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l'lTTsBUl'.G. SUNDAY. MAYS. 1S3Z.
1niCH IS THE TRETn?
The hearing hi the equity suit of the in
dependent contractors against the mem
bers of the Uuilders' Exchange j esterday,
brought out two radically differing state
ments. The question which of these state
ments is true determines the legality or
illegality of the acts of the Exchange.
On the part of the complainants, affida
vits arc made of various cases in which,
it is stated, refusals to furnish materials
were based clearly and avowedly on the
fact that the complainants were not mem
bers of the Exchange. On the other hand,
respondents reply with affidavits to the
effect that the Exchange does not require
members to refuse material to outsiders,
and that sales are made to buyers outside
the Exchange.
The decision of the suit thus resolves
itself down to the question which of these
statements is correct. But. as a public
matter, there is another thing to be said.
The Dispatch has frequently pointed out
to the members of the Builders' Exchange
that if they were not, as reported, oper
ating a combination to restrict the natural
righ of eery citizen to buy material they
should take an early opportunity to cor-
recX-these -jrj,orts. Tiicir answer shows
that the now recognize that such a boy
colt as the w ere credited with maintain
ing cannot be justified before the law.
Yet the fact is that they have for some
time permitted publications, apparently
on their authority, to the effect that they
were enforcing exactly that boycott, to
stand without the slightest contradiction.
If these reports were untrue they should
have been authoritath cly and emphatically
denied long ago. The question cannot fail
to suggest itself whether the Exchange
permitted them to stand in order to gain
the lever of a reputation for enforcing its
orders by illegal means, or whether the
case is misrepresented in their answer be
fore the courts.
a ead day ron mcclcre.
The Court's action j esterday in uphold
ing the jury's verdict and insisting on Mc
Clurc's payment of costs, while it was no
more than was to be expected, emphasized
the fact that his partial acquittal was due
rather to lecal technicalities than to
moral innocence of the charge on which he
was tried Tins blow at McClure and his
crooked systems was still further strength
ened by the reversal of several of Alder
man Robe's decisions against newsdealers,
when the cases came up on appeal before
Judces Collier and Slagle.
Public opinion is most emphatically op
posed to both the aims and the methods
employed by the Law and Order Society
in these cases, and such utter disregard of
the people's wishes and sense of right is
distinctly contrary to public policy
TI1E CHANGE OF nATTON.
The attitude taken j esterday by ex
Postmaster General Frank Hatton in his
"Washington paper in regard to the ambi
tion of Secretary Blaine and his probable
willingness to accept an unanimous nom
ination is remarkable for two reasons.
In the first place it indicates a desire to
encourage the candidacy of Mr. Blame.
Tins is in striking variance with the bitter
attacks made bj Mr. Hatton's paper on
the Secretary dunng the high tide of the
Chilean imbroglio. At that time Mr.
Blaine was charged with being a tool of
ex-Mayor Grace and the nitrate ring and a
direct snub was given to any sort of
Blame boom whateer.
Of late Mr. Hatton has turned against
Mr. Harrison and has endeavored to congeal
his icmess still further. There was a time
w hen Mr. Hatton's Post was regarded as the
orean of the Administration and it was
ecn charged that the President smote the
Secretary through this medium. Mr.
Hatton as a gymnast has succeeded Mr.
Hatton as a Jeremiah.
All this is significant, because as a poli
tician the Washington editor is admittedly
shrewd and well-informed and his closest
friends are still sufficiently near to Presi
dent Harrison to be considered his ablest
champions in the renomination contest
THE TROSPECT FOR HOME RCEE.
Tiie announcement that the English
Cabinet has fixed June 20 for the dissolu
tion of Parliament indicates that the issue
of Home Rule, which was fought nearly
ee en years ago, will be tried over again
in the lattpr half of this year. It has been
evident for about a j ear that the Salisbury
ministry was awaiting some turn in foreign
affairs which would enable it to appeal to
the pride of the British people, and thus
put the domestic issue in the background.
There has been no gaiu by the delay, in
that direction, however; and the ministry
have evidently percehed that to prolong
the spectacle of holding on to office until
the last gasp will inflict more injury on
them than any gain that they can possibly
hope for.
It has been evident from the by-elections
of the pist year that a decided change has
come over English public sentiment on
the question of Home Rule since the elec
tion of 18S6. In that year the proposition
suffered wreck against the prejudices of
the English middle class. Every year
since then a broader and clearer view of
the subject has been gained. Every local
election has shown the effect of discussion
of the Issue. While the exact results may
be a matter of dispute, it is evident that
the most imminent peril to the final tri
umph of Home Rule Is in the division of
the Irish party. The continued spectacle
of a factional fight among the Home
Rulers will furnish a handle to their ene
mies that nothing else can give. The
Irish members should understand that
their own quarrels are now the most dan
gerous element to their own cause.
The prospect of the Parliamentary elec
tion should force the Home Rule members
to drop their personal disputes and come
together on the platform of Ireland's wel
fare. It would be a dark record If Ire
land's own representatives should throw
away the chance of victory.
riTTsnURG'S MANUFACTURING RANK.
Mr. Swank's report on iron and steel
production for 1891, which has just
reached us in its complete form, have an in
teresting bearing on the relation of the
iron production of Allegheny county to
the rest of the country. The figures of
production for the whole United States,
show ing a falling off in pig iron, steel and
rolled iron, of about 10 per cent from the
unexampled totals of 1890, have already
been published. The full figures, how
ever, enable us to make a comparison of
the output of Pittsburg's industries with
the entire industry.
In the first place, the recent talk of other
iron-producing localities, notably certain
pig iron d:stricts supplanting Pittsburg, is
fully answered by the fact that while
there was in 1891, a 10 per cent reduction
in the total output of pig iron, rolled iron
and steel, Pittsburg did not only hold her
own; she actually increased her output
of pig iron and steel Her product of
pig iron in 1890 was 1,497,780 tons; In 1891,
1,635,531 tons. In steel the total for 1890
was 1,447,920 tons; for 1891 it was 1,542,
921 tons. The fact appears, therefore,
that so far from being supplanted, Pitts
burg's lead in pig iron and steel was
marked by increase in 189L In rolled iron
our total yielded to the general tendency,
being decreased from 1,692,159 tons In 1890
to 1,487,070 tons m 1891. No section can
equal this showing. There is something
of an increase in the pig iron production
of Tennessee; but no section can show
the general increase of product in a year
of shrinkage that is displayed in Allegheny
county.
