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One Year 1 13 The Daily Dispatch Is delivered hy carriers at jScemsperweek, or, including Sunday Edition, at 10 cents per w eek. PITTSBURG. SATURDAY. MAY 21. 1892. TWELVE PAGES GARBAGE DESTRUCTION. The communication from the Secretary of the Ladies Health Protective Associa tion on the collection of garbage, pub lished on Wednesday with our hearty in dorsement, is followed by one to-day from the same source on the best method of dis posing of the garbage when collected. The -whole question is clearly put, and it is exhaustii ely answered by the facts cited from the experience of other cities. The statement of the case is such as to need no addition here, and we simply desire to call attention to it and emphasize the adoption of the plans recommended. It is conclusively shown that the best plan for this city to adopt is the furnace system, and it is equally demonstrated that in this way the best sanitary and economic results are obtainable. If our lurnace has been unduly wasteful, the fact must be due to the use of an extrava gant fuel or a mismanagement in some other direction. The city should without delay take steps to collect garbage under municipal management and to destroy the matter so collected. Health protec tion is a city's bet economy, and health demands speedy action in this matter. DISCREPANCY IX THE ITGURF.S. Some one in Washington presumably connected with the Senate Committee on Commerce stands in need of a little ele mentary instruction in arithmetic The report given out the other day with re gard to the retrenchment made by the committee in the River and Harbor Ap propriation bill shows that the person who made the statements and gave the figures has not jet mastered the art of making the two agree. The statement was that the committee liad made a general reduction of 25 per cent in the appropriations. This would have been well if the fatal tendency to go on and give figures had not triumphed. Thus the statement was made that the bill as first reported appropriated $21,346, 75, and that the reduction made by the committee, on the principle of reducing all the items 25 per cent, cut it down $2, 08S.750. This left the appropriations in the bill, it was further stated, at the total of 520,381,308. Anyone wiih a pencil and paper can figure out that 82,083,750 is not 25 per cent l the original total, but is less than 10 per cent Beyond the fact that the reduc tion falls three million dollars short of that promised by the 25 per cent horizon tal reduction, it is but a step to the discov ery that if the sum stated as the reduction i-5 subtracted from the original appropria tion it would make the reduced total over a million dollars less than the present amount as stated. As the principle of horizontal reduction cuts dawn works of national importance just as much as the horse-pond and log ging stream jobs, improvements for which there is a pressing need being stinted equally with these which couldhesavedfor the future, this failure of the figures to cor- j sis-arr - m roborate each other is calculated to arouse queries. If the reduction in the bill is only 52,000,000 the inquiry becomes per tinent where are the three millions more that should appear on the twenty-five per cent? And, if there are 2,000,000 of re duction, why does not the total of the bill come down $2,000,000? In addition to the importance of spending the people's money economically and wisely, the moral and scientific value of .having the figures balance correctly should not be forgotten. INVESTIGATING FAIR EXPENSE"5. The report submitted by the World's Fair Investigating sub-Committee to the House Committee on Appropriations yes terday may be summed up as a eulogy of the whole enterprise, tempered by some mild and diffident suggestions for the re duction of various employes' salaries. There is a jvise warning against a spirit of either parsimony or extravagance in the administration, but the investigations show no dangerous tendency toward the former evil and very little toward the lat ter, when the magnitude and difficulties of the undertaking are remembered. The remarks on the absence of favorit ism in the letting of contracts are of a surprisingly exonerating nature in the face of recent revelations with regard to the lighting of the Exposition. But, of course, that contract lias not yet been let, and the sub-committee admits that its research in this direction was not particu larly exhaustive. There is no word said against the granting of monopolies, although this was surely well within the work of the investigators. These repre sentatives of $he nation in examining the management of the Fair are exactly the people who should have pointed out the evils of restricting to favored individuals the privileges of exhibiting manufactures or transporting visitors for cash or other considerations. That they ignored their evident duty in this matter is to be seri ously regretted. , Taken as a whole, however, the report is most encouraging as to the assured suc cess of this unrivaled enterprise. The immensity of Its scope is well pointed out, and that its finances will wind up with a balance on the right side is practically guaranteed. That the World's Fair will be a great landmark in history is emphat ically evident, and, with proper care and an absence of a narrow and unfairly re strictive policy in granting privileges, it will reflect great credit on America. NOT AN ONEROUS TAX. The Eastern papers are indulging In their regular annual attack on that per sistently surviving thirty per cent duty on works of art The duty is held up to ridicule as an attempt to protect American artists against their protests, and the pros pects are stated to be better than usual for its repeaL There is a certain degree of disingenu ousness in representing this duty as a pro tective one. The circumstances in con nection with it show clearly that it is not intended either to encourage or discourage American painters, or to exclude foreign works of art It is a revenue duty, and as such is a tax laid on the purchaser. In that light it follows the correct principle for taxation of levying duties so far as possible on articles of luxury purchased hy the wealthy, who are best able to bear that burden. There Is little doubt that It is this quality of the duty on art that has enabled it to survive the attacks made on it in each session of the last three Con gresses. There is also some discrepancy in the assertion that the repeal of this duty is de sired in order that the people at large can make the acquaintance of the works of foreign artists. If the opponents of the thirty per cent duty were actuated solely by anxiety for the artistic culture of the masses, a provision exempting from duty works of art for exhibition, or for the en richment of public gallaries accessible to the people, leaving the taxation on paint ings purchased only for private enjoy ment by the wealthy would answer their purpose. But the fact is that sections 757 to 759 of the tariff act of 1890 fully provide this exemption. With that fact in mind the movement to repeal the thirtyper cent duty on works of art is simply a move ment to relieve private purchasers of that