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THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, SUNDAY. MAT 29. 1892,
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riTTSBCllG. SUNDAY, MAYS. 1SK.
ItL USE'S TIDAL WAVE,
The Blaine sentiment is fast becoming
irresistible. It is no local matter, but is
conspicuous on all sides. It sweeDs over
the country as a tidal wave, and evinces
the strength necessary to carry the Re
publican nominee to the White House,
nis suitability for the Presidency is indis
putable, nis magnetic and administrative
capacity are unequaled. He stands head
and shoulders above all his cotemporaries.
He is respected throughout the world for
his statesmanship and diplomacy. And
he lias done more to encourage home man
ufactures and industrial independence
than any living man.
The party of Protection can conjure
with his name as it can with no other, and
It is rapidly being aroused to the fact that
he is unquestionably the strongest man
for the nomination. There is no egotism
nbout the matter on his side. His health
has hitherto been the only thing in the
nation's way. Xow that his physical
strength is assured, there remains no
further doubt in the matter. That he be
lieves himself strong enough for the task
involved is indicated not only by the more
or less direct communications from him
self to that effect, but also by his
permitting the highly satisfactory results
f Dr. Pepper's medical examination to be
published. . Did any doubt about the mat
ter remain, it must be removed by Blaine's
silence. He is not the man to allow his
party to be so seriously inconvenienced as
it would be by nominating a man merely
to have the nomination refused.
Blaine should be nominated, and there
is every indication that votes will be given
for him at Minneapolis with ecstatic en
thusiasm, for the success of his party and
his creed demands it.
THE PnYICIA-S DUTY.
The very sharp comments of the Judges
in Common Pleas Xo. 3 yesterday on the
action of two physicians in forcing their
way into the 'presence of a nervous and
depressed woman and declaring her insane
on the strength of a few moments' inter
view calls attention to the fact that we
have not improved in this matter since
Charles Reade exposed exactly the same
practice in "Very Hard Cash" thirtyyears
ago.
While the question as to the constitu
tionality of the law may be safely left to
the courts, there is this to be said for it
The law requiring physicians' certificates
to be given as to the insanity of people
confined in asylums presupposes that the
physicians will perform the duty cau
tiously and impartially. It is no more
than just to that profession to suppose
that this will generally be the case; but at
times the tendency to accept tho opinion
of relatives may without dishonest inten
tions on the part of the examiners induce
them to make their opinion on the facts
as represented to them and not on their
own impartial and unswayed observation.
Publicity is the surest remedy for such
errors, and it has been supplied in this
case. We may rest assured that after the
ventilation of the matter in court yester
day no phjsician in Allegheny county will
for some time to come Issue a certificate of
insanity unless he is absolutely certain
from his own observation that it is correct
JUDGE STOWE ON CROSSINGS.
Judge Stowe's decision that he has no
legal power to prevent the Braddock
Electric Railroad Company from crossing
the tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company at a level, is matter for serious
public thought The Judge's remarks as
to the danger to life involved in the cross
ing indicates that the Electric Railroad
Company secured its charter without the
due and proper amount of investigation
by the State Department He recom
mends as a temporary expedient that the
crossing should be delayed by the property
holders suing the Electric Company for
damages and obtaining an injunction
against it, thus giving the necessary time
lor proper legislation. As this appears to
be the only method to prevent an unneces
sary risk of life it should be adopted.
But it must be remembered that this is
only a temporary expedient and every
effort ought to be made to secure the new
legislation necessary as a permanent pre
ventive. If this measure should fail, every
protection possible for tho salety of the
traveling public must be enforced with the
utmost rigor. We have all too many
grade crossings now and their number
should be steadily decreased and new
ones ought to be allowed under none but
absolutely obligatory circumstances.
TnEY SHOULD SOT BE BURDENED.
In a special article elsewhere giving Mr.
