I Hfje B$jwj. ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 8, 1S46 T Vol. 47. No. M.-Entered t nttsbnrg TostofllCB November. 1857. as econd-clss matter. Business Office Corner Smithfield and Diamond Streets, News Rooms and Publishing House 78 and So Diamond Street, in New Dispatch Building. tasters AnrritnsiNK office, room 7. TRIBUNE nnunXB. VF.W 10ItK.where com pete flies orTHE DISPATCH can always be fonnd. Foreign advertisers arrnwiate the convenience. Home advertisers and friends of THE DISPATCH, while In Senl ork. are also maoe welcome. THE DlSr.i TVIJ ft regularly on tale at Brentann't. Cmm Sguare. -Vto l'ort. and 17 Ave deVOpm, rant. Franc, irhrre anyone irftn hat been dieap-yexntcd-at a liotrl netcs stand can obtain it. TERMS OF THE DISPATCH. rosTAnE tree rx the united states. JUIirWsrvrcH. One Year ? R 00 Daiia IHsrATCn. Per Qnarter ICO Daily Dispatch. One Month 70 Daily DifrATCii. Including Sunday, lyear.. 1Q00 Daily 5iifatcii. InclmlingSunday.Sra'ths. ISO Da'ly DirATCiL Including Sunday. I ra'ta. 90 hrxDAY Dkpatcii. One Year r V) rr.Ki.i-Dispatch. One Year I Si The Daily DisrATCII is delivered liy carriers at 3! cents per week, or. Including Sunday Edition, at If-cents per week. MONDAY. MAY . ISC THE HEALTH KEI'OKT. Tlie report of the Bureau of Health, nliich is summarized in our local columns, contains a lame amount of interesting in formation with regard to the vital matters of the city's health and mortality. With out coinc; into details, the fact that the city's death rate remains tolerably low is satisfactory: but the increase over last year, and the larpe proportion of infectious diseases raise the question whether the death rate is not higher than it should be, considering the excellent natural char acteristics of the city for sanitation. In the same connection, the fact that deaths from violent causes averaged li per day throughout the entire year, is a severe commentary on the care for human life in thb day. The recommendations for improved sani . , tary precautions are, in most respects, such as will gam public approval. The proposition that the muuicipal hospital should have a separate building for the treatment of other infectious diseases than smallpox, simply points out something that should have leen done long ago. The stand of the officers of the bureau In fa or of increased caution with regard to the spread of infection at the schools is to be warmly supported. The Superin tendent of the bureau, however, stretches his functions somevthat in undertaking to recommend a policy of legislation to Councils on the subject of garbage. He takes the increased cost of natural gas for the garbage furnace as an argument in favor of the grant of privileges recently proposed to the new garbage company, lie omits, however, to prove that among t!ie fuels produced by Western Pennsyl v. "a, neither coke, oil cr coal will con sume garbage. He also fails to take into consideration the fact that, while the col lection of garbage and its transportation outside the city for manufacture into fer tilizers is a legitimate bnsiness, so long as it is not a nuisance, the proposition to pive a single company exclusive privileges is simply to fasten a monopoly on the public ij. Tliecaroof the pufcKc health is die of the most" important of public functions, and every effort to discharge that duty thoroughly and well will receive warm support. In most respects the reports show that the officers have a full apprecia tion of the importance of their -work, and sre giving a good return for the very mod erate appropriation assigned to their bureau. THE INSrR.NCK QUESTION. While the criticisms of the insurance men on the fire department are pertinent and call for consideration, it is impossible to avoid the recognition of the fact that the insurance interest itself is not above criticism from the public standpoint Start ing with the fact noted in these columns the other day, that insurance rates here were 25 to 33 percent higher than in Phila delphia, the case is aggravated by an nouncing an increase of rates this week ranging from 25 to 50 per cent more. This is done on the plea of large losses and un profitable business. But statistics show the losses in Pittsburg to average less in proportion to population than In New York, Minneapolis, Buffalo and St. Louis, while in Boston and Chicago the losses have been about the same. As to the unprofitableness of the insur ance business, perhaps a little light might be thrown on that subject by an examin ation of the reports to learn the amount of Income consumed in commissions and expenses, which it is the policy of the un derwriters' organization to maintain. AMEHICASIZING SHIF.'. In its comments on the bill to permit American registry to foreign-built vessels which, according tc public reports, ap plied only to the company-owning the City of Paris and the City of New York TnE DisrATCH suggested that it should apply to all vessel owners impartially. A sum mary of the principal clause of the bill since received shows that it extends the privilege of American registry to foreign built steamers of not less than 8,000 tons and with not less than twenty miles an hour speed, when engaged in freight and passenger business, and sailing in an established line from a port in the United fetates, and owned by a foreign corpora tion of which not less than 90 per cent of ' the stock is owned by American citizens, provided that the American owners con tract for the building of an equal tonnage in American shipyards. This under a surface of impartiality practically confines the operation of the bill to a single company. If it is proper to admit steamers already built on this condition, why is it not advantageous to extend it to ships that may be built in the future? If it is good to have it done in the case of foreign cor porations owned by American capital, should not American corporations and even private owners have the same privi lege? And if the acquisition of two 8,000 ton steamers to our merchant marine is a gain, might there not be some use in let- ting 5,000 or G,000-ton vessels come in on the same condition? At present the bill presents the fault of being special legisla tion for the benefit of a single company, apparently as a reward for the attitude which it has maintained heretofore of American capital owning and operating steamers under a foreign flag. On the other hand, the best evidence as to the effect of the general policy of ex tending American registry to foreign-built vessels, on condition of building an equal tonnage in this country, is that John Bull is raising a fuss at the mere mention of it Sir Michael Hicks-Beach thinks the action a strange one for a friendly Government to take, evidently forgetting that England has In the past taken tens of thousands from the American merchant marine with no suggestion that there was anything wrong in It The right to transfer vessels from one flag to another has been un questioned, and England cannot af ford to raise such a claim now. There is an intimation that the en rollment of the City of Paris and City of New York in the British naval reserve gives the English Government a special hold. If true this would be an additional reason for making the bill general in its character and letting the owners and the English Government settle it between themselves. But with the fact that the rules of the English naval reserve provide for the withdrawal of vessels, there is not very much for the English claim to stand on. The alarm of Great Britain at the general proposition is an evidence of its value to the naval interests of the United States. But that gives more point to the question why it should be restricted to two steamships owned by