, and the plaid-cravatted states
man or some other Republican will in all
probability be on har.d lor tho First district
when the roll call begins. In the Seventh
district, also Philadelphian in make-up,
thero is more show of fight and greater
chances of the opposition amounting to
something. This is the district which is at
present tcpresented by John C Grady, and
it is reported that both Bill Le?ds and ex
Boss McManes will endeavor to slaughter
him at the polls if he is renominated, as he
probably will he. Grady is not popul-ir rfnd
is kept in office by slelght-of-hand His
majority in 1SS8 was only 879. In the Sev
enteenth district, which is Lebanon county,
things are more peaceful now than four
years ago when General Gobin had only 233
majority over Henry C. Grlttengor, who ran
ns an independent Republican. This is well
known as a "kicking district" and a row can
be started on shorter notice and do more
business on less capital than almost any
where else In the State. The Thirty-flr&t
district has Pcrrr, Mifflin and Juniata as its
territory, and gavo Senator Woods S53 ma
jority last time. This also is shaky countrv
for these three counties onlvgave Boyer298
in 18S9, while Pattison got 427 in 1890. and in
these davs ot political uncertainty a chance
of3D0 votes in a total or 13 500 is not a task
requiring a Heiculcs. Eiio county, wnich is
the Forty-ninth district, turned out 833 for
McCrearv in 'S3, but Pattison carried
it by 7 in "90. I think these fig
ures nnd facts Justify the assertion that
thoicisnl least an interesting elemontof
doubt in regard to the comfoi table control
of the Senate. Thoie need he no figuring on
paity lines in the House of Representatives
for tho Republican majority tnere i3 biir
enouch to stand some sqncfizing, being 10
clear over Democrats and Fnsionists at the
last session.
There is a possibility of an extremely
lively time when the conferees meet to se
lect the man who will succeed George Huff,
of Greensbnrg, as Congiessmau from the
Twenty-flrst district. This is a difficult dis
trict at best in which to get a nomination,
and just now thore are many things at work
which will make it more than imially hard
to handle. Mr. Huff is ambitious politically.
and Intends to go down to the Potomac flats
again if It is in the wood. At the same timo
he has a hankering for tho next Guberna
torial nomination, and ho will be one of
thoe who will test the strength of General
D. H. Hastings, who at this time has every
thing apparently in his own hand'. This
double-barreled candidacv may result in less
than a single ono would. Two year ago
Huff w on only after very potential influences
had been brought to bear in his favor. This
j ear there will be four candidates afoot, and
each of them means to win if he can. Arm
stiong has alieady put Heiner in the field;
Jefferson will present the name or S. A.
Craig, who was the member from this dis
trict in the Fifty-flrst Congress; Indiana
will settle op a candidate on the 9th instant,
which will mean that Huff will have West
moreland nlone. In Indiana theie is u stiff
contest on between Captain Jfesbit, a well
Knnwn old soldier, nnd District Attorney
S.M.Jack. Tho veteran soldier is an im
portant clement in Indiana county politics,
lor there are 1,800 of them there. It is be
lieved that theie will be a coalition or Indi
ana, Armstrong and Jefferson, and that
eittier of tlie two first in tho list will get the
plum. The primaries take place to-morrow
in Indiana.
There was such a bitter fight over the
Indiana postofflce that Huff drew on him
self the hostility of all theanti-Elkin faction
when ho appointed ex-County Chairman
Langham to the place. Langham's oppo
nent was an old soldier, and that
clement will therefore De arrayed
azainst Huff thioushout the district.
This Indiana postofflce matter lias an odd
story back of it in which an Episcopalian
dignitary, n Cabinet officer, a Metliodist
leader, a high Judicial official, a Congress
man nnd a couple of pioiiiineut Democrats
am nil concorned. It is not a badstory this,
nor a discreditable one, but it shows how
strangely politics assimilates all that enters
its maw.
TnE Indiana county primaries are also
interesting, necausoof the contest for nom
ination to -the State Senate between M.
Clark Watson, a leading lawyer, and Bell,
who is the Elkins candidate. Tho two tac
tions have each candidates for national del
egate, ono member of the Legislature and
District Attorney. I Tlie county does not
seem to havo taken up thematterof Quay or
Dalzell's candidacy and in the event or so
doing it would without doubt be strongly
for Quay, as both lacttons aro led by hfs
Hiends.