Warner Miller's roseate vfew of that en
tirely legitimate private enterprise, the
Nicaragua Canal, two statements of na
tional Interest are made. One is that it
t&.
is expected to cost $100,000,000; and
the other that the Nicarajrua Canal Com
pany asks 110 aid whatever flora the
United States Government
In that case it is evident that some per
son or persons unknown have engaged in
the gratuitous task of forcing on the canal
people a loan against their will The
peculiarity of this proceeding is heightened
by the fact that the loan which the canal
people don't want, is to be the full cost of
the enterprise according to their present
expectations and $35,000,000 more than the
engineers estimates. It is a self-evident
proposition in the interest of individual
rights that the United States Government
cannot make people take a loan when they
do not wish it.
At the Nicaragua Canal Convention this
week, Mr. Miller will have an opportunity
to put himself on record, to this effect,
and stop the effort to force supererogatory
funds on a private enterprise.
A DANGEROUS REINFORCEMENT.
The report that Mr. Robert T. Lincoln,
the United States Minister at London, is
joining the tide which brings the members
of the diplomatic servlcehome just before
the nominating convention awakens
speculation. Is Mr. Lincoln's return an
extension of the policy which has enlisted
the diplomatists in the work of securing a
dissolving view of the renomlnation, or
has the Whitelaw Reid "Vice Presidental
boom gone so far away that Mr. Lincoln is
to be put in his place as the running mate
of the Harrison stable?
In either case the reinforcement of the
diplomatic corps at home contains a
dangerous outlook for the Presidental
cause. It can hardly escape notice that
the homeward flight of our foreign repre
sentatives has been steadily followed by a
darkening of the Harrison outlook. When
Messrs. -Smith and Reid came homo Mr.
Harrison's renommation was practically
unopposed. The first notes of opposition
were heard and Consul General New
took his homeward flight on the
wings of au ocean greyhound.
So far from Mr. New's presence proving
efficacious, thematterhas now come to the
pass where the Harrison contingent can
hardly make itself be heard above the uni
versal talk of Blaine. It may be a mere
post hoe propter hoe conclusion; but the
results so far justifies a fear that If another
diplomatist is brought home to succor the
Harrison boom, it will get more than a
delegation or two on tho first ballot.
On the other hand if Mr. Lincoln comes
home as a Vice Presidental possibility his
presence in the field is even more threaten
ing for Harrison. Harrison and Lincoln
are from adjoining States; and the geo
graphical location always figures. But
Lincoln would fit in so well with Blaine as
to be well nigh irresistible to the con
structors of tickets with a taste for geo
graphy and sentiment In self-defenss
President Harrison should direct the di
plomatists to remain at their posts.
DON'T CAEE IT CHEAPNESS!
The fact that the Standard Oil Com
pany has agreed to furnl h all the lubri
cating oil required at the Chicago Exposi
tion free of cost, sounds very liberal on its
face; but when the circumstances are ex
amined, the liberality Is of the kind gen
erally characterized as cut-throat A
competing refinery as appears, by an item
elsewhere, had offered lubricating oil at
low rates, and the Standard followed out
its well-known policy by reducing the
price to nothing. The Chicago Exposi
tion people cannot be blamed for accept
ing such an offer; and the independent re
finers will do well to let the Standard
furnish all the oil it wishes at that rate; a
policy which even the Standard will
eventually weary of.
But tho thing which must be prohibited
in advance Is the appearance of our gifted
tnend jvir. b. V. L. Dodd with an argu
ment based on this offer, and enforcing
the conclusion that the eleemosynary and
public spirited organization of the Stand
ard has so cheapened lubricating oil that
it is now given away as freely as water in
the Mississippi Valley.
UABD ON QUINCT. .
It is to be regretted when we find
some of the organs of independent polit
ical opinion placing the motives of political
action on as low a level as the ordi
nary politician. Tet we are unable
to find any other explanation of
the editorial remarks of the Boston Herald
concerning Josiah Quincy. With refer
ence to the assertion of the Springfield
Bepubliean that this young gentleman has
the cod head and clear Judgment required
to conduct a national campaign, the Herald
says: "The Republican party committed a
bad mistake when it repelled a young man
of his parts from its association eight,
years ago."
How are we to construe this except as a
statemeut that Mr. Quincy left the Re
publican party on account of his own per
sonal treatment, and a direct Intimation
that if he had been treated better he would
have remained in the Republican ranks ?
