CS JSTTVfn J flHf JIWM(jl jjji i m,imnLji ini i jiiiijipjpipiiuypBiwipHi iifei . ' THE PITTSBURG- - DISPATCH, SATURDAY, 'MAY 4 A "W? roSWSsSHSWpi'jf'-IJiralW. srPSwPEsraSBPlFTJETOi" A ffiRBOH OF THE WOELD In W Wcli Is Faithful! Reflected the Doings of tlie Day. TB-1 TTillllave All the Local, Telegraphic and Cable News Going. BEST LITEIURV FEVTUKES. HERE ARE SOME OI THE OFFERINGS: RinYARD KIPLIXG Write vbout Now v.oikrndSt. PauL rilEUEItlCK TAYLOR 7ellllis Vdventures in Madagascar. I505J BIKDETTE r.aints Some Humorous Pen Pictures. SECKETAKY Rl'SK Tells of the Rcsouiccs of Florida. REV. GEORGE HODGES Treacucs to tlie Business Men. There will be twenty-four eight-column pipes devoted to news and splendid literary features V. page of gossip for women. En tertaining department tor young folks. LOOK AT THIS MENU: Wyoming's Cattle "War. Summer Conventions. A Whaler's Adventures. Fashions for Outings. Training the Lion. Health in Bicycling. Jlotli Continents Scoured for the Holt Inter esting Stories. NEW THINGS IN SCIENCE. The Very Latest Trom 1-very Scene, of Hainan Activ ity. '5 ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 8. 14G ol. 47. No 90 Ent red at Pittsburg I'osloflice November. 1SS7. as sccoml-cIas matter. Business Office Corner Smithfield and Diarnond Streets, News Rooms and Publishing House 7S and So Diamond Street, in New Dispatch Building. rATrR Anvri'TI&IM! OFFirF, IHH'M 7S. TnnrsrnrnniNo rwYoRK. where con- nSetc files ofTllh MM VTCHcan alwars lie found Foreign rdvertlsers appreciate tlie convenience Ho re 1 ertli-n- and friends of THE I) WATCH, while In N ew ork. are aUo maae wtlcome rV Jllr I TClf ts rfffitl irly on snle at VrnfTno , rmtrn Sat art. .Vr lori. an t r Are del'fprra. fwjf. fYance. irhere anyone ichn has been disap Ijctnnd fit a hotel neicft st tmt can obtain tt. TKKMK OF THE DISPATCH. roTAf:E rr.rr if the i-sited states. inil.l Dispatch. One Year R 00 JOLYlirATcn. rr Quarter.... 200 Doil Dispatch, Um Month TO DaILI DispvrCH. lncIiidlncKundav. I year.. 10 00 Dox.1 IirATrrr. InelndlMeStindav Sm'ths. 250 DULY Dispatch. Including Sunday. I m'th. 10 f-r"riAV DisrtTcif. One Yar ISO "SlrfKii DisriTm. hie v.car 1 2 TltrliAiL l)irvTinl9 dellverca by carriers at ?T cents er week, or, including bundar Edition, at Z( cents ncr week. SATl'IlMAI. VI VV 7. IKE. TWELVE PAGES I1ENK OIUIANCIi The ordinance provMing for the pur chaM of a citj Poor F.-rm. as published elsewhere, is in miDi respects a distinct improvement on pat measures for the same purpose. The scope left for compe tition by lessening tlie number cf require ments to the minimum of necessities bv the absence of a stipulation for nver front age and the restriction of requirements to ace 's-ibihty to the city and a water supply sufficient for all puiposes is vvisQ. The limitation of price to a maximum of f300 nn acre is quite in fie right direction, lliouch even that is considerably higher than should be necessary for the purchase of suitable land. The recognition that a large tract is not necessary by imposing a limit of 250 acres is well done, but there should be no necessity for goinc beyond tlie minimum specified as one hundred acre-. Those provisions are undoubtedly changes for the better. But there is one featuie of the ordinance which is to be re prolted. The objoc'ionable section is that ivhich alter providing for the opening of bid- and the ele-tioii of the one deemed test by the Chief of the Dpartmentof Cliaritie states that no such action of lii -lnll be binding on the city until ap proved b ieh branch of Councils. Thus Councils aie ieft entirely without check in the msUcr, since their vote of acceptance locs not take the form of an ordinancs, and is therefore not subject to the Ma3"or's approval. This section is enough to -whale the whole ordinance, and if it pass Councils t should be vetoed unless amended in such a way as to make the purchase dependent on the Mayor's auto graph. TKKAT tLI. .I..:KK. The bill pending 111 Congress authorizing the American registry of three foreign built steamers, on condition that the com pany owning them shall build two Ameri can steamers of similar character, will, if finally passed, inaugurate a new departure in our navigation. Heretofore tlie laws haicngidlj excluded foreign-built vessels from our merchant marine. The unique ieult of this exclusion lias been apparent Jn III.' fact of American capital owning and snlins foreign-built vessels under the UritMi Hag. It ceitainly seems to be an improvement to permit American owners to bring tlieir vessels under the American flag with a condition winch insures a proportionate patronage to domestic shipbuilding But the mest-iirc as proposed presents the vice of special legislation for the benefit of a single corporation. If it is good policy to extend this privilege to onecoinpany, why ihou'.d not all have an equal chance? To give the me.i-.ure tlie universal and impar tial character v hich is a first requisite of legb-la1 ion it should permit all owners of foreign-imiltves-els toregislerthem, when they order or construct American vessels in the proportion proposed. THE DII'I-OVIATIC KEST CUKE; Xcw light on the utility of U. S. minis tries abroad was shed by the argument of Mr. Tayloi, of Ohio, 111 the House against the proposition to abolish tlie 31ision to Bolivia bj consolidating it with that to IViu 3Ir. Tajlcr brought in the cogent argument tl.at the present Minister, who is one of his constituents, lett Ohio and accepted the Bolivian mission for his wife's health, the climate of La Paz being re garded by medical authorities as beneficial to her. This corrects the impression that for eign missions of the Bolivian rank are en- lite Bigpalflj. tirely useless. They are publicly put on record as sanitary establishments of high value and low cost to the occupants. Other missions can probably be put in the same class as the most thorough exem plifications ot the rest cure. The claim for the curative qualities of the foreign embassies is corroborated by the way in which the occupants exemplify the well known proverb by few of them dying and none resigning unless they have some thing better to do at home. The foreign mission as a recuperative agency has a new function added by Mr. Tajlor's logic. Besides it reassures tho American people with the demonstration that it does accomplish something. PKKsIDtXT KOHEItTs' SOBN'D YIEVTS. That was a significant interview with President George B. Roberts, of the Pennsylvania Railroad, on the subject of coal rates, which appeared in The Dispatch. Mr. Roberts points out the fact, which is really cru cial as regards the extortionato char acter ot tlie anthracite coal combination, that bituminous coal at rates one-third less than on anthracite has proved a remunera tive traffic The attempt is to increase tho charces on anthracite while, as Mr. Roberts says, the broad policy of encourag ing shipments has led to still further con cessions on bituminous. While the Penn sylvania Railroad has pursued "tho policy of managing its traffic m harmony with its competitors," as its President sas, it will not follow the policy ot re stricting production in order to secure higher prices on anthracite coal. That course, Mr. Roberts concludes, "must in evitably result in arraying the public and the constituted authorities intrusted with t'ie enforcement of the laws against the companies who pursue such a policy, and end in disaster to all corporate interests." Suchsoundand wise expressions from the head of Pennsylvania's greatest corpora tion are highly satNfaetory. In these views Mr. Roberts