amount of taxation. We believe the people who purchase foreign works of art are as well able to pay a thirty per cent tax as any other class. There is certainly no such especial need for their relief that this change in the tariff laws should have priority above all others. GRANTS OF SPECIAL PRIVILEGE?. It is difficult to see how Congress can avoid passing the bill introduced by Sena tor Chandler to allow Mr. Austin Corbin's transatlantic steamship company to regis ter under the American flag foreign-built vessels bought for his line on the same conditions as those granted in the case of the City of Paris and the City of New York. There is no reason whj Congress should make fish of Mr. Corbin's company and flesh of the other line. The only difference is that Corbin has never pre sented the anomaly of American capital owning and sailing vessels in the mer chant marine of a foreign government; which is certainly no reason for subjecting him to a disadvantage. Tet the second application presents the fault of special legislation as clearly as the first measure. The principle being established that it is a good thing to ad mit foreign-built vessels to our American merchant marine on condition of building an equal tonnage in our own shipyards, why not apply it impartially? If it is a good thing, why put everyone desiring to reinforce our ocean-going marine to the cost and trouble of a special application to Congress for the privilege? What is just in the case of one steamship company must be just in the case of all. There is no approach to intelligent or impartial legislation in making such grants a matter of especial favor, to be lobbied through Congress' with corresponding revenues to the gentlemen influential in procuring legislation. If the principle adopted in the bill ad mitting the City of Paris and City of New York is a proper one, the only logical course is to extend the same privilege to everyone on the same conditions. THE WESTERN FLOODS. The rise in the Mississippi this year is exceptional in its character. In the first place tlie floods have come definitely from heavy rains in sections so distinctly local that they can be characterized as cloud bursts. While the rain storms have been general, the degrees to which the rivers have been caused to rise to flood level have been noticeably confined to given localities at different times. The usual course of a flood is to start with high water in the upper streams, and the rise being swelled by other branches as it goes down the river reaches the flood stage in due time. But the present floods are singular in that the rains in onesecti m first produced a flood in the lower Missis- sippL Then the rains in the upper Mis- ouuw dcui luaL&ueaiu tu me; uaneernoinr. after which the upper Mississippi States &X $ &&? i .4i received their deluge, and the combined discharge of the two streams -bids fair to aggravate the already flood-swept condi tion of the lower Mississippi During all this time, although rains have been frequent, the Ohio river has not exceeded a fair boating stage. This remarkable result of unequal dis tribution of rainfall chiefly serves to demonstrate the difficulty ot fully guard ing against overflows. The iQvee system as usual proves its inefficiency when sub jected to extraordinary demands. The use of storage reservoirs to retard the out flow would be of more, use; but it is hard to see how, under rains that have con verted the whole Northwest into a pond, any stprage capacity would not prove in sufficient The most salient moral to be drawn from the Western deluge is the in adequacy of the provisions of man against the forces of nature. NOT ENOUGH TO FIGHT OVER. The announcement that Mr. Frank Willing Leach is to be Secretary of the State Committee, without regard to the wishes either of the great mass of the Republican organization or of the candi dates, indicates that the programme of Senator Quay with regard; to State man agement is to be carried out -in its unim portant as w ell as its important details. No one, except possibly Mr. Leach him self, would rank that gentleman as an im portant detail; but the practical announce ment that Senator Quay's personal selec tions must bo carried out in all their mi nutix, and that his personal entourage must keep hold of the lever of the polit ical machine has no slight degree of sig nificance. It is certainly pertinent to remark that this extreme declaration of personal con trol may have unsatisfactory results. Practically the same thing appeared in the State campaign of 1890; and everyone is aware what the result was. It is true that Mr. Leach will be a much less important person, except in his own estimation, in this campaign than Mr. Delamater was in the campaign of 1890. A national elec tion, too, is likely to keep dissatisfied voters inside the party lines. But, after allowing for all these things, it is still a very grave question whether the popu larity of the Republican organization can be maintained by forcing upon it a person who combines to a unique degree the representation of Senator Quay's personal control with a large amount of general obnoxiousness. At the same time we hardly consider Mr. Willing Leach important enough to make a fight over. But if he is made an issue he will be elevated several degrees above his proper place in politics. No, there is not enough of Leach to fight about A GOOD COMPROMISE. Director General Davis, of the Chicago Exposition, has proposed a compromise on the subject of a Sunday opening which ought to satisfy everyone. He suggests that the Music Hall of the Exposition shall on each Sunday be opened to reli gious services. There will be a seating capacity there for 15,000 people, many of whom would not and some of whom might not be able to attend the regular churches of the city. The machinery would not be run under this agreement, and its noise would not therefore disturb the audience. On the other hand, the art galleries a.nd other exhibits would be openand multitudes could visit them in quiet and without any disturbance of Sab bath order. This is a very reasonable proposition, and will doubtless solve the present dis pute. It provides for religious services on the grounds, with no more festive sur roundings than are common to the sum mer religious resorts. At the same time, it permits the inspection of the Exposition in a way that can offend or disturb no one else. Two classes will avail themselves of this privilege. One is composed of work men of Chicago who could not visit the Exposition on week days without loss to themselves; the other of visitors from other places who must otherwise spend the day roaming about the city and seeing sights of no more instructive and elevated character than they would see at the Ex position. Mr. Davis' plan is a good com promise of the vexatious Sabbatarian dis pute, and will satisfy all except the ex tremists on both sides. Presidental aspirants should follow John L. Sullivan's example, and procnie a medical certificate of physical soundness before going further with their ardnous undertaking. If they can discover anyone competent to certily their mental and moral sanity as well, they would no doubt find those documents equally useful. TWO