I am told by a gentleman whose own
standing and political position, together
with his intimacy with Governor McKlnloy,
are amplo indorsement of his statement,
that the tariff champion is not at all disin
clined to become a Presidental candidate,
in spite of his recent statements to The Dis
rATCR. He is about the only man in activo
Fiolitical life In Ohio who could count on the
iillest support of Sherman and his friends
and Foruker with his following. He
has the friendship and good will of
every one of the leaders opposed
to Harrison, unless, perhaps, It may
be ex-Speaker Tom Reed. There has been a
great deal of talk about Governor McKlnloy
having given a pledge to Secretary Foster
not to be a candidate against Harrison. This
is entirely untrue, I am told. Major Mo
Kinley Is iree-handedas to the Presidency.
During the recent Gubernatorial struggle in
Ohio, it was not Secretary Foster nor any-,
ono close to him nor anybody particularly
allied to the national administration who
helped tho gallant Mnjor to victory either
with flnnncial help of any size worth men
tioning or with personal effort. Then, too,
there ilia never been much love between
Ohio's executive and the Sheik of the tribe
cl Benjamin since tbat notable contest be
tween the tariff bill championed by the ono
anQ the force bill, the pet measure of the
other.
It is true that McKhiley told Foster he
would not mnke an aggressive campaign,
nor would he seek to enter the contest with
a pledged delegation ftom Ohio, hut that
was all tho assurance hegavethePresident's
ambassador. i
If New York or Pennsylvania shonld in
sist upon the candidacy of McKln ley as a
tariff champion against Cleveland, ho would
take the nomination. This is well known to
those who really have the Governor's confi
dence. P. L. W.
COLLEGE GISLS ABE ATHLETIC.
At Amherst Tfaey Are Preparing a Boat
Crew to Compete With Tale.
Philadelphia, April 8. Dr. Edward M.
Hartwcll, Professor of Physical Training in
the public schools of Boston, presided at to
day's session of the American Assochition
for the Advancement of Physical Science.
Dr. Charles Enskuske, of Boston, delivered
extemporaneous remarKS on "Some Anthro
pometric Notes on Pupils in tho Boston
School." Exhaustive anthropometrio-tablcs,
compiled at Wellesley Seminary and Am
herst College. Mass., were distributed in the
audience. Anthropometry is the science
derived from tho measurements of height,
weight, giith, depth, breadth, length and
strength of a given number of subjects,
showing tho relative proportion of parts of
the human frame in an average normal and
symmetrical development or physique. The
measurements show the size of the ankle,
calf, knee, thigh, hips, waist, chest, arms,
neck and head or male and female types.
Miss M. Anna Wood, Director of Physical
Training at Wellesley College, called atten
tion to the progress attained by young ladies
in physical development, as shown by the
statistics submitted. She said the girls had
started a boat club and were training a crew
to match Yalo or Harvard. The Wellesley
girls are up to all grades of college athletics
except football. The afternoon session was
brought to a close bv an exhibition drill in
the gymnasium by 40 handsomely-developed,
athletic-looking young ladies, who form a
class in Swedish Apparatus Gymnastics in
the Boston Normal School.
KETTJBXED TO THE FOLD.
Rhode Islaud w still Republican, But not
so much so as it was iVeio York Evening
World (.Dem.)
The Republicans are singing "Boom -tarn!"
on the result of the Rhode Island elec
tion. Quincy Herald (fnd)
"Come on, Democrat'. Let us carry homo
the dead from Rhode Island. iVeto York
Commercial Advertiser (Hep-)
After wandering off after strange gods
for several years Rhode Island is back again
in the household of the true faith. St. Louis
Olobe-Demoaat (Rep.)
Now listen, nnd you will hear the old
Democratic cry of "F-r-o-d!" over the result
in Rhode Island. It is an old dodge, and
deceives nobody. Toledo Blade (Rep.)
Rhode Island Republicans made a hole in
the Democratic lines largo enough to permit
fpurmen twice the size of Cleveland to walk
through in company-front order. Chicago
Mail (Rep.)
The result in RhoJe Island raises among
the Democrats the familiar question: "Wns
Cleveland knifed by Hill?" And to It may
be added the anxious inquiry: "If so, will
such knifing be confined to one State and
one section?" Washington Star (Rep.)
The total vote of R)iode Island Wednes
day was but about 6,030 more than the regis
tered vote of Cleveland. Not much of a
State, tobe sure, but the victory won by tho
Republicans was a glorious one. Gcvetand
Leader (Rep.)
Everybody who keeps his eyes open knew
to a moral certainty 'which way the elec
tions would go in Rhode Island. There was
no earthly reason why that State should not
keep np its prestige and furnish a Repub
lican plurality for local officials. New York
Her aid (Dem.)
CONGRESSMEN IN TE0TTBLE.
Many Members Fear Holman's Economy
Will Keep Them at Home.