The leadership of our community in the
output of iron and steel and its constant
increase is best illustrated by the percent
ages at various periods. In 1880 Alle
gheny county produced 7 per cent of the
pig iron product of the country, which
was about the proportion established dur
ins the preceding decade. In 1885 our
pig iron product increased to 11J
per cent; in 1890 it was nearly
15 per cent, and last year the
record of that remarkable production
was beaten by turning out 17J per cent
of the pig iron product of the country. In
steel the increase of our importance has
been even more marked. In 1880 our
steel output was 16 per cent of the total;
in 1885 it had swelled to 21 per cent; in
1890 it reached 30 per cent; and last year
Pittsburg turned out a little more than 35
per cent of. the steel product of the coun
try. A change in the method of reporting
the totals of rolled iron makes it difficult
to extend the comparison so far on that
product; but we can state generally that
Allegheny county produced about 16 per
cent of the rolled iron of the country up
to 1880; by 1885 her proportion had risen to
20 per cent, and in 1890 and 1891 it was
about one-third.
Besides this signal refutation of the Idea
that any other section is displacing this
community from its supremacy in iron
and steel manufacturing, the increase in
our proportion of output conveys in its
dates another very pertinent lesson.
In the years from 1874 to
1879, Pittsburg not only suffered from
the general depression of the iron indus
try, but also retrograded in its proportion
of product. The introduction of railroad
competition about 1880 started the gain in
our standing which reveals its effects in
the increased proportion of 1885. From
that date to 1890 the natural gas era was
Influential In putting our industries far in
the lead. But the proportion for 1891
shows that we have kept the lead even,
without natural gas. We see in this ex
pansion the fact that transportation and
fuel have been its greatest factors. If we
can solve the fuel problem, and open
water transportation to the lakes, the
future may show a record of growth even
more remarkable than this.
UNDERGRADUATE OMNISCIENCE.
Owing either to the over-stimulating in
fluences of Senator Leland Stanford's im
mense University in California, or to the
highly fresh nature of the adolescent
population of the Pacific coast, the stu
dents of that seat of learning are making
themselves conspicuous. Not content
with the classic example of the Eastern
institutions in giving exclusive glory to
physical culture, they have plunged into
social ethics, and have set out to overturn
religion, abolish marriage, and do away
with any such mediaeval and effete senti
ment as respect for elders.
This is, at least, the inference to be
drawn from the contents of a recent Uni
versity magazine which published for the
delectation of the undergraduate eye a
photogravure of the exceedingly French
picture of a Turkish Pasha who Is making
purchases for his harem. In this organ of
juvenile scholasticism we are informed,
on the subject of religion, that it "is a
barbaric institution revised to date,"
and is not now "even orna
mental." "The intelligent, well
balanced young people of to-dav."
the youthful dogmatist goes on to say,
under the impression that he is
speaking of himself, "are not religious;
they are beyond it" Having thus given
religion its coup de grace he proceeds to
wipe out marriage. We are informed that
"first love is a children's disease" and that
"the tragedies of children change the soul
in degree of depth of souL" After this,
but one more superstition remains to be
wiped out, which is done as follows: "We
respect our elders most when we are
j oung and least resemble tnem; we re
spect them least when we are older and
more like them."
The freshman who produced this yawp
justified his title. After he reaches the
rank of "wise fool" in the second year of
college life, we may hope for some mitiga
tion of his vernal buraptlousneAs; and a
lurking doubt may appear ii his pro
nouncement on .social institutions whether
he knows so much more tharfall the rest
of the world put together. The display of
callow dogmatism indicates that either the
scholastic atmosphere of the Stanford Uni
versity la of unique composition or else
that there is a crying need for moral as
well as mental discipline among the youth
of California.
From the fact that the faculty are re
ported to be horrified at this outbreak, wo
are permitted to infer that it is the latter.
It is to be hoped that the educators will
not rest satisfied with being horrified. If
these half-fledged destroyers of the social
status had been In the hands of the edu
cators of the past generation, they would
shortly hava perceived the wisdom of
humility witli regard to then: own omnis
cience. OED BRIDGE JOBS.
The idiosyncrasies of special legislation
are strikingly illustrated by an examina
tion into the acts chartering and amend
ing the charters of the Smithfield and
Tenth street bridges over the Monongahela
river, summarized in an article elsewhere.
It is shown by this examination that m
the case of both these bridges the intent of
the legislation was that they should event
ually become free. Throughout a long
series of acts bearing on the organization
of the companies, extending the time for
the construction of then: bridges and auth
orizing the issue of securities, the object
was kept steadily in view of ultimately re
leasing them from tolls. Indeed, the pro
visions of one act warrant the inquiry
whether $50,000 of State funds was or was
not invested in the Smithfield street bridge
for the forwarding of the same purpose.
There is no question that if the provisions
of the original charters had been carried
out in good faith, those bridges would be
public property to-day.
But In addition to the well-known cor
porate devices for preventing a public
sinking fund from accruing, the resort to
special legislation was especially effective.
During the period when the Pennsylvania
Legislature furnished special acts to order,
measures were obtained simply repealing
the provisions for exemption from tolls.
Nothing was offered as a substitute for
the public interest in the bridges so taken
away. No excuse appears for the nega
tion of the settled condition of the acts
under which the bridge companies had re
ceived their privileges.
The people who now urge the necessity
of free bridges may discover in this record
what might new exist in that line if they
had In the past elected representatives
who were more careful to serve the inter
ests of the people.
CENSES KEVEEITIONS.
Testerday's proceedings before the Cen
sus Investigating Committee continued
the revelation of a mismanagement that
has rendered the statistics gathered ut
terly unreliable. It is bad enough that
public money should be thrown away
wholesale In an effort to extract informa
tion on useless subjects owing to a for
eigner's ignorance. It is worse still that
the tactics used to manufacture statistics
should be shown to be such as to remove
all possibility of faith therein.
The census under proper administration
would have been an invaluable source of
information on matters of national im
portance. Under the conditions which
are being exposed more clearly every day
It has been made simply an outlay for the
waste of national funds, and Its results
are fit for nothing but the waste basket.
The whole performance is a discredit not
only to those directly responsible, but to
the nation which permitted it
AN UNWARRANTABLE PROPOSITION.
Governor Flower, of New York, has
signed a bill providing that men drafted
for service in time of war shall be entitled
to a repayment of the money they ex
pended in procuring substitutes. This
proposition Is contrary to public policy
and should receive universal condemna
tion. Every impartial observer of the war
knows that the policy of allowing men of
means to hire substitutes was a bad one.
A large share of the recruits thus obtained
was of low character, and it was the testi
mony of every camp of instruction that
the reinforcements obtained after this
provision went into effect depreciated
fifty per cent in reliability. Beyond that
the principle was of a vicious character.
It meant simply that persons of means
enough to hire substitutes should he per
mitted to escape the duty of military
service in defense of the country which
ought to be imposed on all alike. It was
recognized here at the close of the war, as
it is recognized in every country which
depends on conscription for efficient mili
tary organization, that there should be
no purchase of exemption from military
duty.