puts himself and his corpora tion in line with public policy and the pub lic interests instead of against them. He bases the prosperity of the railroads on the plan of aiding the prosperity of produc tive interests, instead of burdening and monopolizing them as proposed by the anthracite coal combination. One course makes the corporations a public benefit and the other a public grievance. It is true that the attitude of the Penn sylvania Railroad has not always appeared to be in harmony with these views; but the recent step of that corporation in agreeing to give the Belt Line of Philadel phia a joint use of its tracks shows it to be acting on a broad and liberal policy. The head of the Pennsylvania Riilroad has doubtless observed from the history of its traffic in Pittsburg that a reduction of rates w hen forced by competition makes up for itself in the expansion of traffic The declaration of a liberal policy based on these far-sighted v iew s is a promise that the Pennsj lvania Railroad will m future shape its course on the principle of public policj as, it is no moie than fair to say, it has done in tlie past more nearly than any of its competitors. As an earnest of this policy the Pennsyl vania Railroad might take into considera tion the fact that a reduction of one-third in tlie rates on anthracite coal to Pittsburg would largely increase the domestic use of that smokeless fuel here. IN THE NAME OF SCIENCE. An expedition is to leave England June 1 to explore an utterly unknown portion of Africa arount Mount Kenia and some three hundred miles north of Killma Kjaro. There is nothing national about the enterprise, as the expedition is to be equipped and led by Mr. William Astor Chanler, a young American well known for his experience as an African traveler. The sole object of the undertaking is said to be scientific, and tlie equipment is to be such as w ill insure some interesting addi tions to the knowledge of the Dark Conti nent. Mr. Chanler's devotion to scientific ex ploration may be great, and his fearless love of adventure is probably greater; but it can hardly be maintained on humani tarian principles tint he is therefore justi fied in forcing his way throush natives who object to the intrusion of outsiders. That he expects to do some stiff fighting is manifest from the fact that the hostility of the tribes has hitherto prevented the pene tration of tiiis region and by Ins provision of two hundred rifles side by side with long-distance cameras and other scientific instruments. It is the old story, that where barbarism opposes the wishes of civilization the latter shows its superior enlightenment by intorcing the doctrine that might makes right. There is little doubt that the expedition, if it return safeiy after its two years and three thou sand miles of journeying through unex plored regions, will be beneficial to the progress of science and commercial entpr pnse. But that the natives will suffer for a time is still more indisputable, though their condition may be improved in the future If they survive liquor importations and so forth long enough. 1 1 TYKAK HUJI4.S NATDKC. The possibility of a man professing a virtue and practicin"; a vice he condemns is illustrated by a disclosure of the New York police; also the ability of the police to discover tlie misdeeds of persons obnox ious to them. In a raid recently made on disorderly houses tlie proof is asserted to have been found that one of the establish ments is owned and rented by a leading member of the New York grand jury which presented a report denouncing among other things the property owners who lease houses for such puiposes. Thus we are again confronted by ex amples of human frailty. The frailty of the grand juror thus exposed is l.ot the only nor the chief disclosure in the affair. There is probably no man who will not condemn the practice named; but there are many others hes.des the person in ques tion who bow down before the great law of making money creditably if you can, but making money at all events. On the other hand there is cogency 111 the fact that other portions of the grand jury report referred to were exceedingly dis tastelul to the police, and no one can doubt that the police officials feel a virtu ous joy 111 exposing what they claim to be proof of hyr-ocrisj and lack of virtue. That is all richt as far as it goes. But the guardians of the public peace should bear in mind that thej place themselves on record in tins case. There are large num bers of other houses in New York rented for illicit purposes. There is a strong savor of erring human nature in the fact that in long years just one man who rents his property th.it way has been exposed by the police, and lie one who had aroused Ihpir wrath by indiscreet charees touch ing police practices in the same connec tion. There is talk of indicting this grand juror, which should be douc if there is proof of his wrong-doing. But the police cannot well stop there. They have shown that it is possible to discover and expose this class of offenses. They must, there- fore, keep on with the work, no matter whether it hits Tammany politicians with a pull, or persons who are obnoxious to the police powers. DOG3HTIC AUD ERRONEOUS. In reply to publications in some of tho protectionist organs showing tlie small proportion of millionaires 111 protected in terests as compared with those who are unprotected, the New York World in dulges in the sweeping and dogmatic as sertion that "the beneficiaries of the tariff arc the only men who have grown rich from the opportunity and power given them by law to tax their fellow citizcns." In this declaration the esteemed World makes a double error. In the first place, protected manufacturers have not the power to tax their fellow-citizens, if the purpose of the protective, namely, to create domestic competition, is fulfilled. They have only the power to obtain the com petitive price based on the domestic cost of production. If a monopoly is estab lished in the protected industry then there is a power, which maybe described as that of taxing the public to tlie full amount of the excess of duty over the competitive price which, as The nDis patcii in common with most protectionist journals, fecognizes as an attack on tlie protective principle. We have not ob served any great promptitude on the part of the Democratic House to wipe out the notorious abuse of that sort by originating a bill for the repeal of the duty which protects the sugar refining monopoly. In the next place the World is in error in declaring that there are no others who have obtained wealth by a delegation of the taxing power. All railroad charters confer the taxing power, which can be used by the corporations just as already said witli regard to the tariff, if there is a monopoly. But all railroads under the present system have a limited monopoly, and the combination of these monopolies has created great ones. It is a fact which the World ignores that the use and abuse of the power conferred in this class of legislation have created the vast majority of the great fortunes of the present day. The World is too wisely engaged in de nouncing the perversion of the taxing pow cr to inject value into the watered capitahzition of the anthracite combina tion to commit itself to such a broad and sweeping error as tile above. MK. CHOKER'S DISCIPLINE. The retirement from public life of As semblyman Wissig, the Tammany leader who recently obtained fame by a speech of such scurrility as to turn even the tougli stomachs of the New York Democrats, is stated to be an