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THE TtEPUBLlCAN CONVENTION.
The Republican Convention to-day bids
fair to be characterized with as positive a
depreeof harmony as the Democratic Con
vention was with the opposite quality.
The Republican harmony, it is to be feared,
will be rather of the machine order, and
will in that respect compare unfavorably
with the vigor of the Democratic minor
ity's physical protests against the slate;
but it will also be less destructive of the
order of the convention and of the mem
bers' habiliments.
The only contest of any decided magni
tude is over the nomination for Supreme
Judge. The supporters of Judge Ewing
from this county are making a vigorous
effort to secure his nomination, and at the
opening of the convention there seems to
be a fair prospect of winning the fight.
The Judge's unimpeachable record and
vigorous independence make him an ideal
candidate for that lofty position, and it is
as creditable to Allegheny to be in the
field with such a name as it will be to the
party at large to take him as the candi
date for the leading State position in the
coming campaign.
One example set by the Democratic
Convention should be carefully avoided by
the Republican body. That is the rule
that the delegates to the National Conven
tion shall vote as a unit. The unit rule
has always been a method of machine
politics, and in the Republican National
Convention its enforcement over the dele
gation of this State could only be needed
for questionable purposes. The State
Convention should steer clear of any such
mistake.
JINGO CHARACTERISTICS.
The similarity of the characteristics of
the Jingo element on both sides of the
ocean is shown by the remarks of some
Tory organs on the settlement of the dis
pute between the United States and Italy.
The London Timet and Daily Graphit af
fect to see in it "a genuine diplomatic tri
umph" for Italy and "Blaine's latest sur
render." The fact is that the payment of
a sum for the pecuniary relief of the fami
lies of Italian subjects killed at New Or
leans was distinctly conceded in Mr.
Blaine's communications with the Italian
Minister last April. There were some
phases of the Italian dispute more es
pecially the attempts of our own Jingoes
to fan the war spirit which were improp
er and inconsistent But the payment of
the very small um which settles it was
entirely in accordance with the attitude of
the State Department from the first
On the same day in which these com
ments of the English Jingoes were pub
lished, on this side an organ of
the American Jingo stripe in refer
ring to our relations with Chile alluded to
the final satisfactory and complete apology
of Chile. It showed the same inability as
its English prototypes to state the facts
fairly. It happens to be that the expres
sions of regret for the Valparaiso riot, the
disavowal of the acts of the rioters, and
the assurances of efforts to punish the
leaders, contained in the so-called "com
plete apology," were repetitions of what
had been conveyed to our Government in
the Chilean communications long before
the President sent that famous message
to Congress. All of which shows that
while the skies may be changed the char
acteristics of the Jingo mind are just the
same, no matter on which side of the
ocean he may be found.
FREEDOM OP CONTRACT.
A recent decision of the Illinois
Supreme Court declares the "truck law"
of that State to be unconstitutional. This
name is an equivalent for the t "store
order" law of this State. The decision is
on the same basis as the similar decision
of our own Supreme Court, namely, that
it is an interference wUh the freedom of
contract The basis or the Illinois ruling
is that it is class legislation abrogating the
right of contract Says the Court: "If
there is a capacity to contract for the pay
ment of wages in money, why is there not
capacity to contract for their payment in
something else?"
This is the authoritative judicial view;
and yet, with due deference to the ele
vated tribunals declaring it, it is possible
to suggest that they have not taken in the
whole range of the question. The right
of declaring Invalid contracts against pub
lic policy is an old one at common law,
and only a little less indisputable is the
principle that the first essential of a valid
contract is its mutuality. Apart from the
fact that in these contracts the advantage
is all on one side, if the Legislature finds
that the result of contracts for payment of
wages in merchandise is to impoverish
labor, why has not the Legislature the
right to declare such contracts contrary to
public policy? The courts seem to deny
that power to the law-makers simply be
cause the injurious nature of these con
tracts has not heretofore been recognized,
which is a rather short-sighted effort of
reasoning on the judicial part
Nevertheless, the Illinois decision con
veys a suggestion to the sufferers from tho
store order system. It thinks that a con
tract to pay in goods is just as competent
as a contract to pay in money. Very well
A contract to pay in money sets forth that
in return for so much labor a stated
amount and quality of money is to be
paid. Let the laborer, when he 'is next
called upon to agree to take pay in goods
stipulate the amount and quality of goods,
he is to receive for a stated amount of
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work; and the equities cf the case entitle
him to demand that the Roods shall be
rated at wholesale prices. This will make
the issue very clear. We could hardly
imagine a strike that would command
more universal public sympathy than one
to insist on wafes,being paid either in
money or a stipulated amount of goods at
wholesale prices.
THE OTHER SIDE OF IT.
The suggestion in Monday's Dispatch
that there maybe more than one story
with regard to the "rustlers" who have
been represented as organized cattle
thieves is fully corroborated by an article
in the Philadelphia Press based on state
ments from a member of the "Western
Cattle Association.
The men classed by the great stock
owners with whom they are at war as
rustlers are largely small ranche-owners,
having herds of a few score head of cattle
each. There may be those among them
not scrupulous as to the means of increas
ing their herds, as the habit of gobbling
"mavericks" or unbranded cattle was
taught .to them by the settled policy of
the great cattle-raisers In the past The
disposition of the "mavericks" seems to
be at the bottom of the whole difficulty.
Originally the rule was that the flotsam
and jetsam of the plains belonged to the
first person who found and branded them.
But recently the rule has been changed,
and it is hardly too much to say that the
changes show a settled disposition to sub
ject the small ranchers to vital disad
vantages. Indeed, these regulations, whether stat
utory or simply edicts of the stock associ
ation, proceed on the assumption recently
reflected In the telegraphic reports that all
the small settlers are thieves. All maver
icks must be sold at auction under regula
tions which exclude the small men from
their purchase. The stock association
made out a blacklist of all cowboys own
ing small ranches or brands, and by ex
cluding them from employment placed a
stimulus on the occupation of hunting up
stray unbranded cattle and branding
them.