But the viciousness of that policy is in
creased ten-fold by the proposition that
the men who purchased this exemption
shall now receive their money back. The
money was not expended for public bene
fit It was paid to relieve the payers from
the duty imposed on them of defending
the Government in its time of need. That
they could escape that duty by the pay
ment of money was an obnoxious class
privilege; that they should get back the
money paid for their own benefit would
be simply a job. It is reported that Gov
ernor Flower signed this bill in pursuance
of an ante-election bargain by which he
got the votes of 15,000 of the people bene
fited by it. If this is true it i3 an arrant
case of purchasing votes with public
money.
Two victories in succession failed to
break the force of habit, and our playeis
suffered defeat once again in Chicago yes
teiday. F. A. Bancroit complained of the ab
sence of published reasons for his trans
ference from the position of Librauan to
the State Depal tment to the Counsulship of
Brunswick. Theresu't is a most scathintr
letter from Blaine and a request that his
nomination for the Consulship should ho
withdrawn. Mr. Banciott is probably now
in a fit mood to sympathize with the pariot
that was sorry it spoke.
Flower's boom is outgrowing Its
strength, and it will be wilted beforo it
reaches maturity and blossoms in a nomina
tion. HARRISON'S request that Cabinet minis
ters and other high Federal officials shall bo
conspicuous uy their absence, at Minneap
olis may bo taken as an indication that he
desires to avoid all appearance of evil rather
than as an expression of his wish to abstain
fiom the evil itself.
McCltjbe Is suffering from a rapid de
cline, and is a fit objeoc for a pity strongly
flavored with contempt.
Very various explanations are offered as
the motives lor Lord Salisbury's sensational
speech. But it remains inexplicable, and
the only thing certain about it is that he
will lose rather than gain strength by it in
the approaching general election.
With a much further continuance of this
weather straw hats will bo sold cheap us
slightly shop worn.
From some passages in his book dealing
with wauld-he rival nuIlta'A it nnnenra tfint
Sullivan's pen can suite nearly as hard as
his big right arm. His literary style Is mora
remarkable for force than elegance.
Efficient hose pipes are the first neces
sary for strengthening the Fire Department.
When the annoyances of bootblacks
have been banished from the sti eets, some
notice might be taken of the adult loafers
who impede pedestrians, when they do not
force them into the gutter.
There is no total eclipse of, the snn
scheduled to signalize Tuesday's execution.
It is rather difficult to understand the
logio of a mother who describes her husband
as "both a madman and a drunkard" and
yet hopes that His life may be spared for the
sake of her children.
The fair sex should feel quit at home
among the World's Fair exhibits.
The repulse of a mob of would-be lynch,
ers by the police at Nashville, Tenn., re
flects credit on the victors. Such armed re
sistance to Ian less outbreaks should be
more, frequent.
The public soon see
player with a glass arm.
through a ball
When payment of costs devolves on
them Law and Order people may gradually
awake to a realization of the fact that per
secutions are somewhat expensive.
Hrxis magnetism appears
kind which repels.
to be of the
By announcing June 20 as the date for
the dissolution of Parliament, the Tory
Government or England appears to be seek
ing to make virtue of necessity.
Young men should learn to swim before
going West.
The relay bicycle raco emphasizes the
necessity for relaying most of the roads rid
den over. Some of them would have to be
newlayed rather than relayed.
PERSONAL POINTERS.
Prof. Child, of Harvard, is the foremost
American authority on the English lan
guage. The one hundred nnd forty-second anni
versary of the birth of Stephen Glrard was
celebrated at Girard College, Philadelphia,
Friday.
Governor Chase, of Indiana, is a
preacher as well as a politician, and kisses
moie babies every year than any other man
in the State.
Thursday, May 6, was the anniversary
of the birth of the "ex-Empress Eugenie and
of the death of Napoleon I. Eugenie is now
66 years old, and Napoleon has been dead 71
years.
Dr. Fithian, of New Jersey, seems to
carry the banner as the oldest Freemason,
and Samuel Foreman, of Greensburg, Ind., is
said to bo the oldest Odd Fellow west of the
Alleghenies.
Prop. Robert Ellis Thompson, D. D.,
of the University of Pennsylvania, has been
offered the Presidency of Lake Foreat Uni
versity in Illinois, but it is understood he
will decline the offer.
Porfirio Diaz has already been thrice
elected President of Mexico, in 1876, in 1884
and in 1833. He is about to be elected again,
and does not hold out any encouragement to
anyone to run in 1S96.
The late Historian Freeman had a great
liking for architectural sketches, and nt his
death had accumulated a large collection of
drawings made by himself of notable build
ings in En-land and on the Continent.
The Emperor William is to sail his
yacht, the Meteor, in the contest for the
Queen's cup at Cowes next August. The
Meteor was once the celebrated Thistle
which came over here to win the America
cup.
Justice Lamar's favorite novel is "The
Thieo Guardsmen," and he occasionally re
re ds It tvith keen interest. This was also
one of the novels Conkling liked to l cad, and
he was also fond of Ouida.
Mayor Grant, of New York, would not
attract great attention in a crowd. He is of
medium height, he has a medium length of
dark brown beard and mustache, and he has
features of the American type.
ONE OF THE SAY DBEAMB,
Difficulties That stand In the Way of Con
veying Electrical Power.
Detroit News.
Tho twentieth century is about to dawn
on the world, and still Niagara Falls have
not been "utilized." This is one of the dis
apointments of science. The hope was born
almost to years ago that the Niagara water
power could be made useful to the whole
Yankee nation. When it became known
that electricity could be made a means for
the transmission of mechanical, power, and
when it was well established that mechan
ical power was easily transmissible into
electricity, the conclusion was hastily
lumped at that a great center like Niagara
was also to become the center of industrial
power. That a great mistake hasbeen made
is proved bv the fact that Niagara and other
great waterfalls still continue In a state of
nature, unused by tho cunning of man.
There is much talk, even in this month of
May, 1892. to the same effect, and the newspa
pers aio telling the wonderful things that
Niagara Falls are going to do.
It Is safe to say that Niagara and all other
greater water powers of the world will con
tinue to waste their strength as they have
done in the past. The hope of a wide diffu
sion of mechanical power by means of elec
tiicityliesina fundamental misconception
of the laws of electricity. The common idea
is that electricity's first law is that of mn
nlnr, as water runs downhill. On thecon
tiary, electricity fs as sluggish as water and
has to be lorced from one place to another.