typewriter manufacturing .concerns haVo consolidated, hut individual typewrit ers will continue to act Independently. It is reported that the notorious London Pelican sporting club premises are to become the property of the Salvation Army for use as a refaje. This would indeed he a change from one extreme to the other. The Sal vationists should find many fit objects for their efforts among the members of the club. Increased interest in bicycling Is do ing a good work in bringing the badness of the country's roads into notice. It is reported of Senator Hill that at Charlotte, N. C, yesterday he "delivered an address of a patriotic character, devoid of political bias." This is a departure so start ling as to be almost inci edible, and one can not avoid wondering who wrote It for him. Spring is a delightful season, but the father of rivers and his children are in dulging in too much springtide. Chief Elliot's remarks on the number of European born applicants for public as sistance, and the scarcity of Chinese paupers, are well worthy of note in con sidering the immigration restriction ques tion. At this season it is advisable to study the dally proceedings of tne divorce courts for n few weeks befoie eloping. The season is not yet far enough ad vanced for sunstrokes. But medical opin ions suggest that similar effects may bo produced by working in an over-heated bakery if desired. Delinquent Tax Collector Grier thinks that Sonator Rutan is acting very disagreeably. Unless the weather or some similar trifle bo allowed to interpose, it is now cei taln that theie will be a hanging in Alle gheny county on the 21th instant. A bad habit has been broken, for Pitts burg has won ball games two days in suc cession. American pork is now admitted into every port in the world, and it is a good deal less expensive than the Congressional pork let Into every possible bill. The Market Street Railway would be incomplete without a loop round Diamond square. Mayor Kennedy's first message to Allegheny Councils was a document full of ii I I iiWMBITWilTllMlll i 1 7 I il Tii llTiO liHHWH Ifttfr .16 Twmmam mmtMrtniiii- i WMfcmT''-"rr TrWJkmmmti ' i energy. The new Mayor evidently has no dcsiie to mince matters. Chicago's objection to Teed's heaven is anything but a sign of lrreliglon. If the Exchange street railway franchise result in stirring up citizens to a proper de fense of their rights, it may prove of great publlo benefit after all. Everyone should stand and deliver the hospital funds to-day. to The disaster at Mauritius is a terrible one. But that is no icason for calling a cyclone an earthquake- as does a cotetnpo rary. NAMES FRLQUKKTIjY HEAED. TnERE is no trnth in the report that Mrs. Harrison's condition is dangerous, and that tho family is in a state of alarm. When Steve Dorsey was a student at Oborlln College lie used to earn a few odd dollars by whitewashing and painting houses. The President yesterday sent the follow ing no.ninntion to the Senate: Nathan A. Morford, of Arizona, to be Secretary of Arizona. Joseph Arch, the pioneer in the agri cultural laborers' movement in England, is in very bad health. Ho is only 66, but is said to bo quite brokenYlown. Jean de Reszke was asked to sing at the Paris Opera the other night and declined because he wn not paid $1,000. Before com ing hero his pi ice used to be $300 a night. General N. P. Banks gives a good deal ofntientlon to gardening in his old age. Visitors to Waltham a few days ago saw him in woiking clothes, busily planting po tatoes. General Schofield has accepted an invilntion to attend the New Hampshire soldiers' reunion at the Weirs this summer, and General Sickles is also expected to be present. A number of distinguished men in New Tork have been Invited to attend the ban quet which is to De given in Philadelphia next Wednesday evening in honor of Minis ter Charles Emory Smith. Captain Younghusband, whose ad ventures with the Russians on the Pamirs some months ago attracted so much atten tion, will return to Cashmere as assistant to the British Resident there. Charles J. Baker, of Baltimore, has Just presented to the American Bible Society a manuscript containing the whole Bible, written in the Latin language. The volume is a curious one, and it is supposed it was written In the fourteenth century. THE SOUTH CAKOLINA BEV0LT. IX Hill Had Kept Away Things Might Have Iteen Different. Hew York Letter in Philadelphia Press. J Colonel Rlohard Lathers has returned to the city fiom quite an extended visit to his old friends in South Carolina, and he brings some interesting Information respecting tne political situation theio. Colonel Lathers d escribes the Alliance movement as a revolt of the boo re r classes of South Carolina against the Democratlo aristocracy. He does not believe it can bo permanent, nor Is he Inclined to think that it is without its ad vantages. It may be just the inovemont necessary to awaken that State from the lethargy whloh has caused it to become- per haps the least progressive State in the Union. Colonel Lathers says that he had some In tel esting experiences in Georgia as well as South Carolina, especially' with men who were disposed a short time ago to favor the candidacy of Governor Hill. "Hill's influ ence in Georgia especially," Colonel Lathers said, "wn due to the fact that the people there had conio to regard him not only as a statesman, but as a pindlgy of political skill because he had gained such supremacy in New York State. Had Hill not made his Southern trip it is verv doubtful whether that opinion .of him could have been changed, but when the people met him and heard him speak they were puzzled. They could not understand how a man who appealed neither personally nor intellect ually to their ideal of what a great statesmen and great politician should be could have gained such power as he seemed to have dono in New Yoi k State. Many of the lead ing men In Georgia .told mo that they were bitterly disappointed in Hill nfter they saw and heard him. Had he not made his South ern trip the chances aro that he could have controlled the Goorgia delegation. His lalluro to do that is vory largely due to tho unfortunate Impression whloh he oreatod while on his trip." SENATOR JOKES GETS A PENSION, Twenty Dollars a Month Voted to a Drum mer Boy of the War or 1813. WASHiKOToy, May 20. Bpecial. At tho re quest of Mr. Turple, of Indiana, the Senate to-day passed the bill granting a penslou of $20 a month to George W. Jones, 8S years of age, now a resident of Dubuque. la., and formerly a Senator of the United States, in consideiation of services rendered bv him as a drummer boy j,n the war of 1812 and as aide do camp to General Dodge In the Black Hawk war of 1834. Mr. Jones was born in Vincennes, Ind., in 1804, and gradu ated at Transylvania University, Kentucky, in 1825. He studied law and was admitted to tho bar, but was prevented by ill health from piacticing. Ho was clerk of the United States Courts in Missouri in 18.6, and served as aide de camp to General Dodge in the Black Hawk war. He afterward settled in Sinsinawa Mound, Wisconsin Territory, where ho was Judge of the County Court, and Colonel, and subsequently Major Gen eral of militia. He was elected a delegate from the Terri