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FRIDAY, APRIL X 1S51.
NOT NECESSAIIILT EXPENSIVE.
The remarks quoted in yesterday's Dis
patch on the cost of the delay in accept
ing the Alexander farm option for the
poor farm were based on the supposition
that the city has got to accept that prop
erty, or one similar to it If the city must
buy the Alexander farm, it is possible that
the expiration of the option may cause an
advance in price, although no general ap
preciation of agricultural property has
been noted since the option was given.
But, if the city exercises its liberty to pur
chase out of the thousands of acres of
available property in the county only so
much land as is necessary, the delay may
have the result of saving the city a very
respectable sum.
The question of expense and saving
turns on the point often discussed In these
columns, namely, the size and location of
the property. It has been fully shown
that one hundred acres are sufficient, while
the selection of the Alexander farm aban
doned the superstition that it is necessary
for the farm to stretch along the river
bank. It is necessary for the farm to have
a living supply of water, to be accessible
and to have a healthy location; but these
qualities can be secured at other points
than along the river where land is held not
at agricultural prices, but at figures which
contemplate its eventual use for manufact
uring or residence.
If the city will direct the purchase of a
hundred acres of good land with a living
water supply -wherever it can be found,
there may be a very material saving in
stead of an extra cost from tbe delay.
TRUSTED SWINDLERS.
The German Rothschilds have just dis
covered that they have been robbed by a
clerk whom they trusted for fifteen years.
In this age of keen competition and every
man for himself it is rather surprising to
notice that defalcations in banks and busi
ness firms are usually committed by a
trusted clerk. It is surprising, because one
would have expected successful men of
affairs to make a specialty of studying
human nature. Tet one case after an
"other comes up, in which some employer
finds to his misfortune that his confidence
has been misplaced. In sad rotation ser
vants give way to the temptations which
surround them, and risk a lifetime's repu
tation for the illegal gratification of a
temporary desire. Gambling in one of its
forms is the usual incentive to these, as to
many other crimes.
Of course, the number of defaulters is
minute in comparison to that of those
trusted employes who live honestly and
die respectei But the exigencies of
modern trade are such as to necessitate
the concentration of opportunities, for
fraud in the hands of the few, and the
frequency with which violations of trust
are published is such as to show that
honesty is about as much in demand now
as it was in the days of Diogenes. While
keeping one eye on the omnipotent and all
important dollar, merchants, bankers and
employers will be wise to use the other in
a study of the needs, temptations, weak
ness and strength of their fellow-men.
The man of millions will do well to put
himself imaginarily in the place of the
man of tens. He will thus be on the
highroad of usefulness to the world, as
well as fitting himself for the realization
of trials which will enable him to guard
against deception.
THE LOTTERY'S LAST NAIL.
It is a niatter for national congratula
tion that the result of the elections in
Louisiana puts the final nail in tbe coffin
of the wholesile gambling scheme that
has been protected by that State for many
years. Even after the lottery company
had announced its withdrawal from the
contest there were suspicions that its ac
tion was designed to lull the popular op
position. Whether any such ruse was in
tended or not the reports from Louisiana
indicate that it has been made useless,
and that the State would have done Itself
the credit of voting against the lottery in
any event
It is satisfactory to know that there is
not a State in the Union which persists In
maintaining a great gambling concern in
defiance of the enlightened opinion of the
rest of the country. It is also a subject of
congratulation that the nation is now re
lieved ot the disgrace of authorized and
open lottery gambling. Other kindred
evils still exist, but none of them pursued
the work of collecting the money of the
deluded in so systematic and unblushing
a fashion. It is to be hoped that the same
progress that has wiped out the lottery
will work toward the reform of other
forms of gambling wherever they exist
COLUMBUS PERSONAL CHARACTER.
Some magazine writers of the quadro
centennial year have been vers much ex
ercised over the discovery, in the course o
researches as to the character of Colum
bus, that it was not fully up to the virtues
of the nineteenth century. It would be
satisfactory if wc could imagine the dis
coverer to be as irreproachable as we sup
pose all the latter-day heroes to be, and as
Washington Irving represents; but the
best batch of essays on the subject will not
permit us that privilege.
The latest impeachment is that he was
a sea rover and buccaneer; he cut off the
hands and feet of hiscaptives; he was a
slave trader, and his thirst for gold was
unappeasable. In other words, he was a
seaman of the fifteenth century instead of
the nineteenth. The explorers of a
century later would fit this description
almost equally. Drake, Frobisher and
Hawkins were buccaneers, tcoured the
Spanish Main for silver and gold, made
slaves of their captives, and practiced
numerous things which the nineteenth,
century has cast aside as belonging to the
cruelty and wrongs of feudalism.
That Columbus was a sailor of his age
was not remarkable, and has little bearing
on his position as discoverer of the New
World If this hemisphere had been
obliged to remain undiscovered until some
hardy sailor came along who had never
done any buccaneering, or caught any
slaves, or hunted strange coasts for pre
cious metal, It would to-day have been in
the first century of its colonial develop
ment There were many sailors exactly
like Columbus in his day, but his claim to
Immortal fame lies in the fact that he was
the one of them all-to declare the globular
theory of the earth and stake his all on
the voyage which gave the American con
tinents to civilization. It is no serious
drawback to the fame of Columbus that
he had the faults of his day. The men
who have those faults and yet achieve
great success are best entitled to their
fame.
PARTISAN WHITEWASHING.
The report of the investigating commit
tee of the New York Senate on the May
nard case furnishes a striking example of
the inability of partisanship to render an
unbiased and honest verdict on matters
where political results are at stake. The
majority report, by the members of one
party, gives Judge Maynard a clean bill
of health, and asserts that he did nothing
inconsistent with honor and duty. The
minority report, by the members of the
other party, finds that he committed a
statutory crime for the sake of carrying
out the scheme to secure the New Tork
Legislature to the Democrat.
The important aspect of this conflict of
statements is that it is impossible from the
same set of facts to honestly and sincerely
deduce two such violently opposite con
clusions. From the same evidence it is
impossible for one man to really believe
that the accused person is a thief and an
other that he Is a man of -unstained honor.