exhibition of discipline by the great Tammany leader. Mr. Croker, it is asserted, "knows enough to respect the decencies, of public life," and while people were 'powerless Croker was not. He issued orders that Wissig should take himself and his mouth to the retirement of his private barroom; and Wissig made haste to obey. This presents a primafacie caseof asmall favor to be thankfully received. Numer ous decidedly objectionable practices are not only permitted but required by Croker of the legislators to whom he, rather than the people, represents the source of polit ical power. They must pass corporate grabs, and refuse regulation of monopolies w inch contribute liberally to the Tam many funds. Bridge and transit bills must go through as by machinery, without any care for the public interest. All these things Wissig did as a matter of course. But when a Tammany member airs his foul mouth in public Mr. Croker issues the or der for him to go; and he goeth. This is very good of Croker; but on the whole it might be better to let the people exercise the sovereicn political power, now reposing in his hands. If used with discrimination it might not only remedy certain other notorious abuses, but also re tire the political blackguards before they had disgraced themselves and the public by breaking loose in the function of leg islators. Lawn sprinklers will soon be in great demand, and intending puichaseis cannot do bo'ter than apply to the File Department lor some of the half hose that U so well fitted for their purpose, though it is an utter failure for the uses to w hich it has been so mistakenly applied hitherto. Money subscribed for Arctic explora tions should bo known as a pole tax. At tacks of this kind maybe expected period ically until the polo is dtscoveted or worn out. Quay failed to turn up yesterday, but he is not unlikely to attempt some turning down before long. It is now said that General Harrison will withdraw from his efforts for a second term when he finds himself beaten. There is lit tle doubt as to tho truth of this assertioa, but It is Improbable that tho warrior will "find" himself beaten. Now that Italy and America are once more on cordial terms the former feels ablo to afford the luxut j of a Ministerial crisis and general internal upset. Sausages should be plentiful and cheap next week, as dog catching Is scheduled to begin on Monday. Gold continues to go to Europe, but paper money is acceptable enough for all kinds of campaign expenses. Piomissory notes with regard to public offices will no doubt be used as largely as ever. The number of un instructed delegates to tho National Conventions indicates tho necessity that this should bo a more edu cative campaign than usual. If the weather be propitious our nine will have tw o chances to win this afternoon. The proposal that two of the Inmnn ves sels shall sail under tho Araci lean flag in stead of the English, as heretofore, should not be n subject lor international stone tin owing or flagellations. For an orderly, business-like meeting, conducted on principles of sweetness and light, the ".Vomen's Relief Corps In Ohio can not bo sui passed. Justice is doing some splendid work toward the reform of law and older agents. If Messrs. Borrow e, Fov, Jlilbank and company cannot be dressed in straight jack ets the should at least be gagged to end tho pugnacious outpounngs winch hnve become a public nuisance. Belgium should receive a cordial vote or thanks if Milbtnk be made to suffer imprisonment for his duclistic propensi ties. Surely no man has temerity enough to deny that an invincible pitcher is of vastly more importance just now than a citizen with pioper qualifications for tho Presi dency. Latest news from "Venezuela is various sorts and sorties. ot The women alternates to be sent to Min neapolis by the Wyoming State Republican Convention stand little chance or having their say and the last word at the National Convention. PiTTSBuno suffered sadly yesterday. Sen ator Quay failed to arrive, as expected, and tho ball game was postponed on account of rain. Now is the time to appeal against banana- peel nuisances. PEBITNENT PERSONALITIES. 'Solicitor General Aldrich left Washington yesterday afternoon for Chi cago. Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria leaves his mustache alone, and content himself with softly stiokinjj Ills snow-whito whiskers. Joseph Murphy is put down as the richest of actois. He is said to bo worth $450,000, most of whicli ropiesents the savings fiom his annual income. The late Grand Duke Constantine, uncle of the Czar, had little tricks of manner that weie peculiarly his own. The most curious of them all was Ms method ot "jumping" his eye-glass into his eye. The Czar of Russia has a peculiar way of passing his right hand over the too of his head when absoj bod, and it may be that his baldness is due to Ills having gradually worn the hall off in so doing. James B. Hammond, the inventor of the typewiitei orth.it name, is an Interesting man. Heactedasconespondentof the Now York Tribune and tho New York World dur ing the Amciican Civil War. Both Kmpcrnr William and King Hum bert have the habit or twisting tlieir mus taches. The Italian monaich strokes his with deliberation, the Geimm Kaiser twists his with a brusque, quick and joiky move ment. Archbishop Kenrick, of St. Louis, whoe failing health and advanced age lead to grave apprehensions, was one of the pre lates who opposed the doma of the Immac ulate Conception, and he probably missed a Caidinal's hat by his opposition. Oliver Wendell Holmes is now 83 jeais old. Had he not been a literaty man, he would probably have been famous as a doctor, lloa'cnbes ins nertect health and long lite to always having followed a careful lulcoflife. Rising at 7o'clock lie takes a bath of cold o- tepid water every morning of L his life. The insanity of mad King Otto of Bavaria appeals to have taken the foim of an illusion that he is a stoik. In one of the magnificent npiitmcnts devoted to his use at the palace of Fin stem eid l.o has laboiiously con stituted a gigantic nest, eery stick and straw of which he has conveyed to tho spot in his mouth. A trick of the Prince of Wales is some what disconceiting. About once In every minute and n half tho lid of the right eye drops completely over the ball. The eye re mains closed for the space of about a second, ami then suddenly opens again to its luliest extent, no othei feature of the faco having moved meanwhile. AN IMPORTANT DECISION That Should Be Remembered by I!qaor Sellers Who hlp Goods. Eostos, May C The Supreme Court to-day rendeiod nn important decision in n suit brought to recover the piice ot a lot of in toxicating liquors sold by a wholesale liquor house to n hotel keeper in Maine, with a view to beini resold In tho latter State. The sale took placo in Eoston, and the goods weie delivered hole. Tho verdict in the Superior Court was for the plaintiff fot tlie price of the liquors, but the supieuie Couit non sustains exceptions flled bv the defendant, and savs that the contract was void. and that the plaintiffs cannot lecover, especially because the lat ter not only knew what was to be done with the liquors, but participated in tlie disposi tion ot the goods in a statu where the sale 13 pioniDitcu. ONE EOT REMONSTRANCE Advocated to Ba Submitted Against Sunday Opening of the Fair. New Castle, May 6 Special The Penn sylvania General Conferenoe or the Primi tive Methodists is now in session in this city. Mayor John B. Brown delivered an address of welcome. Rev. c Piosser. of Nunticoke, lesponded. The