tory to the Twenty-fourth Congress as a Dem ocrat, and was re-elected to the Twentv-nith Congress, serving trom December 7, 1835, to 1837, when his seat was successfully contest ed by James Duane Doty, a Whig. He was appointed Surveyor Geneialof the North west teiritory by Piesident Van Buren, was removed by President Harrison, and was reappointed by President Polk. He was olectf d a United States Senator from Iowa, serving from De cember 26, 18(8, to March 3, 1859. He was ap gointed Minister Resident to the United tates of Colombia March 8, 18."9, serving until November 4, 1S6L On his return to the United States ho was charged with dis loyalty and was imprisoned nt Ft. Warren. He has since lived in Dubuque. THE HYSIEBY OF ELECTRICITY. How It Was Strikingly Suggested Upon the Dissecting Table. New York, May 20. One of the doctors who assisted in the autopsy of Tice, who was executed by electricity yesterday, says that the mystery of the electric cunent was never so strikingly suggested as it was upon the dissecting table. Sixteen thousand volts of an alternative cunent of electrioity had been sent through the condemned man's body in three separato charges. It had on tho instant killed the man, and yet theie was not the slightest internal indication in nny of tho organs of the body or such tre mendous force. Theie were no lesions, no clots, nothing to show that the man's body had been the conductor for a current terrific enough in a second's time to kill him. Tho micioscope may reveal some changes in the blood, although tho sutgeon is doubtlnl whether that will be the case or not. Wa'tterson's Mysterious Dark Horse. Boston Globe. That mysterious dark horso whose advent at the Chicago Convention is so confidently predicted by Henry Watteison, editor and l riend of the "star-eyed goudess," must have a good, sound, Democratic running record. Savors of Offensive Partisanship. Chicago Times. The way in whloh the Missouri river is cut ting land off the Democratic States ofNe biaska and Iowa and depositing itou tho doubtlul Kansas shore savois of offensive partisanship. Still on Their Metal. Toledo Blade. J . Mr. Spiingor will now attack the tariff metal schedule. Bur he will find the Repub licans of tho Senato st'U on their metal aaint it Nerds to Have His Teeth Filed. Chicago Tribune: Watchdog Holman needs to have bis teeth sharpened. r DISPOSAL OP GARBAGE. More Light on the Question Molhods Ap proved br Sanitary Science. To the Editor of The Dispatch! In your Wednesday issue I presented to the roaders of The Dispatch some of Colonel Morse's views on tho piopor methods of gar bage collection. "But whatever," he goes onvto say, "maybe themethod used in the collection of waste from a community the final disposal of this waste is a matter whlon compels serious attention." There are only two methods of garbage disposal which have received the approval of sanitary science. One is the manufacture ofgaibae intoa commercial pioduct, the other the destruction of all waste by fire and the utilization of the ashes for a reve nue. Tho first method has been used in sev eral of the larger cities for four years past. By means ofheat the water and gases of gar bage are expelled, tho residue treated by chemicals and the residuum used as a basis for the manufaotuie of a fertilizer. This process is adapted to only one class of the city waste tho vegetable and animal garbage. It does not deal with inorganic waste, which is 20 per cent or the whole amount produced, nor does it take account of night soil or of dead animals; conse quently, this process does not cover tho whole Held of garbage disposal, but limits its work to about 15 or 20 per cent of the bulk product, and this must be fnrnished sepa rately from all other matters. The works required aie large and oxpenslve, the royal ties upon the patents costly, private com panies are organized to carry on the work and they require long contracts at prices far above what other systems are willing to glial an tee. Plant That Were Unsuccessful. The operation is attended with risk from Are, because of the mateiials used; the man ufactured product is of variable and uncer tain value. Of tho eight plants erected by the company, there are now only two in operation. Two have been given up as un successful, two have been compelled to stop on account of legal proceedings directed against th6m as a public nuisance, one is treating garbage at a cost of $1 SO a ton, that can be destroyed by Are at 75 cents a ton, and one Is tunning under very serious dis advantages. There remains to do considered tho de struction of garbage, lnorganlo waste, the bodies o: animals and excreta of all kinds by the agency of 111 e. Can it be done with out offense and with reasonable expendi ture? The answ er is emphatically, yes. For moie than 12 yeais It has been done in England at 50 places. For 16 years the United States Government has destroyed the waste of military posts in a special fur nace, and the thiee to flvo yens' experience or more than 30 cities iu the United States and Canada have proved this statement cor rect. In this length of time cremation of wasto has undergone the severest tests pos sible and tho lesults can safely be regarded as conclusive. There are four styles of crematories now in actual use and each can bo depended upon for satisfactory work. The two best known are the Rider Garbage Furn.ice.in use for four years in nttsburg and Allegheny, and the Engle Garbage Crematory, of which there are 23 in operation and four more now building. Continuous Combustion the Best. Colonel Mobhe has had more experi ence with tho Engle than with the Blder ciematory, and tho statistics which he cites relate to the former, though it 1b only fair to state that tho ft lends of the Rider furnace can furnish testimony exactly parallel. In the furnaces w hlcli Colonel Morse has ob served tho aotion is continuous aud has been carried on for six months together without cessation. UkuuIIv the whole gar bage collection is dally destroyed, and at nignt tno nignt sou is consumca. The body of a borne is consumed in one Hour, a dog in six minutes, and a cubic yard of garbaeo mav bo destroyed In ISminutos, or less, if it contains but little liquid. Tho cost of operation deponds mainly upon the quality aud cost of luel. Under oidinary conditions, with the labor of thiee men and a good quality of fuel, garbage can bo burned at from 30 to 50 cents a ton. The ahes of gaibage, especially of animal mat ter, have a positive value. Chemical an nalysls shows that thoy contain 5 to 12 per cent of potash and phosphoric ncld. The practical application or the ashes to land bv farmeis shows, the value to be even moro than is claimed. Under favorable condi tions, the value of these ashes should defray tho cost of tho fuel Used in combustion. .Jljhen largo cities adopt this method two or'piore fuinacos are built at different loca tions to save transportation of gaibage. Their cost is governed by the varj ing condi tions of the price of material, labor, etc , but may be said to be extiemely moderate when compared with tho large sums necessary to build works for the other method of dis posal. Sanitary Value of Crematories. The sanitary value oi these crematories