a single company. NEW.TKnsEPS NEW EIGHT. The State Government of New Jersey is, as will be seen from a special telegram, preparing to take a hand against the Read ing deal. That the leases violate the laws of Xew Jersey by the weak evasion of setting up a shadow corporation as the agent is quite probable. But that viola tion of public policy is so trivial beside the greater one of combinations to which New Jersey has lent the aid of its legisla tion that this move is not likely to com mand much respect There is encouragement in the fact that public indignation at the monopolizing of a great staple has forced the politicians of New Jersey to take some action. That permits a hope that hereafter the legisla tion of that State -will not make a business of furnishing broad gauge charters to cor porations which desire that refuge from the courts of other States. But inasmuch as the Governor of New Jersey, who directs this move, was on the point of signing a bill authorizing the leases, and committed himself to a weak indorsement of the monopoly in his veto message, it is impossible to feel that his attack contains any great terrors for the corporate combi nation which had such a narrow escape from owning him. To check such aggressions of capital as these the public officials combating them must be sincerely and incorruptibly pledged to the interests of the whole peo ple. These New Jersey politicians have not of late given any evidences of being of that stripe. A COMMON POLITICAL, PLATFORM. Italy presents an illustration of the great political principle that every politi cal class is desirous of retrenchment and reform in all departments of the public service except those where they have in terests. The statesmen who voted Rudini out of office were in favor of cutting down expenses; but the Government positions in which their sons and nephews drew more or less comfortable stipends must not be touched. Rudini preferred to at tack the bread and butter of the place holders rather than to reduce the Italian army and navy. Consequently Rudini had to go. nere we learn the variation of Cicero's principle that while different climates may arch over the spoils politician, and he may urge his desires in varying dia lects, the mental constitution of the genus is the same, whether he or wc travel over seas. In the same week, if not on the same day, in which the Italian Parliament was voting Rudini out for trying to cut down offices the House of Representatives of the United States was engaged in dem onstrating that the members of both par ties, whether standing on the platform of retrenchment and reform or swear ing by the halcyon recollec tions of the Billion Congress, stood shoulder to shoulder in defense of the great programme of getting, individually and collectively, a slice of the pork. In the coincidence we observe the fact that the bond of unity might be extended, and that the politicians of Italy and the United States, lately thirsting for each other's gore, in a political sense can clasp hands in their mutual support of the principle that the soft snaps of statesman ship must and shall be maintained. In one respect, however, Italy appears to be ahead of us. The approximate bankruptcy of her Government induces her politicians to assent that the army and navy expenditures shall be reduced and the Triple Alliance thrown overboard. The sum of American statesmanship in the present Congress is that all expendi tures must be kept up until our Govern ment reaches as desperate financial straits as those of Italy. THE EXTREME VIEW. The platform of the New York Repub licans is compared by the Philadelphia Ledger with that of the Ohio Republicans to the disadvantage of the latter. This is because the New York platform declares the Republican party to be pledged to keep every dollar "at par with gold," while the latter declares against free coin age "except under conditions that would reasonably insure the maintenance of the substantial parity between the bullion and a mint or money value of the coin." The Ledger thinks that in the use of the word "gold" the New York platform "renders all misunderstanding impos sible," while it considers the Ohio plat form as "paltering with the advocates of a debased coinage." In this the Ledger displays the gold monometallic fever in its most rabid form. To keep every dollar at par with gold it must bo redeemable in gold, and therefore it becomes simply a silver representative of a gold dollar, just exactly as the legal tenders are. Now, when the New York platform declares that the Republican party is pledged to this policy, it is disingenuous, because (1) Republican legislation on silver does not any where distinctly place that pledge back of the silver currency; and (2) the silver bullion, which according to this theory is simply useless stock In the Treasury, must keep on accumulating un til it will become absolutely necessary to resort to it for payments. On the other hand, the Ohio platform tersely states the condition on which silver can be used as a component part of the currency, namely, "substantial parity between the bullion and a mint or money value." Those who stand on the gold mono metallic platform, as the Ledger does, and repel any suggestion of using silver on its merits, with talk of "a debased coinage," forget one thing: That it is just as bad to increase the value of a dollar as It Is to de crease it That a man who contracted a debt, say in 1875, must now pay it in dollars worth 15 percent more than those In which the debt was contracted may seem all right to the Ledger. But its results are as fully as unjust, and its advocacy fully as dishonest, as when the reduction of the value of the dollar in the interest of the debtor is proposed. The conclusion is that both the gold monometallism and the silver monometal llsts which is the real status of the pres- ent free coinage men are equally unrea sonable. The use of both metals, under the condition suggested by the Ohio plat, form, affords the best safeguard against both the lengthening and the shortening of the measure of values. A valuable point is brought up by the WellBboro Gazette, which says that a" law passed in 1879 provides that any person liable to road tax who plants on the line of the public highway any fruit, shado or forest trees shall be credited on Ills road taxes at the rate of one dollar for every four trees so Bet out. The possibility that this might result In a total disappearance of road taxes does not Interfere with the recommendation that this provision shall be noted in the next Arbor Day proclamation. Road taxes as now applied do little Rood anyhow, and the departure Indicated might Inaugurate a new system of solid and shaded highways. It is said that It takes eight times the strength to go up stairs that is required to go the same distance on level ground. This also applies to the golden stairs. Colonel, Inoeusoli, asserts that he has not read a newspaper for three months. Be ing under the impression that the Colonel has got several very good advertisements of himself into the newspapers during that period, we claim the privilege, which that gentleman exorcises so liberally, of disbe lief. Or are we mistaken, and did those ar ticles which gave the eloquent agnostic so much prominence cease about three months agot Governor Flower says, "This is a Democratic year." Of course, if ho says so it must be so; but seeing is bolieving, and the evidence is not before us. The House of Representatives has cut down the salaries of about sixty foroign Consuls, by amounts ranging from 16 to S3 percent. This represents a saving of $30, 000 to $40,000. But we have not heard that the House has out down any of its own clerkships, or