It might be possible for different minds to
modify the degree of offense somewhat;
but m this case it Is evident that one re
port or the other has deliberately falsified
the facts in order to present them in sucn
a way as to suit party needs. In other
words, on a matter Involving judicial
honesty and the uprightness of the bench
the New York legislators make up their
verdict solely by party lines.
As to which side has thus placed party
exigency above the truth, the reports sim
ply amount to a tie the Democrats report
one thing to be true and the Republicans
report the opposite. But in regard to
Judge Maynard's course there Is a non
partisan judgment which carries more
weight than either of the party reports.
The finding of the New Tork Bar Asso
ciation, approved as it was by leading
Democratic lawyers, shows that Judge
Maynard committed acts in order to carry
out the Hill grab of the New Tork Legis
lature which show him to be wholly unfit
to sit on the highest bench in the courts
of New Tork; and that the majority
report referred to above is an egregious
case of whitewashing.
The political system of this country
cannot be what it should be until the
politicians are taught that they must place
truth and honesty above the dictates of
partisanship.
SENATOR STEWARTS ACTIONS.
Some dissatisfied and persecuting indi
vidual has been Investigating those gold
mortgages of Senator Stewart's with the
result of Impeaching the silver Senator's
.explanation. His statement was that the
"mortgages were drawn providing for pay
ment in gold coin simply because that was
the form prevailing in California since the
war. But the troublesome investigators
have gone to the official records of Ala
meda, California, and declare that the
mortgages show the gold clause to be an
Interpolation and afterthought the first
having been drawn without it and all the
rest providing against any loss to the
creditor by the adoption of a cheaper
standard of values. ,
This certainly calls on Senator Stewart
to take the floor again. It affords scope
for an interesting explanation as to his at
titude in regarding a cheaper silver dollar
as good enough for the ordinary creditor,
while for himself in his private business
gold Is the money In which he requires
payment It also suggests the Inquiry
how many other of the millionaire Sena
tors of the silver States are able to advo
cate silver for the people at large with the
calm consciousness that they have fully
protected themselves against any possible
scaling down of the unit of values In the
payment of moneys coming to them.
It is also possible to point out that Sena
tor Stewart's personal attitude as to the
money he wishes to receive is much more
convincing than his public professions as
to the usefulness of silver. To put It
more tersely. Senator Stewart's action
speaks more loudly than Senator Stewart's
words. ,
A BUSINESS-LIKE STRIKE.
A strike of policemen has heretofore
been a development of the labor question
more theoretical than practical; but if tbe
report concerning a stnke of the Parisian
police just before May Day Is not exag
gerated, the guardians of the public peace
in the gay capital are preparing for it in
the most practical fashion.
It is a first principle with a well managed
labor organization to ask for an advance
of wages, with the strike alternative loom
ing up in the background, when work Is
active and contracts are pressing. It is no
secret that the French Government has a
big contract for the police on the first of
May. It is evident that the police will
have to work double turn to keep1 the
peace during that anniversary of labor,
and that they will even then do well If
they fill the bill of police labors. Now the
astute policemen of Paris step up and pro
pose that they are entitled to an advance
in wages, with the very plain intimation:
No advance, no police work on May Day.
With such a proposition before them the
employers of the peremptory policemen
are reduced to one of two courses. Either
they must cultivate such relations with
labor that it will not be necessary to have
the police keep order during a labor
parade any more than in this country; or
they must give the policemen induce
ments to stick to their large-sized and
Imperative task. As there is hardly time
to put the labor reform into actual prac
tice, there does not seem to be any other
practical way open to the French authori
ties than to come down, as gracefully as
the iron manufacturers of Pittsburg are in
the habit of doing, and sign the police
scale.
The perversity of inanimate nature was
conspicuous yesterday in a prodigality of
sun bursts us soon as it was too late for the
hall game.
1
It is reported of a journalistic humorist,
who ne vermade a success as a reporter, that,
when rebuked tor errors as to names, dates,
places rand facts, be burst forth: '-Oh,
hang-your facts; they embarass me." What
& large number or our "statesmen" would in
dorse this as an expression of their sent!
ments, if they could be persuaded to nn
bosom themselves for once in truthfulness.
The worst of it is that in most cases they
lack the humor of the mirth-provoking au
thor and merely find facts a stumbling
block in the way of their pet theories for
personal advancement.
Ward politicians who sit on the fence
and take the highest bids for their votes
might be aptly described as veterans of the
rail.
"Robert Lincoln once said, with good
natured cynicism, that "a surplus is easier tp
handle than a deficiency,' "remarks the New
York World, and proceeds to commont on
its application to the present situation. The
esteemed World should study greater ac
curacy in its quotations. That gem of fiscal
wisdom was not uttered by Mr. Robert
Lincoln. It was given to the public , by an
other member of the diplomatic service and
son of an Illustrious sire, Colonel Frederick
D. Grant, in. his unsuccessful campaign for
Secretary of State in New York.
Music has charms to soothe the savage
breast and it used them effectively in the
State Republican Convention.
The Indiana Democrats yesterday added
their quota to the Cleveland column, mak
ing 1M out of 276 delegates chosen so far. Up
to date the ex-President appears to be the
man of destiny tor the Democrats unless
they pause long enough to refleot on the
fatal effects ofastabin the back.
Inclement weather has had no effect on
the crop of elopements, which makes as good
a showing as over.
Professional politicians are a peculiar
people, hut there must he something strange
in the Harrisburg cookery as well to ac
count for the fact that the Republican dele
gates transacted business with less harmony
after dinner than had prevailed at the pre
prandial meeting,
v
The ball game was not played yesterday,
and the agony of suspense is too terrible to
be long borne.
The nexy Khedive, besides showing a
sense of his true interests Dy a continuance
of his father's friendliness toward England,
is exhibiting a capacity for graspiag ques
tions of statesmanship which promises well
for the country under his rule.
Spring has many and various charms,
but it is not encouraging to urban pedes
trlanism. Meteorological reports from Europe,
and the conditions of home weather, indi
cate that an International conference on a
renaming of the months and seasons will
soon become a necessity tor reasonable
truthfulness.
It is noticeable that there is a great deal
of may-be in the European May day expec
tations. The weather threw cold water on the
baseball fever yesterday, hut the enthusiasts
are not to be discouraged by a small circum
stance like a rainstorm. The national game
will spread Itself lor fair weather in the
days to come.