is beyond question. In all places where they have been tried, and managed as di rected, tfiero has never been any complaint against them as a nuisance. The testimony from health officers and authoiitios on this point is very convincing. In tho hcait of the city of New York a ciematorv destroys without offense, and with no chance for the escape of disease germs, infected articles from persons sick with contagious dUeases, as well as the waste fiom hospitals. The apologists for tho dump-boat scheme claim that under tho newplau the garbage furnace nulsancowill bo removed beyond the city limits, don n to Biunot's Island. Colonel Mode's answer to this argument is very clear; there can be no nuisance when a crematory is properly managed. There certainly could bo no nui sance grpater or more Insanitary than the series of dump-boats which would bo re quired to carry all the city's garbage to Brunot's Island. The new garbage company is reported in one of the dailv papers as saying that it will takecliaige of the city reiuse, such as stieot sweepings, etc., at a lower rate than that leqmred by the crematory. It is possible that the city treasury may be saved a few dollars a vear by this plan, but is the rate to the individual to be lowered? What tho Charges Are to Be. Apparently not, for the same report makes tho company say that there will be no interference with the present method of collecting gaibige. That is to say, there will be the same collection twice a week, at the rato of $12 a year from the well-to-do, and no service at all for the poor. The company is further reported as com plimenting the Health Protective Associa tion by saying that the precautions recom mended by that organisation have already been taken, and that their suggestions will be acted upon. The ladies of the Health Association ap preciate the compliment, and, that there may be no mistake, take pleasure in reiterating their suggestions: A municipal system of dally garbage collection from every house hold, odorless sanitary steel carts, as many garbage furnaces as may be required, and nt snch locations as will involve no intermedi al v dumpboats. If these are the suggestions which the gar bage company proposes to act upon.thore is nothing more" to Do said. Mrs. Jonif M. OAKXEy. A BETTER NAME WANTED. Our Young People's Convention at East Liverpool Down to Business. East Liverpool, O., May 20. Special. "Our Young People's" Convention spent the greater parrof tho day wrangling over a change of name for the national organiza tion. and the matter is as yet undecided.4 The debate was participated in by Rev. Mri umcspie, oi rittDiirg;.Lr. i niton, ot Alle. ghony: Rev. Hugh Kennedy, of Shainsbiiig, Pa., and Rev. D. F. McGUl, of Allegheny, among others. The lollowing officers were to-day elected and installed lor the ensuing year: Chair man, J. Campbell White, or .Now Yoik City; Secretarj, Miss Jenneatte Dickson, of Canonsbiirg, Pa.: Tress Secietary, Charles F. Wlshait, oi Monmouth, 111.; Treasurer, John McCabe, of Omahu. TWENTY IDOLS 600 YEARS OLD Discovered by Uovernor Prince Among the Aztec Ruins of New Mexico. Satsta Fk., N. M., May 20. In excavating some ancient Aztec ruins in tho direction of Chaco Canon.Gorornor Piince has uneai tiled SO 8tonn idols of a different tjpo liomaiiy boioie discoveied. They uie ciicular, varying from 6 to 15 Incites in diameter, tne upper hall contain ing a deep, caivcd lac.i uiidthe lower half iudlment.il vimns in relief. The idols aro believed to be nt least 600 years old. Advicn From the Metropolis. New York World. The fact that Uncle Sam has unlimited credit makes no oxense for his legislators rojeuing so lashly for tho limit of his Treas ury. Congress must listen to words of caution. A NEW ATLANTIC CABLE. The Submarine Line Between Africa and Sontb America. New York Sun. The cable that is to be laid between Sene gal and Pernambuco has been shipped from England, and is now on its way to tho African coast in the British steamship Sil vertown. It was constructed by the Tele graph Works Company, of London, and a nnmber of recent Inventions have been used in Its construction. There have been many improvements in cable-making since the first Atlantic lino was laid, 31 years ago, by Cyrns W. Field and his associates. Tho cable to run between Senegal in Africa and Pernambuco in Brazil was taken aboard coiled up in three tanks and ready for pay ing out at the bow end of the vessel, not at tho stern, as was formerly tho custom. The cable Is of varying thicknesses, ranging from 1i tons per knot to 4 tons, according to the depth of the water In which it is to be laid, while the shore ends weigh about 15 tons per knot. At Senegal tho shore end is to bo coveted by ahutandleft in charge of an electrical engineer, who will be in com munication day and night with the cable bearing ship. Signals will be exchanged every flvo minutes during the wholo opera tion or laying tho cable to Brazil. In tho deep sea the cable will be paid out at the rapid rato often knots an hour, though large allowance must bo made for stoppages thiough impediments a thousand fathoms deep. According to tho engineer in charge, the line will be laid and the SUvertown hack in England before the end of the month of July. Aboard the steamer thore is a large staff ot engineers and assistants, who work in four-hour shllts and then have eight bonis off. The strain upon them while on duty is very severe. The cable itself, which was made on the Thamos, is an interesting piece of work. The communicating part Is in the center, and consists of a number of copper wires, firmly embedded in gutta-percha, which is a non-conductor. Ronnd the gutta-percha, as a protection from locks and sea monsters, Is a band of steel wires, covered with a resinous coating to prevent corrosion. Tho utmost care Is taken to preserve tbe com plete continuity of tho electrical circnit through the whole of the 2,165 miles of the cable. DR. PARKHTEST NEVER USES DYE, Ho Stamps Ont a His Rumor That He Colors V. blskers. New York World. A story has been floating around New York for a day or two to the effect that Dr. Palkhurst really does dye his whiskers. The rumor sprang, it is said, direct from police headquarters. To settle it one way or an other, a reporter called on Dr. Farkhurst yesterday. "Doctor, when you were testifying in the Hattie Adams case you may rememDer that her counsel asked you whether just before you visited her house you had dyed your whiskers," said tho reporter. ."I remember that," answered the clergy man, and then he assented to tho suggestion that the question had been asked to Intimate that he had assumed a disgnUe. "And you answered 'No. "1 did." "There is a rumor In circulation, sir, that you did not tell the truth that yon do dye your whiskers?" Dr. Farkhurst laughed. "Is that anyone's business?" he asked. "Do you not see that the story tends not only to ridicule you, but to attack your ver acity?" Dr. Paikburst thought a moment "Perhaps It does," said he. "But let me undeistand you. Do you wish to know whether I dyed my whiskers when I made the excursion you speak of.or whether I dye them now?" "Both." "Well, the Adams woman's lawyer asked me the flist question and I told him I did not. Of course