Finally, an extremely high-handed rule
of the stock association enacted that when
a small rancher shipped cattle to market
the proceeds of the sale were withheld
until he could prove ownership of each
individual head. The only competent
proof tbeing a bill of sale from a large
stock-owner, this utterly excluded the
sale by the small ranchers of stock they
had honestly raised; and, as no such regu
lation was enforced against the large
stock-raisers, it amounted to practical
confiscation. From Johnson county, where
this trouble began, over $25,000 was with
held in this way, and the Johnson county
ranchers in return held a roundup of their
own, in which undoubtedly they took care
to secure enough cattle to compensate for
their loss. This was the "cattle raid"
represented by the other side as an
organized robbery. It was responded
to by the latter with the expedition to visit
lynch law on the small ranchers. The
result of that lawlessness was that after
one or two murders the forces of the
cattle-barons were surrounded and they
are now in peril of being 13-nched.
This gives a much clearer view of the
outbreak than has previously been given
to the East It shows lawlessness on both
sides, introduced by the early methods of
the great cattle-owners and aggravated by
the determined efforts to drive out the
small ranche-owners whose presence is
inconvenient to the owners of the great
herds. It presents the example of laws
passed in the interest of the richer class
failing of enforcement, and after that the
resort to violence to punish private inju.
ries. Unless these statements are disproved
the large ranche-owners cannot maintain
their claim to be the sole defenders of law
or even of honesty.
THE MODUS RATIFIED.
In response to the President's request
the Senate has achieved a rapidity of
action which is worthy of more frequent
adoption. The ratification of the Con
vention arranging a modus Vivendi for
Bering Sea, pending the arbitration of
matters under discussion between Amer
ica and England, was the only course to
be followed. The speed with which it
was accomplished is highly satisfactory.
As to the articles contained in the treaty,
whereby either party agrees to compen
sate the other for losses according to the
verdict of the arbitrators, they are simply
in keeping with the principle implied in
submitting the matter to arbitration at
all. The disputants who consent to have
their claims adjudged cannot well shirk
the responsibility for losses involved by
the enforcement of such claims if the ar
bitrators decide against them. The whole
matter may now be regarded as out of
the hands of diplomatists and under the
control of the arbitrators. It is to be
hoped that the latter will bo able to
emulate the rate of speed adopted by the
United States Senate.
THE CHICAGO PLAN.
The Chicagoans who are pressing the
"World's Fair appropriation are in need of
a little advice as to the value of a slight
admixture of modesty in their demands.
One of them, in response to the intima
tion that Congress might be favorably dis
posed to furnish the large sum asked for
as a loan, declared that it would he re
fused in that form, as to borrow from the
Government "would take away the na
tional character of the Exposition."
This is an exhibition of Chicago cheek
which in itself calls for preservation a3
ono of the unique results of the discovery
of America. The Philadelphia Centen
nial was aided by the Government with a
loan which never damaged tho national
character of that enterprise. It is true
that Philadelphia tried to beg out of re
paying the money; but that is a liberty of
which, by the record already made, we
can expect Chicago to avail herself
of to the utmost 'At present the atti
tude of the Chicago people toward tho
national treasury is based on the conviction
that the more unbounded their demands
on the national funds the larger percent
age they are likely to realize.
It is a matter of national credit that the
Exposition must be carried through to suc
cess. But the course of the Chicago peo
ple in that will not increase tbe credit of
that city.
A rousing welcome home is proposed,
for Egan. The Administration needed too
much rousing before arranging for his re
turn. If the saloon business in Harrisburg does
not turn out millionaires, with two State
Conventions in less than two weeks, a Legis
lature every two years, and many minor po
litical gatherings, tho failure cannot be
charged to absence of encouragement.
It is to be hoped that the Congressional
Record will .turn over a new leaf now that
thej,'leave to print" has been restricted.
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The majority of the committee which
has been investigating Judge Maynard's
actions has indorsed his honesty and up
rightness. Diogenes would have had little
trouble in flndlnjr an honest man lr he had
used a standard of that kind.
New York saloons should hang out a
sign on Sundays, bearing tbe legend, "The
front of this house is at the side."
A grasshopper plague is prophesied
for the West during tlje coming summer. If
the chirruping junipers have any intention
of visiting Chicago they trill be wise to ar
range their schedule so as to miss tne Dem
ocratic Convention.
England will continue to have railroad
scandals as long as the isolated compart
ment system is in vogue.
The construction of one new cruiser has
been authorized by the House. If such lib
erality be considered sufficient, the solitary
vessel will have even a larger order to fli I
than that of the widow's miraculous cruise
of old.
The ring is out of place in matters of
government and should be reserved for
private contracts only.
It is even more ridiculous to make the
Allegheny Librarian's position dependent on
factional politics than to allow the tenure of
Federal offices to be ended for anything but
dishonesty or inefficiency.
Hill's greatest virtue is his activity, his
greatest vice the petty.way in which ha ex
ercises it.
It appears that there is a limit to the law
lessness permissible even in a new mining
town. Two desperadoes who made too free
a use of their guns have been driven out of
Creede.
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Philanthropy; now demands the cul
ture of a species of shad that shall be bone
less. Historical exhibits will have their
place and be interesting at the World's Fair,
but it is our industries that must make a
proper display as a matter of necessity.
There is no report of bloodshed or
weuoons drawn at Harrisburg yesterday.
Residents of Pittsburg who have been
spending the winter elsewhere will soon
have to return to prepare for their departure
for the summer.
Free lead carried more weight in the
Louisiana election than did Free Silver.
The Kfceley cure is to be introduced into
England. They need it there and its adop
tion should lessen inclination to interna
tional friction.
Hill's strength means the weakness of
the Democratic party.
"A ChInaman can divorce his wife if
she talks too much to suit him." Surely this
goes far to fit him for citizenship in South
Dakpta.
EECIPE0CITT HOI A SHAM.
Stubborn Pacts Which Its Enemies Will
First Have to Combat Effectively.
Cleveland Leader.
Republican: "sham reciprocity," which has
been denounced by Democratic orators in
and out of Congress, Is bound to bear rich
fruit in spite of lying Bourbon free traders.
Between tbe 1st of January and the 1st of
March, 1891, the imports of flour at Havana,
Cuba, amounted to 2,008 bags, 6,753 bags or
which came from the United States and
S6.255 from Eurone. Between January 1,
1833, when the reciprocity treaty went into
effect, and tbe 1st of March. 1892, tbe imports
were 83,603 bags, all but 160 bags of which
came from the United States.