The common Idea is that if you place elec
tricity on a copper wire, It will at once start
off and never stop until It is intercepted by
some uncongenial elements. Tne majority
of people think that if the (alls of Niagara
would only convert their power
into electricity, that electrical energy
could be tapped from Maine to
Texas as if it wore a ;ieservotr in the
clouds. Not so. Electilcityhastobepumped
from one place to another by the expend!-
tme of poner. The difficulty of getting
electricity from Niagara to New York City
is the same as that of getting water from
Caiio to the beait of Sahara. Theoretically,
both aie possible: practically.the machinery
does not exist to periorm the work. An
electrical dynamo is a pump. It peiforms
only the work that it has thestiength to
peifoim. Ifoverstiained.it breaks, bursts
or bums out. Let us hear no luoieof the
utilization of Niagara Falls for the diffusion
of mechanical energy. The thing Is imprac
ticable. It takes power to transmit power.
When the gun is invented that can with
stand the attain of shooting around the
woild, the time will have come to hope for a
dynamo that will shoot clcctiicity iiom
Niagara Falls to San Francisco.
GEEW FAT IN IIS GRAVE,
A Little Toad, Entombed Four Tears Ago,
yiops Ont a Monster in Size.
Beavkk Falls, May 21. Special There is
on exhibition at the drug stoie of Dr. Bruce
a curiosity in the shape of. a monster toad,
ltisaslaigeasa man's two flsts. About
four years ago, while workmen woie laying
a btone sidewalk in front of the residence of
William L. Brady, of this place, one of the
workmen noticed a toad about the size of a
walnut hop out of the excavation, and, with
the remark that he would consign it to an
eteinal grave, he placed it in a little pile qf
sand and, placing a great stone flag upon it,
never gave it another thought.
A year alter this particular stone began to
show signs of decay, and Anally cracked
clean acioss. The crack began to wide
until a tew days ago an apertuie was made
andoutjumpedalive toad. It was lound
to be of monster size, and, as already stated,
was placed on exhibition.
Which Belongs to the OlherT
Chicago News.
There is still a doubt as to whether the
South Carolina Democracy belongs to the
Farmers'" Alliance or the South Carolina
Farmers' Alllancd belongs to thoDemoe-
racy.
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THE WORLD'S GOOD FELLOWS.
A Cynic Define: Them ms These Usually
Bnrled at Other People's Expense A
Chicago Aunty In Gotham Pathetic Life
History of Three Sisters.
rrnoM a staff cobbespojtpest.I
"No, I'm not what is termed 'a good
follow,'" sakl he, lighting another cigar
alone and looking cynically upon the Broad
way throng as it appears to a man on the
Hoffman Honso Steps. "I am glad I'm not.
That plump little gentleman in eyeglasses
who Just borrowed $2 of me is one of your
'good fellows.' He used to" be credited with
several hundred thousand dollars now he
borrows $2 heio and there and never pays a
cent back, ne owes everybody who ever
had anything to do with him and has run
bills at every chop house and bar in tho
city where they'll stand it. He used to
drink nothing but champagne and eat terra
pin and canvasback. Nothing was too good
for him. He played the rases, poker and
faio, and tan with the fast crowd and specu
lated. 1 don't believe he evor did a day's
work in his life since he was aone-hoise
lawyer down in Pennsylvania. He had no
use for a man liko me then.
"I could give you a similar story of many
'a good fellow,'" continued the cynic.
"Theie's another man a handsome, smart
young Princeton college man who is well
known about upper Broadway. He always
looks genteel and wears his slick silk hat
tilted back on his head and a pair of gold
rimmed glasses on a gold chain and is a
mashor.' He is a polished gentleman, gets
a good salary, lives at a Broadway hotel,
plays pool and billiards well and talks poli
tics wisely but loudly around the "art gal
lery' and spends money liberally among
'good fellows.' Everybody who knows him
snys he is 'a good follow' and I suppose he is.
for he borrows monev of anybody who will
lend it to him and has the renutatlon of
never returning a cent. His best friends
will caution you againstloanlnghim money.
Ho is a genuine Haiold Skimpole and laugh
ingly admits that he has no more Idea of
money than a child.
"I don't say all 'good fellows' are like
these; but I dosay that all of the generally
recognized 'good fellows' I ever knew are of
tho same type reckless and impiovident,
and, if they livo long enough, come down to
the same level of financial irresponsibility.
I don't say they are my ideal 'good fellows,'
but they certainly are the 'good fellows' of
the world at large. Tho essential qualitv of
the 'good fellow' is tho ability and willing
ness to spend money (his own or other peo
ple's money) on everybody and everything
and have lun with it. Whenever you meet
a man who will not do that who takes care
of his earnings and lays up money for his
family or himself, and who will not bum
around with a lot of loarers he will not bo
known as a 'good fellow.' Be assured ot
that.
The 'good fellow' is not always
'beat.' but he isthAMMfttermnnanf beats until
they get him sucked dry. whereupon he
either reforms and ceases longer to be a
good fellow, or becomes a beat himself Just
asthevare beats. My definition of 'a good
fellow' is a man who Is usually buried at
somebody else's expense.1'
The Young Man and His Gloves.
The young man and his gloves come
forthwith tho other green things to delight
the esthetic eye and gladden the heart of
metropolitan mankind. The poet hath said
that man differeth from the other animils
principally In bis ability to get drunk. Lot
us put it in happier vein and say that it is in
his ability to appreciate the young man and
his gloves. There ai e other glories o f Broad
waythere are other forms of loveliness to
be found upon the soubrctte side of "the
Straud" there are other piismatic viows of
the young man. But we turn to the young
man ana his gloves wlth'a peculiar feeling
of quiet, pastoral pleasure something akin
to what we experience in watching the new
born lambs cavorting on the gioen hillsides
of Cential Park. There are some plain,
practical people who do not caie for lamb
with the wool on, who experience nothiill
ofjoy at tho slshtof the gentle awkwardness
of a two-year old sheep skipping the free
wool tra-la-la-loo among the buttery dan
delions. To those I say, skip this paragraDh,
lor tho young man and his gloves aie be
yond thoir appreciation. It is leseived to
the true philosophor to discover in every
phase of human life some perhaps hidden
beauty.
The young man and his gloves aie by no
means hidden, albeit benntnoiis to a. riep-i pa.
His led shoes and the yellow walking stick
carefully balanced fcrulo up at an angle of
45 degrees are likely to distract public- at
tentionto dazzle the public eyeand razzle
dazzle the public mind so that the happy
combination of the vouns man and his
gloves may be Jost. Sometimes the gloves
are carried daintily in the samo hand that
bears the mysterious stick, sometimes in the
other. They aie never worn. They are in
variably new. You can see upon inspection
that the finders have never been stretched.
They are genuine glo es, however, and aie
cairied along in the same ostentatious way
that a lady carries a $10 pocketbook with a
car ticket in it. Beyond mere show they
would appear to be of no more service to the
young man than the heavy walking stick
that is never touched to vulgar earth.
