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POSTAGE All persons who mall the Sunday Issue of The Dispatch to friends should bear in mind the fact that the post age thereon is Two (2) Cents. All double nnd triple number copies of The Dispatch require a S-cent btamp to insure prompt deliver. SUNDAY. APRIL 17. 1S91 Parties who have changed their residence will please leaTe new address at the bus new office, in order to Insure the uninter rupted delivery or The Dispatch to their homes. A NOTOBIOCS ABUSE. The illustration afforded by a few ener getic free trade members of Congress in printing one of Henry George's free trad books as a portion of their remarks in the Becord ought to be taken as a convincing arsument in favor of a reform" in the method of running that remarkable pub lication. Iustead of that it appears to be taken up by some of the enthusiastic pro tectionists as a challenge to show that they can be just as bad as their opponents. Al ready it is reported that several of the lat ter are making arrancements for printing standard protectionist works as if deliv ered on the floor of the House. Perhaps it is well to have this sort of thing go on in order to produce a full pop ular understanding of this notorious abuse. It does not need many cases of this sort to create a public feeling that the use of the nation's money to publish works on polit ical economy is as flagrantly dishonest as any other political job. But it may take several examples before the people realize that this abuse is so thoroughly in the grain of the present Congressional charac ter that the only way to abolish it is to elect a new and improved Kind of Con gressmen. 1 The printing of economic works entire In the Congressional Record, beside? its infringement on the rights of the authors, points out the necessity, in the defense of the public, for some reform. The least that can be done is to confine the reports to the speeches actually delivered on the floor. To report in the Becord, as deliv ered, speeches, or parts of speeches, that were not delivered, is to use the public money in perpetrating a fraud on the pub lic; and the impropriety is not lessened by the fact that it is a notorious and shallow fraud. But there is really no good reason for stopping the reform there. The real justification for printing is to have a full and accurate record of the acts of Con gress in each detail In the present form of the Congressional Becord this function is overslaughed by tlie waste of bogus ora tory. If the Hon Mr. Wayback consumes the time of Congress m oratory to the ex tent of several hours is that any reason why be should consume the public money In addition to print his oratory? Tlie Becord abuse is not a very enormous one, as national abuses go, its unnecessary cost being counted only by hundreds of thousands. But it is an illustration of the tendency of Congressmen to exploit them selves without regard for the public inter est It should b reformed; but the people will have to reform it. SUrEKU3IERAKr EEINFOKCEMENT5. A special contribution on the arrival of immigrants at 2cv Tork, which is pub lished in this issue, in addition to the fact that the influx of Italian and Slav immi grants is now greater than ever before, assorts that a larger number of them come to Pittsburg for a living than to any other city in the country. It seems that there Is one exception to Pittsburg's conservative failing to adver tise herself for the attraction of capital and commerce. The cheap labor of for eign countries has largely inflated ideas of the fortunes to be gained in working at $1 25 per day, and is flocking here at the rate of a thousand a week to enjoy that rich field of labor. If there was tne same tendency of capi tal in the direction of Pittsburg to create new enterprises or enlarge old ones, this influx would be fully balanced. As it is there is reason to fear that some of our Polish and Italian acquisitions may be disappointed in their golden expectations and even come to want before the direc tion of the tide is changed. NATURE'S EEURnECTlON. The whole of Christendom unites to-day in a festival celebrating the Resurrection. Like many Christian celebrations, this one Is a survival of Teutonic mythological rites, and the very name Easter is a de rivative from the title of the goddess of Spring. The idea of resurrection is pecu liarly prominent in the temperate zones at this season, irom the aspect of nature as well as from religious associations. Autumn with its fading foliage and sun set tints reminds man of his movement to ward physical decay. "Winter in the bleak gauntness of its trees and the dull hues of its landscapes typifies death. Spnng with its bird songs and its budding vegetation symbolizes the return to life, which is a part of the indestructibility of matter. Easter is late this year, yet na ture has been too tardy to keep her ap pointment with the promptness man de sires. But still the signs of awakening are around us, and the observer can de- tect In embryo the life which will so soon Durst into buoyant exuDerance. Surely, in spito or perhaps because of the fickleness of its weather, this Is the happiest time of the year. There is an illogical hopefulness in almost every heart Just now. A kindliness of feeling is prevalent which makes this proverbially the lovers' season. The man or woman who cannot entertain dreams "of desired prosperity in Sprinjc must be of a pecu liarly pessimistic temperament. Spring never palls; there is a charm about it, and an eagerness to make the most of its pleasures, which the other seasons lack. True, Spring is deceptive and illusive, but such coquetry does but fan the flame of humanity's desire for its sweet society. UNIQUE COINAGE PUNK. The extreme manifestations of "en thusiasm" to quote the term most ap proved by the Democratic organ of this city in the struggles over the control of committees and delegations in the Demo cratic convention, were so distinctively the leading features of that gathering, that not much attention was paid to such incidental matters as its platform. But it appears that the platform contains a de liverance on the coinage question, as unique in its line as any of the more physical manifestations of the political enthusiasm of the Pennsylvania wheel horses. The platform declares that the Democ racy of Pennsylvania are in favor of "the gold and silver coinage of the Constitu tion." This is characterized by the New Tork World as "sound;" but a more cor rect characterization of it would be that it is all sound. Anyone can safely de clare himself in favor of the gold and sil ver coinage of the Constitution, except for the fact that there is no such thing. The sole constitutional enactment on the sub ject of the coinage is to give Congress full authority over and to restrict the States from making "anything hut gold and silver coin a legal tender in payment of debts." It is thus seen that the Democracy of this State accomplished the great feat of dodging any positive stand on the pending ifesue of the manner in which the coinage shall be regulated by indorsing a coinage which has no exist ence. It may be just as well that it did so. The features of the convention in other respects were of such a character that a serious platform utterance on the subject of coinage could hardly have carried much force or affected.the ultimate disposition of the matter in anyway. In indorsing Cleveland the Democracy pratically put themselves right on the silver question; but that makes the platform dodge a still more unique performance. THE RESPONSIBILITY TOR IT. The fact is cogently pointed out by the New Tork World that Mr. Richard Croker has shown in connection with legislation at Albany, "that he possesses a power which has no rightful place under a popu lar form of government." Furthermore, the. World correctly asserts that when political bosses combine