Committee on Resolutions repotted the following: VViiekeas, Sibbath dcstcratlon Is a lamentable feature to be regretfully ob-iercd everywhere in this country, and llkclv to be Increased bv gross license at the great Columbian Exposition at Chi cago, openlne October H. lwi, belt Resolved. That we do hereby titter our earnest protest against such a course, and Instruct our sec retary to join with officials ot otli'r Christian de nominations and send up one hot remonstrance, not onlv against the Columhl in Exposition being opLiiedon Sunday, but against the allowing of liquor saloons there on any or all days of the week. HAWAII TIRED OF ROYALTY. it Is Too Expensive and Uncle Sam's bngar Boarty Is Better. Sah Fbakcisco Mav 6 Lansing B. Mi'encr, ex United States Minister to Guatemala, ho has been spending some time in the Hawaiian Islands, has le turned to this city, and in an interview to-day stated the Hawaiians weie finding the expense of maintaining a government very bm den some, and that it is becoming difllcnlt for them to iaie $100,000 annually 101 the suppoit of the Quoen's household. Misener also vtntcd that tho question of annexation to the United States, in 01 der to obtain the bounty on sugar, as provided for in t'ie Mc Kinlov bill, was being very generally dis cussed at the isl inds. A CRUISER IN THE MISSISSIPPI. The Negroes Brdlevo It Is There to Trans port Thorn 111 to Okliliomn. HelesAjArk., May 6. The man-of-war Con coid, en route to Memphis to attend the bridge celebration, leached hero this even ing and was accoidcd a lousing leception. She will leave to-nigl.t for the Bluff City, .ut will lav to at a point about 20 miles be low the city until Situiday moining. when sho will loxumo her vojugo to tho north. The an lval of tho cruiser, the fli st seen in 30 years, caused much exoitenientatnongthe negiocs, and the leport was circulated that she had been sent them by Uncle bam to convey all tho colored people to Oklahoma. WEDDED IN DEATH. An Engaged Conplo Buried Instead of Being United TorLifa. Stuart, Iowa, May G Instead of a wedding theie was a double funoral a few miles from here Wednesday. Chailes Vnti9aiten nnd Minnie Goffweie engaged to be marned, which event was to have occuired within a slioit time. They tiled to roul Beaver creek Sundaj night. They could not see it was out of its Dinks because of the daiknoss. Their bodies -ere lecoveied andintened yesterday afternoon. A Most Tlmoly Agitation. New York Sun. 3 Now that the agitation for better country roads is in season, theie is one point that is woithy of the attention ot such road officers as may bestir themselves to the extent of giving those quags a top dressing. It is rather woiso than useless to macadamize w ith rotten stone, and most stone is rotten. Neailv all weather w 01 n stone is lotten. When ground up the dust tiom this stone is wore than the native oai th nnd clay. It consists of minute angular or needle-Hko fragments of quii tz w hich set up an injuii ous irritation of the eve nnd prepaiethe nasal membrane for tho leception of ca tanb. AVho Is It Pays the Tax? Toledo Commercial. Wire nails aie selling in Pittsburg at 1.65 cents per pound, in factory lots. This is the lowest price on lecord, but Just as good nails will be sold cheaper next yeat. The duty on wire nails is 2 cents per pound now, how much is tho "tax," and who pays it? Can't Compare With Louisville. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Owing ton war between rival water com panies in Denvei that useful liquid Is free to all citizens. But even this does not equal the condition 111 Louisville, whore water has been as fieo as the air for years with no takers. INVESTIGATION CERTAIN. The Dismissal or Senate Clerk Tonne Not to Go by Wlthont an Inquiry rropoied Changes In Classification of Mail Mat ter V mil Againut Convict-Made Goods Interesting Capital Notes. Washington, May & The standing Committee of Piess Correspondents will be gin on Monday an inquiry to ascertain tho reasons for dismissal, under charges of in fidelity, of Senate Executive Clork Jamos K. Young. The ftxamtnation Into this mat te r is not made for the purpose of chnlleng; lng the right of the Senate to dismiss an era-" ploye, but to enable the associates of Mr. Young, who include the whole body of cor respondents, to reach and expioss a conclu sion with regard to the probability or his guilt of the offense imputed to him, and as to whether, if tho Senate was justified in dismissing him under charges of gross infi delity, he should not also, for the same rea son, be excluded fiom the privileges of the gallery. Mr. Young, who was refused by the Senate an opportunity to be heard, will be called npon by the committee to make a statement. In spite of the fact that Mr. Young was recently secretly dismissed by the Senate under very painful circumstances, it ap peals that there are at least three applicants in the field for the place of Executive Clerk of tho Senate fius made vacant. They are Gcneial Harrison Allen, of Fnrgo, N. D , but foimoi ly 11 lesident of Pennsylvania, who is backed by tho North western Senators: Chailos Miatin, late cletk of the House of Repiesentatives, who is brought lorward bv Senator I'ei kins, and VV. H. II. Hart, acoloied man and a graduate of Howard Univcisity, w ho w as a pi otoge ot ex-Senator Evai ts, and has stiong uacktnsr. It was stated at one tune that this office was to be abolished, but It is evident that the matter has been te considered. ItEPRESEXTATlVE Crosby, of Massachu setts, to-day repented to the House from the 1'ostofflce Committee a bill providing that all mall matter heretofore included in the third and fouith classes shall in future be Ijtranspoited as third class matter, postage on which shall be chargedat the rate of 1 cent for every two ounces or fiactiou thereof. The passage of the bill, the committee thinks, v ill benefit pveiv peison who has occasion to use the mails for trunspoi ting small pack ages. It will bo pal ticuiaily advantageous to people in tho rural distiicts who have no means of sending or receiving packages by expiessor by other private convejance. There was to-day laid before the House a letter fiom Attorney General Miller, con taining an application for urgent deficiency appiopi mtious to defray the daily expenses of the United States Courts for tho fiscal vear 1892. The amount requited is $333,000. The necessities of the service, says tho At torney General, lequtie that the uigent de ficiency bill shall he acted upon piomptly or that the courts and their ofllcets be notified tliaii the Government has no money for its own expenses for the lemainder of the fiscal year. An important bill designed to prevent the emuloymont on public woiks of prison or convict labor or the products of such labor was lepoited to the House to-day from the Labor Committee by Representa tive Davis. The bill is made effective by tho inclusion in it of the following provisions: In all contracts made for the construction or lepair of public works there is to he in sei ted a condition that no convict or prison l.iboi or the pioduct thereof shall bo em ployed or used umm such buildings. The willful violation of the law is to constitute a foifeituro of contract. Secretary Tracy has informed the Senate, in answer to a resolution asking whether the construction of any naval vessels on the Great Lakes Ijad been le Jected foi any other re ion than those fol lowed by the Depattment, that in only one case has this been done, and that was tho bid for the construction of the naval practice ship, the contract of whicli was