This is a mistake. The gloves, like the
yellow cane and the red shoes go to lound
out the lovely external character of the
end-of-tbe-century young man. They glad
den the eye of the beholder nnd thus aid in
making life worth living. Theio is a divine
reason in everything in nature, when we
look at it fiom the light point of view. If
wo do not at once understand why a walk
ing stick should be carried in Just that way,
or why the young man should carry a new
pair of gloves instead of an extra shirt or a
clean collar for emoignncies, it is because it
is not given to all of us to comprehend the
beautiful.
How Chicago Enthusiasm. Works.
A friend of mine had a relative of the
aunt degree from Chicago recently hore on a
visit. She was over 60, but as nimble as a
cricket and was never tired of comparing
New York with her dear Chicago. Dear old
innocent she was so proud of her native
cltyl She was taken down to the Batteiy
and when she saw the bay she exclaimed:
"Dear me! And this Is the ocean, is it? Well,
welll Lake Michigan is bigger than thisl"
They took her to old Trinity, but she said
they had finer churches in Chicago and told
the acting deputy assistant sextou so. He
was surprised.
"Is this tho biggest graveyard you've got
in New York?" she asked, iooking over tho
ancient churchyard. They told her about
Gioenwood and went over to show it to her.
Old women and voung loveis are always in
terested in graveyaids. She stopnod a
Biooklyn horse car and told the diivershe
was fiom Chicago and asked him wheie his
car went to. While ho was explaining they
blocked up a street for a mile, and then she
took another line. She sighed and declared
tho hoiso car peoplo East were not as pollto
as they aie in Chicago. When they got over
to Gieenwood shebsked a caidenor if ho
knowwhcie any of tho Little iamilywcie
buried. She once knew a person by that
name who was buried in Greenwood. Al
though she made a good many Inquiries of
grave dicgers and other workmen, none of
them could furnish her the information. To
each one she said, in a soitof picliminary
wav, thaf-sho vas Irom Chicago. One man
said that was all light no apology was
necessary. She looked over scveial acres or
tombstones and finally gave it up. When
they got back she tried shopping In Harlem.
Ashoit haired ciil tried to sell her apiece
of goods for 12 cents a j ard.
"I can buy that in Chicago for 8 cents,"sho
declared. "I live in Chicago and you can't
fool me on good. And when they went out
the short-haiied gill and the cashier and
floor walker and cash gills lan out on the
pavement to net another good look nt her.
They went into Fulton Market and every
body wanted to sell her something to eat,
but sho told them she was fiom Chicago and
was only looking 'iound to see what New
York people ate. The buildings downtown
did not impress the old Iadyiiom Chicago
much.
"I don't see any buildings here as big as
the Itookery," she observed. "Did you ever
see the Kookery?" she asked an elevator man
In the Equitable.
"The Rookery," says he; "what's that?"
"Why, in Chicago," says she. "I livo in
Chicago."
"Never been there, ma'am," says he, "top
floor."
"Dear me! The buildings are not as high
heieas they are in Chicago this Is the top
floor."
They thoueht they would come np town
on a Broadway car and finally succeeded in
stopping one. It was very much crowded.
She wanted to ask the conductor something
beforo she got on and began as usual
"I'm from Chicago"
"Chicago people tako the next car," said
he, and he lang the bell and left them stand
,ing in the road.
This hurt the old lady's feelings, and that
night she declared she had enough of New
York. Next morning she packed up and
left torhor home in the settln' sun, saying
that Chicago was good enough for her. She
had heard a good deal about New York, but
give her Chicago every time.
, Sacrifice of Three Sisters.
'There are more pathetic stories of real
life that aie never heard of," said Mr. Ire
land.aBioadw ay bookseller, "than wereever
invented by the-jnovelist or dreamed of by
'tne most imaginative idmancer of the daily
prets. Some time ago I received u letter
from a lady residing in the Interior, asking
me to go and see her brother, who was re
ported sick in an Eastside lodging house,
and stating that if anything conld be done
for him the expense would be gladly de
frayed. I had known the family moie or
less intimately for a number of years, and
the young man in qnestion I knew as a
handsome, cultured nentleman, somewhat
scholarly, but most of the time dependent.
He was one of the handsomest men I ever
saw, ana his sisters always referred to him
with great pride.
"I found him at the nnmber designated In
the letter under the care of a competent
physician. But from tho latter I soon ascer
tained that it was the man's last illness and
that the quicker we got him out of the city
the better. So as soon as we could get him
on his feet I irot him a railroad ticket and
sent him home, where he died shortly after
ward. "Having some business out there I subse
quently called upon the ladles. I was there
unexpectedly and by accident brought In
contact with a person I had never seen or
heard of before a deformed idiot about
years of age, who, I learned from the re
luctant lips of the ladies was their brother.
T,?.??',naacaieaforlllln privately from his
childhood, refusing to allow him to be taken
to an asylum. These threo girls had giown
up to old maldhood, had refused to marrv,
had given up all the pleasures of the world
and steadfastly devoted their lives to
the care of the idiot brother and the
education of the handomo younger
brother. The latter had died a failure, tho
poor idiotic cripple still lived. In all the
years I had known them they had never ut
tered a word of complaint had never said a
word to me of that mental and physical de
formity in the back room. Just think of itl
Thevhad slaved fiom morning till night to
put one brother through college while nurs
ing that horrible skeleton in the family
closet. Praise for the handsome young col
legiate, always complaint of the helpless
and hopeless home burden, never! There's
; uaiis oi a story more tnninng ana more
instructing than anything I ever read in a
novel."
A Few Questions of the Day.
I want to know why all of the men
of pure motives, honesty of purpose and un
sullied patriotism aie always on the outside
of the breastworks, and are known vulgarly
as "kickers."
Whether It would be any infringement on
the rights of the ladies should gentlemen
take up the fashion of clutching up their
garments in the lear while on the street.
The reason for the reportonal use of "the
true facts" in making an Impressive state
ment in the daily papers.
If It really and truly hurts a pretty
woman's feelings to be stared at when sho is
out looking her best.
Why policemen are suprjosed to knock
down more without a club than with one.
Where all the good cigars go.
And whether it Is better to lie rather than
hurt anybody's feelings exoept where you
are liable to get licked: w e all admit that.
Charles Theodore Mcboat.
New York, May 21.
THE PSYCHICAL C0NGBESS.
A Chance to Make Clear Some of the Un
explained Phenomena.
Chicago Tribune.J
A congress for tho Investigation of psy
chical science is to be an attendant feature
of tho World's Fair. It will be one of the
many conventions held under the auspices
of the World's Congress Auxiliary. It is
expected to bring together students of hyp
notism, telepathy, clairvoyance, 'material
ization" of spirits, and many other subjects
which the Society of Psychic Research has
tried to investigate lor several years past.
Some of the topics named for discussion are
the connection between psychics and
physics, and the bearing of psychical sci
ence on human personality, particularly on
the question of life in a future state.