to control State and national affairs, "their power becomes a threat not only to the immediate inter ests of the people, but to the actuality of popular government itself." This is indisputable; but where does the responsibility lie for the creation of such an anomalous and irresponsible power. Every one knows that bosses are created solely by the control of political machinery and the fetish of party loyalty. The World has been free to recognize the necessity of independent political action to corre abuses in the Republican party. But when it comes to a set campaign in which the control of New Tork State or city, or the representation of New Tork in the National Government are at stake, its theory of political action causes it to urge the election of the ticket which gives Sir. Croker that singular and dangerous power. It is frankf or the World to recognize the wrong of the situation, but since it has supported Mr. Croker's party organiza tion before the people, it will have to ac cept its share of the responsibility for Mr. Croker's dictatorship. THE PEOFESSIONAE JUROR. The c haracteristics of the professional jurors, who do regular. .duty in our courts, form the topic of a special article in this issue. The subject has its humorous side which is fully treated In the article re ferred to; but its serious aspect is more important There is no room for doubt that the methods of determining the issues of justice sketched in the article referred to are re flected in some of the extraordinary ver dicts which have occupied public attention of late. The verdicts of our courts in volve the right of every citizen to obtain even-handed justice; and if those verdicts are swayed by trivial or interested mo tives, the interest of every man who may at any time have his rights at stake is vitally prejudiced. It is plain that if we are fetejiave pro fessional jurors, something should be done to establish a standard of professional in telligence. The first step injury reform therefore is to either abolish the 1 profes sional juror or improve him. A CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDING. The experience of Mr. Bailey, of Texas, which is being told as a play of Congres sional humor, contains an illustration of Congressional character that would call for a Mark Tapley to discover the humor ous side of it Mr. Bailey is a new mem ber who has therefore taken the singular notion that a quorum of the House is nec essary to do business. In carrying out that conviction, which seems unreasonable to the older members, Mr. Bailey has sev eral times objected to the passage of meas ures when there was not a quorum pres ent The members whose private jobs were hampered by this unreasonable conduct waited their opportunity for revenge. One of Mr. Bailey's bills came up the other day, and the revenge was taken by raising the point of "no quorum." On 'the roll call the members who sought revenge re fused to answer to their names. Finally, after wasting the public time to a consid erable extent, the bill was allowed to pass. Now this proceeding contains several features which attract serious attention. One of them is that to the majority of the members it made no difference that Mr. Bailey's position is exactly that of a cer tain document called the Constitution of the United States. That instrument strictly confines the power of the House to certain proceedings, in case there is less than a quorum. But the statesmen Tegard it "brashness" for a new." member to come in, and seek to have the House ob serve in good faith the Constitution which every one. of its members has sworn to support Having thus displayed their willingness to violate their oaths, and their habitual disposition to evade and nullify the very foundation of our popular government, they emphasize the matter by deliberately going to work to falsify the record as to a quorum, and waste pub- lie time and money, simply to gratify a personal revenge. It certainly requires a very cheerful frame of mind, to perceive In this incident, as the Philadelphia Becord does, " a not unpleasant diversion from the dull rou tine of House business." It ought not to require very deep insight to sea in it a proof that many of oar lawmakers regard as wholly foreign to them the rules and principles that should govern the action of a sincere and honest legislator. "For ways that are dark" the Heathen Chinee is not to be compared with railroad companies in their schemes to violate and evade the enactments of the "Inter-State Commerce lawv Prof. MoCook, of Hartford, states that a majority' of our tramps are native Ameri cans. The Chicago Journal remarks that 'It requires more Intelligence and hard work to be a successful tramp than It does to earn an. honest living." The latter statement Is just as true of every kind of criminality as of vagrancy. But there is no such thing as suc cessful oriminality, simply for the reason that such misapplied ingenuity is too exact ing as compared with honest pursuits. The Professor's statistics must bo the exception which proves the rule that one of the most striking American characteristics is the practical ability to discover and adopt the road of least resistance. Moonshiner Pkttts, wanted for the murder of Hocbstetier, has been located several times. But Garza's career shows that location Is a very different matter to arrest. It is said that Civil Service reformers hope to inflnence the coming national con ventions. They must be wonderfully opti mistic. But such reformers deserve every possible encouragement. Their cause is bound to be the successful one of that future In which American citizens shall awaken to a proper sense of their duties, and Insist upon an administration founded on eco nomic business principles. Efforts should be devoted to the enlightenment and in vis oration of the mass of Individual voters. Professional politicians of no party will re linquish the spoils system before the people realize the evil and force its abandonment. The Fifty-second Congress will have a fitting monument of its economy in the un necessary buildings for which it grants ap propriations. Of course our police force Is efficient. But it appears that the only sure plan to avoid being robbed on the streets Is to travel without valuables. If this suggestion be followed, the disappointment of the high waymen wonld no doubt be sufficient conso lation for the slight Inconvenience 'of being made the victim ot an assault. Now that oil has been struck at Ever green, the ever green speculator will have some interesting, and possibly painful, ex periences. A Pbesidental aspirant who can pass through the campaign with his good name unblemished and his record unscathed will surpass the miraculous ordeal by Are of which Shadraeh, Meshach and Abednego were the heroes. This is the season of billing and cooing. Nor are the tailors, milliners and their cus tomers likely to forget it. Since Byrnes hasbecome Superintendent of the New York police he has given some sweeping orders for the suppression of vice. It will be Interesting to note Just how long the new broom keeps up Its cleansing in clination. Egg-bolling in the "White House gar dens to-mortow and log-rolling at the Capi tol as usual. Pr.OF. Vert believes that man is abont to launch himself in flight on the wings ot science. Opinions vary on the feasibility of aerial navigation, hut most people agree that the subject Is very Interesting. Bfeino is tarry much weather. likely to catch cold If she longer In such dangerous Ix is a good plan to lock a stable door be fore thieves- have a chance to steal the horse. Prudence dictates the wisdom, of undergoing vaccination in preference to risking an attack of smallpox. Heresy, so-called, is not uncommonly another name for progression. It is strange that clean crisp notes should be spoken of in connection with the alleged Rhode Island bribery. It