WASnisoTox, April 8. Special. Those
members of the present Congress who are
interested in public buildings which have
already been acted upon or are still pending
aie somewhat discouraged by the rumor
that no provlxlons will be made for new
pnbllc buildings in the sundry civil appro
priation bill. Mr. Holman. who is giving
forsonal supervision to the preparation of
lie sundry civil Dill, declines to say at this
time what the policy of the committee will
be in dealing with the subject.
Several members introduced public hnild
ing bills, and their renomlnation and elec
tion largely depend upon the fate of these
bills. As the session weais on and the on-
position to providing for new bnildings,
gi ows stronger In the Committee on Appro
priations, the anxiety of the authors of these
hills incroases. They aro unable to obtain
any satisfactoiy assurances from Mr. Hol
man, and unless their Senators come to
their rescue, and Insert the items In the bill
hen it goes over to the Senate, they are
afraid they will not be returned to the next
Congress.
INDEPENDENT V0TEBS DI3CHABG2D.
Mobs Threaten the Salt Works and Saw
Mills That Took tho Action.
Manistee, Mien., April 8. One hundred
and fifty Polish laborers at Eastlake, near
this city, claim to have been discharged on
the Peters salt block and saw mills for vot
ing contrary to the wishes of the managers
at the recout election.
The plant is in the hands of the Michizan
Trust Company as receiver. Great excite
ment prevails, and damage to property is
feared from the mob.
DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE,
Captain William B. Gallagher.
Captain "William B. Gallagher, Chief of
the Marine Coal Department or the Beading Eall
road Company, died Thursday night at Philadel
phia, aged 61 years. Years ago Captain Gallagher
was a well-known commander of sailing vessels.
Before he was 21 Tears of afce he comu amled one of
the finest barks that allcd from Philadelphia. For
a number of years he commanded vessels plying
between that port and London, engaged In trade
for Richardson. Bpcncc A Co., and during tbe
period known ai the "Long Strike, " many years
ago, he was placed In charge of a vessel which
sailed from Philadelphia with a cargo to Liverpool
lor the sufferers at Manchester. He was President
of the Captains' Society, or which Stephen Olrara
wasainemher, one of the oldest corporate bodies
In existence.
Kev. O. P. nargrave, Greensbnrg.
Kev. O. P. Hargrave, a prominent minis
ter in the Baptist Church, died at. his home ni
Greenshurg j esterdar morning of paralysis. He
was 63 vcars old. Mr. Hal-grave has been the pas-
tor or the Baptist Church la Greenshurg for the
pastlS years. He lcaTesavwle and six children;
live or the children arc married and lire at Home
stead. He was widely known all over this part of
the State.
Obituary Notes.
J. F. CAKE, Tor a number of years leisee of Con
gress Hall, Cape May, and Wllhird'a Hole, Wash
ington, died suddenly iu Philadelphia, Thursday
night, aged 07 ears.
Joseph JIcCluke. aged 89. who was a member
of the Legislature In 1840, died at his home in
Greentrec. Pa., yesterday morning. He was a
banker for many years.
Albert H. Watsox an invalid and a retired
dryKOods merchant of TJnadllla. Mich., died sud
denly on a Cincinnati Southern train near Somer
stt, Ky., Thursday afternoon.
JossrnMcCLUnE. of Hart township, Lancaster
connty. died Thursday night, aged SS years. Mr.
McClure was a member of the Legislature for sev
eral terms, and was President or the Strasburg
National Bank,
Judge D. G. Abxold, son-in-law of Senator
Stockbrldge, died at the latter's residence In
Washington. Thursday afternoon, of Bright'
disease. He was 6J Tears of age. and had been
prominent In Michigan politics. The remains will
be taken to the lormer home of the deceased In
Arlington, Mich.
Paor. B. B. Williamson, years old, and
lately living In New York, died suddenly Thurs-'
day night In the reading room of the Flfth'ATenue
Hotel. Prof. Williamson was bom In Winchester.'
Va. He was of an old southern family and a
chemist, and was for a long time professor In the
Smithsonian Institute at Washington.
OF NATIONAL IMPORT.
A Tariff Kcform Democrat Speaks Against
tbe Freo Cotton Bagging Bill Jerry
Simpson Comes Oat as a Fall-Fledged
Free Trader The Senate Votes 8100,
O0O for the G. A. K. Beqnion.