I did not." "And non?" "Again I must say that is no one's busi ness, but IwillansAer you. Never since I was born have I dyed my hair, my beard or my whiskers." UNINS1RCCTED DELEGATES. Atid still the people shout for Blaine, and send delegates uuinstructed for Harrison. Toledo Blade. Old "Uninstructed" seoms to be as popu lar, so to speak, as any of the candidates. Atlanta Constitution. Vfnzm the uninstructed delegates "get to gether" at Minneapolis, they will make the other fellows look exceedingly small. New York Advertiser. "The uninstructed delegates" to the Min neapolis convention aro tho parties that the enemies of Piesident Harrison are banking on. Chicago Inter-Ocean. The Democratic delegates from Delaware were not instructed, but with Thomas F. Bayard at their head this coremony would have been entirely superfluous. Boston Her ald. Dzlzoatioxs ,that are uninstructed are woith just as much to Harrison as those that are lnsti uoted when the fact is consid eied that ho is practically the only candi date. S: Louis QIobe-Democrat. Whis a delegation go to a convention "un instiucted" it usually means that they all think one way and do not need instructions. Several of that kind will wend their way Westwaid in June. Sew York Herald. Those delegates with an "if" are going to cut a good deal of a figure next mouth, both at Minneapolis and Chicago. Beforo those gentlemen decide how to vote thoy aie going to ask a good many questions and can vass all the chances. Boston Globe. OTJB OLD F&IEND BACK AGAIN. TheSeaSerpent Romancer Begins Bis Work Thns Early In tha Season. Cleveland, May 20. Two fishermen near Oak Harbor, O., declare they saw a veritable sea seipent In "Lake Erie Monday evening. May 16. It was seen at two different times, and is described as 25 feet long and a foot and a halt in diameter in the thickest part ui kite uuu. Its head was large and fiat, and thero ap pealed to be several large fins orfllpoeis about five feet from the head. Its color'was black, mottled with brown spots, and as it moved through the water its tail lashed the water Into foam. DEATHS 11KKE AND ELSEWHERE. Mr. Eliza Robison. Mr Eliza Eobison, aged 86 years, died at 9:10 o'clock last night at the home of her niece. Mrs. Robert Lucas, at Avaloa station on the Fort Wayne Railroad. Mrs- Roblsoa spent nearly all her long hre la Allegheny county. From early girlhood she had been prominently Identified with the Methodist Church, and she was well known as sii estimable lady. She was the widow or Robert Rubicon, who -was conspicuous In t'ltlsburg's early history and was In buslue-,8 on Liberty utreel from 13.15 until Ills death lu ls69. Mrs. Robison was up until the end a remarkably healthy woman, and while old :tg? disabled herslio suffered no pain and death came to her In the lorm of a rcsttul sleep, blip leaves two children, the Itev. .Mrs. Dals, and (juincy A. Koblson. the tobacco and oil man. Mrs. Margaret M. Pullman, Artist. Mrs. Margaret Macdonald Pullman died at the residence of her fathcr-In-law, Rev. Royal II. Pullman, In Baltimore Thursday. She was the wife or Mrs. George II. Pullman, of Chicago. Mrs. Pullman was a native of Logansport, lnd. She was an artist or national repute, and up to one year ago was President of the PallLtte Clnb. or Chicago. She had been selected as a member of the special committee on art affairs connected with the Columbian Exposition at Chicago. Obituary Aotes. Hebr Kleist Ketzow. a member of the Ger man Reichstag, died yesterday. Louis NuitA Baracvot, the well-known advo cate an member of the French Senate, Is dead. Count Tfleki. the Hungarian refugee, who was promluently concerned In revolutionary move ments Iu Spain, Austria and Italy, Is dead at Lon don. Joiianxa Sullivan, aged loo years, died In Ni agara Falls, -N. Y.. Thursday. She was born In County Kerry. Ireland, aud had passed 50 years of her lfc In :N lagara Falls. She lca es great-grandchildren and several great-great-grauuchlldrcn. Mns. Louisa Gray Keenex. one or the oldest residents of Maine, died atlier home In Bath on May 10. aged 101 years. Her earliest recollections were of Indians and bears. Her husband, Luther Keeiicu. and her father both fuuglit In the War or MIL He grandrather was a soldier of the Revolu tion. Mr. .lonx II. Mccormick, one of the oldest em ployes in the bindery Df the Government Printing Office. Is dead. One or the Incidents of Mr. Mc cormick's early lire. :o which he frequently re rerred, was that he was one of the men who carried Piesident Lincoln rrom Ford's old theater on the night or the assasslnatluu to the hoLse opposite, wnere the roartyrcl President breathed hl last. Oliver W. Lokoait qnithis desk In the War Department last Friday, and on Wednesday he died. Ho was a native orPcnnsylranla,stood high in Masonry and the G. A. It., and was one of the veteran department clerks, ilr. Lougan had been emplorert lu the Adjutant General' outre, and dur ing iub past it Year pcriormou mc uutics 01 secre tary to the Board of Goi ommlssloncrs or the boldlera' Home. SEVEN OLD LADIES. A Quaint Operetta for the Benefit ot tho TJnlrerssllit Congregation Tableaux by Pretty Sludonts of the Pennsylvania College for Women Society Goaslp. An unusually interesting entertainment was given in Curry University Hall last evening for tho benefit of the Univor sallst congregation that worships in Curry Hall every Sunday. The first part of the performance last night consisted of music and recitations, opening with a mala quartet, "ifoonllghton theLake,"byMessrs. Ramsay, Hooper, Boarl and Simpson. This was followed by a recitation by Miss Jeannette Applcgate, "Romeo and Juliet" (altered). Miss Ltzzio Reed sang "In Old Madrid," and Miss Martha Groff gave a whistling solo. Then there was a recitation by Miss Rose Slater, "That Old Sweetheart of Mine," and the male quartet sang "The Fair Rose." A duet. "When Life is Bright est," by Miss Reed and Miss Bacon, and a barytone solo by Mr. Bearl, "Youman's Wedding," led up to tbe closing number of tho first part, "Star of the Evening," by a quartet consisting of Misses Reed and Bacon nnd Messrs. Hooperand Simpson. The second part was a quaint fairy operettn, "Tho Seven Old Ladles of Lavender Vil lage." The scene Is laid in a New England village. In which live seven old ladies with their husbands, rejoicing in the common place names of Brown. Smith, Jones, etc. Thoybecomo discontented with their do mestic lire in general, and their husbands in particular, aud resolve to leave the village and their matrimonial partners in a body. They travel seven years, when thoy find themselves in a strange town. They go to a waxwork show, leeling in need of some lively entertainment, nnd of course their spirits go down, as people's spirits gener ally do In the presence of what Artemns Ward calls "wax Aggers." While gazing gloomily on tho waxworks one of the old ladies observes that the arm or a wax man moves slightly. There is n good deal of ex citement of a quiet kind nmong the old ladies, which is not allayed by the arrival of a fairy, who informs them that the seven wax men before them aro their deserted husbands, who have been turned into wax and forced to represent such histor ical characters as George Washing ton, Confucius, Julius