would be naturally expected that the paper would become soiled by such transactions. Notice the spring foliage in the head gear. Germany will not take part in any in ternational action against Anarchists. No doubt Kaiser Wilbelm reels that he has enough to Interest and keep his Government busy within his own borders. PERTINENT PERSONALITIES. Mks. Haeeison will probably be able to leave her room In a few days. "William G K. "Wilde and his wife, Mrs. Frank Leslie, will sail for England shortly. Colonel Rives, of "Virginia, Superin tendent of the Panama Bailway Company, is visiting bis daughter, Amelia Hives. ReasAdmikal George E. Belknap has been assigned to duty as President of the Board of Inspection and Survey at Washington. Private Secretary Halfobd resumed his duties at the White House 5 esterday morning. He is still very weak, however, from his recent illness. Among the prominent persons sailing for Europe yesterday was Pedro Montt, the Chilean ex-Minister to Washington, by the LaGascogne for Havre. The President and several members of his Cabinet will visit New York on the 27th inst., to take part in the ceremonies Incident to the laying of the corner-stone of the Grant monument. Ex-Mayor Carter Harrison, of Chi cago, who is in Los Angeles, Cal., on a visit, was given a public reception at the Cham ber of Commerce, Friday evening, which was largely attended. Alarming reports are current respect ing the condition of Cardinal Taschereau. His physical strength appears to be ' unim paired, but there are iadications that his mental balance is gradually becoming un strung. Senor Abtario Crespo, a son of Gen- eral Crespo, the leader of the present revo lution that is being waged in Venezuela against the administration of President Pal aclo, has arrived in San Antonio, Tex., to stay until the war In which his father en gaged is ended. THE nobler lover. The Cosmopolitan.! . If he be a nobler lover, take him! Tou In you I seek, and not myself: LoTe with men's what women choose to make him. Seraph strong to soar, or fawn eyea elf: All I am or can, your beauty (rave It, Lifting me a moment nigh to you. And my bit of heaven, I fain would saved it- Mine I thought It was, I never knew. What yon take of me is yours to serve you. All I give, you gave to me before ; Let him winyoul If I but deserve you, I keep aU you grant to him and more: You sliaU make me darewbat others dare not, You shall keep my nature pure as snow. And a light from you that others share not Shall transfigure me where'er I go. Let me be your thrall! However lowly Be the bondsman's service 1 can do. Loyalty shall make It high and holy; Naught can be unworthy, done for you. Men shall say, "A lover of tills fashion Such au ley mistress well beseems, " Women say", "Could we deserve such passion. We might be the marvel that he dreams." Jaues Uusskll Lowell. A BASKET OF CHIPS. Dr. Paxton In His Home A Glanos at Dr. Parkhurst "What a Eat Easter Does for the Stores Sullivan's Hand-Shake A Few Short Tales From Real Life. Pittsbnreers still take a good deal of Interest In Dr. John B. Paxton, though he is pretty well removed now from his birth place and its associations as a fashionable pastor In the metropolis His name has been on people's tongues lately all over the country because Jay Gould saw fit to give $23,000 to the West Presbyterian Church, over which Dr. Paxton presides. This church Is one of the most notable In New Tork, more on account of Its enormously rich congregation, perhaps, than any par ticular beauty it possesses a sasacred edifice. It stands on Forty-second street between. Fifth and Sixth avenues, and It is crowded every Sunday, and more money is reported to be In Its pews than In any other congre gation In America. -Among the rich mem bers are Jay Gould, Russell Sage, Henry II. Flagler, Heber Bishon and a half a dozen other millionaires. Dr. Paxton Is not the only one in the church's service who gets well paid, for Miss Clementine De Vere, who leads the singing at the morning service only, receives an enormous salary. It Is not polite to Inquire exactly what Dr. Paxton now receives, but it is pretty certain that he reoelves at least 10 times, possibly 20 times, the salary of $800 a year whloh he got in his first charge In a small country church at Hopewell Cross Roads, Md. From all accounts Dr. Paxton fills his peculiar and undoubtedly trying position remarkably well. He Is Intensely alive and of tireless zeal, A young lady who Is well known In this city visited Dr. Paxton the other day in his handsome home on West Forty-sixth street. and found him sitting In front of a blazing grate fire and just finishing a good cigar. "The way to make the world better," he said to her, apropos of the recent municipal reform agitation, "is to eliminate not ex terminate. The grandson of Nero may be the Emperor of Christian Borne. A bad' father may have a good son. Boll your own grain of sand, I say. Sweep off your own doorstep. Solomon tells us that since every thing down here is merely vanity, there is no use in crying over it every day, nor straining our puny strength to reform every evil, hang every villain, nor making people stand and deliver clean dollars without a speck upon them. People have made a great stir about Mr. Gould giving $25,000 for church extension on Manhattan Island. All sorts ot foolish and talse things have been said, and probably neither Mr. Gould nor Mr. Sage will ever give a dollar to the church again. I'm sure I would not blame them If they did not. As for accepting the gift, what church would not? Are we to stop and wash every dollar that comes to Us?" and Dr. Pax ton's tone Implied that the church revennes might be mateiUlly diminished by stirring up the antecedent history of Its collections. Something of a Savonarola. In striking contrast to Dr. Paxton, who Is handsome, magnetto and scrupulously careful In his dress, Is Dr. Charles Park hurst, who has succeeded In making him self the best abused clergyman in the coun try to-day. His temperament and his methods are only modern In the way he adapts them to the attainment of 'specific objects. Put him In a monk's garb and change bis tonguo to the tuneful Italian.and you would have something of the same man as Savonarola, He is only happy when be is leading a crusade or conducting an inquisi tion. With his nigh forehead, piercing eyes aud clear cut face. Dr. Parkhurst is decided ly one of the most picturesque figures in "New Tork, and one thing ought to be re membered'at this time, when the disposition to blame him for indiscreet zealousness is general, that Dr. Parkhurst has always been consistent in his attitude toward vice, even in its most attractive and aristocratlo forms. He has said publicly that ho would not allow a daughter of his to enter New Tork society, and he has made mora than one of McAllister's MO wince under a stinging cas tlgatlon from his pulpit. His congregation Is not so much distinguished for Its wealth as for Its intelligence, and I believe It Is a fact now, as it was some years ago, that the larger proportion of his audience are men. , The President's Fatalism. '1 wonder whether four years in the White House have shaken the President's intense fatalism," said a Federal office holder yesterday. "I was with General Harrison In Indianapolis from September till after his election In less, and one thing about him that I constantly marveled, at was his positive belief in predestination as .applied to 'the things of this world. He snowed in 'his manner more than by any "actual declaration that he considered him. 