' Washington, April a There was little
of interest in the proceeding-! of the House
to-day. After a brief passage at arms be
tween the Speaker nnd Mr. Burrow, which
was the aftermath of tho more acrimonlons
passage which occurred a few days ago, dur
ing which Mr. Burrows was ordered to take
his seat, tho House quietly, in commltteo
of the whole, resumed the consideration of
the cotton bagging bill. Mr. English, of New
Jersey, tho poet, author of "Ben Bolt,"
journalist and statesman, a Democrat
announcing himself a tariff reform
Democrat, opposed the bill. He wns
in poor voice, but as he stood in the
area in front ot the Speaker's desk be wns
surrounded by his colleagues, who listened
attentively to his remarks, and thoroughly
enjoyed his flashes or humor. Mr. Simpson,
of Kansas, came out flat-footed ns an abso
lute free trader, without reservation, and his
admission that he had voted lor the anti
Chinese bill, though believing it to be a dis
grace to civilization, was an honest one. He
Justified his vote on the ground that the
proteetlve tariff had so disastrously affected
labor in California that some measure for its
relief was necessary. Interest in the tariff
discussion is steadily on the decline, and the
attendance in the House this morning was
small. -
On motion of Mr. McMillin, of Tennessee,
a resolution was adopted directing the Com
mittee on Public Lands to examine into the
circumstances under which certain leases
for parcels of ground In tho Yellowstone
National Park were made In March, 18S9. by
the Secretary of-tho Interior to the Yellow
stone Park Association, nnd why they were
afterward rescinded nnd the same granted
to one S. S. Huntley. The Houso then went
into Committee of the Whole on the cotton
bagging bill, which, after debate, was re
ported to the Houe, and a recess was taken
until 8 o'clock, tho evening session to be for
the consideration of private pension bills.
The Senate to-day passed the bill appro
priating out of the United States Treasury
$100,000 toward entertaining tho G. A. R.
veterans at their reunion in Washington by
a vote of 41 to 10. Those voting in the nega
tive were Messrs. Bate, Berry, Blackbnrn,
Coke, Colquitt, Irby, Jones (Ark.), Mills,
Pngh and Vest.
Me. McCkeaey, in the House to-day,
introduced for Mr. Springer a bill to author
ize the holding of an international mone
tary congress. The bin, which is long, cov
ers all the details of the -congress. It pro
vides tbat the congress shall meet in Chi
cago August 3, 1893, and continue its session
Lot the will of tho majority. Twenty-one
delegates are to represent the United States,
seven to be chosen by the President, seven
by the President of th Senate and seven by
the Speaker of the House. The President's
apnofntees aro to be citizens not holding
office: the others are to be Senatois and
Representatives. The appointments are to
be divided as equally as possible between
the political parties, the. Secretary of State
and the Director of the Mint to be addi
tional delegates. Tbe President is author
ized to invite foreign Governments to send
representatives, each Government to deter
mine the number of its representatives, but
to bo entitled to only ono vote. Tho Secre
tary of Stato is to call the oongress to order,
and is to preside until a permanent offi
cer is elected.
Yesteedat the advocates of Sunday
closing of the World's Fair made tbelr argu
ments before the House World's Fair Com
mittee, and to-dav the oocositlon was beard.
xilan Moon, of 'the National Liberty Asso-
elation, a resident of Chicago, advocated
adherence to the doctrine of non-interference
by the Government in religious mat
ters.and the separation of Church and State.
He doubted that the gentlemen who favored
Sunday closing yesterday represented tbe
sentiment of the majority of the religions
people of the country on the question, and
lie denied tbat labor organizations had
petitioned Congress in favorof closed doors.
From an investigation made by him in this
connection be had not discovered an
organization favoring this movement, and,
indeed, some of them were diametrically
opposed to it. W. H. McEee, editor of the
Sentinel, of New York, said the regulation of
Sunday closing was a matter to be dealt with
bythenlace where the business is trans
acted, and it was not the duty of Congress to
say whether the Fair should be closed on
Sunday or any other dav. As the United
States did not own the World's Fair site, it
consequently could not properly exercise
any municipal control of it in general. Ho
was of the opinion that the authorities of
Congress could be invoked only in matters
relating to tbe industrial exhibit of the
Government. The matter of special restric
tions and regulations to be placed npon the
exhibitors at the Exposition rested solely
with the local management nnder tbe mu
nicipal ana State laws of Chicago and Illi
nois. Congress had no municipal control
over the cltv of Chicago during the Fair, and
it couldn't enforce a law for Sunday closing
if it were passed, nor undertake the enforce
ment of any local law in Illinois.
The Secretary of the Treasury to-day
settled the controversy over the selection 4
of a site for a publio building at Pueblo.