any of the appropriations to be spent in the districts of the members. It makes a large difference whose foot is pinched by the shoe of retrenchment. A clergyman who attacks vice in earnest in the metropolis of the nation can be sure of the fame of being abused by the defendant's attorney. Thb energy with which Republican organs are proving that the New Yoik Democratic census Is a fraud, and the Demo cratic organs are demonstrating that the Federal Republican census is ditto, may have the effect of convincing the people that the next timo a census is to be taken it must be kept out of the hands of the poli ticians. TnE story of Mary Anderson-Navarro's longing to return to the stage puts in its regular appearance with the flowers that bloom In the spring. Senator Hill, of Colorado, exhibits a larger share of sanity on the silver confer ence question than most of the sliver Sena tors. He says the silver conference corre spondence, which he has scon, is "vory promising." If it turns some of its promises into performance the cruel silver war may yet be over. There's another defection in the ranks of the Third Party. Two or Peffer'B sup porters have joined issues with Victoria Woodbull. Rain-makeks who have undertaken to produce two inches of rainfall in the State of Coahuila, Mexico, for $30,000, evidently are going to earn their money. As no rain has fallen there for four years, the rain maker who gets up a drenching shower will have to do fully $30,000 worth of hustling to produce it. TnE West has been taking a bath. Per haps It needed t to get ready for the two conventions to Be held in its wilds. If President Harrison should strike out a new policy of vetoing extravagant ap propriations, it would make Thomas B. Reed more angry than ever. But the Presi dent could afford to lot Mr. Reed stand as the candidate of public extra vagence. There seems to be a grave doubt whether Mr. Teed has a flock of angels or whether the flock of angels has Mr. Teed. The oldest inhabitant who has "seen nothin' like it since "69" and the weather prophet nro in high feather nowadays. They contribute about all the news going in tho far West. A chance to get at the public crib makes all the difference in the world to some of the Democratic Congressmen. It is suggested that the Democrats choose June 21 as the day of their convention, be cause it is the longest day of the year and they will have more time to carry the "fight to a finish." So far as known Senator Hill is still doing nothing to earn bis salary, but It goes onjust tho same, DESrlTE the efforts of the Reading com bine, prices or coal still go up with distressing rapidity. No doubt the combiners are suffer ing with an attack of acute disappointment. The majority of Presidental booms will be buried under the political sod inside of sixty days. "With the Flower Presidental boom put ting out its leaves the Republicans will have to get up an Elliott F. Shepard Vice Presi dental boom to match it for weakness. Curious that no one objected when Reed scored Holman tho other day. TnE State Conventions are about over for this season and the public can breathe easier, knowing that the stock of "where as's," "reaffirm," etc, has played out. HIGH ON THE LADDER. Mb. Herbert Spencer, the philosopher, was 72 years old April 27. The writings of Mr. Gladstone fill 22 pages of the printed catalogue of the British Museum. The richest of Spanish noblemen is the young Duke of Medina-Coeli, a youth of 11 years. His castles in Spain are very sub stantial realities. It is related that when Ben Butler, in the days of his youth, was school teacher In a Maine village his pot "swear word" was "By tho great Gumphramagog!" Justice Montgomery, of the Supreme Court or the District of Columbia, will soon retire from tho bench and leturn to practice law in his old homo in Michigan. The German Emperor's oldest son, the Crown Prince Frederick William, was 10 years old Saturday, and, In accordance with the long-established custom, became "the youngest lieutenant" In the army. Pierre Loti is said to beagreat favorite with the ladles, possibly because lie writes so entertainingly nbout birds and cats and children. lie is a small man physically, and not much of an Adonis In appearance. GEORGE Forbes, the well-known elec trical engineer of London, England, has ar rived at Niagara to inspect the Canadian side of tho river relative to the construction of a gigantic tunnel to produce electrical power for transmission to large manufactur ing centers. Senator Sawyer is said to have an in fallible way of keeping straight on roll calls. "I've got Just before me," says he, "a steady, straight voting Republican, Senator San ders. If he votes 'yes' I vote 'yes,' too, and if ho says 'no' I follow his examplo and I always feel safe." Even Holman Gets Hungry. New Tort Recorder. Even "tho Watchdog of tho Treasury" gets hungry occasionally. A SERMON ON SELFISHNESS. tWBITTEy FOB TUB D18PAIOU.1 It is said that James Lick, who built the great observatory, had It once In mind to ereot beside the Pacific Ocean a pyramid of marble, bigger than the biggest one in Egypt; and was only deterred from his am bitious scheme by the possibility that, In the event or war, a hostile fleet out In the harbor would probably take pleasure in pounding that marble pyramid Into small pieces of unplcturesque limestone. Let us not say, then, that there is no advantage in war. The ohanoe of a cannon ball prevented James Lick from making a conspicuous, in ternational fool of himself, and gave to science that magnificent outpost on Mount Hamilton. James LIck was a man who had a great denl.of money. He was born In this State In 1790. and was one of the first of Its citizens to go West. In 1796, Pittsburg was in the far West, and a Journey to California across the country was a good deal like a Journey to day from the Desert or Sahara to the Capo of Good Hope. Lick, accordingly, started on his Western Journey by going South. Ho went to South America, and thence to San Francisco. Here he bought land and sold It, and made money; and finally, two years be fore he died, he found himself in possession of $700,000 which ho had no Immediate use for. It was this fortune which he thought of investing in a marble pyramid, and did at last, fortunately, Invest in a great telescope. A Trait of tho Unman Family. Lice wanted to be remembered. It is a common, and not nil ignoble, feeling. It will really make no difference to ns whether we are remembered or not. When the time comes for filendship and acquaintance and reputation to bo translated into memory we will be engaged in a Journey of discovery whose Interest will take our whole atten tion. Even tho most enterprising news papers have no subscribers in heaven. Even tho meanest newspapers, though woll fitted for circulation In the metropolis of the devil, have no constituonoy in hell. It Is altogether likely that the devil reads the papers, and Is almost oortalnly engaged In editing some of them: yet, good or bad, it will not matter to the be3t or tho worst of us what kind of an account is given of our funeral. We will never read it. Neverthe less we have a desire to be remembered. It would seem that In people of good sense this desire would bo nccompaniod by a wish to bo remembered for something worth re membering. Few men, probably, wish for a memory of malediction. But many seem satisfied If only their names are handed down. The historic places of the world have been made the autograph albums of idiots. The monuments of Egypt are scrawled with the initials of tourists; the statues of groat Buddha are defaced by the pencils and Jnck knives of Brown and Jones and Robinson; the coronation chair of England, under the shadow of tho