The Republican convention showed no
overwhelming eagerness to be bled by a
Leach.
There is nothing out of the ordinary in
the Custom House frauds at New York.
Such performances are quite customary in
official circles, and the nation has long been
pleased to expect them.
The Coroner will never want for
while track-walking idiots abound.
work
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Now that .Ward McAllister has given
utterance to 'opinions on farming, Uncle
Jerry Simpson should be interviewed on the
latest styles of clothing.
PERTINEST PERSONALITIES.
The Marquis of Salisbury is an enthu
siastic scientist, and possesses one of the
best appointed laboratories in England.
Milton Nobles says that there are 5,000
actors whomever vote because election day
finds them on tho road away from home.
The BoaVd of Trustees of Pennsylvania
College ha elected Rev. Dr. Eli Huber, of
Philadelphia, to fill the lately endowed
"English Bible" chair in that institution.
Me. Willie C K. Wilde was much dis
turbed by.itho fact that the Pullman car
which bore'hlm and his distinguished con
sort through the South was named the
"Idlewild."
"Plain Jim Cook of the West" is en
deavoring to secure the Indian Agency at
Pine Ridge. Cook is a famous Western
scout, and used to bo one of General Crook's
right-hand men.
The late. John Lyle King, the Chicago
lawyer, was a favbrite-with people of all
kinds and conditions. He was a bachelor of
pearly 70 years, and he possessed the tastes
and accomplishments that make a man liked
by men.
Senator Hiscock is fond of athletics.
He used to exercise regularly at the Colum
bia Athletic Club in Washington, and for a
long time he took daily practice runs on the
felt track in the gallery of tbe club gym
nasium. Miss Howe, the woman who won the sec
ond prize in. tbe competition for designs for
the Women's Building in the Columbian Ex
bibltion, was a classmate of Miss Hayden,
who won the first prize in the Boston Insti
tute or Technology.
Arlo Bates, the Boston author, says
that "wben.lt comes to largo numbers the
sexes should not be mixed at the dinner
hour; the simple fact that the men cannot
smoke after dinner renders so many ot thorn,'
unhappy that the whole affair takes on an
air of heaviness and gloom."
FASTED FOE TEH WEEKS.
A Woman Suddenly Paralyzed Lives on
Only One Quart of Water.
Knoxville, April 21. Martha Walker, a
colored woman, aged 40 years, has for the
past ten weeks kept herself locked up in a
dingy room and those about her thought
she had gone away. She was found to-day
in a perfectly helpless condition and a mere
skeleton. Her body was icy cold nil over,
but she could talk freely and intelligently.
Her story is a strange one. She went to
her room ten weeks ago and became sud
denly paralyzed and remained so several
days. She lost all appetite for food and has
not tasted it since. It was with difficulty
she could swallow water, and only a quart
of that has been used in tbe above time.
Martha was discovered by a superstitious
old woman, who insisted that there was a
ghost in the room. Martha has on a number
of occasions given evidence of an unusual
condition. Her case is a mystery to physi
cians who have seen her.
Jerry Has a Lot of Work to Do.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Tbe indications are that Jerry Simpson
will have to remove his silk stockings, draw
bis coat and do a lot of work if he gets an
other term" in Congress. His constituents'
are on to his game.
Why Harmony Is Open to Suspicion.
Washington Star.
With the'number of political keynotes con
stantly increasing, it is remarkable that the
harmony should be open to suspicion.
SORROWS ANTIDOTE.
Chicago Iuter-Ocean.
The fairest valleys that bloom or be
Are sometimes scourged by the cyclone's breath;
And islands kissed by a tropic sea
Arc earthquake's pets In their waltz of death.
So, fairest gardens in human hearts -Arc
borrow' field for his cruel arts.
Ent storms soon sob 'til they fall asleep;
And sunshine kisses their tears away
Though sorrow breaks up the heart's great deep, -Lo!
Joy returns with returning day.
Its only antidote known is lore
An angel fled from the courts above.
The wildest storm on life's Gallllee
Will hush to rest at Its "Peace, be still!" '
And hopes long dead at Its high decree ,
Arise from their graves with new lire alhtiU,
O heart, be swift, then, to fall In love
With this angel strayed from the court!
' shore.
POLITICS OF THE DAY.
General Lilly Agreeably Surprised by Hli
' Own Nomination A Chat With Judge
Dean Tho Situation In the McKlnley
Congressional District GroTer1 Gains.
A peculiar feature concerning the nomi
nation of Lilly as one of the Congressmen at
Large by the Republican State Convention is
that the General had practically given up
the fight some hours before his name was
plaped on the ticket. When he learned that
Quay's lloutenants had entered into a com
bination to name Castor, of Philadelphia,
Mr. Lilly said: "I suppose I am to be turned
down again, but I am getting nsed to that.
I hare no doubt, though, that the Campaign
Committee will be willing td accept the usual
check."
Tho General's contributions to the party
treasury are understood to have reached
almost a fabulous figure. He is credited by
thoso in a position to know with having
made the largest Individual donation to the
campaign store used in behalf of Harrison in
1888. Once before when a. Congressman at
Large was to be nominated, Lilly was a can
didate, and was really chosen by the dele
gates, but tho powers were -against him and
jockeyed with the roll, while enough changes
were secured to defeat his ambi
tion. Even under such circumstances
tho General led off with a $2,500
check ror tho campaign. But the limit of
patience hnd nearly beeni reached last
Wednesday, and it is possible that if he had
once moro been rebuffed by the machine
that the managers would have had to do
considerable pacifying before securing the
customary subscription. As it is, though,
tho persistent and flnally-auccessful candi
date is in a most happy nnd presumably
generous frame of mind, nnd if the price of
a few.thousand tons of anthracite coal is
necessary for purely legitimate expenses
this year. It will probably be forthcoming
with very little trouble.
A Chat With Judge Dean.
Blair county, which has been a Quay
stronghold, is lnrather an indignant frame
of mind because of the efforts of the lieu
tenants of the Junior Senator, with or with
out his knowledge and consent, to force the
nomination of Henderson, of Crawford, for
Supreme Judge. If the scheme had suc
ceeded their ire would know no bounds, and
an open revolt would certainly have re
sulted. As it is, viotors are proverbially In
a forgiving mood, and the so-called treachery
may not be sevorely resented at the present
time, though it is sure to be remembered.