Col., to-day by accepting the property at the
southwest corner of Fifth and Main streets,
donated by O. II. P. Baxter. The Secretary
said he had given this subject moro than
ordinary attention, and that while be is not
altogether satisfied with the sites offered,
hois unable to find sufficient reason for
reversing the Judgment of the Treasury
Commission which investigated the subject
and recommended the selection of the
Baxter site.
Kepeeseittative Hopkins, of Illinois,
to-day introduced In the House a bill au
thorizing a national bank in tne city of
Chicago, which may be designated by tho
World's Columbian Exposition to conduct a
banking office upon the Exposition grounds,
to open and to conduct an office as a branch
of the bank subject to the same restrictions
and having the same rights as the bank to
which it belongs.
The Senate to-day confirmed a nnmber of
postmasters' appointments, among them
those of G.W.Stebon. nt Cambrldgoboro, Pa.;
J. B. S. Zeller, Mt. Joy, Pa.: R. L. Templin,
Calla, O., and W. F. Albright, Eaton, O.
Secbetaby Noble this afternoon sent a
telegram to the special agents of the depart
ment in Oklahoma, postponing the opening
of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe reservation
until Tuesday, April 19. Commissioner Car
ter, of the General Land Office, has sent to
the regisrars and receivers of the Land
offices at King Fisher and Oklaboma City,
In Oklahoma, letters of instruction which
will govern their action nnder the forth
coming proclamation by the President, open
ing to settlement the surplus lands of tho
Cheyenne and Aranahoelndhin reservation.
The Conimii-Rloner directs that, in view or
the expected crowds of neoplo at these
offices when the lands shall have been do
claicd opentosettIement.no person bo al
lowed any advantage over any other person.
To this end be directs that no person be
permitted to make more than one entry on
his own account and ono ngent, if such ho
shall be. Alter making these entries tiieap-
fillcants will be required to step out of the
Ine and givo place to the next person in
order, and if desirous of making other fil
ings he shall tako hisplnco at tho foot or the
line and await his piopsrturn. The Com
missioner further instructs the local officors
that the use of the mails will not be per
mitted for filing homestead declaratory
statements.
Several important naval orders were
issued to-day. Tne United States steamships
Yorktown and Adams, at San Francisco,
were ordered to proceed at once to Port
Townsend, and report arrival. The United
States steamships Charleston and Balti
moic, also at Sim Francisco, were oidrred to
pioceed to Astoria. Oregon, to participate in
the Columbia River Centennial celebration,
May 12. While no oiders havo been given to
that effect. It is understood thut the four
vessels named will bo emnlovcd in natrol-
ling the waters of Ber'ng Sea wnen the sea
son opens. The United States steamship
Mohican, now at Port Oi chard, will proba
blv be used for similar duty. The United
States steamship Concord, now at Matau i
za, has been ordered to proceed to Mem
phis, to take part in the bridge celebration.
May 12.
Kepbesentative Dickebson, of Ken
tucky, to-day reported to the House, from
the Banking and Currency Committee, n bill
to lequire the redemption or banknotes'
which may have been lost .by or stolen'from
any National bank 'and'put in circulation
betoie being signed by the 'officers of tbe
bank, or where they were issued upon the
forged signatures ot snob, officers.
MONET FOB ISVESHQATIOHS.
Large Sams to Bo Needed, Especially for
thePcnslon OSes Matter.
WASHrsoToa-, April 8. ISpectat. A special
resolution is to bo reported from the Com
mltteo on Appropriations making provi
sions for the various investigations now in
progress nnder the direction of the House.
A consultation between Speaker Crisp,
Chairman Rusk, of the Committee on Ac
counts, and Mr. Sayres, Chairman of the
sub-committee of the Committee on Appro
priations, in charge of deficiencies, was held
to-day, and it was shown that the appropri
ation provided for the Committee on Ac
counts is not sufficient to meet the demand
that will be mado npon it. The subject of
investigating committees ramo np, and it
was held that in the future it would be welt
to restrict cacti special committee ap
pointed to a specific sum.
Tho iianm investigating committeo has
not yet submitted its accounts, but it is
understood it will require n large sum of
money. Accordingly, it was azreed that a
special snm shall be provided to cover all
the expenses of the pending investigations,
and thns relieve the Committee on Acconnts
from further embarrassment. So fearthl was
Chairman Rusk that Ills appropriation would
be exhausted, he refused to approve certain
bill presented. As a lurther effort in the
direction of economy, the long distance tele
phone nsed in Hono lobby for the conveni
ence of members n as cut off last week.
'A PENSION FOB MBS. DAVIS
Unanimously Asked or the Confederate
States by tbe War Veterans.