This is well enough. Let knowledge be
spread and increased. If these and other
psycnicai people nave any facts to offer,
they cannoc choose a better time for pre
senting them to the public. If they can
bring before the eyes of moitals acceptable
proofs of the peculiar existence and con
nections In which they niofess to believe, it
is thoir duty to the world as well as to them
selves to let their light shine that men and
women will see it. But no moie will o' the
wisp array of claimed facts and principles
will suffice helpfully to spread their faith
among those thinking persons who do not
at present accept it. Those thinkers will
not incline to consider the chasing rain
bows as a paying pursuit, because it is de
scribed or partially conducted at the same
time that Important events aie occurring in
connection with the great Fair.
Few intelligent people are disposed to
deny that there are some phenomena con
nected with so-called spiritualism that are
not yet fully explained. But many or those
advanced have been proven to be nothing
more than Juggllngs with the senses, such as
aie practiced by the professors ofprestidigi
tation on tho stage, and perhaps there is
loom for suspicion with regaid to tho lest.
Thus far it has hardly been proven that
any of the so-called manifestations which
some hold are evidences of separate spirit
entity are anything more substantial than
dieams. Some of those "visions of the night"
have Impressed themselves so forcibly on
the mind as to remain with the individual
foryeaisnfterward and then puzzle him to
decide that they were not actual waking ex
periences. It is not difficult to suppose that
equally vivid and dui.iblo ideas may cross
the mentality of a highly susceptible organ
ism while apparently it is not wrapped in
slumber, though in company with others
who may neither see nor feel more than
Queen Gertrude did when Hamlet thought
he saw the ghost of his father stalk across
the chamber.
CLABKSON'S CONCLUSIONS.
CnAimiAN Claiikson wisely concludes that
the man who gets there first will win. Bos
ton Traveler.
James S. Clares os is ardently in favor of
nominating Mr. Harrison after everybody
else. Chicago News.
Chairman Clarkso is serenoamldnlarms.
He is willing to bet that the foremost hoss
will come in ahead at Minneapolis on the
7th prox. Boston Ha aid.
CaA'iRUAX Clarkson does not speak as one
having confidence In the nomination of Mr.
Hairlsonat Minneapolis. Mr. Clarkson is
talking with some caution to the reporters
in these trying times, but as a friend or Har
rison there are tears in his voice. New York
Advertiser. ,
Chairman Clarksos-, of the Republican
National Committee, has boon closeted for
several days with General Russell A. Alger
at Detroit. This meiins that General James
S. means to eithcrgct appointment or boodle
out of the coming struggle. Chicago Globe.
Mr. Clarkson sarcastically complains that
he has to read the newspapers all tho timo
to keep fairly posted about the anti-Harrison
conspiracies in which he is engaged. It
might simplify matteis and save time for
Mr. Clarkson to seek his information from
Mr. John C. New. Peoria J2nqmrer.
General J. S. Clarkson informs tho He
cordcr that, while Piesident Harrison would
make an excellent candidato for tho Presi
dency, Mr. Maine would mako a better one,
but that General Clarkson has a peisonal
candidate who is better than either Harri
son or Blame or auj body else. Don't Keep
us on the anxious seat too long. General, as
to your candidate. Trot him out! New York
Recorder.
Ingratitude, Thy Name Is Water.
Chicago Tribune.
A Baptist church in Mississippi was swept
away by the flood a few days ago. Ingrati
tude, thy name is waterl
Ohio Likely to Get the Nomination.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Ohio is likely to get the Republican nom
ination in any event. Harrison, Sherman
and McEinley were all born in the Buckeye
State.
DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE.
Baron Rosksoerv-Lehn, Danish Minister of
Foreizn Affairs, died yesterday at Copenhagen.
AUGUSTUS S. Winslow, Vice-President of the
First National DanK, of Cincinnati, died yester
day, aged 75 ears.
Georue W. Estes, the first man to play a snare
drum by note, and one of the oldest musicians In
the country, dkd Friday, aged 87 years. Estes
officiated as drum major at the funeral of President
illlam Henry Harrison in 1311.
Mrs. E. C. Pullman, mother of George M.
Pullman, who fur the past four days has been la an
unconscious state at the BelgraTla, New York,
died yesterday morning at 7 o'clock. Her daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Margaret Pullman, died Friday la
Baltimore.
Sister SIart Catherine, of the order of
Dominican Nuns, has died in the convent at Fall
River, Mass . of consumption. Her name was
Mary Catherine Van liuren. She was born In Con
cordia, Ky., in 1SC3, and has been a member of the
order lour years.
Mas. MIlpeed Anx Clay, aged over.lOO years,
died in Leavcaworth, Friday, she was married
tirlco and was the mother of 15 children, all of
whom are dead but six. Slie was born In Virginia,
and went to Kansas in lS5i, where she had since re
sided. Her health and memory were quite good to
the last.
TALK OP THE TIME.
Several times since the free bridge dis
cussion has been in progress there have
been dark hints to the effect that there are
provisions in the charters of the bridges
now over the Monongahela which should be
taken advantage of by the city and a free
bridge thus acquired.
If you will take tho trouble to look for
yourself at these bridge charters and the
mendments to them, yon will find that all
this matter was anticipated years ago, and
provided for in such a way as to make the
companies hard to get at.
Take, for example, the Smithfield street
bridge. It was chartered In 1810 by James
O'Hara, William McCandless, David Evan,
Ephriam Pentland, Jacob Beltzhoover,
Adamson Tannehill. Thomas Cromwell,
Thomas Enochs and Dr. George Stevenson.
It was known as "a company for tho erect
ing of a bridge over the river Monongahola,
opposite Pittsburg In the county or Alle
gheny." The act mado it obligatory to give
notice by publication In Pittsburg. Wash
ington, "Union-town" and Greensburg
of the charter; and the capital stock
was fixed at $50 000 In shares of
25 each. The company was to own the
bridge tor 40 years from the time of its com
pletion and tnero was a "free bridge" pro
viso to the effect that when the revenue
from tolls exceeded 15 per cent on the cap
ital stock, the excess was to be invested in
briilge stock or other securities together
with such donations as might be given and
this to form a sinking fund to buy the
bridge from the company and make it free.
It tho fund was sufficient borore 40 years
expired, tho stockholders were compelled to
sell out at an appraised valuation. If the
fund was not ademiate at the end of 40 years
the Legislature was empowered to declare It
free, providing at the same time for a fund
for its repair and maintenance. If it was
not redeomedattho period stated the com
nany was to retain It until such time as it
was freed.
The State Becomes Part Owner.