Such a view, involving the declaration
that Mr. Quincy chanses his no-
litical allegiance solely in accord
ance with his personal advancement,
puts him on a level with the ordinary
spoils politician. The worst of that class
has no worse reason for his political al
legiance than that be gets what he wants.
To assert that a leading independent did
not leave his party by reason of his con
victions on the issues, but might have been
kept in the ranks if he had been treated
more considerately, Is a more severe ar
raignment of him than the most abusive
spoils organ could make.
The political organs may be pardoned
for inability to understand that honest
independents throw off party trammels on
account of their sincere convictions and
not for personal motives; but a professed
representative of independent opinion
ought to be above such a mistake.
THE DIFFICULTIES OF A DODGER.
Alas what perils do environ not "the
boy who meddles with cold. iron;" for he is
out of date but the Senator who desper
ately cherishes a Presidental boom by
straddling the fence and dodging votes.
For him there is no rest The fated
question may be sprung upon him at any
moment, and when he finds himself in
danger of being put on record the oblique
attitude of his coat tails as ho. removes
his alleged boom and himself from the
dangerous vicinity is too suggestive of his
methods to pass unnoticed.
The soldier who fights and runs away
may live to fight another day, but the
soldier who runs away without fighting
and the Senator who takes to bis heels to
avoid voting are alike disquali fied from
fighting and voting in higher position.
When David B. Hill plunged through the
doors of the Senate and Into the abdomi
nal regions of Henry Cabot Lodge in
order to dodge a vote on the silver
question, he puthimself on record in the
most decided manner, as that most con
temptible of all politicians, the one who
is afraid to say where he standi.
One thing only was required, to give tho
finishing blow to David B. Hill as a
)
k(taMfc&mi
political factor. That was that he be
made ridiculous. He has kindly, supplied
the needed element, and made himself the
laughing stock of tho nation.
C. O. D. THIS YEAR,
The ruling of Judge Truax in the Dick
inson suit will be. a crushing blow to the
class of spell-binders who use political in
fluence or reputation to make a harvest of
political campaigns out of lofty and pa
triotic speeches at a very tall' price per
speech. Miss Anna Dickinson attempted
to collect the balance of a bill at the very
lively price of $125 for each repetition of
her speech." She made a tolerably clear
case to the effect that the members of the
National Committee had promised to pay
her the money. But the impassive Judge
turned to a heartless statute which limits
campaign expenses to printing and car
riage hire for infirm voters; and Miss
Dickinson's case was thrown out of court.
Wherever this law extends the spell
binders will be mute, unless they can in
duce the campaign committees to come
down with cash in advance. It is worth
while to remark that paylng'for campaign
speeches at the top price is a less obnox
ious practice from a public point of view
than paying a similarly Inflated price for
votes. The people whose fat is extracted
for this purpose may think that the money
yields a more direct return when invested
in the latter manner; but as no one is pur
chased in the former case, except the ora
tor, the public will prefer it
Pending tho arrangements of the spell
binders to secure cash on the nail for their
efforts this year, it is pertinent that the
disclosure of the method in which cam
paign oratory is turned on for revenue
only, may have a deteriorating effect on
its influence with the average voter.
Moses T. Stevens, of Massachusetts,
has introduced a bill to reduce the duties on
steel and iron by fifty per cent. Hoses is
evidently still la tho dark.
Yesterday was a real May day. It
showed itself no less in tho crowded street
cars and sidewalks of the city than in the
full leafage of the trees and the height of
the grass in the rural districts. There wero
fewer ill-tempers and sour looks about than
usual, and only the most serious causes were
sufficient excuse lor such manifestations
under a bright blue sky.
Parents who fail to exercise a proper
supervision over their children need not be
surprised at their being drowned, run over
or killed in any way.
The General Conference of the Meth
odist Protestant Church has strlcnen the
word "obey" from the marriage service.
But future husbands of that persuasion are
hardly likely to (are worse than the Bene
dicts of to-day. However, it is a good plan
to make theory agree with practice.
Pittsburg comes to the fore again in
national affairs by the highly satisfactory
trial of tho Carnegie armor plate for the
cruiser New York.