New Orleans, April S Special.1 The
third annual reunion of tbe United Confed
erate Veterans assemble I to-day in Wash
ington Artillery nail. There were present
delegates from all the Confederate States,
and from Maryland, the Indian Territory
and Arizona, tho Texas delegates eqnaling
those from nearly all the other seven States
combined. MayorShakespeare delivered an
nddress of welcome on behalf of New
Orleans. General J. E. E. Gordon, president
of'the association, presided, nnd a largo
nnmber of ladles wa in attendance, includ
ing the widow of Jefferson Davi. and his
daughter, Miss Winnie Davis, tlie "Daughter
of the Confederacy," as she is called.
The convention unanimously adopted a
resolution requesting the Legislature of
each of tho Southern States to vote an an
nual pension to Mrs. Jefferson Davis widow
of the President of tho Confederacy: ad
journed at o'clock, nnd marched in a partv
to the French Opera House, where the orator
ot tho reunion, Senator John W. Daniel de
livered a panegyric on the Confederate
soldiers. After the speech the veterans
were given a Innch by the ladles nf New
Orleans. The convention will ireit again
to-morrow, and complete Its labors. In tha
afternoon the parade will tak p'ace, in
which the local militia and all tho vislti-jg
delegates will take part.
THE C0TTNT IS A GENTLEMAN.
He Will Not Tell Why Miss Flelschmann Is
No Longer His Betrothed.
Chicago, April 8. CountEngeneLogithetti
confirmed to-day the report that his engage
ment to Mls,s Fabette Fleischmann, the
beautiful daughterof th-j great yeast maker,
had been broken. He Is the manager of her
father's bnslness establishment in this
city. Asked t'jls afternoon about tho state
ment that the reason for his rejection
was bis refusal to become an American citi
zen, the Count replied: "Thnt story is
ridiculous. J lo not wish to say why we are
not to be married. That Is a personal
matter between Miss Fleischmann and my
self. I nm a true gentleman, and under no
circumstances will I tell the reasons
that Miss Fleischmann gave for calling our
engagement off. I am yet the intimate
iriend of the Fleischmann family and will
continue to be. Althonzh my iriend. Mr.
A. Qacherl. and I are about to engngo In the
manutactnre of insect powder In this city, I
will retain my position as manager of this
concern."
"Will yon spend the coming summer
months at the Catskills with tho'FIeisch
manns as you have been acenstomed to do?"
"I fear that I will be too busy this year."
PAINLESSNESS OF A GBEAT FALL.
A Man 'Who Drops Forty Feet Says Thero
la No AgoDy'Aboat It.
Sax FnAitcisco, April 8. Special. Two
months ago Georgo Clark, a young English
carpenter, fell 40 feet from a scaffold nnd
fractnred the base of hi' skull. Tbe doctors
said the case was hopeless, hut he lived. To
day he told how it feels to fall from such a
hehrht. He said:
"I have often heard people say thnt their
whole life with every detail pased before
them in a few seconds they were falling, but
I think such stories aro romance. I did not
have a single thought from the timo I began
to fall until 1 struck. If I wanted to commit
suicide I would go and Jump from some
great height. If one is instantly killed it
would be painless, I am sure."
Orlnda Cotillion at tho Linden Clnb.
Notwithstanding the inclement weatherof
last evening, the Linden Clnb was tho scene
of a brilliant gathering. It was the compli
mentary dance given by the Orinda Cotil
lion. The stage was piled high with palms
and exotics, partly concealing the musicians.
rntinq ntlrpnTi(!pnlIin,fhA mnafpfnna
'j. no ladies were ueantiinuy gowned, nnd tne
air was heavy with the perfume of roses.
The Committee of Arrangements was Dr.
Geo. S. Proctor. Mr. F. StPiren, Mr. P. C.
Schoeneek, Mr. Lang and Mr. E. W. Dravo.
The affair was one of the most successful of
the season.
The Conemnngh Goes to BIga.
PmtADixrniA, April 8. The Russian Re
lief Committee, at its meeting this after
noon, docided to send tne steamer Cone
maugb, with her laid of provisions for
starving Russians, to Rlga.a port nearer tho
famine district than Libau, where the Indi
ana was unloaded. Tne Conemaugh will ar
rive here next week, and the work of plac
ing her cargo on board will be at once be
gun. A Good Example to Follow.
Washington Sar.l
Cincinnati has a girl to be proud of in the
young woman who refused'to marrv a count
unless he becamo an American citizen.
Where Is the Star-Eyed Goddess?
Washington Post.
Colonel Wattcron is showing no disposi
tion to catch up with the situation.
Can Itnrn Now to Their Clams.
Boston Herald.