shrine of Edward the Con fessor, is cut and marred by the names of empty-headed Puritans. The fool, who as pires to immortalizo his foolishness, has even cropt into the dark recesses of the Mammoth Cave, and I have seen his name there, with hundreds of his brethren, writ ten on stalactites and stalagnltes. Good and Had Memorials. It is a curious trait of vulgar human nature this desire to be remembered for nothing. To get one's name written with some credit on tho pages of the hlstoryof one's town or State is an ambition whloh is com mendable. To leave behind or, better still, as Mr. Carnegie has well taught by precept and example, to a set up during one's life time some monument which will give pleasure, or inspiration or help to somebody else, that Is a glorious ambition. But to build a marblo pyramid, a irrcat pllo of dumb stone to obstruct the earth and hinder the planting of corn and potatoes well, there aie a great many different kinds of pconle In the world, and some of them must, of courso. admire that sort of mean ess, else nobody would commit It. It does seem, how over, that most decent and intelligent ob servers can have nothing but laughter or pity or execration for the man who aspires after that kind of memorial. I was somewhat taken aback, the other day, at being informed that a man whom I had known slightly, who died recently, had left provision in his will that there should be a tombstono set over his dead body at a cost of $15,000. I can, of course, imagine circumstances in which It would bo well to spend a larger sum than that even for a tombstope. I have never begrudged Mau solns his marble horsnsnnd chariots. They cost more than $15 000, but they have been worth more than $15,000 a year to mankind at large ever since. Thoy wore a permanent investment. It is true that thoy have met in some measure tho fate whloh Jntnes Lick feared might overtake his marble pyra mid; thoy havo been bruised and battered. They havo to bo pieced out by the Imagin ation. But they were beautiful. They were works of art. And art is worth while al ways. I supposo that there were a good many poor people at Halicarnassus In tho year when Mausolus shut his eyes upon the light of tho Greek sky. Artemesia might have invested her money in model tene ments or model coffee houses; she might have divided It up amongst her less favored neighbors. I will not blame her, however, for putting It into stone rather than Into bread. It has done more good. Costly Tombstones Should Be Beautiful. There is no valid objection to costly tombstones, if only they minister to our senso of beauty, and help us through our eyes. Man is not all mouth. There is a fig ure of an angel in the Allegheny Cemetery which is worth seeing. Some of the monu ments in Westminster Abbey could not well bo spared. I am quite sure, however, that my dopartcd friend, who had never been of any particular service to the community while ho lived, will have an ugly stone over his grave which will not be of tho slightest service to anybody now that ho is dead. I am sure that he l.ad cxecrablo taste, and I greatly fear that his descendents resemble him in this l cspect. So that it is next to cer tain that this $15,000 monument, which will go np one of these days In one of ourepmo teries, will shake its rocky fist in tho face of art. The original Idea of a tombstone was to hold down the ghost of the dead. They used to take elaborate precautions to keep the souls of tho departed from coming back, or Irom finding their nay or recognizing their old friends If they did come back. At the primitive funeral the coffin was taken out through a hole broken in the house wall, and the holo was then plastered up. The bearers then lan with tho coffin half a doz en times around tho house, liko the begin ning of a game of blind man's buff, that the ghost might be still more confused. The family of the departed all changed their clothes and put on unfamiliar garments of unusual color, ns a guard against being known by the ghost if ho c.imo back. That is the origin of tho foolish fashion of wear ing mourning dresses, and hiding the face with an ugly black veil. Finally, they put the body under ground, and fastened it down securely, as they thought, and the ghost it It, with the biggest rock thoy could find In tho neighborhood. It can be said for the original tombstone that it had, at least, some meaning. To-day It is a memorial. Theieisno need thnt It shall weigh ten tons. It ought to be as simple and as inex pensive as it can bo to last. Or else It ought to be so beautiful that it may bo in ltseir a gift to tho city and a benefit to all the citi zens. The Dead Have No Right to Steal. A MAN who leaves the sum of 515,000 in his will to bo expended in hewing out an ugly rock to be set over his dead body ought to have his wishes disregarded. Even a dead man has no right to steal. Ho has no right to take that which might bo of use to multitudes of the living and put it either In or on his grave. My friend might as well have directed that $15,000 in bank bills should be burned over his coffin, and the nsbos put into ono of the pockets of his coat, as to have demanded this costly and foolish and useless pile or stone. "Herellesaselflsh man, who cared more for his dead body than he did for the bodies and souls of nil his neigh bors!" They ought to write that in big let ters on that pagan tombstone. Fifteen thousand dollars I It might have been turned into books for the Carnegie Library; It might have been Invested in pietures; it might have provided us with good myslc every summer InSouenley Park; It might have been given to the Academy of Science and Art, or to the Society for tho Improvement of the Poor, or to the upbuild ing of that most hoperul of all our Institu tions, the Western University; It might have built a tenement house on Second avenue I But it is going to bo turned into unprofitable stone. It Is going to bo thrown away in a graveyard. There ought to be a law to keep dead men from robbing the commu nity. INTERNATIONAL CHAT PROM PARIS. What Newspapers and Public Men Say of Topics of the Hour. Paris, May 8. French newspapers are absorbed in a discussion of the effect of the Italian crisis upon the political situation In Europe. The Journal hold 3 that the cause of the crisis Is the financial embarrassment arising from military expenditures, and that a reduction of the expenditures Is inevit able. The Gaulois publishes dispatches from Vi enna and Berlin saying that the Austrian and German governments recognize tho gravity of the situation, and adds that King Humbert, however loath to renounce his connection with tho Drelbund, must suc cumb to financial necessities. A decroase of her armaments will modify Italy's foreign policy. The Tempt Bays: "Ho compromise Min istry is possible. Italy must be resolute. The adoption of a paciflo policy and a reduc tion of her army will be of advantago to the peace of Europe." The Matin predicts that Italy will continue to permit King Humbert to impose tho Drebund upon Italy until their sufferings drive them to revolution. The approach of the Presidental cam paign In the United States attracts much'at tention in France. M. Pressenso, the well known foreign editor of Temps, said to-day: "We follow closely American nntlonal and municipal elections, bccntiso French Repub licans want to sco Just what democracy Is when left to dovelon treely. Next, wo aro studying the probablo effect of the Presi dental election on International commerce. France wants a modification of the McKin ley law, but she would not like to see a free coinage law. If an international monetary conference will end the dispute, nothing will please its bettor. Nothing can be done with out England's