-This charter of 1810 seams to have lapsed,
aor in 3816 it was re er.ated by the Legisla
ture and William Wilkin", James Boss,
Thomas Baird, John Thau, Pavld Pride,
Philip Giiland, Oliver Orrasby, Christian
Latshaw, Jacob Beltzhoover, James Brison
and Samuel Dougla'slwere the new incor
porators. By some sort of oper
ation which does not apoear at all
either directly or indirectly in tho legisla
tion oDtainea prior to isis, in that year tne
Commonwealth became a stockholder in tho
bridge and an act was passed enabling the
Governor to pay $20,000 for 160O shares of
stock before the completion of the woikand
an additional $20,000 when the bridge was
finished. In 1S32 the Governor was authorized
to subscriDe for an additional 400 shares at
$25 each, provided the stockholders raised
enough money to thoroughly repair tho
bridge and maintain it, the sum to be satis
factory to the Governor before the money
should be advanced by the Commonwealth.
This proviso in regard to tho raising of a
mnd by the stockholders was reported the
same rear it was passed.
In 1871 the act for the new suspension
bridge was passed and the capital stock was
Increased to $500,000, the new stock proceeds
to build the bridge and pay off part of an
Issue of bonds authorized bv the same act.
All the money on hand in the "free bridge"
and other tunds was also to be used for
building the bridge, nnd the whole of the
section of the act of 1810, providing for free
ing the bridge, either by purchase or by act
of Assembly, was repealed without giving
the public any return.
It might be of interest to know something
of tho history of tho lnvestraent.oftho Com
monwealth in stock and what became of it.
Original Charter for Tenth Street.
The same intent to have a free bridge
ultimately is seen in the legislation for what
is now known as the Tenth street structure.
It also got out of reach as soon as possible.
it was cnarteroa in iKa, ana was to oe nn
ished in six yeais. Its charter was enti
tled: "An net authorizing the Governor to In
corporate a company to erect a bridge over
the Monongahela river at the borough of
Birmingham, in the connty of Allegheny,
with power to construct a turnpike road
from the south end of Denman street in said
borough to intersect tho Monongahela and
Coil Hill turnpike road."
The Incorporators were Alexander Miller,
O Ormsbv Gregg, James Patterson, Jr.,
William Noole, R. A. Bailsman, Thomas
Daft, Charles S. Bradford, Charles Phillips,
C. Ihmsen, Samuel Hare, David Bosrtrs, Jr.,
John McClunr.James Barr, Alex. McKibben,
William Price, Smuel Leonard. A. McN.
Somple. Andrew Watson. James Thompson,
a L. McGee, H. M. Watts, Alex. Cirna
han, William Eichbaum, Thomas T. White
head Samuel P.Darllngton.Wllliam O'Learv,
A. II. Hershberger, David P'-eler. R. C.
Townsend, David Fitzsimmons, James Pat
terson, John D. Baird and John Brown.
The proviso In rotation to freeing the
bridge read as follows:
"And provided, also, that when the tolls
shall exceed 12 per cent net annual profit
the excess shall compose a fund for the re
demption of tho bridge, so as to render it
free, save that there shall always be a small
toll collectod for keeping it in repair: and if
at the expiration of the 40 years aforesaid
the amount of such fund shall bo fonnd ade
quate to the redemption or said bridge so as
todeclaielt fiee (providing at the same
time for its repairs) then the said company
shall be oblhred to take such sum of money
therefor as shall be allowed on a fair ap
praisement by disinterested persons to be
chosen in such manner as directed bv law;
but ir tho sail bridge snail not be redeemed
and paid for as a fiee bridge at the expira
tion of the said term or 40 years," the said
corporation may and shall continue to hold
tho same on the terms of this act beyond the
said term and until the same shall he re
deemed and paid for in the manner herein
directed, or in some other manner, as may
be directed by the Legislature."
The Repeal of the Free Clause.
In 1840 the charter was extended for
tnree years. The charter lapsed nnd in 1S53
It was revived exactly as originally granted
except that it provided for the subscription
of BOO shares before work began instead of
1,000, and Samuel McKee, Patrick Mul
vaney, Thomas McKee, Thomas Blackmore,
James McElroy and Joseph McKnlght were
incorporators, or "commissioners" as they
were called. Later in the same year the
turnpike end or the charter was repealed
and the name of the company changed to
"The President and Managers of the Bir
mingham Bridso Company." It was made
amendable to the general bridge act of 1&5
in April, 1853; its time was extended three
yeais una seven years wciealloned for its
completion. It was also provided in this
act, "That so much of the tenth section of
theact, to which thisisa spplement, as re
fers to a period at which the said bridge
shall bo declared free, be and the same is
heiebv repealed."
In 1857 it was taken ont of the provisions
of the general act of 1855. In 1858 it was
allowed to issue $3O,CO0 of preferred stock, on
which 10 per cent dividends wei e tb be paid.
In lf64 it was permitted to issue bonds not to
exceed $50,000. and In 167 It was privileged
to elect a board of U directors, a president,
secretary and treasurer. In this way both
of these bridges have passed beyond the
methods originally intended for the benefit
of the general public. P. L. W.
USE TOE THE MICROPHONE
As a Domestio Spy It Can Be Made Efficient
nnd Dangorous.
Philadelphia Times.
When tho poet declared that thevery walls
have ears he was taking a poetic license,
but modern science has made it possible not
only for walls to have ears to hear, but
tongues to speak. Already it is said the
Russian Government has been making in
quiries of a Berlin firm in regard to invisi
ble microphones suitable for prison cells, to
record the utterances of occupants. If this
invention can be made available it will
prove a terrible blow to Anaichy. The An
archist can endure imprisonment with a
show of endurance, but not to bo able to
talk except In the hearing of the tell-tale
microphone will be a greater hardship than
the pains of Siberia.
The advantages of the microphone no
doubt will be very great, both In and apart
from its invisible uses. It may be used as a
record of Important conversations without
tho interposition ofeithera stenographeror
typewriter, for as a matter of course it goes
far beyond the present availability ot the
phonozrapb. Where exact recollection of
discussions and agreements becomes neces
sary, it will be Indispensable. But it will in
evitably bring woes as well as ues. Papa
can place It behind the sofa in the parlor,
and read nil the sweet nothings of George
Augustus and dear Clara in the morning. In
a little timo it may make talkative people's
tongues a terror to their owner. As a do
mestio spy, it can be made as efficient as it
will he dangerous. Indeed, it is not impos
sible that this new device will tarn the
world topsv-turvy. It is evident that a new
danger confronts humanity, and the only
possible way to guard against the babbling
of this talk tecorderisto compel every mi
ciophone to be licensed as a speak-easy.
Why It Was Named Altrr Swift.
Boston Herald.
The now comet travels at the rate or 500
miles a second, which is one way to explain
why It Is named after Swift.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
Since the Franco-Prussian war Germany
has spent $2,200,000,000 oa herarmyand navy.
Arkansas has a rooster that still lives,
though its head was cut off several weeks
ago.
The French "War Office has provided
for tho enrollment of between 6,000 and 7.000
bicyclists in war.