The good people of Rhode Island can now
return to their clams.
NAMES FRI QUEMTiY SEEN.
General E. Bcrd Geubb nnd his
young bride are to return to this country
this spring and enliven the wilds or Aeff
Jersey.
Dr. Mary P. Jacobi, in JTew York, and
Dr. Mary Hoxou, in Washington, are each
reputed to earn $40,000 a year at their pro
fession. In addition to plenty of cash ex-Governor
"Bob" Taylor, or -Tennessee, is winning
great fame as an orator by means of his
lecture on '-The Fiddle and the Bow."
Hobaet C Taylor, one ot Chicago s
bright literary lights, is encaged npon a
play fov Jano Hading, which will bo pro
duced dnring her tour through this country
inlSD3.
Baron Von Kettlee, appointed Ger
man Secretary of Legation in Washington,
vice Herr Von Mnmm, will sail lor America
April 12. Minister Phelps is much pleased
with the appointment.
It- is thought that Mr. Jnstice Lamar's
wretched health is largely dno to his great
absorption in his books. Ho Is almost un
manageable by his wife when once he gets
Into his library. He is passionately fond of
reading.
A rilBENOLOGfST one? passed this ver
dict on Mr. James Payn. the novelist: "This
is the head or an individual born to benefit
his rellow creatures in the paths or practical
I science: he will go far as a builder of
bridges."
Sam Small, the evangelist, has grown a
beard that curiously alters his appearance.
Ho also, much as ho has to say ngalnst
diides, shines resplendent nowadays in
patent leather hoes and a very elegant
black frock coat.
Amelia EI.Barr lives in a pretty little
cottazo on tbo'mountaln-slde nearDcerllill,
opposlto old Storm King. Mrs Barr accom
plishes tho greater part of her work in tho
morning, sometimes In summer rising as
early as 1 o'clock to take np her pen.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
Cats do not stop growing until are
year old.
Oxford has won 25 and Cambridge 22
boat races.
The world consumes 4.000,000 of steel
pens dally.
On board ship the day is divided into
seven "watches."
The oldest English public school is
Winchester, founded in 13S7.
Ten million dollars worth of German
toys are sold in England yearly.
An American doctor reports a case of a
woman, 71 years of age, who sheds her bones.
The ordnance survey of England took
65 years to make, and was completed in is;u.
It is said that 127,000,000 boots aad
shoes nre yearly manufactured in the United
Kingdom. ""
The fastest ship afloat is the City of
Pekin owed bv the
racmc ainH Company.
Sbo cost $1,000,000.
In 1835 a tame elephaDt could be bought
in India for $223; now their prices ranza
from $750 to $1,000, s
Fruit that drops on to your ground from
the branches ofyour neighbor'3 trees over
hanging your land Is yours.
In spite of the introduction of machina
lace, there are at least 1,000,000 workers In
the various Eurooean countries.
Eabbits, which were unknown in Ayr
shire prior to 1777, aro. now a perfect nuis
ance to the farmers In some districts.
Delivery wagons, the motive power of
which is electricity, are the newest vehicles
in London. A green grocer had tho first.
The American, Italian. French and
German exhibitions cost neirlv $2500000
and were visited by over 0,000.000 of people!
Burglary insurance is the latest noveltv
in tbe insurance business. It is being mado
a feature of by a company which covers tho
general accident insurance.
Faris doctors are considerably exercised
over some fatal cases of an epidemic
thought to havo been caused by birds
brought from South America.
A Philadelphia funeral team did ser
vice at a wedding a few days aso, and the
dozing driver allowod the horse to carry the
bridal couple into a cemetery.
A Camden, X. J., lady deposited her
pnrso containing $257 in a lamp-post letter
box Wednesday instead of the letter It was
restored to her by Postmaster Browning.
The Xavajo Indians are very supersti
tions. Not one will ever enter a hono In
which death has been, and tho wide domain
of this triDois full of huts abandoned lor-
The average number of letters written
per head of tho population is: England and
i.' n, otiana.39 Ireland, JG: United
Ital 7 France" ;; Germany. 11: and
Ten years ago capable authorities esti
mated the Gaelic speakers of Scotland to
number 300,000, but tho census returns for
this year show that only 23I,6v2 profess to
"have the Gaelic" F
In the event of war Enssia could show
an army of l,e00,C00 men. besides Co-sacks- "
France, on a war footing, an army of 2.850,1
000: Germany an army of 2.3J1.C00 under
twelve years' service.
When the Cameron Highlanders
marched out or Edinburgh the other day,
after a four years' residence, over S50 youn"
married women were left behind, the wives
ofmen "married without leave."