'self to be In the hands of Providence. What was to be, was to be, and nothing he or any one else could do could alter it, his whole attitude seemed to sav. Those who were about him constantly felt the influence of his uelier, even if they sometimes rebelled agalust his indifference, as it appeared to them to be. I guess we were au mora or lees fatalists before the end of the cam paign. Since then President Harrison has learned lots or things that they don't know in Indianapolis, but I question if he has lost much of his faith in predestination. "In fact, recent events have done so much to clear his way for a renorhinatlon, so much has happened without effort or interven tion on his part to make him again a candi date, that ton man with his disposition and set of mind I can quite believe that he Is more of a fatalist than ever. We are all of us most Impressed by theories that fall In with our ambitions and desires." A Close Shave. It is useless to launch sarcasm at a country barber: ft may be dangerous, for even If you are In the chair the barber is a committee to be respected. Generally speak ing It Is a waste of breath, as I found when fate and the Pennsylvania Ballroad decoyed me into a village on the western slope of the Alleghenies, and I, with a daring that surprised myself, allowed the local barber to remove a tender young beard of but two days' growth from my face. I had a pre monition of pain when I observed from divers piinted notices and implements about the shop that watches and teeth as well as the superfluous hair of man occupied the barber's attention. He was a Jeweler by trade, a dentist bv profession, and a barber bj occupation. His mind, I have reasons to bolieve, was centered on his higher callings, while he allowed his hands to dally with the razor and the brush. He also dnbblod in photography. The chair In which I sat served for all his patients. Tou could have a tooth jerked out, a picture taken, or your face shaved, in that chair. If his dentistry nnd photography were on a par with his ton sorial ability, I should hate to have the toothache or good looks near him. He could do Justice to neither. While he was dragging his razor slowly up nnd down my face, I heaid a sympathetic cry In the yaid outside. It proceeded from a distressed pig. The barber lieard it and stayed his hand. He had not spoken before this the exclamations of his victims were mnslo enough lor him. But now he said: "Wonder what's amiss with that pi,??" "I guess somebody's shaving htm," I ven tured. The razor pursued Its relentless conrse unchecked. "We don't shave pigs here abouts," he said. Was it a compliment to me? Sullivan's Hand-Shake. "Sullivan's hand-shake is enough to scare most men who meet him In the ring out of their wits," said a Plttsburger who has seen considerable of the leadlngpuglllsts, including the champion of the world. "There must be something terrifying about that grip of his, for I've seen its effect upon rXoro than one of the men who bavo tried to stand up before the big fellow. The time he fought, or rather played with, Hearld here I had a good chancjg to see the latter's faoe when he and Sullivan met aud shook hands before the fight. HeaWa was naturally as red as a lobster, but when he looked into Sullivan's eyes and took his hand, be changed color suddenly, and I turned to my neighbor and said: 'That man's whipped before he puts his bunds up,' and so ho was. Pat Sheedy, who was with Sullivan for years, told me that he'd noticed the same thing with most of the local champions who tackled Sullivan. When Sheody and Sullivan were on the Pacific coast together, a perfect giant of a flsnerwan was sprung upon the champion. Sheedy was rather afraid of a surprise, and tola Sullivan that he must be careful when he met this gigantio opponent. Sullivan did not condescend to pottce the caution. 'Get me a small bottle, will you, Pat?' said the champion. "Not now John,' replied Pat, Tou've got' a thundering big chap to look after to-night. When you've finished him I'll see that you get the small bottle.' "It was Just time for the evening perform ance to begin and Sulllvau went on to tho theater somewhat sulKlly. But when ho got on the stage and saw the fisherman, taller than Sullivan himself and perhaps 280 pounds weight, a mass of huge bones and rugged muscle, Sullivan laughed, actually laughed. He very seldom gets beyond a grin, Just shows ht teeth" and snarl,-but this time he laughed. Then be walked slowly to the middle of the stage,put out his hand, and before the audience clearly understood that the had begun the big fisherman was onrlea up like a heap of his own nets in the wings. '"Where's that small bottle?' shouted Sullivan to Sheedy." - One Kosultofa Late Easter. "When Easter falls as late as it does this year," said a Fifth avenue storekeeper, "jewelers and those who deal in seasonable bric-a-braa and notions Invariably get the worst of It. A late Easter benefits the dress maker, the milliner and the drygoods mer chant. There's a woman in the case, of course, several women. Woman, bless her heart, when she sees the heavens grow bine and the grass green, hears tire song birds, is drawn toward the windows full or gay bon nets and spring's rfoh crop" of dresses. She goes to the stores where she may deck her self with plumage outvielng the peacock. Tou'll see the results to-morrow morning In church. , "I'll wager there will be more and gaver 'apparel specially bought for Easter on the backs of fair devotees than there was last ?ear, for instance, when Easter fell early, he money has not gone into jewelry and the smaller knick-knacks that are an excuso for feminine expenditures at the March Eastertide. Of course, we who do not sell bonnets and dresses and coats have felt something of the Easter boom in trade, but lr I had my way the festival should be a fixed 01c, due before nature begins to pom pete with women in I tbe race for bright tinted pre-eminence." Hepburx Johhs. THE EXTBAVAGAHCE 07 MUD. i An Estimate of th Immense Loss Caused by Roads That Are Had. The Centnry.i We have In the United States something like 16,000,000 of horses and mules above the age of 2 years upon par .forms, and at the moderate estimate of 23,oents as the cost of feed and care of eaoh of these animals, we see at a glance that the aggregate expense of maintaining them . fa about $4,000,000 per day. If, by a similarly moderate estimate, we say that they are kept in the stable In a condition of enforced idleness by tbe deep mud of spring and fall for a period averaging 20 days In each year, we may easily compute that the loss, in this respe'et alone, will amount to $80,000 000 per year, a sum suf- tpclent to build 16,000 miles of excellent high way. Of course, considering the great variety of conditions, and the consequent number of factors to be regarded. It is Impossible bv mathematical formula to compute the loss entailed' on any community by the con tinued toleration of these dirt roads in their present condition; bnt the error in the re sult of any computation is more likely to show a loss smaller than actually exists, and In whatever wav the matter be regarded It Is certain that with the Imposed burden of extra help and extra draft animals, loss of time, wear and tear of wagons and har ness, tbe drawings of light loads, and the depreciated value of farm lands, we are pur suing a short-sighted policy in permitting the present system tacontlnue. Besides tho actual loss, which a moment's reflection will serve to show, wo are gaining nothing and saving nothing In that great depart ment of agricultural Industry to which the condition of the dirt road is of such marked importance. HEW METHODS Iff ASTE0N0MY. -Dr. Wolf Slakes Valuable Discoveries in Stellar Photography. BOSTON, April 16. A paper on stellar pho tography read by Dr. S. C. Chandler to the Boston Scientific Society this week is destined to attract great attention. The paper embodied the remarkable results achieved by Dr. Max Wolf, a wealthy ama teur astronomer, of Heidelberg, Germany, who, while his Inventions are exceedingly meritorious, has not as yet described them In print. Dr. Chandler's paper Is drawn mostly from personal correspondence.and Is the first public statement In the matter. When It Is asserted that Dr. Wolf continues the exposure of his plate to the same portion of the sky for an entire night, but Is able to remove It and replace It the next night, and thus continue photographing the same stars for several successive nights, the delicacy of his adjustments and the value of his Inven tions may be realized. In this way objects which are too faint to be seen in any telescope may be fixed npon the) photographic plate and there- retained for future consideration. Dr. Wolf has in this way already discovered seven or eight new asteroids ana an otherwise unobserved comet. One discovery whloh is indeed re- markame, ana which could not have been possible with ordinary means alone, is with reference to meteors. 