co-oneratlon. Mr. Gosehen. after flirting with bi-mctallism, seems to have dropped it." M. Zola, referring to the Anarchist scare, said: "This excitement is much ado about nothing. My verdict Is thnt the An archists are few in number; thoy have no or ganization, nnd that the most they can do is to blow up a few moro houses. Then public opinion will support summary justice dealt In tho streets. Tho lynch law will speedily silence the advocates of Anarchy. I am not a Socialist militant. I favor evolution, not revolution. Socialism is nothing akin to anarchism. Baron de Fava, the Italian Minister to tho United States, was seen by a reporter while he was passing through Paris en route to Southampton to take the steamer for New Tork. The Baron slid ho desires it to be known in the United States that he returns to his post with real pleasure METHODISTS WANT 10 DANCE. A Vermont Movement Indorsed Dy S3 vera 1 l'romlnont Clergsmen. Rutland, Vt., May 8. The Vermont Meth odists are interested to know whether they will bo allowed to aance under Church rules in the future. At the recent session of the Troy Conference a memorial was adopted, which has been forwarded to the General Conference or the Mothodist Church now in session nt Omaha, asking that section 212 in the Chmch discipline relating to nmuso ment be repealed or modified. The memorial was introduced In tho Troy Conference by Rev. Willlntn W. Foster an'd wns signed bv Rev. Joel W. Eaton, D. D., of Albany. William II. Hughes, D. D., of Sara toga: Rev. John W. Thompson, D. D., of Troy; Rov. F. E. Sawyer, or Pittsfield, and Rev. E. P. Stevens, of Plattsburg. It was indorsed uy tho presiding bishop, Randolph S. loster, of Boston. SHE PEESSES THE BUrTON, Then the Messenger Boy Does tho Best for a Neglected Wife. New York, May 8. A Brooklyn lady mar ried about a year ago, found a fowmonths since that her husband had become so enamored of club life that he spent nbout six nights out of the week with his malo friends, leaving her to enjoy life as best she could alone. Her resourceful mind did not, however, permit her to sit about tho house and mope. She hit upon a splendid schome, one that is entirely novel and that might be em ployed bv disconsolate wives in other sec tions. Whenever she is now left alone she Just rings for a messenger boy and has him spend the evening with her. reading to her If she feels like it, or detailing Interesting matters that may have fallen under his ob servation during tho dav. That woman will get on, and the probabilities are that the husband will give up his clubs. JOINED THE BEGUIAE ABMY. The Son of Millionaire Dow Enlists to Blow a Soldier's Cornet. Dexvzh. May 8. Tho father of Clarence Dow, whose wife, the skirt dancer, Millie Price, Is suing for a divorce, took his erring son to tho Fort Logan military fort and said if his son could pass the necessary physical examination ho would enlist in the United States army as a musician. After a satis factory examination Clarence was ordered to report to the first sergeant of the band, and from that hour ho was a private soldier at $13 a month. Mr. Dow said that he would prefer that his son should not be stationcdat Fort Logan, and the young man was assigned to tho band or the First united States Infantrv, stationed on Angel's Island in San Francisco harbor. His instrument Is a cornet, with which he has already made a local reputa tion. A BIG SHOWING FOE FBuTT. Trees in Several Townships of Indiana County Loaded With Rlossoms. Marios Cestbii, Pa., May 8. Sperial. Fiult trees of all kinds in East and West Mahoning townships aro loaded with blossoms, and If there nro no more killing frosts theso two townships of Indiana county will havo even a larger fruit crop than that of last year. The farmers have their oats up with a good acreage in, ahd are now busily plow ing for corn. Hay is doing finely, but wheat will not approach tho crop uarneied last vear. During tho past winter the ground ns only occasionally covered with snow, and ns a result tho wheat frozo. MATCHMAKING IS DANGEROUS. St. Lonis Parties Sued and Soaked for En gineering n Mnrrlage. St. Louis, May 8. After meditating over the legal novelty known In judicial circles as tho Homlnbaum versus Golden Washer caso, Justice Byron rendered a decision yes terday afternoon, judgment being entered in favorof tho plain tiff in the sum of $25 and costs. This is ono of the cases In which Ilemlnbaum sued the parents of a voung couple lor $100 for having brought about tho marriage. This peouliar caso is tho first instance on record where a man sued for and obtained Judgment for succeeding in bringing about a matrimonial combination. DEATIIS HERE AND ELSEWHERE. Albert Wnrtn, Inventor. Albert "Warth, a well-known resident of Statcn Island, died Saturday at his home in Staple ton at the one of 71 years. lie was widely known as an Inventor, ljelng the first to patent a machine to turn lead pencils anil a lathe to make tlie lefrs for tables. He hart received also several liatentson cloth-cutting machines, rroin which he was receiv ing at his dealh a lirgo income. Mr. Warth owned a lactory at Stapleton. where he manufactured cut ting naclilno which are well known both in tills country and Bnrope. He leaves a wife, three sons aa two daughters. Joseph Vanklrk. Joseph Vankirk died yesterday afternoon at 2:30 at his home In Elizabeth. Mr. Vanklrk wai In his 00th year. Ills funeral takes place to-morrow afternoon. Ob'tuary Notes. Lino, the Governor of Hwang Tung. Cnlna, whose capital is Canton, and who was formerly Chinese Minister lu London. Paris and St. Peters burg, Is dead. Abtiiub LONO died at his home in New Castle yesterdsy, aged 70. He was the last of the old Long family, and lived In tho vicinity where lie died all his life. Ue was a ion or the earUest of the setUers of New Castle. PDT YOURSELF IN HIS PLACE. CWRITTEN FOB TUB DISPATCH. J I picked up an old copy of Charles Reade's "PutYourself in His Place" a day or two ago In my library and on the title page I found these words written in pencil in a neat running hand; "Every newspaper writer should adopt the title of his book as his motto. It will lead to softenlne many harsh Impetuosities in young writers and to added brilliancy on the part older ones. Howard." This sentence can stand alone ii ell enough as a piece of excellent advice from a man of great and varied experience, but it recalled a story which is worth the telling. More than ten years ago, Josoph Howard that Joe Howard so well known as one of the most notable and erratic of New York newspaper writers was In Pittsburg In connection with a mission for the Herald. Business interests In common led us much together during his stay, and one night lie wrote in Reade's novel tho maxim I have quoted, and as nearly as I can remember, this was a portion of the homily he preached to mo upon my making a rather uncharita ble comment on a man who held at that time a very trying semi-public position. "Some day when you know the man bet ter and get a clearer insight Into the cir cumstances which now surround him you will judge that man differently," said How ard. "And In any event you will find it wise to put yourself as much as you can into the place of tho other man who Is to be your target. Study the mon you are thrown in wlth.who are worthy of the study either by the positions they hold or by their ability nbovo tnclr fellows, and it will be of the greatest help to you professionally. This is particularly true of public men. If you get a chance to see them in mental undress, im prove your opportunity and porhap you may some day find your study Is of use in Judging the conduct of a President or a cab inet officer. Apply the same rule to tho lesser people who