Judge Dean held an informal reception at
Altoona and Hollldaysburg yesterday. In
conversation lie, said: "One feature of yes
terday's convention was' most remarkable.
It was tbe.way my friends stuok tome. The
ballots Illustrate this better than anything
else. My vote ran: 49, 68, 63, 62, 60, 87, 99, 100,
135. There was less variation in my vote
than in that of any of the candidates,-and,
in fact, less than I ever saw in a similar con
test. I am free to say that no pnblic man in
Pennsylvania ever had demonstrated to him
the power of a stauuah set of friends so well
as I dld-yesterdav. The men who went to
the convention firm in the intention of sup
porting me, and who stayed with me to the
last, deserve more thanks than I can ever
give them. Without them I oould not have
been elected, though they did not make a
majority."
Priends of Judge Dean express great ad
miration for the generalship which was dis
played in tneir do nan on tne nooruimo
convention after defeat seemed more than
probable. They candidly admit that the
credit for the final victory over the power
ful combination asninst them is dne to Alle
gheny county, and aro profuse in promises
of reciprocity when tho occasion offers.
In the Old McKlnley District.
If Governor McKlnley really wants to
return to the halls of Congress he wonld
have no trouble in securing the Republican
nomination in the district of which Stark
county is now a part, and which is nearly
the same district as that he represented so
long at "Washington. Stark county Itself is
entitled to nearly half tho delegates In the
Congressional convention, and Columbiana
would be certain to he in line for the Major.
The only possible opposition would he in
Mahoning, because of the aufbitlon of Judge
King, but that would be futile.
There are some reasons wny any man
desiripg something more than empty hon
ors should not wish to give up too much of
his time "-to the Governor's office In Ohio.
Unlike Pennsylvania and other States,
while the Ohio Governor signs bills he can
not veto them, and his autograph Is a mere
formality. He has no cabinet to appoint,
such officers as the Attorney General and
Secretary of State being elected bv the peo
ple. In fact, his duties consist largely of
routine office work, appointing notaries
public, and being bothered by hun
dreds or fifth-class political strikers who
scramblo for the comparatively few places
as messengers, clerks and turnkeys at
his disposal. Ambitious men' run for Gov
ernor In Ohio because it is an Important
State politically, and they hope their elec
tion will be a stepping stone to national dis
tinction. McKinley, of course, needed no such ad
vertisement. He was given the nomination
to redeem the State from the Democracy,
nnd place Ohio in the position of indorsing
the new tariff law. That has been accom
plished. Close friends of the Governor,
though, bplievo he will serve out his term,
and will pay no more attention to the pres
ent Congressional boom than he did to the
movement --to make him a Presiden
tal candidate. In fact, it is well
understood in McEiniey's home county of
Stark that the Major favors the nomination
of Manufacturer T .B. Morgan, who has
helped him in many campaigns, on the Re
publican ticket this year, believing that he
will make a practical and valuable Repre
sentative at Washington. Morgan's nomin
ation is almost assured unless McKlnley
should really enter the field, as his large
home delegation is nnited in his behalf,whlle
those from the other connties are divided.
Cleveland Making Big Gain.
A few days ago THE DISPATCH pub
lished figures showing that out of 218 na
tional Democratlo delegates alieady chosen
from seven States Cleveland had 131, Hill
79, and that 5 were uncertain quantities.
Since then three more States, Oregon, Kan
sas and Indiana, have held their conven
tions, and all have declared that Grorcr is
their first choice for the Presldeney. Tho
presumption therefore is that on the first
ballot Cleveland will receive the 8 votes of
Oregon, the 20 from Kansas and the im
portant delegation of 30 from Indiana. This
brings his strength up to 193 out of a total or
276 delegates elected from ten States, in
cluding tbe doubtful ones of New York and
Indiana.
This puts the ex-President's vote above
the two-thirds mark, and if he can maintain
the present proportion the result will prac
tically be determined before the Chicago
convention is called to order. Not a single
Southern State, though, has vet chosen de
legates, nnd no deflnate 'estimates can be
made until the indications from that section
are more definite. L. U. B.
CUBS ABE PEBSOfTAL PE0PEETT.
The Supreme Conrt Says They May Be
Stolen Like Other Goods.
Philadelphia, April 21. In the all-important
case of "Commonwealth versus
Depuy appellant," theSsupreme Court of
this State has decided that dogs may he
stolen. Not, however, with impunity. On
the contrary, a majority of the Bench has
ruled that there is such a thing as property
in four-footed beasts of the canine kind and
that the law passed to bring abont this con
dition in 1889 does not offend against the
Constitution of Pennsylvania. The de
cision of the Lackawanna County Court is
sustained. It seems that one Depuy made
off with a "spaniel dog of great value, viz: of
the value of $30" and, when branded as a
thief, claimed that there was no law In the
State making dogs peisonal property.
Says thp Supreme Court: "We need not
discuss the rule of the common law upon
this, subject, nor its wisdom. This case
turns upon the act of May15, 1839, P. L. 222,
entitled ' an act for the taxation of dog ana
the protection of sheen," the sixth section
of which provides: "That all dogs in this
Commonwealth shall hereaiter be personal
property, and subject of larccnv, etc.' It is
urged that this act -was unconstitutional, for
the reason that the said provision of section
6 is not fully expressed-In the title of tho
net. We cannot assent tp this proposition.
One of the objects of the net, as expiesaed
In the title, is tho taxation of dogs. Hence,
when the Legislature seeks to l.iva tax upon
what was not piopertvat tho common law,
we think it entirely germane to the object
or the act to declare tll.it the property taved
shall heienftcr bo personal property, and a
subject of larceny.'1
More Like a Forward Winter.
Chicago News
It will not be considered proper for
farmers to call this a "backward spring." It
feels more like a forward winter.
woxsn in tee just box.
They Will Get There ir Suffrage Is Con
ceded by the Community.
Philadelphia Press.