This means an increase of about 1,401 per
cent for us. and a decrease of nearly 100 per
cent for Europe. In fact, European flour
has almost been driven from tho Cuban mar
ket by tho increased shipments from tho
United States. These are stubborn facts,
and the Democratic enemies of reciprocity
will have Jiardwoilc to convince the lartn
ers or America that it is a fraud or a sbam.
Reciprocity will grow as an issue in the
coming campaign, and the Republicans will
make no mistako if they keep it at the front'
PB0F. SMITH'S CASE STATES OFF.
A Committee or the Cincinnati Presbytery
TTill Report Against Him.
Ciscisitati, April 19. The Cincinnati Pres
bytery at Avoudale had in reserve a report
against Rev. Henry P. Smith, who occupies
the chair of Hebrew in Lane Seminary,
cbarging that he accepts the teachings of
Dr. Briggs, of Union Seminary. When the
Chairman, Dr. Leonard, announced the re
port, he asked nostponeinent until to
morrow. Dr. McKibbin demanded its read
ing at once, but was willing to postpone
consideration irnecessarv.
The venerable Dr. Maxwell, President of
tho Board or Trustees of Lane Seminarv,
begged for delay. Said be: "Prof. Smith's
son is now on his deatli bed, and tlio fattier
cannot be here. Let us not cast this shadow
iu the gloom of that household." An effort
to hear the report in executive session
failed, and the reading was postponed until
to-morrow.
SCOICH-IBISH TO MEET.
Their National Congress to He Hold in the
New Capitol at Atlanta,
Atlasta, April 19. The fourth annual
Congress of tho Scotch-Irish Society of
America will convene in Atlanta, Aprils,
and remain iu sesion three days. The At
lanta Scotch-Irish Society is making great
preparations fr tho event. The Congress
will bold its sessions in tun beautiful new
Capitol of Georgia, and a welcome address
In behalf of tho Slato Mill be delivered by
Governor W. J. Northern.
President Harrison, ex-President Cleve
land, Secretarv Blaine, Governor McKinley,
ex-Governor Campbell, Governor Buchanan
and many other distinguished people nave
beeu invited.
Pittsburg's Remarkable Growth.
Ohio Press. Steuben vllle.
Pittsburg has been favored with a new
postofflce building that cost the Government
$1,000,000, now oompleted. The receipt and
delivery of. mail matter, that city, is very
large. Postmaster McKean's report shows
that the gross receipts, that office, for tbe
year ending March 31, were $509,963 20. So
the Pittsburg postofflce, after July I, is to
be entered in the flrst-class postofflce grade,
along with New York, Philadelphia, Boston,
Brooklyn, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Chicago,
St. Louis and San Francisco. Pittsburg is
booming in many other respects probably
no other city irf the country is progressing
more rapidly than the "Iron City."
FAYORITES OP FORTUKE.
The Queen of Portugal invariably sits by
ner nusDana wuue ne uoesau nis work.
" The poet Burns spelled his name Burness
(his family name) until the publication of
his poems in 1786.
Mb. Eidzr HAGGARD thinks Egypt the
most interesting and the least explored
country in the world.
Mb. Austin Lee, Secretary of ' the Brit
ish Lega'tion at Palis, is engaged to murry
Mrs. De, Wolf Taylor, an American lady.
The Grand DukePaul of Russia is so tall
that he is obliged to carry his bed with him,
as he cannot And one at any hotel long
enough to hold all of him.
Me. Charles Emory Smith, the
American Minister at St. Petersburg, accom
panied by his wife, has started 'for America
and will probably not return to Russia.
The Archbishop of Canterbury will read
no letters on Sunday. For 30 years. It is
sald.llls Grace has refused to allow any Sun
day delivery to .bo made at his country resi
dence. The entire Astor family is to be reunited
abroad soon nnd will remain a year. J.
Coleman Dravton will bo in the party, but
Mr. Borrowe will probably be out of shoot
ing distance, t
Caul Schubz promises to pay off old
(.cores against his enemies'ln his new book
soon to be issued. Mr. Schurz is bound to
get even with the politicians who nipped
bis ambition in the bud.
Bobert Louis Stevenson, the novel
ist, has gained an influence over tbe'natiyes
almost equal to that possessed by Mnlietoa,
and is trying to induce them to wear cloth
ing and to abandon tribal fighting.
OF NATIONAL INTEREST.
An Important Decision by the Inter-State
Commerce Commission The Long and
Short Clause Analyzed The Sliver Vote
"With Hill In It.
"Washington, April 19. The Inter
State Commerce Commission to-day, In an
opinion by Commissioner Veazey,announood
its decision of the case -of E. M. Ea worth
against the Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pany, tho Union Pacific Hallway Company
and others in favor of the complainant.
The case Involves tbe question of greater
rates on sugar in car loads from San Francis
co to Fargo than for the longer distance
over tbe same line to St. Paul. The Com
mission rules as follows: Carriers alleging
Justification of a departnre from the "long
and short haul" rule of the statute, must in
their answers to complaints clearly advise
complainants of the facts and circumstances
relied on as constituting such Justification.
Thero is no competition by rail over the Ca
nadian Pacific Railway or by water around
Cape Horn, that Justifies a departure from
the "long and short haul" rule of the stat
ute in the transportation of refined sugar
from San Fraucisco to Fargo and through
Fargo to St. Paul.
Tbe "long and short haul rulo" of the
statute was intended to maintain and pro
mote and not to destroy or neutralize
natural commercial advantages resulting
from location and competition at St. Paul
with sugar from the East refined in New
York, although necessitating the prevailing
low rates to St. Paul on sngar lrom
tbe West refined at San Francisco
does not justify the greater charge 011 the
latter to Fargo than to St. Paul.
Section 2 of the "Act to regulate com
merce" forbidding nnjnst discrimination
applies even in cases where a departure
from the "long .and short haul" rule of the
statute is shown to bo authorized, and the
right, if established, of making the greater
charge for the shorter haul, does not justify
a disparity in rates so great as to result in
unjust discrimination. Tbe faot that the
rates to tbe longer distance point cannot be
raised without a loss of the traffic involved,
and that the rates to both the long distance
point and the short distance point are not
unreasonable in themselves, do not Justify a
disparity in such rates resulting in unjust
discrimination against tke shorter distance
point. The Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pany is not exempt under its charter from
the authority to regulate rates conferred on
tbe Commission by the act to regulate com
merce.