ate for some leason temporary piomlnont. If you are handling a murderer orauy other criminal, don't bo content with gathering the mere outline of facts in the story, but study your human subjects and yon will get a lot of miterial and a quantity of light on the affair in hand which the other newspaper men will overlook. Lot me tell you something of which l am not only prouu, out winch I re gard as having had a great deal to do with my success as a newspaper writer. "At the time of the assassination of Lin coln I was on the New York Times, and Henry J. Raymond was Its soul and spirit. He had profound insight Into tho character of men and their motives, and took tho trouble to impress this on me. It was this faculty which made him so potent as an editor and led to his greatest feats, one of which was his sketch of Daniel Webster. Ho was informed of Webster's death about the middle of tho afternoon and went at once to his office where ho wrote contin uously until the paper went to press. He wrote 11 columns of historical and critical reviow of Webster's caieer which was taken afterward as the best work on the subject done by anyone. Well, to go back to my own story; I was sent to Washington right alter the death of Lincoln, and wrote of the events which immediately succeeded it. I was permitted to get a greatdoal oi Informa tion In regard to the persons charged with complicity in the deed of Wilkes Booth, talked with Mrs. Suirattand I studied them as carefully as I could nnd gathered all tho Information pos sible as to their past, and anything which would servo as an Indication of tholr charac tors.mentnlequlpment.motlves and probable lines of thought. I became familiar with all their surroundings, their prison life and their expressed feelings up to a day nr two beforo the execution, when I was suddenly summoned to New York. On my arrival I was told that an important niece of work would bo irivon me and that tho hanging of the Lincoln conspirators would be handled by the two regular correspondents of the Times In Washington. I felt very sore about the matter, as ol course it was the biggest event of the kind In the country and I had made great picparatlons to do myself proud on the tragic wind-up of the affair. Ray mond did not take very kindly to my pro tests and I felt sulky for several days, espe cially as the other work did not turn up to ocennv me. "About 11 o'clock on the night of the day on which the executions took place I went Into the telegraph editor's room and askod him what sort or a story we had on the hanging. 'Not a wordP n as his angry reply, not a d ned word, nothing to go on; can't reach either of our men although I've been wiring them since supper timo. I suppose they aro drunk and we will have not a word of tho biggest item of the day except what I can patch up out or this.' and ho held up a clip ping of less than half a column which had been printed In the Evening Post of that day. I had road it. There was nothing In It but a baie outline ol the actual events, tho time of the executions and some of the more im portant details. To say that Inns delighted is to put it mildly, and I did not tail to rub it in on tne aircaay irasciuie mane cniei. 'I tell you what I will do, said I. 'You know that I am familiar with the whole story I'll write It for to-morrow for the telegraph tolls at press rates.' Of course this meant many times as much s ordinary pay. but after some haggling It wns agreed to and I tackled the job. After getting my story well started I took up each of the conspirators and gave their artlons, a guess at their thoughts, and a detailed story of their appearance and manner during the .hours between their awakening in the morning and their death. I endeavoied to put myself inside thobodioB of each person and worked out the rest on the studies I had made or them and my im pressions as to how they would approach death. I did it to a gieater extent than I have ever done such work since and guided by the Post's bona fide dispatch, I had no trouble to complete my story of almost four columns. Tho night editor was so pleased with my story that ho complimented me on it at once as it was being written, nnd he said he would see to It that Raymond duly appreciated how I had saved the paper. "I did not pet to the office until late next day, and In the meantime tho night man had turned up much earlier than usual and bad had a talk with Raymond which he told me or afterward. It was about like this: Raymond was delighted with the story and said It was tho best of any in tho New York papers by far, and he added that he was sur prised to find the Washington men able to turn out such work, as he had not expected It. What struck him most forcibly, he said, was the immense amount of detail, showing that the men had been on the spot as long as possible and had observed minutely what had happened. The night editor listened in silence till Raymond was through, and then told htm the truth. Raymond was paralyzed and peremptorily told him not to give me any hint of what he had said, but to send me to him when I came. When I got there I heard that Raymond wanted me. Of course, I expected every thing good in sight, but Raymond In a chilly way, said: 'Your late!1 'I was up later than usual doing thnt Washington stoiT,' said I. Yc, so I've heai'd. It's tco bad about those fellows in Washington to leave us with a story such as o had to print, no local color ing, no details, none of the things which prove that the man who wroto it was actu ally nn eye-nitness. When I read it this morning, and then read tho otheraccounts, I said to myself that somebody had written it who was not thcie, and had not succeeded In getting up a story that read us if ho was there.' Unon mv word I never felt so small In nil my life. The very things I had Drided mysoii on were what had oeen picueu out as weaknesses. 1 stared at Raymond in sllenco ' for a moment. , ami then uiuneci oui: -iou le a brute.' and walked out. Ho called me back, but 1 wont straight to a saloon to get , S.?.!0"?1""?! ordered a dnpk and stood ut the bar wait ing for it when somebodv clapped me on tno back, and then theie was u laugh I knew wns uaymond'.. 'Don't bo an ass, joe, said he, 'I didn't mean to hit so hard, but I was .it raid it would turn yonr head It I told you what r really thought. It is the best thing von ever did; that story is one of the gn-ates't feats in our lino I ever knew or. What did 3-011 como horo for?' 'I felt to bad I wns going to cct drunk,' I said, nstonlshod nt tho sudden and marvelous change nnd delighted at tno praise. "Oh, I wouldn't do that if I wcro you, Joe,' he said in a quizzical av "but If you must, why suppose wo got dmnfc together. Wo didn't, but we had n narrow escape and after that Raymond gave his fullet confi dence and made every opportunity for me to bo a success." A rather striking example of an at tempt to put yourself In another man's place which was not a success is to be found In Wright's Pennsylvania State Reports, volume 5. I had occasion to look up a ques tion of law and in the volume I alludo to 1 found the report of a case, which, In the light of present affairs, is delightfully funny. The caso is that of "Itockafellow versus Baker," and came up from tiie Common Pleas of Crawford county. Tho decision of the Supreme Court was given In January, 1S02. From this we learn that n certain John Itockafellow, of Coch raujon, Crawford county, bought from George W. Baker the rights for New York and Michigan for a patent "Improved bed stead fastenlns." In payment Baker got two lots In Cochmnton. The purchasor found that the fastenor would not sell, and that oven Its inventor did not use it in his own bed-making factory, nnd he tried