"When a man goes out of his way to assert
with vehemence that he would vote for
Qaeen Victoria for President rather than
for any American pledged against the free
coinage of silver, it may be assumed that the
force of his logic is less than that of his con
victions. Total, immersion is the rule in the Mis
sissippi valley Just now, though 'no Baptist
Confeience had been heard from lately in
that region. ,
Dreibunds are not so popular in this
country as that the Republicans, Democrats
and Prohibitionists will try their hand at
one. Our three parties are even more dis
trustful of one another than are the var
ious European powers.
We lost about as much as we won at
Washington yesterday. But that is better
than sometimes happens to Pittsburg's nine.
Dead men are wonderfully convenient
articles when the responsibility for the
authorship of more than doubtful docu
ments has to be placed somewhere, as Is in
dicated once more In the case of the Grant
Conkllng letter.
The Melbourne authorities have burnt
all Decmlng's writings, including letters to
the press. They deserve a vote of thanks.
Fbiday night's speeches are undoubtedly
worthy of collection in a permanent vol
ume. But the best way to show their last
ing usefulness is to put precept into practice
by a union of all the city's forces for the
city's benefit.
Mokaeity may be improving through
out the world, but hailstones are as large
and disastrous as ever they were.
Time flies apace; for here is Decoration
Day to-morrow, the preparations for tho
Fourth aie well in hand, and arrangements
are already being made for a, great parade
on Labor Day, so far ahead as Soptember 3.
Vagbants put to work at opening new
roads are almost worthy to be regarded as
public benefactors.
We would call the attention of those now
considering the subject of Indian missions
to the two-headed girl of the museums, who
could furnish more than the usual area for
the aspirations of a scalping knife.
IP Pittsburg were not well studied yes
terday, it was not" for lack of students in
its midst,
Raixboad ties in England are called
sleeper.', and the trains run over tbem. In
this country it appears to be otherwise,
since the operators are the sleepers but are
not the ones to be run over.
The Washington Post has now re-flopped
to Harrison with one eye open for a new
man.
The liveliness of wires in this neighbor
hood yesterday, and the promiscuous man
ner in which they dealt out death can hard
ly be blamed on the primary wire pullers.
In the name of morality let us hope
against hope for a dry Sunday.
Probably the fact that pockets for
ladies' dresses are unfashionable Just now
explains the numerous calls made on the
pocketoooks of male belongings,
THE EVE AND THE DAWK.
The poem below was written by a young
Englishman on his deathbed. He was a
young man of great promise, and had rela
tives who are well-known in Pittsburg. He
died only a day after completing the verses:
I would stay with yon yet awhile, mother,
I would wait till the roses bloom;
Till I see again roar smile, mother,
And the sunshine fill my room.
I would gather the spring flowers once again,
And Uie earliest hud will be yours
We must hear the thrush In the summer rain
Wheu his inattnal hymn outpours.
I have left some work undone, mother,
It will never be finished now;
But a fairer task will be mine, mother.
In the land I am going to.
This weary pain will have passed away.
This temple throb be still;
You will not grieve that your earthly child
A heavenly home must nil?
The light of that home Is breaking on me,
Tho' you think my eye lest clear;
Already I feci the mystery
Of the love that call me there! a
I am ready to leave yon now, mother.
Beady to say goodby:
Tho' death lay his hand on my brow, mother,
Our love will oever die
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MURRAY'S MUSINGS.
The Commuter In His Glory Sending Flow
ers to Sea How1 New York Is Plastered
With Bills Luck of a Model Hus
band. IritOM A STATP CORSESPOXDEXT.f
This is the season when ' the New
Yorker, who doesn't live in New York
proudly expatiates upon the manifold ad
vantages of an out-of-town residence. In
the winter the commuter sings small. When
the snow is on the places where the dew and
flowers have been, and the rain and sleet
beat against the car windows, and the ico
on the Hudson and contiguous waters
thump the slats off the paddle wheels, and
the fog combines with all these to render
getting in to business or ever seeing home
again wholly problematical, the commuter
is to be distinguished by his low, sad voice
and his extraordinary issortment of um
brellas, overcoats, gum shoes, grip sacks
and packages. Now that balmy spring has
dissipated all but the satchel and packages
the commuter at once assumes a buoyant
air of superiority over his fellow creatures.