The vote in the Senate to-day on the
Kyle amendment to the Arizona funding Dill
was not anticipated by many Senators. Tbe
result has been freely discussed on the floor
since its announcement. Many of tbe gold
men insist that the vote was not a square
test of the sentiment of the Senators on tbe
silver question, but the silver men claim a
decided victory. Probably tho truth is to he
found In the mean which is that the Senate
stands recorded as opposed to any reaction
ary legislation favoring gold at the expense
or silver. The Senators who opposed the
Kyle amendment hold tbat they were voting
to allow the Territory to. manage its own
affairs. The silver Senators assert that they
lost several votes because of that belief, and
that they are really stronger than appeared
Irom the vote, as shown by tbe fact that
Messrs. Palmer and Paddock dlsclaimedany
understanding that tbe silver question was
involved. But tho feature or the vote was
tne attitude or Mr. Hill, and the silver men
were much pleased to see him recorded on
their side, especially as he had refrained
from responding on the first vote, when
there was no quorum. Mr. Gorman, who was
present without an announced parr, did not
vote.
The House Committee on Foreign Af
fairs to-day took action looking to a further
enlargement of the reoiprooity policy re
cently entered upon on an extensive scale
by the United States. This time Mexico is
tbe country with whom it la proposed to
enter into closer commercial relations. The
committee' recommendation is accom
panied by a joint resolution and an interest
ing report in which is exhibited the benefits
to result to each country Irom reciprocal
trade relations in certain commidities. The
resolution, tho passage of which the com
mittee recommends, provides for a Joint
leeiproclty commission on the part of
Mexico and of the United States. It re
quests the President to invite tho Govern
ment of Mexico to designate three commis
sioners 'who shall -meet a like number of
commissioners to do designated by tho
President nndnezotiate a treaty' whereDy
greater reciprocity in the commercial rela
tions between Mexico and the United States
shall be established. .The President is not
to appotnt the commissioners on tbe'part ot
the United States until Mexico shall have
signified her willingness to enter into such a
treaty and has appointed .commissioners.
The renort says: "If. instead of discrimi
nating duties, unrestricted leclprocltv pre
vailed between this country and Mexico
there can be no doubt that the exercise of
a little enterprise on the part of our manu
facturers and our producers of food, would
soon give them almost absolute conttol of
Mexican markets." The report suggests
that a concession on our part, which would
probably be of mutual advantage, would be
tho removal of the duty upon lead ores im
posed by our present tariff laws. Another
concession it says which might well be made
by this country to Mexico is the admission
of wool free of duty.
In anticipation of the passage by the
House of the river and harbor bill, Senator
Squire has been strenuously urging upon
the Senate Committee on Commerce the
necessity for speedy action upon the bill
to appropriate $500,000 to begin the con
struction of the canal (which is ultimately
to cost $2,500,000) to connect the waters of
Lake Union and Lake Washington with
Puget Sound. Action upon this project lost
vear was prevented by tne ubsence of a
survey, bnt now that this has been secured
it 1 probable tbat the committee will report
favorably upon the bill and at the instance
of Senator Squire will incorporate it as nn
amendment to tho river and harbor bill
when that measure reaches the Senate. This
waterway will, it is stated, afford to naval
vessels a magnificent fresh water rendez
vous' basin besides open up to the markets
a large section of valuable itgriculturo coun
trv. Tbe principal objection, it is snid, has
come Irom Senator Dolph, who fears tbat
Congress cannot be induced to embark upon
another project of this magnitude without
interference with the scope of the Columbia
river improvements, but Senator Squire
feels that he has secured the favor of a
majority or the Committee on Commerce for
his protect. '
Ex-Govebnok Porter, of Indiana
United States Minister to Italy, had a long
conference with Secretary Blaine at the
State Department this morning preparatory
to his return to his post at Rome. The State
Department has received no official infor
mation of the appointment of an Italian
Minister to tne United States. Minister
Porter subsequently had nn Interview with
the President .at the White House. He left
for New York this evening and will sail Sat
urday for .Europe.
The President- to-day sent to the Senate
the name of Colonel Frank Whcaton to be
promoted to Brigadier General. Colonel
Wheaton'is of the Second United States In
fantry, with headquarters at Omaha. When
bis nomination is connrmea ne win do as
signed to Vancouver Barracks, the head
quarters of the Department of Columbia.
The War, Department is informed of a
slight revival or the Garza insurrectionary
movement in Texas and tbat troops have
gone to the scene of the latest outbreak.
Quartermaster General Batchel
deb has ordered tbe depot quartermaster nt
St. Louis to send 400 tents to the Mayor or
Columbus, Miss, lor the benefit or flood
sufferers.
It- is probable tbat a majority and minority
report will soon be made to the House on
the resolution proposing an investigation of
the Plnkerton system. Tho majority report
will be -an adverse one, but the resolution
will go the calendar and tho Alliance mem
bers will strive to get it before the House as
soon 'as possible.
The fast mail from tbe Bast, which now
reaches Denver at 6r. x., will, from tho 24th
Inst, reach Denver at 7:10 a. k.,' practically a
gain of one day through a large portion of
Colorado nnd parts of Nebraska. The new
schedule will also advance the Trans-Continental
mails for the Pacific slope from two
to four hours.
Commissioner Baum to-day called the
attention of Secretary Noble to tbe great
amount' of work imposed up8n bis office by
Congressional correspondence and in tbe
Handling or Congressional call slips. Secre
tary Noble in bis reply directs that claim
ants or their attorneys shall be advised of
the status of their claims direct and tbat
claimants on Congressional call slips shall
receive the same treatment.
TALUAQBS C0MPB0MISE.
Bow He Would Solve the World' Fair San-
day Question. ;
CHiCAGO,April 19. Rev. T.De Witt Talmage
lectured in tbe Auditorium last evening.
His subject was, "From tho Garden of Eden
to Our World's Fair," and tiy request he re
ferred in his lecture to the Sunday opening
question, and said:
I have been asked by tho Press Club.under
whose auspices I have the honor to deliver
this lecture, to say what I think about the
opening of the World's Fair on Sunday. My
programme for the World'sFalr differs from
any I have seen, and I know enough of Chi
cago to know.that I may give my independ
ent view on this subject.