given to a firm whose hid was $5 000 higher than that made by a Bay City, Mich , shipbuilder, on the giound that existing stipulations would not allow the Department to award a contract for the construction or a warship on the Great Lakes. Two other proposals have been re ceived from shipbuildeis of the lakes to construct small vessels for the navy, but in both instances they were rejected because Eastern firms bid lower. Representative Scott, of Illinois, to day offered for veierence in the House a resolution reciting the piovislons of tho anti-trust law, alleging that the National Cordage Company is a corporation organ ized and operated as a trust to destn3- com petition and monopolize the trade and cora lneice in binding twine and other cordage" products between the several States, and foreign countiies, and lequesting the Attor ney General to infoim the House whether any information had been furnished the De partment ot Justice 011 this subject of such 11 character as will authoiize him to insti tute pi oceedingsundei tho law against the persons who, It Is alleged, have combined in its violation. Senator Dolph to-day proposed an amendment to the sundry civil bill appro priating $-256000 for 1 public building at Poitland, Oio in addition to the nppiooria tion all cad v made, and to increase tho limit of cost to $1,500,000. Vice President Stahlman, of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Com pany, and Linden Kent, an attornev of this citj lcpresentinj the Richmond Teiminal Company, appealed beroie this House Com merce Committee to d ty and argued against tho intci-Stato commeice proceduio bill. The committee had oidcrcd tho bill le portod to tho House w ith a favorable rec ommendation, but agreeing not to make tlie report until after the gentlemen named had an oppoitunity to present their views. The Treasury Department has completed arrangements for tho transfer of tho Assist ant Treasureish pat Chicago to John R. Tanner. Four experts have been sent to Chicago to assist Assistant Cashier Meline, who is nowtl ere in an examination orbooks nnd assets of the office. The bond of Mr. Tannciv amounting to $350,000, has been ap. Jiroved b3' tho Solicitor ot the Tieasnry, and le will take possession of the sub-Tieasury Monday morning. The House Postoffice Committee to-day aneed to topoit favorably bills appropriat ing $100,000 for the extension or free dollvery in rural districts and providing for tlie issue or fractional postal notes. Tho sum of $10, 000 is appiopiiatcd to carry out tho pro visions of the latter bill. The Secretary of State has issued a war rant for the snuendor to the Canadian au thoiities or C. C. Hade, alias Chailcs Phal lin.r, now in custody at St. Paul, Minn., on a charge ot uttoiing loiged papeis in Canada. In the Senate to-day eulogies were pro nounced on tho lato Senator Wilson, of Mai viand, by Messis. Got man, Wilson (la.), Ilei lv, Piatt, Gray, Mitchell, Pasco, Dixon and Gibson, nnd the Senate then adjourned till Monday. Thr5 Popo Sets His Foot Down. Faiu3, Jlay 6. The Pope has sent a letter to the French caidinals, in which he de cisively enjoins them not to deviate from his policy in regaid to France. IIIIJ8 DECmiNG BOOM. Mn.IIlLi.is on tho lino or Oblivion land waiting for tho gun to bo filed. Portland XeiDS. A rEitso:? answering to the namo of David Bennett Hill is said to bo in this country. Chicago Mail. Hill is qualified to play flist fiddle one way, at least. Thore are no shuts In the business he doesn't know, Philadelphia Times. It may bo it was only fun that David Ben nett Hill was after, and that ho will grace fully step 0110 side at the command. Somer set News, Tue Presidental bee, like other bees, usu ally loses its tall when It begins to sting tho other fellows. Ask Dave Hill about it. Chicago Inter Ocean. lv Senator Hill i3 no moie successful in his noxt journey to the South in search of dole gates than ho was In his former trip to that part of the country he n ould better stay at homo. New Yorl, Tribune. If Governor Hill had a tight grip on any Southern State thnt Stato was Georgia, and yet Georgia has divided its delegation to Chicago between Cleveland and Hill. This does not add a pai tide to the gaiety of the senator. iVcte York Advertiser. THE FUTURE MOTIVE POWER. Scientists Asking What Is to Take the riace of Coal Years Hence. Cincinnati Times-Star. In an interesting article on "After Coal, Whatt" published in tho curient Western Christian Advocate, Yvof. E. T. Nelson in dulges In some speculation as to what the world Is to do after the coal fields are all ex hausted. He says the millions of tons England and Wales are annually taking out of the mines aio rapidly diminishing tho supply, and because of the constantly in creasing demands in this country the sup ply is so rapidly diminishing that it be comes easy to calculate how long it will last. Theie is no indication thatnnywhcioin the world coal is being formed. Tlie so-called "bottled sunshine," stored in the millions of ages that are past is now the reserve, and is being rapidly drawn on. Upon coal civiliza tion itself depends. Without it the mighty in dustiies ot the woild must die and the cities would die with them. Transpoitntion 011 land or sea is as dependent on coal as upon human agency. Electiiclty cannot alto gether succeed steam power because elec tiicity lsono orthe lesults of steam power applied. Waterpowerexistsonlyin Isolated places. For trans ocean purposes nn appli cation of such power would be Impossible. Tho steamer City of New York consumes daily 350 tons ot coal, or for n ten days' tiip 3,500 tons. If of 7,000 tons burden half Iior capacity must be taken up with that which pioduces the propelling power. Thousands or steamers now plying the waters or the world have appetites for coal almost equal to that of the City of New York, and are obliged in theuamewavto waste space m cariying the supply. , The thing which is to take the place of this power pi oducer. Prof, Nelion suggests, is some kind of explosive. Nltro-glycerine has a lining poei 300 000 times its own weight. Three andnlmlr pounds of it while exploding, Pior. Nelson savs, develops a pressuie of 470,000 atmospheres or 7,250 000 Eonnds to the squaio inch. This monster, c insists, can be harnessed and controlled as thoroughly as steam or electncity is con trolled, lie says: "The maximum value of nitro-glycerine is 3,000 times that of the best coal. One pound contains a concealed power sufficient, when set free, to cairy this mighty steamship at its present rate for the next CO minutes 2t pounds a day, 200 pounds i voyago in the lace of the gieatest storms that sweep tho Atlantic.'