"There is nothing like the country air, my
boy," he says. And when he comes to the
office he brings with him the freedom of the
country roads and fields and a confounded
ly longstory of the flowers and other pros
pective perquisites of a man with a garden.
You know in your inmost heart that he
would rather stay in town, go with you to
the theater and split a bottle with his favor
ite soubrette afterward; but he affects to be
longing for the hour when he can grab his
little slip and bolt ror train or boat. Ifyou
should venture to hint that you will run out
nnd see his elyslum some day he will wel
come the idea and suggest that it be "after
we cot thing fixed up a little."
The commuter is an enigma. He is just on
the verse of happiness, always not quite
there. In tho oity a man may have a good
night out. The commuter is to have his
good time to-morrow. He looks forward to
the day when something is booked to oecur
whereon to build his own happiness. "When
they run that fast express "If they put
on that new boat" "Should the weitlierbe
fine next week" "We'ie to have another
train on next month" "Next year you
won't know the place" "We'll have a
finer garden after awhile " etc The poor,
trustful soult And all this time his friends
in the city aro getting strawberries and
everything else in the vegetable and frnit
lino months before the commuter has
dropped canned goods. Tho inward
SAtisluction of knowing that you
can get the best crabs, fish, beef
steak, or anything Just around
the corner that can be had in the world the
commuter never enjovs. The possibilities
of French or Italian table d'hote when you
feel inclined for such sooioty he daionot
dream or. Tho suggestion of a clam cock
tail is painful to him. At tho idea of an
hour or so in a German summer garden he
at once buries his face in a time table. Tet
in another month you will see him around
in all the bravery of his red shoes, woolen
shirt and gaudy blazer making believe very
much that he is living an hilarious suburban
life. Poor fellow!
Sending Flowers Across the Sea,
"If people realized what became of their
flowers," said a friend of mine who has been
abroad several times, "they would send
something else down to their friends on sail
ing day. The custom or floral tributes to
those who are starting out for an ocean voy
age obtains only in America and chiefly in
New York, Scarcely a big liner leaves port
at this season of the year but hundreds of
dollars worth of flowers are sent aboard. It
is considered the correct thing, you know.
The result is the ship is not only laden
with passengers but nioie heavily laden
with the perlnme of flowers. It permeates
the entire ship. The saloons, and cabins, and
corridors reek with It. Now, you Know very
many persons, especially delicate ladles, can
not stand the powerful odor of flowers in a
olose room even on shore. It is sickening
even to me, and i am not inclined to seasick
ness. Well, before the vessel is half an hoar
out of Sandy Hook overboard gocR the flow
ers. It is either heave the roses ovorboard
or heave the last meal overboard, see? And
most people prefer to let it bo the flowers.
Those who tako them into their cabins and
go back there to sleep rarely come out again
for some days.
The Kitten Market in Gotham.
A woman with a closed wicker basket
on a Broadway corner attracted consider
able attention on the first warm day last
week. In the basket were snugly ouddled
up together a brace of infantile pugs and
three small kittens of the maltese variety.
It was the most prominent corner between
the Fifth Avenue Hotel and the Hoffman.
The fashionable sidewalk throng was at its
greatest, and everybody, mnlo and female.
seemed desirous of a peep into that basket.
The collection wt offered Indiscriminately
at $5 a head. She sold tbem, too; for an hour
later I stopped again ana lonna out one
shivering, whining puppy and qne kitten
left. These the owner offered to closo out
at $4 each to take account of stock, I pre
sume. As even $3 is considerably under the
market street corner market lor pugs, the
rival male dog pedlars in the vicinity were
stricken with grief and nnger.
At the standard cash value or $5 per kitten
those irascible peoplo throughout the
world who have known the domestic feline
tribe only to throw bootjacks and other
bedroom paraphernalia at tbem will bo
stricken with remorse perhaps. If they
have an eyo to business, howevor, they will
heienftcr carofully steal down stairs in
their stockinged teet and, ascending the
neighboring partition walls with (broken
glass on top, gently persuade tho nocturnal
ramblars Into a pillow slip and ship them to
New York, where, if young and in good
physical condition, their prizes will fetch $3
a head, and if old and feeble, luxurious cat
hospitals under the care of auper-phllan-thropical
individuals are waiting to receive
them.