1 He' finds that eaoh flash of light which represents the passage or the meteor from one place to another is a series of .flashes burnlng.iup brightly, and suddenly fading away.only to flash up again. In a single meteor Impression ho has found as many ' as five or six of these oscillations, and .the, Study of this phenomenon will doubtless throw much light upon the inves tigation of meteors. ' The Blizzard That Buzzes. Chicago Times. The blizzards that blizz in the soring tra-la. Are certainly much oqt of place; Old Boreas should surely take wing, tra-la, Six months he's been having his fling, tra-la, We're sick of his icy embrace He's the foe of the whole populace. And that Is the reason we say and we sing Oh, bother the blizzards that blizz in the spring. Its Spirit Is Active as Ever. Toledo Blade.J The Standard Oil Trust is dead, bnt fts spirit is as active as ever. DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE, Erastus Sells, Abolitionist. EraBtus Eells, one of the oldest citizens of New Lisbon, 0 and well known throughout this section of Ohio and Western Pennsylvania. dropped dead of heart disease Friday evening, aged 84. He was probably the oldest funeral director In the fetate, having been engaged in the business for 61 years, during which he buried 6.O0O persons, and traveled with tne hearse fully 60. 000 miles. He was one of the original Abolitionists of Eastern Ohio, and in the days or slavery was prominently identi fied with the work, of the famous underground rail road for the assistance of fugitive slaves la their Journey toward freedom. Samuel Jaojcson, Pyrotechnist. Prof. Samuel Jackson, the most famous pyrotechnist of the country, and about whom fa tality and misfortune have closely clung for many vcars. died of heart failure Friday night at Plilla aelnlila. Prof. Jackson's face showed the marks of many narrow escapes rrom death through unlooked-for explosions, and during his career no less than 12 of his establishments- were wrecked. He was born lu HadMouneld. N. J., AprU 12, 1314. Miss Amelia B. Edwards, Novelist. Miss Amelia B. Edwards, the well-known lecturer and novelist, is dead. She was the daugh ter or n Peninsular officer. maternaUy descended from the Walpole famllv, and was born la 1531. At an early age she showed taste for both art and literature, and In 1SJ3 began to be known to the fmbllc as a contributor to periodical literature. In ate years Miss Edwards has been best known as an Egyptologist and as a lecturer on topics In that field. Obituary Notes. TBCMA'ffA. MxnRTMA, ex-member of Congress from New Tork City and a well-known newspaper uiau, uicu Buuucuijr x riuay nigUL Lafatitte r Habrisos;' the best known theatrical manager of New York City, Is dead. The Parepa-Kosa concerts In 1SS3 were managed by him. J. B. IIOFFEK, one of the oldest Journalists in Lawrence county, for 30 years publisher of the Mount Joy, iP.,) Herald, died Friday night, aged 68 years. -' ' Mrs. James Leffsx, thought to be the oldest woman In Iowa,' died at Maquoketa, la., Monday, at the age of 108 years. One of her sons died a year ago aged en years. Chief Ekoinzeb Cuaiues E. Vali. U. S. N., who was placed on the retired list five days ago, died suddenly at his residence in Washington yes terday morning from an attack of apoplexy. Jacob Kohl, a hermit, who has lived on Hay cock Mountain, near Doyleatown. for the past 30 years, was found dead on the floor of his hut Fri day. Ills dog was watching his master's remains, Kxv. HEXltY Allon, D.D., the well-known London Congregational minister, died yesterday. For 21 years he was editor of the British Quarterly Renltw. He had twice been elected chairman of tbe CosgregatlonSI Union. Nicholas Vzddkb, Brevet Lieutenant Colonel and Paymaster, U. S. A.,' died at Washington Fri day night. He was In hls74tliTear and on the re tired list or the army. He was Sherman's chief paymaster on the "March to the Sea." Captain Antn. the retired Commodore of the Allen Line of steamships, is dead at Cowansvllle, Quebec. After having crossed the Atlantic In safety inoro than 500 times, the old Commodore was drowned while crosIug a swollen stream. Jons Lyle Kino, ono of the oldest and best known members of the Chicago bar, died yester day. He was a naUve of Indiana, and was elected to Its Legislature In 1832. Four years later he came to Chicago. He was elected City Attorney In 1890. THE RULgQF THE BLONDE. She Is Getting Scareer- and Frixed Accord ingly Bald-Headed Lies, About Mew Tork Styles Nino-Tenths of the Bace Are Superstitious Odd Stories. iFItOX X STATP COBBXSFOXDXirr.f Do blonde women run in spots? "What IS the moving cause of blonde women, any how.and where do tbey move to? lithe blonde woman becoming a freak, or Is she peculiar to certain social atmospheres? That Is what tbe oDservant stroller of New Tork streets may ask himself, looking over various phases of metropolitan womanhood. Tou can stand half an hour or so at the corner of Twenty-third street and Broadway, or a any of the cross streets below, where women and girls flock home by thousands In the early evening, and the number of dark haired women and the paucity of blondes will astonish you. Tako the Brooklvn crowd at the ferries, if you wish. Count the number of pure blondes and compare them with the whole number of brunes and bru nettes and these queries will chase each other through your otherwise vacant mind. Tou will find scarcely one decided blonde to the hundred. These are working women, shop-girls, clerks, typewriters, faotory girls, cash girls and girls of every conceivable occupation except the fashionable occupation of idle ness. They present every shade of dark ness. Nineteen ont of 20 plain black from head to foot, and the twentieth may sport a gay hat or light jacket. Nine out or ten will have more or loss dark complexions, and hair running from medium brown to raven black with eyes to match.' The tenth is usually an undecided blonde, and only now and then say once in ten cases ot these exceptions what may be properly called a pure blonde. Tou Instinctively recall the dark women of Venice, and wonder whether these thousands are altogether tbe children of the Southern and Hebrew races. More Blonde Shoppers Than Clerks. The Venetian women present many lovely blondes, especially among tho upper classes. So do the women of New Tork. Change your sauntering ground to fifth avenue or upper Broadway on matinee days and you will see plenty of blondes of tbe best type or to Sixth avenue of an evening, and there or the worst typo. Behind the foot lights the blonde reigns supreme. Tes, many of them are manufactured blondes. But are our society blondes of to-day manu factured? I think not. Bnt why shoald there be so much greater proportion of blondes among - the shoppers than among the women behind the count ers? Tbe more swell the place. In Venice tbe more blondes yon see the more swell the place in New Tork the more blondes you see. Tou who have nothing else to do please tell me why that is. The decadence of the blond among ns is unmistakable. Forty years ago blonde wo men were almost as common as pronounced brunettes are