Mabel Collins, a vigorous champion of the
woman's movement, contributes to a Dublin
Journal an earnest plea' for women in the
Jury box a plea doubtless inspired by tbe
cases of Mrs. Osborne and several other
celebrated causes that have lately agitated'
high life in Great Britain. The writer Dases'
her plea on the ground of Justice to the sex,
but she falls to show that women get less
justice from a jury of men than they might
hope for from a jury of women; and it is
worth while remembering that the Jury sys
tem at best is a clumsy and precarious im
plementof justice, and that if women have
a just grievance against it, much more have
tho sterner sex.
Again,' it Is by no means clear that any
.considerable portion 'of creation's better
half either in this country or in Great Britain
has ever been clamorous 'for the establish
ment of women Juries; and shonld the de
mand for the new system be conceded In a
chivalrous spirit in some local community
where advanced Ideas prevail, the experi
ment wonld doubtless prove that women
are quite as ready to shirk jury service,
with its many discomforts nnd responsibili
ties, as are many men. Still, tho principle
of woman suffrage being once conceded
and it seems to be making some Impression
on public sentiment in this country, as
shown "by the vote in tbe New lork
Assembly a short time since the woman
Juror would follow as the natural sequence
of the woman .voten and possibly with the
inauguration or mixed juries of the sexes
the masculine disinclination for service in
the Jury box might be overcome, while
justice at the samo time would be provided
with an additional supply of arbiters.
A NEGLECTED GBEAT WATEBWAT.
The Ohio River Appropriation Should Be
Ganged Properly.
Cincinnati Tunes-Star.
Pittsburg papers speak of the slow prog
ress of the Government in improving the
Ohio river. Tbe fact is the Government
and the people in general havo not yet real
ized that the Ohio and lts'tribntaries have
more business than any other river in the
United States. This important faot was
clearly exhibited in statistics published not
long ago.
Where in the world is there a river LOOO
miles long with such navigable feeders in
eommeree, mining and manufactuioas the
Allegheny, Monongahela, Kanawha, Ten
nessee, Cumberland, Wabash, Big Sandy,
Kentucky, Gieen and others? Tbe Ohio
river is unique in its geographical course,
and in its enormous business resources. In
commercial activities the Mississippi is far
behind the Ohio, and the gap is widening
rapidly. The great American river is the
Ohio, and appropriations for waterways
should be gauged accordingly.
YIEW8 OP THE CONTENTION.
Pesxstlvaxia. Republicans, like those in
New York, evidently do not consider Harri
son tho strongest candidate. Buffalo Ex
press ID.).
Tbe Pennsylvania Republican platform
wisely and effectively appeals to young
voters
to stand"by. tbe party of American
progress,
ss. New York Recorder OR.).
The platform is, in tbe main, all that could
be asked. Its chief planks unquestionably
represent the sentiment of a united and
enthusiastic party. Altoona TribuneiR.).
The Republicans at Harrisburg did so well
in their platform-making that there is little
room for criticism of their expressions of
party faith. Philadelphia Public Ledger (it).
There Is the same brightly burning fire of
Republicanism in the Pennsylvania resolu
tions as in those of Massachusetts and both
augur victory for the principles advocated.
New York Press (it).
Little need be said by way of eulogy of
the ticket as a whole. The Republicans of
Pennsylvania will this year roll np one of
those extraordinary majorities for which
they are famous throughout the Union.
Erie Dispatch (it).
The platform adopted by the Republican
Convention is a strong one. It is firm in ex
pression of tbe claims of tbe Republican
party to the confidence and support of tbe
people and pertinent In its allusions to Dem
ocratic humbug and inconsistency. PAita
delvhia Inquirer (iJ.).
The platform adopted sought to follow the
usual plan of saying as little as possible in
as many words as could be jlnglingly strung'
together and the effort was successful.
With delicate touch the Presidental ques
tion was left open and Mr. Harrison was
permitted to have neither more nor less
praise than Mr. Blaine. Harrisburg Patriot
ID.).
The Harrisburg convention did wisely
yesterday. Their declarations and nomina
tions are calculated to give tbe best results
with the least disaffection. The delegates
chosen to represent the State at large at
Minneapolis are representative Republicans
of more than ordinary caliber and reputa
tion, and their selection reflects credit on
the convention. Philadelphia Press (L R).
THE FIRST B007 OF M0BM0IT.
A Curious Old Volume Secured by the
State University Library.
Philadelphia, April 21 One of the recent
acquisitions of the ''University of Pennsyl
vania library is a curious copy of the
original edition of the Book of Mormon.
According to tho title page, It is "an account
written by the hand of Nepui upon plates
taken from the plates of NephL Where
fore it is an abridgement of the record of
the people of Nephl, and also of tbe Laman
ites, written to the Lamanltes, which area
remnant of the House of Israel; and also to
the Jew and tho Gentile."
It is by "Joseph Smith, Junior, Author
and Proprietor," and was printed for him by
E. B. Grandin, in Palmyra. The edition is
now very rare, even among the saints them
selves, and thli copy is said to be worth
more than 8200. It was presented to the
library by Dr. Thomas Blddle.
DEATHS HEBE'AND ELSEWHERE.
Eugene H. Cowles, Inventor.
Eugene H. Cowles, eldest son of the late
Edwin cowles, for years the editor of the Cleve
land Leader, died yesterday at EI Paso, Tex., where
he had gone for his health, of hemorrhage of the
longs. Mr. Cowles was 38 years of age. He was a
director and secretary or the Leader Printing Com
pany and manager of the Cowles Electric Smeltlnc
and Aluminum Company, or Lockport. N. Y.
Together with his brother, A. H. Cowles. be in
vented the process or making aluminum by means
'of electrical heat, the discovery making .1 wonder
ful advance-in metallurglc progress, lie also In
Tented the overhead trolley system of propelling
street cars by electricity. Mr. Cowles was attended
by his wife at the time or his death.
Dr. J. W. Alexander, Canonshnrg.
J. "YV. Alexander, M. D., one of the oldest
citizens or Canonsburg. died there Wednesday
nigl't at the age of"S. He has been a sufferer from
rheumatism for years and baa been con lined to his
bed for nearly a year. Dr. Alexander was a sur-
feon In the War or the Rebellion, serving during
he entire war. He held many positions of houur
and was for many years physician in charge of tho
Morganza State Rcrorm bcuool.