to get the lots back. Tho learned Court took occa sion to say that the plaintiff in error nad no case, and added, "No donbt the plaintiff rarted with his property most foolishly. The representations of Baker wore notsnehasto entrap n reasonably prndont man Into the purchase of a worthless article. The plaintiff bought on his own Judgment, and it is not for the Court to re lieve him from his foolish bargain." Isn't It rich to think of this transaction and the comment on ono side, and tho Standard Oil Company and the greatest private fortune in this country on the other. P. L. W. C0NQEEGATI0RS AT WAS. An Indefinite Bequrst of Property Is Setting Them by the Ears. Mtebsdale, Pa., May 8. An interesting fight Is zolng on between two congregations of the Whlto Oak Church, several miles out in the country from here, that is liable to be brought into court. For many years two different congresatlons have worshiped In the White Oak Church. The region Is but sparsely inhabited, and as but one chnrch could be sustained the Reformed congrega tion and the Ola Lutheran congregation have alternated Sundays. Both congrega tions together only serve to fill the church comfortnbly. Things went along quietly thus for years, and would probably have continued so until the end, had not a rich parishioner died and left the church and about 10 acres of land snrronnding to the church congresa tlon. Unfortunately the dvlng man failed to specify the exact congregation. The Old Lutheran people are rather more numerous, and better off in this world's goods than tho Reformed, nnd slight differences began to creep In. By and by it was noticed that the line was being drawn and thnt both congre gations did not turn our, us usual, to wor ship together. This was explained when tno Lutherans announced their Intention of building a new church on the property. The Reformed people offered to bear a part of the oxpense of the churh, but the Luth erans g,-iid they wore amply ablo to erect their own edifice. Tho now church was finished but a short time ago, and then the real trouble began. Tho pretentious Lutheran edifice was so far superior to the old modest church which still stood in the corner of the lot that tho Reformed congregation decided thnt they would he able to worship to the best ad vantage under Its roof. To this the Luther ans objected, claiming that the property had been left to them, ns thoy were the first on the ground, but they had no objection to the Reformed congregation occupying the old chnrch. The Relormed congregation now claims the property was left to both churches in stead of to any particular one, and they fay they intend to hold services in tho new church lust as thev did in tho old. Thns tho matter stands, nnd a court will likely bo asked to decide it. PSICE3 HAVE GONE DOWft. Free Traders' Prophecies Fall to Materialize nsThey Wish. Cincinnati Tlraes-Star.i The advance of 23 per cent placod on for eign dress fabiics by tho McKinley tariff has not worked as free trade prophets Insisted It would. Prices have gone down, not np. This may seem strange, but such Is the fact. American manufacturers have been stimu lated to produce finer goods, and foreign manufacturers havo been compelled to make heavy concessions or else withdraw from the market. The Boston Advertiser savs; The McKinley duty has been In effect about one and one-half years, nnd already American fine goods have been freely shown In market that will competo successfully with the fine grades made In France and Germany. Instead of the foreigners being able to force us into paving the extra duty for our fall supplies, they have been glad to tnke orders at 5 to 8 per cent below tho prico they obtained a year a:ro for the same fab rics. Goods that cost CC cents per yard last year havo been booked for next fall deliv ery at 61 conts per yard, and others have been bought In the same proportion. The consumer now has the choice be tween finer American goods and foreign dress fabrics at a lower prico than before. Tho rise of the industry in this conntry is couslng this change, which both makes and saves money for the American workmin. A Judicious protective tariff lsat tho bottom of It, SLAPS Al C0XG3ESS. It takos a Democratic majority to empty the Treasury. Xew York Recorder. It might be a good idea to make sure of a quorum by assembling Congress at tho race track. Waukegan Times. For days in succession, with a majority of 150,they permitted their qnorum to be broken by a horse-race. New York World. The best thing to bo said for tho present ilouse is that its course is making Republi can votes every day. 31. Imis Globe-Democrat. The manner in which the members absent themselves from the House, Illustrates, In a conspicuous manner, the adage, "what's everybody's business is nobody's business." Washington Star. If some of tho members of Congress at tended to their Congressional duties as as siduously as they do the races, the business of the conntry would move along more ex peditir.usly and more satisfactorily. Lan caster Era. This session of Congres; promises to bo tho most protracted, with the least rosults, in our political history. It seemed to De tho understanding Irom tho start that no im portant legislation was to bo accomplished. Toledo Commercia'. Doorplates No Longer Fashionable. New York Herald.l What conveniences will we not sacrifice to the dictates of fashion? A few years ago n stranger stood a reasonable chance of find ing the residence of a friend in Brooklyn by means of a silver namo or number plate affixed to the panels of the frontdoor. Each house bore them, greatly to tho convenience of callers or those who had occasion to seek the inmates. Now it is otherwise. Fashion says there shonld be no plates on the doors, and so they are relegated to the Jnnk shops, while people wander about ut night liko owls in daylight or moles in any light what soever. St Lonis Won's to Bee a Cruiser. St. Louis, May 8. The sncces3ful piloting of the United States steamship Concord up the Mississippi to Memphis has led to a sys tematic effort to secure from the Navy De partment an order that the vessel proceed to St. Louis that tho land lubbers of this re gion may see what a modern teel cruiser is like To this end the President of the St. Louis Merchants' Exchnngo telegraphed Secietarv Tracv to-day formally assuring him that there is sulllclont water in the river to make tho trip lor 15 days to come at least, and asking favorable consideration. Tlie Astor Family at Homo. New York. May 8. Tho remains of Will iam Astor, who died suddenly in Paris April 20 of heart failure, arrived in this city this morning on tho stc ng on tho steamer La Bonrgogne. The widow, her daughter. Mrs. Orme Wil- son nn(l Mrs. J. Coleman Drayton, and her ?'' Wilson, iicompaniedthe remains, anu were met in this city by John uiiuuu j-i.ui, oi.. uuu a sun-in-iaw, V. ltose- vclt. The remains or tho millionaire were conveyed to West Twentv-flfth street aud placed in tho mortuary of Trinity Chapel. Died From a Cat's Scratch. Red Bask, N. J., May 8. Robert Blood good, who livod near Matawan, dlod yester duy from blood-poisoning, caused by being scratched on the hand by a cat a week ago. He was aged S3. After tho Walking Relegates. Chicago Inter-Ocean. 