I -have three or four things to say.on this
subject. First: Stop this fight! or it will
damage your Fair beyond all estimate. If
you aro going to open this Fair with a
Waterloo, there will be antagonisms
aroused as wide as the continent, and from
the opening to the close there will be acerb
ities and bitterness and outrages of speech
and type that will be lamentable and de
structive. Stop this fight? Bnt how will
you stop it? By a compromise sucb as I will
propose.
There are two things yon nnd I cannot
afford to say, either directly nr indirectly.
The first thing we cannot afford to say Is,
"It makes no difference whether the work
ing people see the Fair or not. Let them
work from Monday morning to Satnrday
night and read abont It In the newspapers,
or let them tako a few days off for this sight
seeing and surrender "their wages for the
time they are off." My hearers, the working
?eople cannot afford to lose their wages
he most of them, with all the wages they
get, have a fearful struggle to supDort them
selves and tbeir families. And to have such
a stupendous glory in Chicago, and the
working people no opportunity of seeing It,
would be the disgrace of the centurv, and it
would be more advantage to Chicago to have
the Fair In Kamchatka or Timbuctoo. An
other thing we cannot -afford to 5ay: "The
churches are made up of a lot of Puritanic,
straight-laced people, with a large inter
spersing of hypocrites, and what they say
about Sunday opening or closing is of no im
portance. Let them go into the churches on
the Sundays while the Fair is open and do
as they please and we will do as we please."
My compromise is this: Split all your Sat
urdays while the World's Fair is here into
two parts. When the clock strikes 12, Satur
day noon, let every store, shop, factory and
business place in Cnicago quit work. Let
every hammer drop, every yardstick be put
aside, and every wheel of bard work cease
its revolution, and turn the faces of all the
hardworking people within 50 miles or Chi
cago toward the World's Fair. Let it be by
common consent understood that all those
persons who are matter or their own time
and can come and go when they will, keep
off the crouuds that afternoon and evening.
From 12 o'clock Saturday noon til M0 o'clock
Saturday night. Jet the World's Fair be
taken possession of by those who caunot go
at any other time.
Then, make tbe Sundays the chief days of
all the Fair for great moral and reformatory
exhibits. Have all your auditoriums and
churches open three times on a Sunday to
discuss the great questions in which all no
tions are interested. Close up tho secular
exhibits. Stop all the wheels tbat aremoved
by electricity and steam and set in motion
the mightier wheels that can be seen by the
whole earth the wheels of moral improve
ment. If you moral and intelligent citizens
let the people who have no regard for
morals have it their own way they will make
each Sunday a commercial as well asa moral
damage. Each Sunday will be like 50 Fourths
of July dumped into one, and drunkenness
and all forms of evil will take possession of
this fair city, and, as moral and financial in
terests are so closely allied, Chicago, at the
close of the Fair, instead of being a quarter
or a century mrtlier on, as it may De, ana we
expect it will be, Chicago will be put back 25
years, and you will wish that the World's
Fair were at the bottomor the sea, 1,600 miles
from each continent.
NAMED FOR THE BEXCIL
There are a nnmber of aspirants for these
places and prediction would be premature.
The Republicans of Blair county are hope
ful that Judge Dean will have a place on tho
ticket. AUoona Tribune.-
Tan latest indications are that the conven
tion, which will meet on Wednesday, will
choose either Judge Dean or Judge Sadler,
of Cumberland county, tbe chances between
them being about even. AUoona Times.
No man living can tell who will be named
for Supreme Judge or Congressman at
large, or even for delegates at large to tho
National Convention. There is not even a
slate to smash, for the reason that none has
been or could bo arranged. Xorristcnon. Her
ald.
The interest in the affair in this end of tho
State centers in the Supreme Judgeship, be
cause Judge Henderson Is a candidate. Bnt
Judge Honderson will not be nominated. He
Is already betrayed in the house of his
friends. The machine neverreally.intcnded
to nominate him Carry Flyer.
On the surface of things Judge Dean ap
pears to be ahead, with judge White a good
secoud. It was being argued lor both of
these that the eastern end of the State has
already more than her share of the Supreme
bench Judgos, and this will probably oblit
erate Judge Sadler's chances. Wiikesbarre
Record.
Without prejudice to the high standing
and professional ability of any of tbe other
gentlemen whose names will bo placed be
fore the Republican convention for the Su
preme Judgeship, the Dispatch undertakes
to say that no mistake will be mado in put
ting Judge Henderson upon the ticket as
the party's candidate for that office. Erie
Dispatch.
DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE.
Cbarle J. Klein, aillfbrd, Pa.
Charles J. Klein, who died at Milford,
Pa. Sunday, had a remarkable career. He was
born in Punltz. Russian Poland, of German par
entage, on November 13, 1812. His father, who was
a wealthy tradesman, gave him a university edu
cation. In cany manhood he married and became
a distiller rnd hotel keeper at Fraustadt. Prussia.
He took a prominent part in the revolutionary
movements in Germany In 1843, and Ids property
was seized and confiscated by the Government and
lie was compelled to fly from the country in dis
guise. He escaped to England, and from thence to
Iiew York, where he found employment as a music
teacher. He was joined by his family In 1851, and
soon after rjurchancd the Brink Pond farm nronertv
Lin Pike county. Pa., and resided there until 1836,
wnen ue rcmoveu to juuioru ami look up ills resi
dence with bis son, T. R. J. Klein.
Roiwell Smith, the Century Publisher.
Boswell Smith, the President of the
Century Publishing Company, died yesterday
morning atbU home in New York. Mr. Smith had
been HI for the past three years of chronic llrlght's
disease, and during that time has had three para
lytic strokes, the last of these occurring at the
Century office last winter. For the past month he
has been -unconscious and Monday evening his
physician gave np all hope of his recovery.
Herr Damm, Aeronaut.
Herr Damm, the famous German aeronaut,
died Monday In Berlin. He had a world-wide rep
utation, and has frequently made ascents In the
United States. During the Franco-Prussian War
Damm obtained from the Prussians the balloon In
which Gambetta escaped from Paris to Tours, and
which was turned adrift as soon as Gambetta had
effected his purpose. With this he performed
many experiments, and made some of his most dar
ing voyages. r
Captain Marshal Hays.
The funeral of Captain Marshal HaySj
who died at Rochester, Pa., will take place to
day from his late residence. Captain Hays was one
of the best known pilots on tne Ohio river. Ills
life on the river extended orer more than SO years,
and during that time he was captain ana part owner
or several boats, among them being the J. W.Hall
man and tbe Hastings. lie was a jnau or Integrity,
and conscientious to the extreme.