to-day. Now, the blond at tracts attention on tbe street. She is so rare that men turn and stare a iter her. In society they swarm around her. She Is chased down by admirers. There is enthrallment In her soft blue eyes. And when those eyes are dark brown It is madness. The silken frizzes on her fair neck draw you like hoops or gold. When the novelist describes rare female beauty be makes bis heroine a blonde. When a man runs away with another man's wife she is a blonde. The wicked woman of the cable dispatches is distinguished as a beauti ful blonde. She Is the cynosure of male eyes everywhere. Men kill eaoh other on her ac count without compunction. They marry her, too. She Is lovable and indiscriminately beloved. Therefore she Is married early and divorced early. Tbe rarer she becomes the more we rave over her. As the rapidly ex piring remnant of the puro Anglo-Saxon race the blonde has become as dear to us as tbe red ear at a corn-husking and quite as scarce and pleasantly suggestive. Birds of a Feather Flock Together. "It is curious how the same gangs get In here together every day," said the bald headed bartender at the Cafe Savarln. "They don't seem to look for each other particularly, but get together as if ft were a coincidence. It is nearly always the same set, too. Tou'd think It was a put-up job. Three or four big lawyers will get over there and talk an hour after lunoh and then look at their watches and run away like a lot of schoolboys who may get tardy marks. The knots of brokers never get very far from the ticker. They can't keep their fingers off the tape even when telling stories. They talk shop. Everybody talks shop. Tour gang of newspaper fellows may tell stories, but they are usually about the shqp, about 'fakes' arid 'beats' and salary, and what is going on ill' the other offices. There are a conble of" promoters who get their" heads together be hind that pillar about 1 o'clock every day and whisDOr schemes. "I can tell most of those who usually get together on sight, although I may not know their names. We hear all kinds of things here and odds and ends of business, stocks, law, politics, journalism, real estate, rents and domestic affairs. These last kind make me tired. Why sensible men will talk about their domestio matters at a public bar beats all. With most men a couple or drinks means either a good deal of free talk about business or about their homes. What most men live for they have uppermost and what fs uppermost comes ont first. This is a great place to meet people." To meet anybody except the man who owes you $1.50. Hunting for a Stylish Hat. People out of town hear a good deal about "New Tork fashions," and "New Tork styles." Tbey come to the metropolis half expecting to see the greater portion of well-to-do New Torkers in uniform that is, ar rayed in some prevailing and well accepted style of hat or coat and presenting a dis tinctive New Tork tout en semDle. They may want to buy something and wish to go home with the latest fashion. Imagine the surprise of such an individual, therefore, when ho takes a turn down Broadway by day. or watchos a fashionable audience from a theater lobby by night, and sees New Tork ns it is. A gentleman from Western Pennsylvania happened lu town the other day on business, pleasantly diversified by tne usual routiue ot recreation to visitors, and had money enough left when he got thiotigh to purchase a suit of clothes. "The day was" warm," said he, "and I thought 1 would get me a new hat. So I 1 e gan looking aiound to see what you New Torkers were wearing. Tou see, our hat stoie people out there tell everybody who buys a hut that he's getting the latest New lork style, anu, as most or us aon t Know any better, we're likely to be from two to ten yeais behind on the vintage. I don't go much on a hatstnre clerk's leputation for veiaclty, anyhow, arid I thought I'd just look 'lound a little before I invested. I be gan looking 'round. Whenever I saw a swell-looking duck on Broadway I looked 'round at him and took In the hat he wore. I wanted one to suit my own notions as nearly as possible, you see. I'm not very very particular, but some of those I saw I wouldn't be lonnd dead with. The next well-dressed man wore an entirely different hat and looked stylish, too. From looking 'round for a hat for mvseir I got to wonder, ing how in the world all of these varieties evergot into existence. No particular hat I could find seemed to have attained a pop ularity that em Braced two persons. window 'thinking abont it. A policeman told me I couldn't stand there all day. " 'I don't want to stand here all day,' said I, 'but I suppose these hats are here to look at.' " 'Well, why don't you go inside If you want a hat?' said be. Tbe fact that a man who Is looking lor a hat is liable to arrest for stndv tng the styles In a Bioadway window struck me as rattier runny. J. laugneo. " 'Tou'd better move on,' said the police man, sternly. 'I've been onto you lor the last hoar or two.' " 'Oh, you have!' says I. 'Then maybe you can hblp me ont.' Then I explained. Hats of the Business Men. " TVell, that's all right,' says he, very friendly, 'Why don't you go downtown where the business men are. Tou can't get no good Idea from these here chumps np heie. They wear anything and everything!' "This rather astonished me, for I was right on swell Broadway along by tho big uptown hotels and 'theaters. "Iwent in aud took a Manhattan aid spoke to the barkeeper about, It. He was talking to a irienu, a jony loos ing man kind'of a sport, I guess and they laughed and said tho policeman was right. " 'Go down to (be Astor House,' said tie friend 'by the wV". x've got an engagement down there I cap show you the corroot style there havoono with me.' "We bad one. Then we bad a' cigar and walked over to the Elevated. Tbe sport was a right good fellow and I was glad of his company. He told mo good stories all the way downtown and when we got to tho As tor House set 'em up again. He bad a big roll, of money. Then I Set 'em up. ami wo got a fresh cigar and went out to look at the styles. The confusion whs ten times worse down here an 1 1 couldn't make head or tall or them.- At last a man came In and I said, that's the kind of a hat I want;' so we sized ft np and went Into the fashionable hatstoro nearby andfound one just like It. The clerk said I could have It for $4, ns It was a last fall style. We laughed and went on without it and got another Manhattan at tbe Astor House. Then we felt pretty good and got to betting some way on the next kind of a hat that came along' " When my Western Pennsylvania friend got that far I laughingly asked him how much money he wanted to take him home. "Oh, dear, no that's all right," said he dryly, slapping his pocket "I've got his roll now and mine, too. And I've concluded that I can buy any hat in my town for 3 that will be In the New Tork style!" Passing Under a Ladder. There was a ladder leaning against the white portico of tbe Fifth Avenue Hotel a few days ago and a man was utilizing tbe ladder to clean the cornices. It was directly in front of the main entrance and the pub lic was for hours in great peril or fortune by the liability of passing under the ladder. Old ProC Williamson walked under It and XU&&7ZlS<J$S& disease in the hotel corridor. A well-known newsDaDer man. who does nntown politics for one of the big morning papers, walked under It. and discovering his error went back again; but all tbe same he lost a good piece of news that day. Whether his misfor tune was due to having passed under tbe ladder originally or through the time wasted lu going back again, is not as clear to the scientific mind as we could wish. A country merchant stopping at the hotel re ceived a telegram announcing the failure of a man who owed his firm considerable money, and attributes lc to tbe lact that he walked under that ladder a few minutes