"W. TV. flolloway. Bridgeport, O.
"Vr". W. Holloway, one of the most promi
nent and wealthy business men or Bridgeport O.,
died last night aged 74. Mr. Holloway was for
Tears President of the First National Bank of
Bridgeport; was for a time President of the .33tn&
Iron works, and was prominently connected with
the Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad Company.
He was n orth about 1700,009.
Obituary Notes.
Bishop Williams, of the Quebec diocese, is
dead. '
The Countess or Antrim, wire or the Earl of
Antrim, died yesterday. She was a daughter of
the late General Charles Grey, and was married
June 1, 1875.
Thomas B. Cc-j-sikghajt. senior proprietor or
the Holmes County Republican, died at MUlcrsborg,
).. Wednesday, aed 85 years. Deceased was
postmaster there ror four years dnrlng the Grant
administration.
ItOTAl. S. Woons. a circus acrobat and general
performer, who died In Chicago recently, had
traTcleU extensively with the leading tent shows.
Jill list appearance vras with tiie llrcrs sisters'
Company, rie wj3-5yt.irsoId.
CHARLES E. Lockwood. a ranilclan of note In
the West. Is de.tdalhfs home In Shelburne, Ind.
lie 11 as borne to 18(17, and had played In prominent
Western bands during the past eight Trart. He
hail also trat eled with various circuses and theatri
cal organizations. ,
Rev; .ToilJJSal-sDL-n-SEWHEDO-s'. D. D.. of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, Rldgelleld, Conn.,
and formerly or the Thtrty-seveutn Street Metho
dist Episcopal Church. New York, died In Yalaha.
Fla . Tuesday. He was 49 years old and was a son
or the distinguished Dr. Daniel D. Wbedon, tbe
well known Methodist editor and author.
CASHING MUSICAL NOTES.
The Ladles of Emanuel Episcopal Church
Balsa Money Toward Faying Off a Mort
gage Weddings 'and Bridal Beeeptlona
Gossip of Social Circles.
The society,event of last evening was the
musicalo under the auspices of the ladies of
tbe Emanuel Episcopal iChurch in Cyclc
rama Hall. It was originally intended to
give the entertainment in the parish build
ing of the church, but the sale of tickets in
advance was so large that It became neces
sary to arrange for the more commodious
Cyclorama HalL The hall was beautified by
some gracefully draped curtains at the back
of- the s'tage, and palms and cut flowers
placed here and there throughout the audi
torium. In one corner Was a candy and
fruit stand, while downstairs ice cream and
cake were on sale in tbe parlors, which Mr.
Lutber kindly placed at the disposal
of the managers. The stand and Ice cream
arrangements were in eharge of the Young
LadiesVGuild and Emanuel Chapter of the
Brotherhood of St. Andrew. The entertain
ment was given to pay off the mortgage on
tbe churoh edifice of Emanuel, and as the
hall was packed It is certain that the ladles
made a good deal toward paying the debt.
Some of the most prominent society people
ot the two cities took part, and the credit
able wny in which they rendered their num
bers proved that they do not hesitate to
practice assiduously, and thus bring out the
talents with which they have been girted by
nature. Tbe concert opened with a piano
solo by Miss Cosgrave, consisting of Jensen'i
"Berceuse," op. 12, and "The Two Larks,"
by Lrschetlzkv. Miss Cosgrave's execu
tion was very clean, and the solo was credit
able In every way. Lacome's "Estudlan-
tlna" was the next, charmingly sung by
Jirs. u. u. xnompson, ssirs. jtomnson, jure.
John Harper and Mls Van Kirk. The man
dolin trio, "Spanish Gallopade," by Messrs.
Pearson, Shannon and Lake, was a tuneful
and spirited composition, very well played.
After a vocal solo, "Afterwards," bv Mr.
Peterson, Mrs. John Harper and Mr. Dick
son sang Lucantonrsbrilliantduet,"ANight
in Venice," with much expression. A violin
solo, "Lion du Bal." played with a great deal
of delicacy by Walter Itosenbanm. con
cluded the first part of the programme.
There was an Intermission, and tnen camo
the moat pleasing number of the evening,
Ethelbert Nevin's "Country Dance," ar
ranged as a piano duet. The per
formers were Mrs. C. L. Magee
and Mrs. O. D. Thompson. They dashed
into the melody with a swing that was evi
dently In the spirit of the composer and that
was heartily enjoyed by the listeners. The
work has perhaps never had a better inter-
rotation. Miss Smeck sang a pretty solo by
eKoven "O Promise Me," which was much
applauded, and then a unique performance,
a banjo trio by three young ladles. Misses
Alice Fainter, Gcorgiana Gormly and Marian
Chambers, was given. Ther plavcd Arm
strong's "Love and Beauty Waltz" in good
style. Mr. Robinson and Mrs. Harper sang
a duet, "Beautirul Violets," and then Mr. H.
Sylvester Scovel rendered Schnbert's Sere
nade in a masterly way. The entertainment
was brought to a oloso with a novel idea, a
mouth organ medlev by Mr. Samuel G.
Myers, that provoked long and hearty ap
plause. A wedding that awakened much interest
in the Sewlokley Valley, as well as in Fitts
burg, took place at 0 o'olock last evening at
the home of Mrs. Caroline DeB. Duncan,
Haysville, on the Port Wayne Railroad.
The bride was Mrs. Duncan's only daughter.
Miss Nellie J. Duncan, and the groom Mr.
William A. Shepard, of the East End. There
were a number cf guests, consisting of rela
tives and friends of tho two families, and in
their presence Bev. Dr. W. O. Campbell
pronounced the fateful words that joined
the two young people for life. The ushers
were Mr. Joseph Mahnn, Mr. W. S. Scott, the
bride's brother, Mr. W. C. Duncan and Mr.