Obituary Notes.
Joib? Botle. aged 68, one ofBraddock's oldest
citizens, .died jesterdar.
Sekor Santiago McKary, Secretary to the Na
tional Government for Panama, died Monday at
Cborera, a summer resort.
Katharine Hems, the 10-year-old daughter of
Patrolman Adain Helms, died yesterday at her
father's home In Spring alley.
Henhi DE Kock. the French playwright and
novelist. Is dead, lie was born la Paris In 1321,
and was a son of the great novelist, Paul de Kock.
Matthew G. Elliott, former President of tho
Tradesmen's N atlonal Bank of New Haven, is dead
at the age or 8?. He was President or the New
Haven and New London Railroad in 1851 resign
ing In 1333 to become President or the Tradesmen's
Bank.
FiHEPRicu Maktix Rodesstedt. the well
known German writer, died yesterday In Berlin.
Among his more prominent works are "Tho Peo
ple or the Caucasus and Their Wars or Independ
ence Against Russia:" "Thousand and One Jour
neys in the Orleut " and a drama, "Demetrius."
Egbert C. Howes, the veteran circus proprie
tor, died In Brewster. N. Y., last week atthtage
of 65. He was one of the sons of Nathan Howes,
who was among the first of American circus own
ers. Egbert Howes and a younger brother sent out
the Great London Circus In 1371. Afterward it
conioUdated with ttie Barnum show.
EASTER WEDDINGS.
Several Pretty Ceremonies Tbat Took Flaes
Last Evening Dinner at Old City Hall
David Garrlcfc at Masonic Hall, Alle
gheny dossip of Society.
The marriage ot Hiss Kan Clarke Hodge
to Mr. William J. McCance was solemnized
last evening, at 6 o'clock, at the residence of
tho bride's parents, Dallas. Rev. R. M. Rus
sell, assisted by Rev. W. J. Robinson, officia
ted. Dr. Joe McCance and Mr. Pressley Mc
Cance supported the bridegroom, bnt there
were no bridemaids. Tbe bride wore a
white silk gown, of girlish mode, and carried
lllles-of-the-valley. The wedding was a very
?niet one, only the relatives and very near
riends being present. Altogether there
were not more than 100 guests. After sup
per the young couple left for a two-weeks'
Eastern trip. When tbey return they will
live in a beautiful new house in Edgewood,
bujlt expressly for them, and fnrnished in
the most tastefnl way. The bridegroom Is a
grandson of the late J. T. Pressley, a well
known Presbyterian minister of Allegheny
City. Both the voung people are popular in
Allegheny and Pittsburg society.
One of the prettiest weddings of the
spring was that of Miss Elizabeth Mary
Thurston and Mr. Lewis Buckley Stillwell
at Calvary Episcopal Church last evening
at 8 JO. It was what is known as a "white
wedding." The decorations of the church
and tbe dresses of the bride and bridemaids
were all pure white. The flowers carried by
the participants and guests were white,
and tbe borne of the bride's parents, on
Sheridan avenue, was a mass of fragrant
white spring blossoms. Tbe wedding party
made its appearance promptly and walked
np the aisle, to tbe Inspiring strains of a
wedding march. Then Rev. George
Hodges pronounced tho fateful words, and
the twain were one flesh. The bride wore a
white silk gown trimmed with Duchesse
lace, and carried a white Ivory prayer book,
thus carrying out the charming idea of tbe
"white" wedding to the smallest details.
The bridemaids were Miss Alice T. and Miss
Georgie Thurston, sisters of the bride, who
were dressed in white shadow grenadine.
and carried white flowers. Tb6 best man
was Mr. Fred Stillwell, of Scranton. The
ushers were Messrs. Gray, Frank Stewart
Smith, Henry L. Barton, Daniel Murray,
Philip" Barton, Lewis Grammer and F. Du
pont Thompson. After a reception at the
bride's late homo, Mr. nnd Mrs. Stillwell left
iora court nat win last as long ns tney ieei
inclined to stay away, no definite route hav
ing been laid out or plan made for the dura
tion of the journey.
Yesterday the "Women's Belief Corps
took charge of the Grand Army Fair at Old
City Hall. Dinner was served, and there
was a large patronage, drawn from all
classes of citizens. The ladies had reason
to be satisfied, for snrely never were viands
eaten with greater apparent satisfaction
than in Old City Hall yesterday. The re
mains of the dinner had hardly been cleared
away when it became necessary to prepare
far snpper. Here again the appreciation of
the arrangements was shown by a large
num'oerof patrons. The price of 'he meals
yesterday was 50 ceuts. but it has been
deemed advisable to make a change in the
tariff; so to-day and for the rest of the week
the admission fee to the ball will be 1 cents,
and a. meal will cost 25 cents ndd1"0"1"
This is in deference to tho objections or
some of the friends of the Grand Army '
wish to take their meals in the hnl1 ""3
week, but who do not care to pay 50 cents
for each meal.
The entertainment last night consistd r
readings and mulc. interspersed with
addresses by comrades of tho G. A. B. There
were selections by the band of Post 3, and a
great deal of that social good will that is so
characteristic of old soldiers and their
friends. There aro a number of unique
features of the fair tbat are enjoyed by
thoso who have been visiting the hall.
Worics of art are shown in one apartment.
the articles having been lent to the ladles
for this affair, while in another is a collec
tion of interesting war relics. Altogether
there is much to interest and amuse, and no
one can como away without feeling that his
time has been profitably as well as pleas
antly spent.
The list of committees and names of aids
In booths are ns follows:
Relics and Curiosities James Lewis. Post lVf.
Chairman: W. H. Lockhart. Post 83; Albert
Shafer. Post 157: D. A.Jones, Post 131; Chas.Holy
land. Post 162: W. II. GouM. Post 236.
Subsistence Committee H. F. Ames. Post IK.
Chairman: G. S. Woods. Pot 480: J. C. Hill. Post
MS: S. W. Hill. Post 3: Mr. Gillespie. Post ISO.
Printing Commlttce-J. B. Eaton, Post 3: Mrs.
Maggie J. Slas. Mrs. Metx.
Press Committee H. H. Bengough. O. D. Stew
art. Marr A. Wallace.
Committee nn Tickets Comrade Armlger, Post
153: M. S. S. Ross. Davis Camp. S. of V.