1 These are the days when tho Clovoland men out West don't stop work at "eight hours." They are after "the walking dele gates" until thoy can't sleep. Might Think He Was a Messiah. Chicago Times. William R. Morrison thinks he Is a Presi dental candidate, but he might as well Im agine himself a messlah while he is about it. Cannon Are Delicate Things. So delicate is the adjustment of tho most powerful cannon that allowance has to be made for.the curvature or the earth before the discharge. CDKI0US CONDENSATIONS. A New York firm is manufacturing self winding clocks. Artificial teeth for horses is one of the latest Inventions. Sweeden is doing quite a business in ex porting wooden cottages. It is found that oil can be produced from grape seeds, promising a permanent lndnstry. There are 530 women students in the University of Michigan distributed through out nil tho departments. The public park in Sau Francisco has recently received a cocoanut tree, weighing; six tons, from Honolulu. In Paris the common public schools are provided with medicine cases, and instruc tions are given for using the remedies. Two hundred and forty-eight cities and towns of Massachusetts have free libraries, and the State has lately provided aid for tho A Paris policeman begins service with 77 cents a day, and after 12 years he gets 85 cents a day. The police have asked for $1 a day as the minimum. There is in a yard at Palatko, Fla., qulto a curiosity in the shape of an orango trpo only seven inches In height, but con- tutuiua periecc orange. The Central London Railway, England, is to run three workmen's trains daily, the fare being only 2 cents for six miles, tho cheapest railway fare 1c the world. In tearing down a house the other day In Williamsport, Pa., built 25 years ago, a perfectly formed and mummified kitten was dicovered between tho plastering and tne laths of the wall. It is claimed that the boundary line be tween Idaho and Washington is 30 miles ont of the way, and a resurvoy would probably place Spokane in Idaho, increasing the pop ulation of that State 73,000. Under the conviction that the plumage of canaries can be altered in color by vary ing tno food, Dr. Beddoo thinks that the color of human hair must eventually be in fluenced by particular diets. The measles bacillus, discovered ia Berlin by Dr. Canon, varies from ono three thousandth to one one-thousandth of an inch in length, and possesses characteristics said to bo "different from those of any other bacillus known." More first magnitude stars are in the field of vision In winter than In summer. Slrius, Aldcbaran, Procyon, Betclguee, Rigel and Capella are bright stars seen in the winter months which are not visible la the evening hours during the summer. In the Hebrides Sea beans are supposed to be fairies' eggs. Whether this is a correct bellefornotltls certain that all peoples of the world living near the ocean have enter tained faith that its waters were inhabited by human-like creatures more or less super natural. The thistle, according to the London Vegetarian Federal Union, Is a desirable article of human food. If boiled, they are "like delicato turnip tops, and may bo eaten, like spinach on toast, with poached or fried ezgs, nnd with a little oltvo oil or mixed with cream." There is now playing in Paris a Enssian horn band, each horn being capable of pro ducing a single note only, So perfect is the training that the band produces the effect of one equipped with ordinary instruments, and oven running scales with the rapidity and precision of a violin. Among the thousand and one recently Invented dental and surgical appliances la an ingenius device of French origin for pro ducing local paralysis of thenerves, In order that minor dental and surgical operations maybe painless. It consists of a glass tuba filled with a highly volatile liquid. Wool is a kind of hair, and that hair is simply a species of plant rooted in tho skin of animals. Through tne whole range of human, plant, goat's hair and sheep's wool, however, nature shows such close gradations that it would bo difficult to draw an exact line or to distinguish bevond a question of donbt between wool and hair. The London postoffice received by parcel po3t from Egypt four lively young allurntors. Their temporary home was a wooden box, ont of which proceeded mys terious sounds that raised In the minds of tho postoffico peoplo visions of infernal machines 'and dymmlte. When the parcel wns opened the alligators were frisky and hungry. The literary society of Finland is by far the most active, as It Is tho oldest society of folk-lore in tho world. It was established in 1831, in order to gither oral material as well as manuscripts l'lating to the archaeology and linguistics of the race. The various pieces of folk-lore now in manuscript in the library amounts to more than 110,000 numbers. 3Ir. Plamand, who has been studying the Inscribed stones in the southeastern part of Algeria, has found many rocks upon which men, women and childron, who were evidently prehistoric, are represented. The stones show the figures of horses, cattle, ostriches and elephants, though th ele phant has not inhabited this region within historic times. French factories supply dentists with rings upon which are strung thin short; metal bars, each carrying a tooth at its ex tremity. There are 25 of theso sample teeth that run all the way from nearly white to a shade that is almost olive. Some on j of tho 25 usuallyalmost matches the pitient's nat ural teeth, and, at anv rate, enables the den tist to match the teeth by application at the factory. Among the queer survivals in the United States navy is the theory that an ensign is necessarily a very young man. When lads were midshipmen at 12 or It and there were wars to thin out the officers at the top a man reached his lieutenancy at worst in his early twenties. But now that the midshipmite is unknown and promotion, is slow an officer may remain an ensign " 27 or 23. Tapestry came originally from Byzan tium, where Its weaving wns brought to a high stato of perfection. Its expense, like that of all wall carving and stucco, was very great. Stamnod leather, which, in n meas ure, superseded it. was also costly and pos sible only to the very wealthy. Tills stamped leather consisted of the skins of goats nnd calves cut into rectangular shapes nnd covered with silver leaf, then varnished with a yellow lacquer to give the appear ance of gold. KHTNKI.ES AND KIIY3USLET3. Florence Is her husband a college grad uate? Alice Not exactly; but he lived In Boston four years. Puck. Of the beauties of springtime we reck, Nor heed as our rhymes we amass The Insects that drop down one's neck After singeing their wings In the gts. Jtastitngton Star. He Do you think your lather is opposed to our union? She I fear so. He told me when I met you that lie had selected you for my husband. Judze. Jess Ethel is very happy and all that, bnt she rtalUed from the start that George married her for her money. Bess How do you know? .less bhLiId she had never been sick of her bar gain thaitrTe was satisfied when she married him she was Kitting her money's worth. Xno York VeraUl. "When "William was at college we For better fortune waited; We said he.'U make us rich when he Is graduated. And so he did. we're glad to say; Fach year we're growing richer; He Joined a nine, and Is to-day A famous pitcher. .Vno Tork Press. "It's sueh a give-away for a fellow to be refused by a girl," he said. "Oh.no. it Isn't," she answered. "You aren't accepted, you know." Astoria Times. Tom What would you do if, while call ing ou a girl, she should exclaim. "Light out!" jack Put It out. or course. Smith, Gray 4 Co.'s Monthly. As the minister paused in his wild har angue, A titter from pew to pew Went round, as the sun shone through the rain. And through a stained glat window pane. And colored his face pale blue. "Brooklyn Eagle. Husband Our coachman wants a week off to get married. ife-Well, you ain't going to give it to him are you? Husband Yes; why not? I don't see why ho should be exempt from suffering misery. Tun Shifting. ) . 4' .. .. X J L TSttaf is I"S? i.F'-""dt1HTT1
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