Edward Spencer. The maid of honor was
Miss Helen Shepard, and there were two
pretty little flower girls, Snsle Wilson and
Eleanor Tener. The wedding gown was of
white moire antique and filmy lace, with
sprays of orange blossoms holding it here
and there. The same flowers held the veil
in place. 8he carried a bunch of lilacs, whllo
a splendid diamond pendant, a gift from the
groom, glittered at her throat. The bridal
pair left, after receiving congratulations,
for an extended Eastern tour. Their perma
nent residence will be Lilac street, Shady
side. Among the spring brides there have been
lew who have received so much attention as
Mrs. J. A.,G. House, nee Little. Yesterday a
reception was tendered her by Mr. and
Mrs. William H. House, on which occasion,
Miss Blanche House made her formal en
trance Into society. She is one of the most
charming of this season's buds. The resi
dence on'Center avenue was tastofully deco
rated with flowers and palms, making a good
background for the many clezant toilottes
that were worn. Mrs. W. H. Honso, Mrs. J.
A. G. House and Miss Blanche House wero
assisted in receiving by Mrs. W. T. Wallace,
Mrs. Blddle Arthurs, Mrs. Gormlev, Miss
Nellie Jones, Miss Benlah Little, Miss Annie
Little, Miss Caroline Moreland and Miss
Lillian Moreland. There was a large and
brilliant assemblage.
The G. A. K. fair in Old City Hall had
another pleasant and profitable day yester
day. The meals were well patronized and
the social entertainment in the evening
drew forth a good large attendance. Tbe
Women's Belief Corps, under whose auspices
the fair Is given, are delighted with the suc
cess that has attended their efforts. They
have given full return for the moneyispent
by guests, and have at the same time raised
something toward the Memorial Home,
Brookville. It is hoped that there will bo a
boom to-day and to-morrow, the last days of
the fair. It closes on Saturday night.
John N. 0'Neil and Miss Lillian Hill
were married in Christ's Church, Browns
ville, on Wednesday afternoon of this week.
The bride is one of Miss Pelletreau's fairest
graduates, and is bright and accomplished.
The groom is one of tbe solid young busi
ness men of Pittsburg, and is engaged with
his father, Captain W. W. O'Neif, President
of the Marine Bank, in the extensive ship
ping or coal. The young couple will go to
housekeeping at once in a cozy little house
at Elizabeth.
Social Chatter.
These is to be a "Bazar of Days" this
evening for the benefit of tbe building fund
of St. John's Episcopal Mission, Woods' Rnn.
It will bo held in the hall or tbe Bible House,
on Arcn street, Allegheny. The ladles or
the Episcopal cbnrches of Pittsburg and Al
legheny have been working hard for weecs
to make tbe affair a success, and there is
every indication that it will be a creditable
entertainment.
The programme at the Women's Belief
Corps Pali- in Old City Hall to-night includes
the following: Selections by G. A. B. Pet
No. 128 Band; recitation by Miss Minnie Mll
llgan; Miss Carrie Terrant, vocal solo: man
dolin and guitar by Lvsle Camp trio, Messr.
Will anl Walter Davis and Charles Parke:
vocal solo by Mr. Will Davis; drill by little
Masters Frank and Willie Godfrey; mando
lin selection.
There was an entertainment at New Turn
er Hall, Southside, last nleht under the
auspices of the Marseillaise Club. The pro
gramme afforded the auditors a treat.
Aside from the music there was a scene
liom "Richard III." Mr. Henry G. Tra
geser took the part of Richard, Duke of Olos
fcr.and carried it out well. In Hct, the whole
performance was a complete success.
A pleasast entertainment was given in
the ButlerStreet M. E. Church last evening.
It consisted of a number or living charac
ters in the costumes of India, and was en
titled "Native Life in India." There was
some unique music, being or the kind sung
by the natives in India. The entertainment
will bo repeated this evening.
TnE Young People's Society of the Third
U. P. Church, Diamond street, gave an ex
hibition or "Mrs. Jarlev's WaxworKs" last
evening. The figures wero well represented,
and there was a large attendance. At 1
o'clock luncheon was given by Mrs. Harris
Buchanan, of Howe street, East End, for 11
guests.
Mb-axd Mas. Geokoe W. Woop, of Forbes
street, celebrated tho fifth anniversary of
their wedding at their home last night.
An elocutionary entertainment is to be
given in the Homewood Avenue Presbyte
rian Church this evening.
The Western University Glee and Mando
lin Club will give a concert in Choral Hall,
Sewickley, this evening.
The Fleming concert in Carnegie nail will
be given this evening. The indications aro
for a large attendance.
Graver's Mind May Have Changed.
Chicago Tribune.
Since the Pennsylvania Democrats have
had their convention it may be proper, per
haps, lor mo to say that I have not as many
of those misgivings as I had. Cleveland.
The War Botween the Horses.
Detroit Journal.
The party war horse does not want the
nomination to go to tbo dark horse; while
tbe dark horse is trying to have the war
horse ruled off the track: ' ' '
CDRI0US CONDENSATIONS. '
The moon moves 3,333 feet per second
A woman in Oregon has worked 3
years at stone cutting. 1
There are 4,300 women In England whi
make a livfiig by type setting.
A gold coin depreciates 5 per cent o
value in 16 year 3 of constant use.
A carrier pigeon alighted in an ex
hausted condition on a transatlantic
steamer recently many miles at sea.
Carbon is so good a conductor of eleo
tricity that In tbe form or coke It is used U
make an earth connection for lightning rods
. Reptiles figure largely in various por
tlocsof the globe as articles of food. Th
Americans and English make use of tbi
green turtle, but there the line Is drawn.
The greatest flshway in the world is ir
the coarse of construction on the Potomac
at the Great Falls. When it is comnItpii It
will carry fish over a vertical fall of 72 feet
There is a tract of land in Levy county
Fla., In which three holes have been dngSf
feet apart, and each excavation haa laic
bare parts of the skeleton of a huge animal
The redevelopment of lost limbs is de
claredby an English naturalist to be not un
usual among Insects, in whom it may take
place either dnrlng tbe larval or pupal stage
A tree was cat in the Puget Sonne
forest the other day, from which seven cute
were taken without a knot, their combined
length being 179 feet. The tree scaled 45,001
feet.
The New York Association of Working
Girls' Clubs has 20 different societies with a
membership of 2,500. Seven societies rent
nn entire house, 12 rent rooms and one owns
Its house.
Every lake, river and pond in Germany
is supposed to be inhabited by water spirits.
Some are good nnd others bad. Tbey often
come ashore, when they may be known by
the wet hem of their garments.