The BUI Fosters of Gotham.
Up one flight of stairs on Fulton street,
near Bioadway, is a large, low-browed room,
the walls of which are lined with big square
pigeon-holes and rough tables. Stacks of
various colored papers are lying folded on
the dirty floor, more stacks are being count
ed out and folded on the tables and chucked
into the big pigeon-holes. On each of the
latter is some familiar name "Jimmy,"
"Mike," "Hank," "Pat," etc. In tho middle
of the floor are barrels, and every pow and
then a paste-bespattered man comes in with
a dirty bueko slams it down on the floor
nnd dips a. long scoop into a barrel and fills
his bucket. Ho then goes to a pigeon-hole
and grabs the folded paper and puts it into
a canvas bag like a haversack slung over his
shoulders by a strap and goes out. By the
designation on the box you know him for
"Pat," or "Jilke," or "Jimmy," or somebody
else.
Helta bill poster and this is his .base of
operations. He has gone out to paste the
town his share of it. Each bill poster has
a route like a mail carrier. The assorted
bills he has Just taken are to go up in his
territory. There aro other stations or rooms
like tli(s about town and other men working
from each In the same systematic war. The
whole scheme is laid nut and directed from
one central station Just us Is the letter de
livery and collection. Every man is expect
ed to keen his pigeon-hole clear. If he can't
do it by daylight ho must do it at night. For
the resular work he gets $13 a week, and for
each night run he gets t extra.
A Victim of Circumstances and a Joker.
Men are largely creatures of circum
stances, we are told. That is probably true,
and It is also true that circumstances are
very often against them. One of the most
delightful gentlemen in New York beyond
the giddy age, devoted to business and his
family and In most respects a pattern for
the yonng wen of the day realizes the
cruel force of this. He has a lovely wife
who Is afflicted with the "greenf-eyed mon
ster" we've all read about. Tbaticminds uie
that most Jealous women have the least
reason, or no reason whatever f o be Jealous,
In the present case tile gentleman is beyond
middle life and is or the particular brand
called "settled," while his wife is so ex
tremely handsome that he is very proud of
her. Her foolish Jealousy and she owns
that it is foolish flatters him That is to
say, it did flatter him, for Jus now he is
lying back in the domestic s.iadow, so to
speak. He Is tho victim of circumstances
circumstances that closely reijemble what
is termed "a put-up Job, see!" ft least you
will see.
He had been out of town andxent a dls-
Eatch to his stenographer that hcl would be
in on a ceitaln afternoon train, ilnd one to
his wife that he would he homtlnext dav;
but by some perversity of fate tliat inter
feres In human affair merely to Aggravate
evils, the one intended lor his wie went to
the stenographer and the other lb his wife.
The latter posted off to the offlcfe and the
two compated dispatohes. It certainly
looked crooked. The more the stenographer
assured the wife that it was straight the
more crooked it appeared. She declared
hysterically die would proba thi matter to
the bottom. She went away in ttars, while
the stenographer went into an adjoining
rqom and laughed over the stor with the
Junior partner. Thejunlorparttjer is of the
earth earthy, and af ier recoverlrg his grav
ity the wicked partner suddenly o tunned ud
and departed, leaving behind him the at-
tonished stenographer anda wave of demon
iacal laughter.
When the innocent cause of all this
reached Jersey City a well-diessed young
lady with a drawn veil rushed forward and
throwing her arms around his neck planted
kiss after kiss upon his lips nnd checks.
Another lady at the same time bounded into
the foreground with a shriek and a croquet
hop, skip and Jump and made for the pair.
The gentleman had bv this time disengaged
the arms of the first i'mpetnnuB female, who
began at once to blusnlngly apologize for
her mistake and back away. But the poor
man was unable to utter a word. The sec
ond lady was his wife. She had seized bis
arm and was sobbing a choice assortment of
sobs punctured by exclamations that were
happily lost in the rush of escaping steam.