previously. A. well dressed lady from the shopping district trying to dodge the awful responsibility got her dress trodden on, but the man who did It walked directly under the ladder to show his con tempt for human superstition. Beyond hav ing a spider brnsbod into his neck by the honse-cleaner above, the daring gentleman suffered no misfortune as far as could be ob served. It is said that superstition is dving ont, but I noticed that nine-tenths of the side walk crowd that were thrown in the direct line of passage under that ladder skillfully evaded the issne, and most of the others suddenly forgot something and went back again. Hunting a Stylish Light "Wrap. "A man may thank his stars that he doesn't have to worry about the fashions," remarked a sprightly young lady who came home tired half to death. "The New Tork shops are so vast, so crowded and so fnll of pretty things that It Is perfectly bewilder ing. Tou take a woman who must econo mize and scrane to dress decentlv. as she mnst dress If she goes anywhere here, and she Is compelled, to get a material and have It made up in a medium style that will aver age best for all occasions of the season. Well, she begins to study the Sunday news paper fashion articles early in the season. There are so many conflicting opinions of what is and what Is going to be such col umns and columns of cuts and plates and ad vice, that it makes one's bead swim to even think of It! And the shops now, don't laugh It's too serious when vou go to look ing for anything and find nothing at all like yon've been reading abont, and a million tnings yon had no idea of It's Jnst awful I And don't you know I was so tired and worn out looking for a wrap the other d.iv, and was so undecided and doubtful or my own judgment, that I finally took a friend's ad vice, and went to one of tbe swellest ladles' outfitters in town and I wanted only alight wrap, you know just to wear this season of tho year and you know how stylish they are on a woman of my figure well I wnnt ed to be sure and get the right thing, shape and everything and the big stores on Sixth avenue and Twenty-third street are so bewildering yes and Fourteenth street fs a good deal worse dear mel "Well, as I said I'd been everywhere and couldn't make up my mind the shape is everything, don't you know of course, you want good material and I had Jnst enough money they're awfully high in prices at this place regular ladles' tailors all the 400 go there and well, I bought the wrap. It was just lovely, but it didn't quite fit In the collar Just a little high, you know made for some long-necked skinuy woman, I s'pose and I didn't want to take it bacic for the Lord only knows when you'll get anything back again, when It's been paid lor once ini preiiy ciever ai. me neeaie any how, and mamma can do It better than I can so and we sat down to fix tbe miserable thing that Is, mamma did, acd 1 was look ing at her and well, yon know the little trademark on the Inside we ripped It off to get at the seam that fs to say, mamma did and well dear me! What do you think! As sure as I'm alive at this minnte there was the trademark of a Sixth avenue store right there on tbe collar yes directly under the other one and there I had been pawing over these same things for a week and cheaper? Well, I am actually ashamed to tell you how much my want of sense cost me. I'm probably not the only fool woman in .new xork, eituerl" Charles 'Titeodorz Mehrat. New Tons', April 16. THE CONDITION 07 THE SUN. Learned lien In the Olden Times Had Some Cause to Feel Alarmed. Toledo Commercial. The latest astronomical sensation fs that the sun Is growing cold. There has been nothing in the conduct of the earth so far as known to cause any coldness toward it on the part of the orb of day. Still the assertion Is made with as much confidence as any other bit of choice gossip Is passed around at the sawing society and we must accept the fiat until someone more conversant with tho faots informs us to the contrary. Con sidering the possibility of such an event may make a pleasant mental exercise for those who have little or nothing to think about, but from the teachings of history there would seem to be nothing In tbe event Itself to cause aty considerable uneasiness. The father of history narrates that in the many thousands of years covered by the records of Egypt, the sun pi lor to his day tad on two several occasions risen in the west and set in the east. Such a phenomenon would be considered impossible according to our modern reason, but it Is surely no more impossible than that story o' Joshua. If there had been nothing unusual it would not have been noted. If we couht bnt bring our minds to conceive that such an event has really taken place twice within the past 20,000 vears there would be considerable curi osity "to know what the effect was on human affairs. Such an Inconceivable revprsingof the or der of nature must bavo been the cans of tremendous upheavals; indescribable dis asters ; breaking loose of all the founda tions upon which the well being of man kind aie presuinad to rest, If there beany essential connection between these celestial phenomena and the affairs of men. But the grave and sedate historian with a trulv laconic style disposed of the whole snbject in language of which this Is a translation : 'Thus they say, in 11,310 yeirs.no god has assumed the form of man. Tbey relate that during this time tbo sun has four times risen out of the usual quarter, and twice risen where he now sets, and twice set where he now rises; yet that no change in the things in Egypt was occasioned by this, either in respect to the productions of the earth or rivers, or to diseases or deaths." From this It appears that the most learned men of tho olden times had even morn oc casion to become alarmed than mankind has had during tbe brief period of modern his tory, yet they discovered none or theee frightful disturbances In human affairs which our savants born but yesterday find In the mere conjunction of planets, the oc curence of comets, the glowing of aurora borealLs, spots ou'the sun's surface. None of which are of mora Importance in a celes tial sense than freckles are to physical con ditions of a human being. Belore showing such trepidation let them wait until the sun comes np In the West some fine morning or goes back and sets in the East. Then they will have something to talk about. GKADBIXG FOR THE LAND. Amosth bene there will be towns, farms, saloons and candidates for Congress where a little while ago the noble red man held undisputed sway. Minneapolis Tribune. It was a rush through mud and flood; but that made no difference to the energetio seekers for homesteads at $2 50 an acre. Very soon there will be no more lands to give away; and then the real trouble of the "boomers" will berin. Philadelphia Record. Now but a few miserable acres aro lelt, md heads of families and homeseekers fight with each other for a chance to file a claim npon them, while corrupt Federal officials, as in the case of Oklahoma, take all the choicest sites to themselves Indianapolis Sentinel. ' The white man is narrowing his lines yearly, and Lo must go. The survival of the fittest must go on until the last drop of pure Indian blood shall disappear. It Is tbe sad story of life on the globe since the dawn of time. Only they survive who can fight suc cessful battles. Detroit Eevening Sews. Lauds quite as good and deslrable'can bo had at figures hardly above those the new reservation lands will cost before title Is perfected, without tbo strain and jostling. Such nrd still abundant, both in Minnesota and the Dakotas. Those who do not get reservation lands maybe the most fortunate fn tbe caO.SU. Paul Daily Globe. CUBI00S CONDENSATIONS. The origin of the pony express in TJtab. fs credited to Brigham Toung. An Indiana man has been fined 11 and costs for shooting a man with Intent to kill. The