- The bunkers of many of tho steamers as they leave New York contain 4,000 tons 01 cod; if nitioglyceiine became Us motive power the steamers would have loom for 4,000 tons moie freight than they now cairy. GOOD NEWS FOE HAHVASD. Prof. Palmer Refuses to Leave That Col lese to Go to Chicago. Cambridge, Mass., May C SieciaL The best piece of news that Harvard men have heaid for some time is that Prof. Palmer, of the philosophic department, has refused to go to tte Chicago University. The follow ing letter was sent to-day for publication in the Harvaid Crimson: To the Editors of the Crimson- GEXTLtMCN Can you allow me a little space in your paper to announce to my Harva-d friends that last night I declined the professorship recentlj offered ni'j at Chicago? It Is a superb unl versltv which is rapldl) rising there. Its mllllou alre foundcr.s-igacfous and self-effacing: Its young, resourceful and whining president: its capable trustees, who. though two-thirds of them are drawn from a single sect, serve under a constitu tion which provides that no particular religious profession shall ever be held as a requisite for election to anv professorship: Its en thusiastic city, .ilreadr contrlhutlng uetrly half of its greit endonment: lis distinguished faculty, selected from all parts of this and other lands: Its commanding position In the middle region of the country, wl ere It stands as a new Harvard. Yale or John-, Hoplvlns, attending to that expensive, highest Instruction which the smaller colleges can not of themsehes supplr. All these thinzs must lead a lover oflea-nlng to welcome the new foun dation ns a splendid addition to the educational re sources of the country, and may well makeanr man eager to serve npon Its staff But long service In a single place begets duties to that place duties strong, ir undeniable, and. without disparaging other colleges a Harvard man may fnlrlv feel that there Is something In Ills own unlvcrsltv which renders it incomparable, potent over the future, compulsive of loyalty and of love. Verv truly 5 ours. G. H. Palmer. WON'T TBAVEL WITH NEGB0ES. The Manual Training School Students of St. Loais Are Up In Arms. St. Lodis, May 6. The students of the Manual Training School nie up in armi, the cause of tlieir wrath being two colored stu dents, who it is claimed want to go on tho annual tour with the graduating clasj. It has been the custom for some time past for the graduating classes of the Manual 1 rain ing School to visit Chicago for pleasure and education. The students had made all arrangements to start next Thursday, when a hitch occuned. The management of the institute per mitted two negroes to enter the school, and the students were forced to put up with this from the start: but when the time for the customary annual tiip to Chicago came, and the obnoxious students announced their in tionofgoini along with tho lest, the boys determined to assort themselves. They sav thpy will chatter a pilvate car and will admit no colored person, not even a coloied porter. DEATHS IIEKE AI) ELSEWHERE. Lyman AT. Case, Philanthropist. The body of the late Lvman TV. Case, of Wlnsted. Conn , has been sent to the Troy Cre matory for Incln-ratlou. Mr. Case was a remark able man In mauj wars, a man of wealih and be nevolence, and a will-known free thinker By profession he was a lawer. but the greater part of his life was spent in llteran pursuits, as a maker of books, a crltlu an editor of newspapers and a contributor ot nrose and poetrv to many period icals. It was largely through his efforts that the American homestead law cime futo existence, but he himself always sild that the original pro pounder of the homestead ldta was an aged cltucn naind Kelsev. of whom he often spoke in terms of afTci tlon. In his earlier life Mr. a-e traveled the world over, ami enjored the turmoil of time among m iny rices; liul for a n 1111 her or years past he has llcd quletlvln his library at Wlnsted. virvlnghls studUs through tie eairclse of his artl-tlcand mechanical tastes in thebeautlfrlngof his delight ful lUglilnnrt Park, within the boundaries of which hcrecentlvbuilt his home. He was a bounteous giver in his lire, but the only institution to be hen- ented hv 111s win is me aev iwk society lor the prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Kev. A.J. Alexander, Dallas, W. Va. Eev. A. J. Alexander died yesterday at Dallas. Marshal county, W. Va. He was a grad uate of the College of 1'liTsiciansand Surgeons in Cincinnati, and later graduated at the Allegheny Theological Semlnarv. While in the West Vir ginia district he both practiced medicine and preached the gospel. He founded the Presbyterian churches at Portland. O , and Scotch Rldg. O.. and the Sunday school at Mt. Pteasant. He had been pastor at Washington. Pa,, and other points, and was a prominent member of the Presbytery. Ills age was 52. C. A. Carpenter. C. A. Carpenter, freijht agent of the Pennsylva K a road, at the Duqnesne depot, died yesterday ol pneumonia at his home In Pcwleklev. He wa9 born In 1S3I5. and educated by John Kelly . along with suili men as Andrew Carnegie. Robert Pitcalrn. lie iry rnipps. dr.. iiarrr imver and .1. H. Dorrlngion. He became an cmploTe of the Pennsylvania road in 18V1, ind was made the l'lttsliurg ageut In 1354 He has helJ the position CM.r since. Obltnary Nots. Fbaxk T. Lynch, proprietor and editor of the Leavenworth (Kan.) AfanifantdledThurMlay even ing of heart failure, superinduce I by pu umonlo. C. Cakpenteh, freight agent of the Pennsyl vania road at Duqucsne, died csterdav of pneu monia. He lived In Sewicklcy. Mil a very, popularman. Joseph Fewelmav, a dime miis-um freak known as the Fisli-sklnmJ Man." dlid Thursday In the Jersey ( ity Hospital. His body was covered with scales like those of a fish. CimiSTfvxEWMAV. the oldest person In Hcr klme counlj, N. Y., died Moud ly at his home at NLllIston. ag"d 100 v ears and 1 month. He wis a uath e ot the couutr and a larmer. Pitor. J. M. Caldwell, of Allegheny, died yes terday In his his 70th 3 tar. The fuueril will take lace lo-dai from the residence of his daughter, Irs. A. D. VIcKee, In the Eajt End. l'p.or August VWliielm Hofvanv, the dis tinguished German chimlst. Is dead. He waa a member of many societies. Including the Kuril Socitlr, of London. He was a corresponding member of the Institute of France, aud an officer of the I rent h Legion of Honor. Elias Sitolt. aged 38. a pilot on the Mississippi river, ded at Parkersburg, W. Va.. yesterday. He first contracted a fever ltr the South, and came home lo recuperate. He wis again attacked, ami was brought home again by his hruther. He was a member of a prominent family. LestehL. Robixsov. the well-known railroad constructor and capitalist, died on his ranch hi Contracosta county. Cat, from complications aris ing from a severe attacs: of the grip. He hail brten connected In railroad construction work for -is wars, having built the Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad from i'ortlaud. Me., to Montreal, Canada, lnlSH O. G. WAKHrlf, senior member of the firm of James D. Warren's bons, proprietors of the Iluf falo Commercial, died Thursday morning from pneumonia, after an Illness of about a week. He took a chill while attending the Republican State t onventfou. to whicli he was a delegate last week. He was a delegate to the National Convention of 1SSS and a delegate elect to the convention which Is to meet June 7 at Minueapolls. W0HEN AND CHARITY. Reception orthe Central T. VT. C. A. An nual Meeting of the Chl'dreii's Aid So ciety or Allegheny Close or Succ-ssrul Tail Social Gossip. The Central Young "Women's Christian Association onened Us new building, 4H Penn avenue, j esterday with a lecnpt'on. The house was fragrant with the scent ot lloweis, nnd merry with the voices of tho ladies who wore making their guests feci -it home. The hole houso was thrown open to tho public, and many were tho expres sions of admiration, on nil sides. A full description or the building was given in The DisrATcn several dnvs ago. Tho members of tho Bond of Malinger", comprising some of the best know 11 society ladies in the two cities, acted as a reception committee. The orginization has 400 111cm beis, although itisuot jet qtiitea jearold. Monday morning tho serving of luncheons at the association rooms w ill be commenced. The man igers want it particularly uiidci stood that all girls are invited whether they wish to buy luncheon there or not. Tho ou Ject or the asscciation is not to make money, but