It took him a week to satisfy his wife that
the dispatches meiclv meant that he would
be so busy downtown that he would
not be able to see her till next day:
but he hasn't been able to clear her mind
with regard to that rather too demonstrative
female. He isn't quite clear on that point
himself. He says now if lie is ever drawn on
a Jury be will never vote to convict a lellow
man on circumstantial evidence.
Small Talk of the Street.
A Presiceictal boom stood on its feet too
early is liable to become bow-legged.
Mercubt is well heeled with wings.
As a sprinter, has a name;
Parkhurst has no wings at all.
But be gets there Just the same.
The Brooklyn Handicap having been won
by a short horse, it wilt be in order for busi
ness men to Quietly put experts on the office
books.
The Western river floods came along Jnst
in time for the $25,000000 river and harbor
bill. It's a cold day when Congress gets
ahead of the Mississippi Valley.
It Is said that money is the root of all
evil but does the loglo conform strietly to
the facts if we should put it thus: "Sufficient
nnto the day is the salary therott"
The idea of Mr. Willie Wilde being com
pelled to work is ridloulous. What in the '
woild does practicable Mrs. Frank Leslie
suppose he got married for, anyhow?
It is not necessarily a sign that a lady
wishes to scrape acquaintance with a man
because she speaks to him on the street. A
good many ladies nod familiarly to the
Broadway car driver.
There appears to be about the same
fascination for ministerial meddling with
New York City politics as there is for little
children with matches and usually with
about the same results.
Charles Tezodore Mcerat.
New York, May 28.
MEN AND WOMEN.
John Redmond, by his physician's ad
vice, has decided to delay his departure for
America for a few days.
United States Minister E. Burd
Grubb and family started Friday from Mad
rid on their return to the TTnlted States.
Lokd Clancakty, who, as Viscount
Dnnlo, married Belle Bilton, the music ball
singer, was on Friday announced a bank
rupt in the London Gazette.
Tip-O-Tip son of the Zuln King, Cetew
ayo, is in this country. To raiso money to
pay his expenses in college he is giving
small entertainments in Western cities.
It is reported that the Marquis of Lans
downe. Governor General of India, is to
resign his Vice Rearal offlco, and that he Is to
be succeeded by Lord George Hamilton.
It is announced that the Queen has
offered Lord Salisbury a dukedom in the
event of his retiring from power, but it is
doubtful if the Premier will accept this
honor.
Commodore "William P. McCANN.who
has recently been retired from active serv
ice, pi ocured his midshipman's warrant by
personal intercession with President Zach
ary Taylor.
Lieutenant Heterington, who is
touring this country "Incog," arrived in
Chicago yesterday afternoon over the
Chicago, Burlingtou and Quincy road. His
wife and children accompanied him.
It is rumored that Senor Romero, Mexi
can Minister of Finance, will shortly ask for
leave to go to Japan for his health. On his
return he will resign the Finance Ministry
and later resume his post at Washington.
Euoene Bebgeeon, instructor in
French at Yalo University, has resigned to
nccept the position of lecturer ou the
French language and literature in the
Chicago University. He will enter upon
his duties next fall.
King Christian and Queen Louisa, ac
companied by all their imperial and royal
guests with the exception of the Prince and
Princess of Wales, attended the fete given
at tho University yesterday Jn honor of
their Majesties' golden wedding.
A FIBEMAN'S GOOD F0BTUNE.
Despite Parental Frowns Ho Wins a Loving
Bride and Wealth to Come.
Chattamoooa, Texk., May 28. It develops
that Miss Jessie Frye, a handsome 17-year-old
girl, who will some time be au heiress in
her own right, wns married to William
StnrKey, a locomotive fireman.
The lather of the bride had frowned on
the inatcn on account of the young man's
poverty and Miss Jessie's youth and sup
posed the match was off. When he left
home yesterday he gave his daughter per
mission to go to the picnic at Harriman, out
she met Starkey at tho residence of Major
Will Hoy and the twain were married.
Fnthor Frye acoepted the situation and all
is happiness.
WOBLB'S FAIB POSTAL SEBVICE.
Wanamaker Thinks That 8160,000 Will
Be Just About tha Cost.
Washington, May 28. Seoretary Foster to
day transmitted to the House a letter from
the Postmaster General asking for $163,017
for the postal service incident to the
World's Fair. The Postmaster General
recommended that this appropriation he
made in his last annual report, and in u let
ter accompany In? the estimate he strongly
lenews his former recommendation.