A curious fact has been noted in Ireland
from the recent census. While the number
of Christians, inclnding all denominations
has decreased dnring tho past ten vears tho
number of Jews nas increased 231 per cent.
The earliest known lens is one of rock
crystal unearthed by Layard at Nineveh.
This Ions, the ago or which is measured bv
thousands or years, now lies in the British
Museum, as bright and as clear as it was tho
day It left the maker's hands.
The Hindu places a clock in his show
rooms, not because ho ever desires to know
what the hour to, but because a clock is a
foreign curiosity. Instead, therefore, of
contenting himself with one good clock, ho
will perhaps have a dozen in one room,
A balance of 3 cents claimed by the
New York Customs collectors and disputed
by an Importer, was collected last week, nn
der threat or placing tho claim In the Dis
trict Attorney's hands. Tbe importer paid
it by means of a certified check for tha
amount.
. In jSpan, when an author is ready to
put his ideas on paper, he shuts himself in
his study and begins painting at the back of
all the pages of his new book. He uses
paper of a yellowish tint, marked with per-
Sendlcnlar and horizontal blue lines. A
eautifully ornamented ebony plate holds
his Ink and several bamboo brashes, which
serve a3 pens.
The origin of menageries dates from the
most remote antiquity. Their exlstenco
may be traced even in the obnmro tradl-
I tlonsof tho fabulous aces, when the con-
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tests oi tne D.iTDarian leaner witn nis reuow-
men were relieved bv the exploits in tha
chase scarcelv less adventurous, and when
the monster-queller was held in equal esti
mation with ttie warrior chief.
Tbe Puritan fathers, who settled in
America, were greatly addicted to smoking;
indeed, the practice became so common that
even these strait-laced observers of time and
seasons actually smoked in chnrch. This
custom noon caused very considerable an
noyance, as the religious exercises wrro
greatlv disturbed by the clinking of steels
and Hints and tho clouds of smoko in
church.
Black is the almost nniversal mourning
color in Europe, but there nre a few excep
tions. For Instance, in Russia black is
never nsed for covering csffins, the cloth be
ing of a pink shade when the 'leccascd Is a
cnild or young nerson, a crimson color for
women and brown for widows. Italians do
not use black cloth, white being used in tho
case of a child and purple velvet in tho caso
or adults.
A Itussian athlete, M. Valowski, hav
ing made a bet that ho would coyer the dis
tance betweoa llordeaux: and Angouleme.
there and back, on foot, a total distance of
113 miles, in 24 hours started on a recent
Sunday morning. He returned on the fol
lowing Mondav morning, having accom
plished the donblejonrncy in wminutes less
than the stipulated timo, thus winning the
wager or 2,000 franca.
In Hungary nnd Brittany the young
girls assemble on certain feto days,
wearing red petticoats with white or
vellow borders round them. The nnm
ber of borders denotps the portion
the father is will ing to givo his daughter.
Each white band, representing silver, de
notes 100 francs per annum, and rach yellow
band denotes gold, betokening 1,000 francs a
year.
TICKINGS rROJI PUCK.
Mr. J. Boomer Kangue We arc going to
call onr new city In Dakota --Leisure."
Mr. Newport de Vorse Why?
Mr. J. Boomer Ilangnc So that the people who
mirry In haste can go there to repent.
"The days are a string of pearls,"
&ln?s a poet of great renown:
And we fancy they are smoked
Over in London town.
"Did you hear about Lowell's works
being thrown ont of the Boston Public Library?"
'No: whst was the trouble?"
Some one told the trustees that Lowell was a
humorist."
TheCaptain (excitedly) 'What's the matter-man
overboard?
Tour-it Cjorrowf ally) No you don't tike me for
a cannibal, do yon?
Jcanie I can be nothing more than a
sister to yoc. Jack.
Jack Ask your sister to come downstairs and see
if you can not be, at least, a sls-er-in-law to me.
"Miss Keats," said Cholly Van Antwerp
to Ms young Boston friend; "what do you Boi
tonlans think or our Madison Square Diana?' '
"Well, she Is like most or yoor New York
women." returned Miss Keats; fln In figure,
but tou er too decolletcc for Boston.
"While walking down the path of life
Imct a highway-woman brave.
Who robbed me of my heart and peace.
And since has kept hie as her s.ave.
1 called on Love to rescue me.
Who tus did mournfully reply;
In sorrow we arc brothers now;
For you're her slave and so am I."
Street Car Conductor How old are yon,
my little girl?
Little Glrl-If the corporation doesn't object, I'd
prefer to pay full rare, and to keep my own statistics.