Entertainment Committee Joseph sterk. Camp
33: W. J. Patterson, Camp 2: Comrades J. B. Eaton
and O. 3n Head.
Building Committee Comrades Durall and Pow
ell, or Post 151.
Ice. Cream Booth 511m Llizle McGulre. Chair
man: Misses Birdie Duffy. Lillle Ilarmonv. Alice
and 3IagalR MriilresiKatIe Harmonv. J,oa Leslie.
Miss Taylor. Mamie Russell, Katie Wilhclm. Katie
Mackay and Miss Hare.
Fancv Work Booth Mrs. Coleman. Chairman;
Mrs. -Anna Galbralth. 3Irs. Anna Goldlng." Mr.
Elizabeth Hunter. Mrs. Pbauensmltb. Mrs. Wll
helm. Mrs. Smiley.
Common Sense Booth Mrs. Nan Y. Leslie,
Chairman: Mrs. EnseL Mrs. Glllesnle.
Fruit and Confectionery Booth Miss Maggie E.
Fleming. Chairman: 3Iisscs Wallace, bias and
Davis and "Messrs. Darkness and Poersiel. of
uamp A sons oi veterans.
Art Loan Association Misses Davis and Calla
han. Doll Booth Mrs? LIda Jones.
There was a large attendance at Masonic
Hall, Allegheny, last evening to witness tbe
performance of "David Garrick," for the
benefit of the Fresh Air Fund. When the
curtain went up on the first scene there was
some anxiety among the friends of the
yonng people in the cast as to the way in
which they would meet the demands upon
them. But all concern had disappeared be
fore the curtain fell on the first net, and
it wns conceded that a better performance
of this standard comedy had never been
given in Tittsburg. Mr. S. H. Scovcl as
David Garrick presented a very neat char
acterization. He seemed to grasp tho subtle
ties of the part from tbe first, and tho hearty
applause with which he was encouraged at
Intervals was well deserved. Miss Lucy Ha
worth as Ada was charming, and she, too,
gave a remarkably intelligent rendering of
her role. Mr. R. D. Hnworth as Squire Chivey,
Mr. Terner Scaife as Mr. Ingot, and, in fnct,
the entire cast were eqnal to their task, and
a better or smoother dramatic performance
has seldom been seen. The Fresh Air Fund
will be considerably richer as a result or the
entcrtainment,and thoso that attended have
something pleasant to think about in con
nection with last evening. It is hoped tbat
"David Garrick" will be given by the same
company again before long. The talent or
the young people is too marked to be allowed
to lie dormant for any length of time.
XHE fifth and last oLthe scries of concerts
given by tbe Allegheny Musical Association
took place in Carnegie Hall last night.
Among the soloists were Misses Carrie M.
Angell, Bertha M. Kaderly, Helen Z. Zltter
bart, and Messrs. Homer Moore and John A.
Stronss. Tbey were assisted bv a chorus of
over 100 voices and the Alpine Quartet. The
choir sang "Gallant Tronbadour." "Boat
Song" nnd "Daybreak." The entertainment
was very enjoyable, and the audience
seemed to think tbat the last concert was
among the best given by the association.
The seventh euchre party ot the season
was giren by the Linden Euchro Club last
night.
A lecture on ''The Tabernacle in the
Wilderness"' was delivered by Rev. J. J.
Allen,-of Mercer, Pa., last night. In the Re
formed Presbyterian Church. Mr. Allen il
lustrated an interesting talk with a model of
tho Tabernacle, made by himself.
An interesting wedding took place at the
Cathedral yesterdRy morning. The contract
ing parties were Miss Lillian E. Carter and
Dr. L J. Moyer, the City Physician.
Mb. John A. Eenskaw entertained a
few friends at his home on Ellsworth avenue
yesterday.
Mr. James Vorlage and Miss Jennie
Berlin, both of Blalrsvillo, were married
vesterdoy artoruoon hy Rev. Dr. Holmes, or
the Arch Street M. E. Church, at the resi
dence or the bride's sister, Mrs. Leader, No.
47 Sturgeon street, Allegheny.
Owing to the large demand for tickets
the musicale, which was to have been held
in Emmanuel Church parish building Thurs
day evening, April 21, will be held in Cyclo
rama Hall on that dnte. Tickets have been
put on sile at. the Women's Exchange, Penn
avenue, Pittsburg. Tho programme which
has been prepared contains the well-known
names of Mrs. C. L. Magec. Mrs. Oliver D.
Thompson, Mrs. John Harper, Miss Gertrude
Cosgrave, Mr. Thomas H. Dickson, Prof. G.
B. Broadberry and many others, and a treat
may be looked for by tbe music lovers of
the two cities. Mr. G. P. Luther has kindly
donated the use of. his large dining room,
where the young ladies of the chnroh will
serve ice cream, lemonade, cake and candy.
The one hundred and seventy-fifth re
ception of the Pittsburg Art Society will be
'held at the Academy of Science Friday
afternoon at3o'docK. xwo otner receptions
will follow on next Monday afternoon and
Thursday evening. The three receptions
are to be lecture recitals on Wagner's
comedy opera, "Die Melstersinger hy Mrs.
Constance Howard, of New York.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
The Gulf of Mexico has risen over on
foot since 1S3L
The average life of a tradesman is abont
two-thirds that of a farmer.
The theaters in Melbourne are almost
all equipped with billiard rooms.
Three hnndred and thirteen places are
licensed for stage plays in the Kingdom.
To be perfectly proportioned, a man
should weigh 28 pounds for every foot of Ills
height.
In Finland the women coniider a kiss
on the lips as tbe greatest insult, even from
their own husbands.
It is calculated that the aggregate an
nual Income of the working classes or Eng
land is about $1,500,000,000.
It is estimated that fully two-thirds of
tho whole amount of pnbllc money neld by
the London banks doe's not bear interest.
The greatest candle power In any ono
light used In a lighthouse is at Houstholm,
in Denmark, where the light is 2,000,000 candle
power.
Fulmodestone, Norfolk, which has 333
inhabitants, must be a healthy spot, for wo
find tbat In 1891 there was not a single'deatu
In the parish.
An angel's beanty is ideal. . Should an
anatomist draw one with the muscles neces
sary to move both arms and wings, we
should see a queer figure.