A specimen of capped petrel, a bird
supposed to be an extluct, or at least a lost
species, was found recently in Ensland. The
original home of tie petrel is said to have
been the islands of St. Domingo and Gauda
loupe. In the Faroe Islands it is believed that
on every ninth night the seals cast off their
skins, assume human forms and dance on
the beach. But if they lose their sealskins
in any way they cannot resumo the shapes
of seals.
Yellow pond lilies make fine preserves.
Nasturtium flowers are often nsed In salads.
The flowers of the caper bush enter largely
into sauces, and cloves nsed for flavoring
are the unexpanded buds of the clove tree
dried in the sun.
There are doubtless scores and hundreds
of bodies that are larger than the sun among
tbe so-called fixed stars visible to tbe naked
eve. Certainly Capclla, Arctums, Slrins,
Vega and Aldebaran are each Immensely
larger than tbe sun.
The entrance of a bee into a cottage is
in many places deemed a certain sign of
death, and if a swarm of bees alight on a
dead tree, there will be a death within a
year. In Yorkshire there is a custom of in
viting bees to the funeral.
All Americans of a literary tern of
mind who have visited Paris will regret to
learn that tbe Cafe Procope is about to be
destroyed. For over 200 years, or since the
time of Louis XIV., it has been the favorite
resort of authors, actors, scholars, poets and
wits.
Spiders are a dessert with the Hew
Caledonians and tho Chinese will serve the
iChrysalis of the silk worm. The octopus,
when boiled and then roasted, is eaten in
Corsica. The Guachos of the Argentine Re
public will hunt skunks for the sake of their
flesh.
Princess Angeline, of Seattle, has
turned prophetess. She says the world'will
come to an end in June, and that the im-
Jiortant intelligence was communicated to
ler by the spirit of tbe great Wah Kee Wee
Kum, who whs long ago a powerful and In
fluential medicine man of her tribe.
The perpendicularity of a monument is,
although few may be aware of it, visibly
affected by the rays of the snn. On every
sunny day a tall monument has a regular
swing leaning away from the sun. This
phenomenon is due to the greater expansion
of the side on which tbe rays of the sun fall.
Much of civilized history could, be
written in lace. More than almost any other
-luxury it lias bc?n the burden or ..statecraft,
tbe concern or kings. Tne Moors brought it
into Spain along with other arts. It is Col
'hert'sglory'tohave planted It securely In
France, whence the Htaguenots took it to
England, Belgium and Flanders.
Not all the millions of sheep which
have been brought into existence in Ans
tralla, the bunting, shooting, trapping and
poisoning, have served to stamp ontthe
patient kangaroo, nnd, given a little en
couragement, a little respite of peaca and
security, the animal of Australia will in
crease and multiply onco again.
A remarkable invention has been pat
ented by a Japanese gentleman. It is a lit
tle instrument which enables the possessor
to send "a cloud of blinding dust" into tbe
eyes of a foe at a distance of 13 feet. It is
said that the poor "foe" is thereby abso
lutely deprived of sfeht and, therefore, of
course at tho mercy of his assailant.
Diamond is used to cut diamond, and
with regard to the first process of cutting,
two diamonds are mounted on sticks or
holders. The operator, taklne one In each
hand, usps an angle of one gem to cut off or
reduce the angles or the other, and in this
way tho natural angles or the stones are re
moved, the dust being caught up lor subse
quent use.
The largest machine now in use for saw
ing stone can deal with blocks 3 feetlinch
high by 8 feet 3 inches long and 6 feet 6
inches wide. The saw of this machine Is 7
feet 3 inches in diameter, and is a steel plate,
mounted on a screwed spindle, along which
it can be shifted by means of large nuts, so
at to vary its position for a cutin any de
sired place. The rim of the saw is studded
with diamonds.
It is related that- in 1493 a mermaid
wlmmlmrln the ZyderZee duringaperiod
of tempest and very high tides was carried
through a hole in a oroten ovkb anu coma
not find her way out again. She was cap
tured and taken to tho town or Edam, where
she was washed and cleansed from the sea
moss which bad grown about ber. She then
appeared like any woman or the land, adopt
ing proper dress and partaking of ordinary
food.
Seventy-five miles an hour is 110 feet a
second, and the energy of 400 tons, ora train
of cars, moving at that rate Is nearly twice
ascrea'tasthatof a 2,000-ponnd shot fired
from a 100-ton Armstrong gun. This is the)
extreme weight and speed now reached In
uassen-er service: and, indeed, is very rarely
attained and then but for short distances,
but 60 miles is a common speed, and a rate of
40 or M miles is attained daily on almost
every railway in the country.
JOKELE1S FROM JUDGE;
She Won't you recite to us the poem
yon spoke of writing the other day?
He Please don't ask me to do It now, because
I'm not in the mood, but I will some time before it
Is published.
She Bat that is so indefinite.
Husband "Where is that thermometer I
hung np here the other day?
WIfe-I saw you this morning at 1 o'clock trying
to brush your teeth with It.
If yon happen to own a white cat,
It will lie In the coal by the hoar:
-While If It's as black as your hat.
he assured It will get In the flour.
Brown (reading) He stood before her,
hat In hand, waiting for her response
Mrs. Brown And she said: 'Athol. I can never
be yours; I love another" didn't she?
Brown Ho; she dropped a blgCanada cent.
Mrs. Simpkins I see that onr new neigh
bor has bought a handsome umbrella stand for her
hall.
Mr. Simpkins And now she makes her husband
come Into the house through the kitchen and leave
his umbrella In the sink.
Servant Your name, sir?
Caller-Jinks.
Strvant Do you spell It J-l-n-k-s or J-y-n-k-e-st
Caller J-1-n-k-s.
Servant Backdoor, sir.
"I tell you, Trivvet,"sald Scadds, "money
is trouble. ''
"I'm glad you told me." replied Triwet. "I
had no Idea I was so wealthy."
He owed Buckskin Pete three dollar
And afterward denied It.
That's why the Coroner's Jury
- Was called in to decide It.
She You don't think poor Mr. Simpson
was lost you don't believe he was an atheist, do
yon?
He Oh, no. You ought to bare heard hbm
swear.
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