Ca;snr, Hen ry the Eighth, Napoleon and others who never by any chance get together ex cept in a waxwork show. Why the hus bands have been thus transformed is not very clear, hut the end of the story is that they are not only made flesh aiid blood asain. out younir and handsome, the v. ives also being gilted with second youth and beauty. The operetta is very pretty and the mnsic taking. The soven old ladies were well represented bv tho Miscs Bessie R-nen-berger, Bessie McFarland. Hattie Johnson, Maiy Barker, Faimie Bennie, Josie Baker and Lido Baker. The seven husbands wero Messrs. Grant Reed. Will KImberland, Konold. Mulbolland. C. Mason. E. Sterling and J. King. Miss Florence Gardner was a pretty and intelligent fairy. Aunty Macassa, and Will Horner made a great deal of tho part of Lightning Haskins, the showman. Miss Groff played the piano. There was a very largo audience, that showed by fre quent applause how much it enjoyed the performance. The young ladies of the Pennsylvania College for Women gave a creditable enter tainment in Dilworth Hall last evening for the bonoflt of the gymnasium attached to the college. Some moro apparatus is needed, and thepioceeds of the entertainment will be devoted to purchasing it. Tuere was nn overture, and the tableaux as follows: "Kev erles of a Bachelor," showing his first love, a dancing girl, a Quakeress, a country girl, a nun, a city girl, and ac last his bride. Tho second tableau was "Charlotte Corday," fol lowed, in succession, bv "The First Ball," "The Serions Book." "Nydla." "Tne Three Fntos" and "Dancing in Grandmothor's Days." The second part consisted of a Shakespearean burlesque, withlthe following cast: Juliet, Miss Marv Louio O'Neil; rorlux. Miss LonIe Knox; Ophelia. Miss Sue Kiddle; Lady Macbeth, Sliss Elizabeth Kainey. Tho young ladies showed by their rcpiesenta tlons of the various characters that thcy have been earnest students of the works of the "Immortal Bard." The entertainment was scholarly and instructive, as well as verv amusing. There was a lare audience, and the ladies will be nble to fnrnish their gymnasium without loss of time. Pittsburg and Allegheny are to have a soriesorthe promenade concerts that havo proven so popular in Eastern cities. A local syndicate has been formed which has secured Cyclorama Hall for the purpose. Tho Great Weafern Band of 40 p'eces has been engaged under the peisonal supervision or Prof. B. Wels, and the first concert will be given on Friday evening, June 10, for which invitations will be issued. A popular admis sion foe will he exacted, and the aim of the management will be to prevent promiscu ous gatherings or objectionable persons. Tho concerts will be held every Monday and Friday evening, and if tho experience of New York or Philadelphia is duplicated here they will become popular at once. Social ChattBr. The pupUs of tho Stcrrett School. East End, will give nn entertainment in tbe school hall next Thursday and Friday overl ings for the benpfltof the echool library lund. There will be dancing after the musi cal and literary portion of the entertain ment, for which Toerge's Oiclicstra will furnish the music. The first lawn fete of the season of the St. Stephen's Episcopal Chinch, Wilkinsburg, is to be given on Friday evening, June 10, on rue chinch grounds, corner of Pitt aud Franklin streets. Mrs-Saiuel Ammojt, nee Darlington, will entcitaln tho members of the late Teacup Club at the Kenniawr shortly. BEL AT BICYCLISTS IN HARD LUCK They Reach TJrle, but Find the Country Roads in Very Bad Sbap. Chicago, May 20. Special. The relay bicyclists who are carrying General Miles' message to General Howard, of New York, reached Erie, Pa , shortly after noon to-day. Great crowds have cheered them all the way. This is the text of the message, which is dated at tho headquarters of the Depart ment of tbe Missouri, Chicago, May IS: "Major General O. O. Howard, Commanding De partment of the East, Governor Island, Sew York harbor: "Gikeral I have the honor to commu nicate the following: Colonel A. A. Pope, of Boston; Messrs. N. P. Van Sicklen. F. W. Geiould and L- J. Berger, of Chicago, and several other gentlemen who take an inter est in the 'cycle havo established n lino of couriers between Chicago and Now York. At noon to-day this communication leaves these headquarters ana will be delivered at your headquarters at New lorlc. It Is due to apprise you of tbe fact that during the last fuw weeks this region of tho country has been deluged by a most unusual rainfall, which has raised many of the water romsesabore their banks, inundated largo tracts or lund, and some or the country roads are saturated to such a degree as tc render transportation qver them most difficult, and in such condition that military maneuvers would be considered almost impracticanle. "This trial is, therefore, made under tho most adverse circumstances, yet witn forti tude undaunted the euterpr.se will be at tempted by a class of the most intelligent athletic young gentlemen, regarJIess of the difficulties to overcome. Expenenco and observation have demonstrated the fact that this means of locomotion has been useful nnd beneficial, pro moting the health, welfare and happiness or thoso in civilized lile, and It can be utilized formllltnrypurposesatgreit advantage. It isiiowiiotonly atueansolcon veylng an 'individual with great rapidity oor the conntry.but can to used maneuver ing large Domes oi men over a wine extent or country, and the result of tins trial will demonstrate one feature or its military ad vantages. Very respectfully, "Nr-Lsof A. Miles." A LITTLE GIKL MAIL THIEF Confesses Her 3IIsdeeds. Slil-Idin Her Tuther, the Virago Postmaster. PARKER3Bcno, Jlay 20 Specia'. Some time ago V. S. Hnmmaclier and wife, the fotmot- being postmaster- at Dego, were ar rested for robbing the mails. Thetiialhas Just closed in the United States Court, 'lhe evidence for tho United States was all in, and it looked bad lor Hummacher, when his little daughter camo into cour,, and con fessed in childish language that she was the guilty one who had opened the letters. She said she saw a letter nddrcSMLd to tho First Assistant Postmastor Gcnernl at Washington, and thought it was being sent by some one to injure her lather, taho thought she would open it apd tell her father. The Judge fined her $50. Can Now Take Care 'or Itself. St. Lonli Republic The SHsalsslppi river has water enough In it now to float all the navies in tho world. It can tako caro of Itself without the aid of Congress until tho "Great S'.col Industries" Job Is disposed of. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. The railroads get 122,000,000 a year fo carrying the malls. Turkish women eat rose leaves wit! butter to secure plumpness. The smallest quadruped in the world 1 the pigmy mouse of Siberia. The site of the city of Boston was soli In 1635 by John Blackstone for $150. In the Chicago postoffice 100,000 letter are sorted, stamped audbagged in 35 minute hy 217 men. The mines of the world produce 25 torn of gold every week, but the precioui metal remains as rare as ever. "My Lord," said the foreman of ai Irish Jury when giving in his verdict, "wi And tbe man who stole the mare no guilty." A papyrus containing a problem ii chess said to have been solvedin the time o Ramesosthe Great has been offered to thi British museum. In all probability Tubal Cain, thi primal artificer in Iron and brass, was th iirscto set the fashion of wearing rings although Pliny says it Is not definite! Known. It will undoubtedly surprise many per sons to learn that tho nursery or floral In tercsts in the United States now reach a value of nearly $42,000,000 and claim an em pire of more than 170,000 acres. The custom of shaking hands, whicl exists among the Ainos, the aboriginal In habitants of Japan, was so strange to t Japaneso author, in a work publishcC as late as 1855, that ho gives an engraving o: it. lake some of the rings of to-day,the sig nets worn by tho Israelites bore' inscnp tions. The breastplates of the high priest; were set with 12 precions stones, each oni representing a tribe of the Children o Israel. The hose used in sprinkling the plaza; of Paris is a queer contrivance. It consist; of lengths of iron pipe, each length mounted at tbe end on short axles having two small wheels, and the lengths joined together bj short pieces of flexible hose. Newspapers having been mysteriously stolen from doorstens in Chicago, watch was set, and a little black and tan dog was discovered to be the culprit. Although chased, the dog escaped, and was detected 20 minutes later stealing another paper. A couple of months ago a Philadelphia woman bought a rnstlo table made of the boughs or some trees from which the bark had not been removed. Ahput two weeks ago tno tablo began to throw ont green sprouts, and now tho whole table Is In full bloom. ' Kansas City, Kan., has a band of youth ful terrors called "stone throwers." Their unlqne mode of attack consists in throwing stones against the windows of bouses to ascertain if tho folks are at home. Then, if the l oad is clear, they enter tho place and steal what they can. The Great Western Kailway, Of Eng land, will exhibit at the Transportation Building at the Chicago Fair, tho famous old locomotive. "The Lord of the Isles," which was bniit nt the company's works In Swin don in 1851. from designs by tbe late Sir Daniel Gooch. In the seventeenth century the favorite color of the Scotch Covenanters was bine, and blue nnd orange or yellow became tho Whl colors after tho revolution of 16S3. Green is the color of the Irish Roman Cath olics, while opposed to it is tho orange of the Orangotnen or Protestants of the North of Ireland. A little girl at Adairsville, Ga., told her parents recently that she would not live long, and that the world was all going wrong. A few days ago she fell intoa creek and was drowned. A photographer took a picture of tbe child, and while putting the negative in solution tbe glass shivered into many pieces. A resident of Fitchburg, Miss., is in Inck and in trouble at the samo time. He is wanted to receive $10,000 leftnlra by will for stoppingnpairof ninaw ay hor-esand saving a y nung woman's life. The reason he cannot be found is that he disappeared last fall to escape a Judgment of $1,000 given against him in court. The Laplander crawls, head and all, into a bag made of reindeer skin, and sleeps warm and comfortable within it. The East Indian, at the other end of the world, also has a sleeping ba?, but it Is more porons than tho Laplander's. Its purpose is to keep out mosquitoes more than to keep tne sleeper warm. Some unique features were introduced at a wedding in Wisconsin recently. Be sides tho maids of honor, best man, fonr bridesmaids and four ushers, one lady acted the part of Queen Venus, dressed in classic robes, with a jeweled crown on her head. Her part was to bring the minister from some hidden retreat. Eben Jourtlan, a Boston merchant, built a gymnasium for his female employes, who aro instructed by a professor of physi cal exercise from 5 to 6 o'clock, afternoons. The success of tho gymnasium, with 600 stu dents, has been so groat that Mr. Jourdan thinks it would pay every large establish ment employing women to have a like ad junct. The habit of pouring a few drops of wine from a freshly opened bottle Into the host's glass before the guests are served Is popularly supposed to be for the purpose of getting rid of tbe small bids of cork that ma v adhere to the month of tho bottle, bne in reality it is a relic of thoso uncomfortable das when a host Arst tasted wine as a guarantee to his guests tbat it was not poisoned. Mayalipuram, India, is graced with seven of the most remarkable temples in the world, each of theto unique places of wor ship having been fashioned from solid granits bonlders. The "Hevasa-Goda-Cla," the largest of the seven, is 3 stories high, its outlines resemble those of an Atlantic steamship. The inside of the bouldorhas been chiseled nwnynntll the walls do not exceed eight inches in thickness. Alternate wires of copper and zinc are run around tho trunk of a tree, at a dis tance of about half an inch apart. The casual caterpillar begins to mount tho trunk of tbe tree and unllmbers himself with the confidence nnd vigor born of an impending feast. Presently ho reaches tho copper wire, pokes his nose over it, and lets another kink out of his Backbone- Half an inch farther up his front feet strilte the zinc, the circnit is completed, and the unfortunate larva Is a martyr to science. IDYLLIC HUMORESQUiS. She When Miss Hopkins told you it was her blrthdav. were you sincere wnen yoa wished her many returns of tbe day? He Yes; 1 earnestly desired that some of the past ones might come back to her again. Puck. The hand that rocks the cradle Of this present age I speak Is not the same as formerly. But gets so much per week. -Jot Tort Berate. The Sword Swallower Great Scottl This won'tdol Thereare 13 of us sitting down to din ner! . The Living Skeleton Thirteen nothing! There are only 1 You've miscounted the two-headed Zlrt.-Chicaoo Tribune. Lord Xoodleby I came heah to study your customs and mannahs. Miss HIcory, and I must confess I'm Tcrwy much disappointed. Miss HIcory Naturally. We arj hardly oil enough to have manors, and our tariff Is not ca'colated to please foreigners. Harper's Bazar. He had studied all his lifetime in a very patient way. He had searched through human' wisdom till his hair was th.n and grav. And yet each day he flnds himself unequal to th task Of answering the questions that his Uttle children ask. Washington Star. "What we want," said the well-known publisher. "Is a man to make maps for a history of Africa thatwe arc about to publish." "I think I am Just the mau you wanfsald the applicant with a broad smile. "For several years I nave been a designer la a cloakhouse." Cloak Review. "Love laughs at locksmiths," she said to him encouragingly. "Yes. darling. I know," he replied sadly, "bol not at No. It boots." Detroit FreePrtss. His necktie is a work of art, Its pattern makes the tears start. His trousen bear a wondrous creaia, Aud on his face shines perfect peace, Qoloradv Svn. Friend What did he say to yon when ha proposed to yon? MlssRox He said Ufa without me meant noth ing. Friend He was sincere in that. That's Just what his possessions amount to. .Veto Jork Prut. K. - Ji bbbbIIsIbbbbbbbbIbsibbbbbbP
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