A woman in Stokes county, 2T. C, is
cutting her third set of teeth. She Is in tho
83th year of her age.
The Horse Accident Prevention Society
in London reports that 1,000 horses fall
upon asphalt to 500 on wood.
The Germans not only sleep upon a
feather bed but underneath one. The
feather covering used in Germany, however,
is not so large or as thick as the one which la
used as a mattress.
One of the largest camellia trees in
Europe is now in full bloom at Pilnltz, near
Dresden. It was taken from Japan 150 years
ago, is 50 feet htah, and has an annual aver
age ol 40,000 blossoms.
According to the census of 1890, there
are 15,000.000 people living In tho States and
Territories lying west of the Mississippi
river, almost one-fourth of the entire popu
lation of the United States.
It is said that a German family living
ont West have in their possession a tarns
fox with a beautiful bushy tall, with which
the animal has been trained to dust the
parlor furniture every morning.
Tt appears from the official records that
last year articulation was taught to no less
than 4,245 pupils in American schools for tho
deaf. In a largo number of these cases the
Infirmity dated from birth and was inherited.
One result of the May-Day dynamite
scare in Paris was that the receipts of the
theaters for that day were only 27,316 rrancs,
whereas on the preceding Sunday they had
reached 81,527 francs, the loss being 54,211
francs.
The oldest hotel in Switzerland and
probably the oldest in the world is the Hotel
of the Three Kings, at Basle. Among its
guests in 1026 were the Emperor Conrad IL,
his son, Henry III. and Rudolph, the last
King of Burgundy.
The largest cotton crop in the Southern
States prljr to the war was in I860, whoa
4.C19 770 bales were produced. In 1871itwas
4.352 317 bales. In 1891 the production reached
8,652,537 bales, and 605.631 bales of the produc
tion were consumed in Southern mills.
France points with pride to its Tunisian
colony, where there aro now 32,000 FrenoU
citizens and persons claiming French pro
tection. Great results aro expected from
the opening of the harbor of Tunis next
year, and of Bizerta the year following.
The old Virginia custom of drinking the
first glass of wine standing is a survival of
the custom or testing wine to show that it
contained no poison. The host held his
glass up to the light in tho presence of all
his guests and then drank its contents as a
guarantee or good faith.
On the coast of the channel dough is
adj ured to imitate the leaven, the miller and
the baker and to rise. The oven is a sacred
object and connected with crowds of
superstitions. The oven is dedicated, with
ceremonies; in certain places of Brittany the
wood is watered wita blessed water.
The cold in a cavern in France is so
great, no odds how warm the external at
mosphere, that the visitor cannot prolong
his stay without inconvenience unless wrap
ped in winter clothing. There are not less
than a score of these natiral icehouses in
France, and probably half as many in Italy.
The Greeks were probably ignorant of
the use of rings until the time of the Trojan
war. Then they adopted tho custom of
wearing them on the third finger of the left
hand. This was to prevent the band from
dishonorable action, as that finger was sup
posed to be connected to the heart by a.
small nerve.
A few nights ago one of Eock fount's,
X. C , citizens was awakened from his slum
ber by hearing a pet chicken squeaking. Ha
arose and found the chicken under the
house with one foot part in the ground
Catting around it with his penknife, he
discovered a crawfish enawmg away on it.
The crawfish had already devout ed one toe.
A new material for paving is now being
introduced In London. It is composed of
grannlatcd cork and oitumen pressed Into
blocks, whictt 'are laid like bricks or wood
paving. The special advantage of the ma
terial lies in its elasticity. When used for
pavement it gives a sott tread which is ex
ceedingly pleasant, recalling the feeling of a
carpet.
A French doctor has evolved the theory
that the color and nature of the hair have
an influence on the pursuits of man. Thus,
ho declares that red-whiskered men have a
tendency toward the race track and the
hunting field; men with straight black hair
are apt to feel that thev have a call to the
ministry, while llj;ht-halred men are natural
travelers and adventurers.
One of the "finds" frequently made in
old curiosity shops on the Continent, and
particularly in Paris, is the cross of the
Mexican order created by the ill-fated Max
lmillian. As for the Insignia of Isabella the
Catholic, that decoration and the military
orders created by her lather Queen Isabella
bestowed so generously that many unworthy
people had them, and the lavish bestowal of
them suggested the libretto of "La Grande
Duchesse. '
There is a curious looking animal in
South Africa that looks for all tho world
like a piece of toast with four legs, a head,
and a tail. It resembles a pussy cat about
the forehead and ears, but its nose is
distinctly that of a rat, while its tail is not
very dissimilar to that of a fox. This strange
animal is called the aardwoir. and doubtless
dwells in South Africa because. Judged ny
his looks, he would not be admitted into
good animal society anywhere else.
Sunshine is recorded at the Meteor
ological Office in England by means of the
Stokes Campbell Instrument, the essential
feature of which Is a spherical lens, which
acts as a burning glass. As the sun accom
plishes its apparent Journey irom East and
West it burns its autograph into a strip of
card placed beneatn the lens, but can only
do so when it 13 unobscured. As the card is
divided into hours.it Is easy to calculate the
amount of actual sunshine with which eactt
day is lavored.
TRIFLING WITH TRIFLEi
Pedestrian How is it that this street Is
so much dirtier than the others?
Cop The women never walk here.
.v. F. Evening Sm.
A girl from the Nile, who was late,
Caused a stir when she got to the fete.
And the papers next day.
Had whole columns to say.
That the smile that she had on was great.
Cloak Renew,
3Irs- Spinks Is your friend Finks a mar
ried man?
Jlr. Splnks-I guess so. He fastens his surrenders
with a hairpin instead of a nM.-Judse.
Mr. Newsome (showing visitor through
his reputed ancestral baUs)-And this is the snltmj
great-grandfather wore when be gare up nil
heart's blood during the ReTOlutlon.
Miss Gotham (looking In vain for bnllet hole or
sabre rents) Ah 1 Was your great-grandfather
killed while In bathing. Mr. Newsomef-Pue.
"NVe boast in these modern days
Of Edison and carbon tips.
And laugh whene'er we chance to think
Of oar ancestor's tauow dips.
But after an a tallow dip,
Although Its flame be dim and weak.
Is worth a dozen electric lamps
To find oat where gas pipes leak.
-JV. X, World.
Daughter (forcibly) I wouldn't marry
the best man in the world If he were addicted to
strong drink.
Jlother (gently) If he were, my dear, he would
not be the best man In the world. Detroit Jrrm
Press.
Miss Porcus Did yon ever see the man
in the moon with the naked eye?
Miss Beacon I hare Imagined I could dlstlngnlsa
a male Ognre in fair Luna, bat 1 don't think I eTtr
noticed his eye. Sao Tork Herald,
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