average annual rainfall in the United States Is 20.6 inches, the variations ranging from 0 to 125 Inches. The tooth of a mastodon has been found on a farm near Zanesvllle, O. It (tho tooth) weighed expounds. An old Mexican bit irom a bridle, thickly covered with heavy silver orna ments was recently dug np at Elgin, Tex. A young man hypnotized at an enter tainment at Parl3 remained senseless, for two days, and was with difficulty brought back to consciousness. There is a law which, if enforced, com pels tbe delivery of all letters for gfrls under 18 and boys under 21 years of age to their parents or guardians. There is a house in Summervllle, Ga., which has had, since Its erection, three ten ants, and soon after Its occupation by each was struck by lightning. Keturns just published show that the population of the colony of Western Aus tralia on December3t last was 52,235 32,223 uiaiea anu zj,wj lexnaies. There was until a short lime ago an or dinance fn Flowery Branch, Ga., Imposing a fine of $5 on any person who hallood 'snakes" In tbe streets of the town. The discovery is made that the Alaska soil and climate are peculiarly adapted to hop-raising. An Oregon syndicate has pur chased a large tract near Fort Wrangel and will plant It with hops. In Guiana the Indians mix clay with their bread, and clay-eating to a certain ex tent Is Indulged In Dy natives of North Carolina, who are recognized by their pale and swollen countenances. A bright JSew York boy has set him self up In the business of exercising fine bred dogs for rich men whose time is too much taken up with money making to prop erly look after their canine property. "Fatima," the baby hippopotamus of Central Park, New Tork City, fa astonishing zoologists by her rapid growth. Though only a year old, she Is nearly as largo 83 her paps, "Callpb," aud her mamma, "Hiss ilurphy." A lawsuit has been commenced in Ma rengo, Ind.. between Edmund Waltz an d El wood 8 tout over the price of two egzs, bought at "1 cents per dozen. Two of a dozen were rotten, and Waltz demanded the return of tbe price. It is said that a mermaid once as ted a Scotchman who was reading the Bible If there was any comfort In the book for her. He replied that there was mercy for the sons and daughters of Adam, whereupon she screamed and disappeared. It is believed that tbe number of exhib itors at the world's Fair will be between 150 000 and 175,000. To these mail will be de livered hourly. Mails, sorted on tho mall cars, will be dropped at the grounds from Incoming trains whenever possible. One form of insects resembles a broken bit of bamboo, and another Is provided with hairs, distributed lu such a way as to make it appear overgrown with moss. Others haveassumed their form and color for the object of catching their prey. A "Walla "Walla, "Wash., man about a year ago started a man ont with a band of sheep on the range. A few days ago he re ceived the following from him: "If you want me to remain here any longer, you'll have to get another band.or sheep; them's all gone." It is believed that fully 25 per cent of the population of the Argentine Bepubllc at the present time consists of European set tlers, most of whom now that the undesira ble ones have been compelled to leave are well established and have all their interests tdentical with the country. According to theosophists 360 days and nights ot Brahma make one year of Brahma, and 100 years of Brahma make tbe Great Kalpa, a period of 311,013,000,000,000 years, after which the entire solar system passes Into Its night, and everything In It is de stioyed on the objective plane. The following are a few examples of the rate of pay of women in London: Jlaklng paper bags, Id per 1,000; possible earnings, 5s to 9s per week. Button holes, Sd per dozen; possible earnings. 83 per week. Shirts, 2d, each worker finding her own cotton;. can get six done between 6 a. jc and 11 v. Ti. i Originally there were no pews in old English churches; the only fixed seats wero stone benches carried along the sides of the churches, of which examples still remain in Salisbury and other cathedrals, in itomsey Church, Hants, and Portbury Church, Som erset; and many other of the old parish churches. Lafayette Knight, of Camas Prairie, has sent the East Oreaonian a remarkable curiosity a sheet of paper made from na ture's loom. It was found in an open seam in a tamarack tree. It is as soit and velvety as a baby's skin and resembles wood pulp in appearance. Tbo sheet fs fully a foot wide and two feet long. A few days ago a Montana man killed one of his chickens for dinner, and was sur prised to find a quantity of gold nuggets In the crop and gizzard. Having 31 chickens that had scratched In the same patch, he be gan post mortem prospecting on them. In euoh chicken bo found nuggets, and tho total quantity gathered bad a cash value of $3S7. "Within three years passenger rates on tbe railroad aeross tbe Isthmus of Panama have been reduced to 10 and Scents a mile for first and second class tickets. Up to that time the charge for passenger transpor tation on the Panama Ballroad was tho highest in the world, being $25 In American old for flrst-cluss and $10 In gold for second class passengers. Two orders of knighthood for women have been Instituted in Great Britain dur ing Her Majesty's reign, viz., the Boyal Order of Victoria and Albert, consisting of four classes, the first two for royalties, and tbe third and fourth for neeresses and ladies In attendance on tbe Queen; and the Im perial Order of the Crown of India, founded ,. fn 1873 for royalties and the wives and rela tives of Indian princes and high Indian officials. EAZ IE BUZZING3. "Ton gave Hicks a receipt for his bill in full. Did he pay yon. Snip?" Oh. no. sir," replied the tailor: "but he gars me so many novel excuses for not paving that I have staved off my oirn creditors, and I thought he ought to be rewarded." First Philanthropist TVhat have you been doing for the past Ave or six years?" Second Philanthropist I have been eoUectlnf money to assist poor negroes to emigrate to Liberia. What have you been doing?" First Philanthropist I've been collectlag money to assist them back again." "I suppo'se you two young people would as lief I'd retire." said Scadds. faceUonsly. after Mr. Kissam came Into tbe parlor. Well, papa." replied Sue. "you know when you were talking politics awhile ago you said you were opposed to a third party yourself." Algy (much agitated) GwaciousI Have you heard that the trouble between Caneby and Checkerton has resulted In a dnelF Jack Merty, no I Algy Taas: you should have seen them face each otbaw, pale bntlntwepld. Lots were dwawn, and Caneby. poor old feUow. mast wear a turn down collar faw the next six months! "You ask for my daughter's hand, eh?" said tne banker. Tes." returned Beginald. "Do yon think you can keep It gloved, ta th style to which It Is accustomed?" "Waiter (as Moodles is about to leave) Ahem! sir. It is customary, sir. ror patrons to ahem! to remember tbe waiter, sir. Moodles Oh, never fear! I shall not forget you in a hurry. How conld I, when we have been to gefher so long? It seems ten years since I gave my..' order. " "By Jove!" ejaculated Smithers, on his return from the country: "I'm another man." Then don't come near me." returned Mrs. Smltbers; "the old man might get Jealous." "Do yon and Miss Bansom still play duets?" "Nope: we gave them op. Our hands always got so mixed np that her mother objected." Mrs. "White (calling on an old servant) So your husband is dead, Margaret?" Margaret (vigorously wiping her eyes) Ah. yes. mam : he's been smold'rin' In his grave these many years. 'I tell yon," said the tiger, "I'm a daisy." "Ah. but look at me," aald the lion, "I'm a dandy." "Ves; bat daisies are more popular than daode lona," retorts d the tiger. J, ...,,.,,.1,.,, .rii'AillfiKh
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