to atfoi da comfortable resting placo for the young women of tho city. The annual meeting of the Children's Aid Society of Allegheny county was held esterday afteruoou at the dispensary build ing, Sixth avenne. The reports from the va rious departments of work done for tho year were read, showing that l.!l children had been cared for. The society ha-) ta'cen in 33 children during the icar. The number of deaths for that period was only four. Homes hive been found for a number of childien in good Chustian families, while sick children havo been taken to different hospitals to receive the best care that can be afforded in such institutions The soci ety is not very well known, because it lias never asked the public for money. It has been supported entirely by private subsc-ip-tion, but now it has bean determined to ask for outside help. This should be forth coming raslly in view of the character of tho work alone by tho society. For seven years it has been taking care children, and has undoubtedly saved the lives of hundieds or innocents. The thanks of the society were tendered to the following ladies un clothing donated for the c'lildren: Miss Moirison, Mrs. II. limes, Mr". Darrah, Mis. Schafer, 3hs. Ritcr. Mis. Gregg. Mr. Mc Cance, Mrs. Aleton, Mis. Kiefer, Mrs. Ram sey, Ml" Kricbel and Mrs. J. 3. Harris. Home & Ward and tho Helping Hand Society al-o cent clothimr. ( ontributions were iceeived fiom Mrs. H. J. Hpiii7, Miss Morrison, Mrs. M. VV. Shafer, Mis. Gregg, Mrs. Moore, 3Iis. B F. Woodhouse, Mrs. A. K. Wallace, Mrs. Stmpvon, Miss M. Boyd, jurs. ix. juason ana miss porter. The monthly meeting of the Allegheny eounty W. C. T. U. will be held in the Baptist Church, Mt. Washington, on Tuesday next, sessions being held ut 2 and 7 10 p. ji. In the afternoon there will bo an address ou scien tific temperance instruction in this public schools by Miss Green, of Chester county, who is Stato lecturer. In the evening the exercises will consist of short addics-.es interspeised with inu-lc. A juvenile society under the supervision of the local W. ( . T. U. will furnish some vocal mus.c Tho visi tors will no the guests of the Washington W. U. T. U. Social Chatter. The German Evangelical fair will close in Old City Hall this evening. It has been very successful, and a good sum has been taken for the building fund of the orphans' school at West Libeity. Theie has been a particu larlv strong music tl programme prepaied for the closing night, and there is no dount that those w ho attend the fair this evening will have a most enjoyable time. The fair for the benefit of the Aged Col ored Women's Home in Lafayette Hall, closed last evening. There was a good pro gramme, and the proceedings were enjoyed by a large number of guests. There will be a neat sum for the home ns the re-nlt of tne fair. The Iron City Band furnished the music. This will boa gieat day in the Allegheny Carnegie VInsic Hall. Tho ono hundredth organ lecltal is tube given, and Mr. II IS. Ecker, the organist, will be presented with a gold medal. A splendid programme has been prepared. The ladles of the Soutbside Hospital havo a committee appointed to arrange for an ice ci earn and strawberry festival atan early date for the benefit of the hospital. Quite .1 number or donations havo already been promised. A WEomro of interest to many Pittsbnrg ers will take place in Philadelphia Vfonday. The bnde will bo Miss Louisa Oanie, of Philadelphia, and tho xrooui Pro.. Kirch ner, of the Last TJnd Gymnastic Club, Pitts burg. CRISP AXl) REED. Spevkeb Crisp, the next time lie wants J quorum, ought to get out an injunction against the races nt Bennings. New York Commercial Advertiser. Speaker Ckisp lias talents that would make him a fiist-class Georgia minsticl if he could nlways havo the Hon. Tom Reed as lntcr locntor. Chicago Tribune. Let the Republicans nominate Tom Reed if he is still anxious to h ivo Dsinoents present and voting. They will nil bo there and their votes will be counted. St. Ijouis Republic. There aro some indications that ex Speaker Reed is having more fun in Con gress than Speaker Crisp. "T'ie dangerous Democratic majority" don't seem to havo yielded the rich fruits which weru expected. Chicago Jntcr-Occan. Speaker Crisp has not tho courage of his convictions. He knows the Reed method of securing a quorum was a piopcrono, and that it would save him much trouble by adopting it. but ho doesn't dare to show the folly of the Democratic ravings against Reed by following his example. Indianapolis Journal. SrEAKER Crisp is no doubt longing for a Reed rule in Congress these days. Tho other day when he was exceedingly anxious for a vote there was ''no quorum," and yet there was a quornm of members In plain view nil the tlmo. But it would not do to count them, after all Detnocnts havo s ltd about "Czar Reed." Peoria Ncwi. CAPTAIN CONHOB'S BENEFIT, Over SG.000 Already Has Tieen Realized 1'ioiri tlln S.iIb or S-ats. New York, May 6 Over 0,000 has been realized at tho auction sale of seats and boxes for tho benefit to bo given orthe widow of tho late Captain William M. Con nor, on tho 12th lust., at the Metropolitan Opera House. Fust choice of boxes was knockd down to Lotta for $500. J II. McVIcker, of Chicago, secured the next choice lor tho samu nmnunt. lho Coney island Jockey Club paid ?500 for third choice Kdward . Stokes, James II. Breslin and Jo-cpu Brooks paid $2j0 lor threo boxes in tlie Hi t tier. Several New Orleans ti lends sent $S00, for one seat, and fsiends of the de ceased hotel pionrietor in St. Louis, Sin Francisco, Washington, Baltimore, Loms vil'e, Boston, Philadelphia, Nashville, Chi cago, and other cities were represented at the sale. SUDDENLY STEICKEN LUIIJ3. An Affliction Said to Ilavi Co Poor Tnrp-ntine. Caused by Chicago. M iv C Two weens ago James Fishei.nn cxpoit giainer, could speak ns well as anyone. Ycsteidiy he went to tho deaf and dumb institute at Hint, Mich , to lear.i tho alphabet. He says he suddenly lost his v oice tun days no, and bc-licv es It was tho result of bau tu pontine in tlie paint. On April 25 he wont to his employer be fore going to work to in ike a rrpoit to bun. and when he tried to speak Killed to tn.in any sound. A p'lysici 111 examined him and declared the loots of tho tongue were para lyzed and would never recover. Fiher de clares the turpoiitini- used bv contracting painters causes many of tlie men to suffer irom painter's colic. An Eirthquiku in Pennsylvania. LA3CASThii, May 6 A shock, believ ed to be that of an cartnquike, was rolt 111 Teric Hill and other sectuns of Northern Kan castor county, about 4 JJ o'clock this morn ing. The Mound swayed and bou-eswero shaken. Tho disturbance lasted but a tew seconds. Londoners Ask n Cnrrency Co-iforence. London, May 6 At a meeting of "city men" held at tho Maasion House, a resolu tion was adopted culling upon tlie Govern ment to take immediate steps to piomote tne holding of an international cunency conference. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. Georgia reports 9,C0O carloads of water melons insight. A number of prehistoric skeletons wero recently unearthed in Rome. They were of males and females and averaged seven feet in length. It is reported from Oregon that a belt of freshly fallen snow, half a mile wido, was seen near Fendloton the other day, the ground on cither side being perfectly bare. A Georgia man has in his possession a palm oil lamp made in 31 idnd, Spain, in 1604. It was dug up in tho woods some time ago, antt is supposed to hav e been lost by Ponca de Leon. It is believed ia Transylvania that th firs'- p"rson to enter a new house must die, therefore it Is tho custom to throw in a pre liminary cat or dog. Tho scape cat is. how ever, to be preferred. In mythology Jupiter Amnion appeared to Olympias as a -crpent and became tho father of Alexander tho Great: Jupiter Cap ltollnus a-sumed a similar form to become the father o scipio Alfncanm. In this country, it is said, if a cat runs away, when recovered sho must be swung three time-, around to attach her to the dwelling. Tho samo is dono with a stolen, cat by a thief if lie would retain It. What is claimed to be the plow which General Putnam left in the furrow, up in Connecticut, when ho rnshod to tho defense of his countrv lie years ago, is exhibited in front of a haidwaro store in Damelsonviile, Conn. In Japan the man of "quality" never forces his steed out of a walk: If the errand is ono whicii demands speed, the rider dis mounts, ties the fore legs or his xnimals to gether, and strikes off at a brisk gallop on foot. There are two water companies in Den ver, Col. Recently, according to a dlsp itch, war was declared between them, and each began cutting rates, until no-v one company has announced that, until further notice, it will supply the publ-c free of charge. The Gypsies believe that witches use eggshells to m iko piates. pots and dishes to feed out of at their banquets. Witches, to preserve their Lealth, must, with every in crease of the moon, siiofc tho bload of such men ns weio born at the increase of the moon. There are manv mysterious things about beetles. Tboe of Brazil are famed for their brilliant mctalic hues, yet no one has been ablo to And out what makes these colors. Some arc of gold, others of silver, yet othes ofblu'" enamel, seemingly, aud t-oouthrou'U an endless variety of tints. A "sea fox," or thrasher in ichthy ology larclianas vulnus was vi ashed ashore on Monday. It is 14 feet long. The tail, which is about half the length of tnoflsh, is a powerful weapon ilmost ns sharp on one cd.ro as a knife. otlnn.; liko it hasuvcr been seen bulore. The largest TooJen bridge in the world is that at Two Medicine, on tho t. Paul anil Mimtoba Railway. I: is 751 foot long and 211 feet above tho water In this bridge aro 730 COO feet of lumber, -nil inv ono pieco cnn. he lemoved and replaced when worn 0115 without; disturbing tee rest. The Gretks had a superstition that one who had had his cars licwed by serpents would ever after hav e the gift or prophecy. This supe-stition nroso finm tho fact th tt Cas-andra and Hclcnus. bo:h of whom wero said to foretell events, had tlieir ears licked by serpent, while sleeping in the Temple of Apollo. The Eoumauian has, in every walk in life, a fierce and savage pride which causes him to abhor the idea of medicine and sur gery, and to consider tlie loss of a limb as terrible as that of life itself. He has become accustomed t tbe idea th it only beggarsaro so disfigured, and behev es that no necessity should constrain him to s.ich a loss. Mermaids have been said to coram only nppear in the fo-m of seals while in the water, divesting them-elvus of the skins when they come on shoro and assnming the aspect of bcautilul girl-, sometimes they are of an amiable disposition, while on other occasions thevare extremely misohievons. In Russia they are di-posed to tickle bathers. to death. Magic qualities are attached in Hun gary as in Germany to the limo or linden tree. In some villages it is usual to plant one before a honse to prevent witches from eiitormir. From early times the lime tree was "acred to Wnus anion,- the Greeks. ns i& was to Lada among the Slavonian". This, ft is sud, was due to its leaves being of tho shape of a heart. What is claimed to be the biggest port wine sale ever known in Kngland Is ar ranged to take place next month, when 12, f 00 000 bottles will be offcied To get theso bottles out of the auctioneer's hands will cost oer $3 000,000, and yet this amount of port does not represent more than seven inonth ordinary consumption in the United Kingdom. Apollo was the old god of music, and his favonto instrument, the lvre, was in- vented by Mercury- When the latter was 4 hours old he found the shell of a tortoise and mad it into a lyre with nine stnnss. in honor of the nine Mnes. This instrument; Mercury gav e to pollo. who became a won deiful plavcr upon it. The lyro was u-od by the Greeks In olden time", and from it was) fashioned the harp. Among a collection of curious plants re cently received at tho ivew Garden", Lng land. Is a specimen of a curio 13 tree from the Solomon Isl inds. It is bcuuved to be a new genus of the or lor of Sapoticeaj, to wiicli the sipodillcr of llondi belongs. The tiee is known to the n.itiv cs of the 'ol omoit I-linusas tho turtle seed tree." on accou t of the clo-e resemblance n hich tnu seeds beat to the turtle. By a novel legal technicality Mr. Nig" Peering, one of the most promising y oung toughs in Crawfordsv die, Ind., has c-c-iped a term 111 the Northern Penitentiary, and now po"s before the commtiMty as a martyr. Ho was Indicted for stcilinga box of ciga""? irom a grocery store, but in the trial it was proved co'iclusiie'y that ho left; the boxundo.ilv oik tho cigars. On this ground he was discharged. Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, is to hav e an artilical water fall, said to bo tho highest of tho kind 11 the world. It will Kt.11 1 irom tl.o upperreserv oir of Straw berry Hill, and have a lull r 7.1 feet. A gorge is to be tut 111 1! face of the lull as nearly like a n.ituril ravmo as possible. This will ba aligned on cither side with semi aquatic pi nits and flowers, and at the base largo boulders will bo n-range 1 to throw the water into separate streams and dash it out; in sprays. 1D1LLIC ISUVIOKESOCL-S. School Teacher Teddy, what is one of the most Important duties of t'ie governor of a State"' Tiih'y (who reads the newspapers) To run for Prcsi hat, ma'am. Jada. I wish I were out in the country to-day, Over the IillU ami far away, VV here the firmer rolls In-, tobacco cud And wades about through tho -..ckv mud. Itu Jiriikmaker. Tiessie Oh, Tessie, my new bathing suit w ill lie a IK-rfect dream. Tessie e. they sav dreams amount to nothing, but mlue well. It will be "out arslght." Drmktjn Eaale. Amy That's a good sign. Mabel V hat U Any I'aua" 11 imp at the foot of anicefargs check. Vttroit tree Press. I had raved about her coiffure a la Grecque, Such bronze iuM Pirhu-siu-. ncici kn(w. Her di lieate rotundity 01 cheek, lltrph tdlngeye", so seintillant. so blue; she ten ltd i rent et noun m my -"gin. But htrbeiuty I tan neve- more nidiirc; I asked her for a dance-the other night. And those dainty lips of coral murmured "Sure I" -V. r. llemH. "Well," said one actor to another, '"now that Ea.terls over we mav expect business tola, prove " "Its." replied the other, "although the scarcity of lKg.5 was a g-eat comfort. Washington Star. "Does your husband get mucii pleasure) rcad'ng his book', Mr-. Higly?" ' elL no. i on see he- buys such expensive ones he has to work all the time to pay for them.and has 110 time-tor Kadlnj." retjr.i-t the wire of the bibliomaniac. Harper's Bitzar. The man has "more than a dish to wash,' V ho is tn ing to look Ins best. With this year's pair of tr.tu-ers on. And a last year's coat and est Am it 1 Gray & Co. 's JfonJAy. Miss Majilton Poor fellow! is there any thing I can do ror you? (Illyl.otlcri Yts. Miss Majilton- hat? OiltyGotlcit-Tell the ofherglrls you rejected se because I made fun oryou. ruck. I. J 'ft -is, J " " $?,
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