The world consumes more than 60,000
tons of cotton seed oil annually. It is
largely used in hotels and restaurants as a
substitute for salad dressing and for frying '
flsb.
Some of the African tribes pall their
lingers till the joints "crack" as a form of
salutation, and one tribe has the curious
fashion of showing friendship by standing
hack to back.
Earth worms six feet long are fonnd in
Gippsland, Victoria. Tfiey live in burrows
on the sloping side3 of creeks, and are tho
largest variety fonnd in the world. It must
be a burly bird which picks up the worm in
Gippsland.
A gentleman in Ireland recently, on
cutting open a potatoat dinner, found in the
center a hair sovereign, around which the
vegetable bad crown. Though discolored.
It was in a good slate of preservation, and is
now a pretty ornament to a watch chain.
A high degree of magnifying power is
now obtained by replacing the eyepiece of a
microscope with a fecond microscopo of
comparatively low magnifying power. The
separation and definition! of the instrument
are not Impaired.
In the Kingdom of Poland there, was
formerly a law, according to which any per
son fonnd gnilty of slander was compelled
to walk on all fours through the streets of
the town where he lived, accompanied by
the beadle, as a sign that he was unworthy
of the name of man.
Everyone may not know that the Bank
of England notes are made from new white
linen cuttings never from anything that
has been worn. So carefullv is tho paper
prepared, tbat even the number of dips into
the pulp made by each workman is
registered on a dial by machinery.
The German military authorities recom
mond that snowshoes should be adopted by
soldiers. A Berlin magazine, in nn article
on the Ski, or snowshoe, declares that dur
ing the last hair of tho Franco-Prussian War
of 1870, manv lossss would have becnaverted
by the use by scouts of snon shoes.
Daring the past few days many ancient
relics have been unearthed from a shell
mound Just up the Dead river from St.
Francis, among which are a large lot of pet
rifled hnman bones, turtle bones, a small
gray arrow head, a hall of brown flint and
numerous kinds and shapes of pottery.
A rule has just been introduced at all
the theaters or Italy by which performers
are forbidden, under pain of fine, to receive
flowers daring a representation, or to notice
in nny way the presence or the audience. This
will now put ah end in Italy to bouquet
throwing in the middle of a scene or at the
end of a song.
"With the ladies of Guiana every year is
a Leap Year, the privileges ot which they as
sume asa matter of coarse. Any maiden
who desires to marry a man takes an oppor
tunity of offering him something to drink.
If ho refuses thfc offer, ids a sign that he
will have nothing to do with her; but If, on
the other hand, he accepts it, the marriage
'Is held to be , .
The whale may claim to have a thicker
skin than any other animal. 'If has'a skin '
nowliere less than several inches, and in
many'parts fully two, feet in thickness. The
distinction oi Demg tne inicicest-SKinnea
quadruped belongs to the Indian rhinoceros,
whose bide has a knotty nr granulated snr
fac;, and is so impenetrable as to resist the
claws of the lion or tiger.
Of all menagerie stock, the monkey
tribo is the mos; precarious. Tbe compara
tive comfort ofa rool-tree does not compen
sate for tho activitv of their natural life,
and, considering tliat tney feed on fresh
Irtiits in their primeval forests, it is not
amazing that after a time an unlimited die
tary of hazel nuts and stale buns is apt to
disagree with tbe quadrumanal digestion-
The Abaza, a Circassian trioe, haTe a
strange way or burying their boys. They
put the body in a coffin of wood, which they
nail on the branches of some high trees, and
make a hole in the coffin by tbe head, that
tbe boy. as they sav, may iook unto neaven.
Bees enter the coffin and make honey, and
cover the body with their comb. When the
season comes,' they open the coffin, take'out
the honey and sell it.
In Manipur, where we recently had
some trouble, there exists a peculiar nativo
labor system, not found-elsewhere in India,
based on the theory that every man be
tween the ages of 17 and 60 Is bound to place
his services at the disposal of the State for a
certain number of days every year. The
citizens may givo the actual time to sncli
public worts as may be designated, or they
may commute this by a money payment
based on the actual value of their time.
With regard to the influence of elec
tricity on the growth of plants, a series of
experiments made by Prof. AIol on Lactuca
Scariola,.maize, wheat, tobacco and- bean,
indicate that atmospheric electricity exer
cises a beneficial influence on vegetation:
that the electricity or tho soil has a similar
influence on tbe germination or seeds: and
that the less luxuriant vegetation of plants
which grow in the neighborhood of trees is
in great part due to tbe diminution of tem
perature. LIGHT LITTLE LAUGHS.
"Poor Browney fell off the yacht and wa
drowned."
Couldn't he swim?"
"Or course be could, bat be dlda't hare bis
swimming clothes on." Harpers'' Bazar.
She wears a beautiful bonnet,
But her plodding husband still
Puts on his plain old slouch because
He pays the milliner's bill.
. Chicago Tribune.
"Yon seem to be a man of extensive
views." said the talkative man In the train.
"lam." wasthe answer. "I'm a stereoptlcon
lecturer. " Washington Star.
"Papa, there's a gentleman downstairs to
see you."
How do you know that heM a gentlemanr"
asked papa.
'Because he said that he owed you some money
that he wanted to pay. Sew York Evening Sun.
Together they went'down the hill
And In tbe gutter rolled.
And when of woe they had their flU,
To c'imb again one used his will.
One bl-chlorlde of gold.
Both have regained the he!-hth of old.
The region safe from ill;
One by bis coprage stanch and bold.
One through the bl-chloride of gold.
Assisted by his will.
t-Sew Tort Prest.
School Superintendent -Yon don't claim
that your geography is. any better than Grass
horu's, the one we are now using, do you?
Agent-Well. I should say so. Why we have got
down several South African creeks in ours that
haven't yet been dlscoverea.Vurfje.
"Wives are blessings to their husbands,
Mr: McGerk." asserted Mrs. McGerk.
Yes, love." was the soothing reply, "inditr
gulse." Colorado Sun.
He smoked as many weeds a day
As his pocket would allow.
And deeply I regret to 6ay
Ills widow wears them now.
Sew Tort Herald. . i
As a pleasant-faced woman passed 'ths
corner Jones touched his bat to her and remarked
feelingly to his companion:
Ah, my boy, I owe a great deal to that
woman." '
"Your mother?" was the query.
"No, my landlady." IWrott im Prut,