This estimate, Mr. Wanamaker says Is
based on information ascertained by-an In
spector who visited Chicago and conlerred
with the-Kxecutlvo Commute of the Fair
and with the Postmastorat that city.
DEATII8 HERE AND ELSEWHERE.
Dr. Tobias Gibson Richardson.
Dr. Tobias Gibson Richardson, recently
Dean of the Medical School of Tulare University,
and a wealthy and philanthropic ettUen, died
Thursday in Ntw Orleans. Dr. Ulrhardson was
born at Lexington. Ky.. In 1S27. Ills ancestors
were anionic the pioneer settlers of Kentucky,
under the leadership of the famous Daniel Boone.
He was educated at the University of Louisville.
After his graduation lie filled some Important
chslrs as n medical professor In Kentucky, finally
going to Louilsna In 18SJ to become Professor of
Anatomy in the Medical Department of tha Uni
versity of Louisiana. He was made President of
the American Medical Socle tv In 1S79. During the
war he was iicaicarinn)ecioron xnesnu or iren
eral Braxton Bragg. His wife. NcldaSlocomb, Is
aunt of Mrs, Potter, the actress. He leaves no
children.
General Balph V. Bncklarid.
General Ralph P. Buclcland died at his
homeli: Fremont, o.. Friday evenlngof apoplexy.
He was born at Lcydcn. Mass., SO years ago, and
entered the law and politics after leaving Kenyon
College, in MI he organized the Seventy-second
OhloKeglment. and was lu Colonel. General Sher
man afterward placed him In command of the
Fourth Brigade Army of the Tennessee. H.s mili
tary record Is a 8no one. He was a member of the
Thfrty-nlnth Congress, after which lie returned to
the practice of law.
General Turner C, Moorhead.
General Turner C. Moorhead, who com
manded the first regiment that left Pennsylvania,
and who was'also Colonel of the One Hundred and
Sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, dropped
dead at Asbury Park, N.J,, yesterday morning.
General Turneralso took part In the battle of Get
tysburg. He was a veteran of the Mexican ar.
Obltnary Notes.
Bisnor O'Reilly, Bishop of the Catholic Dio
cese of Springfield, Mass., died In that city yester
day. Mrs. Stzinitz. the wife of the great chess
player, died Friday night, at her residence In Urn
per Mooclair, N. J, She was a native of England,
, M. MADira SB Mo.vtjau, the well-known
French Republican, who represented Montelimart,
in the Department of Drome, in the Chamber of
Deputies; died Friday.
H. McKinzie was found dead In nis room at a
hotel in Fargo. N, D., Saturday night. Be had
been taking the Keely cure for the drink habit.
He was 63 years old.
A. W. Armour, a brother of Phil, and one of the
principal stockholders of the Armour Packing
Company, died at Excelsior bprlugs. Mo., ytster
day morning of a complication of diseases.
Mbs. Thomas Daft, wife of 'Squire Daft, was
found dead in bed at MeKeesport yesterday morn
ing at 7lM o'clock. She !s supposed to have died
from heart failure. Mrs. Daft retired last nlxht
feeling as well as usual but made no noise during
the night, so it is not known at what hour she died.
TALK OF THE TIME.
Ax a table in the corner sat a neatly
dressed, sparsely built man with gray hair,"
a gravoand thoughtful face, and keen, in
telligent eyes. Ha was reading a paper and
looking neither at his neighbors nor at
those who came and went from the ladles'
restaurant. The man hnd a touch or pre
clseness nnd primness about him that In
some way suggested he was a bachelor.
The waiter brought him a chop, a baked
potato and a pot of tea confirmation of the
bachelor theory.
As he threw back his coat and made ready
to begin his lunch, a folded paper showed
itself protruding from an Inner pocket. It
had a lecal look, suggestive of a bill in equity
and a long train of attendant troubles. As
he folded up his newspaper and turned to
his food, ho drew forth a pair of glasses
dangling from a slender gold chain and
began to eat as if it was a duty and not a
pleasure.
There were three ot them In the party
which came to the next taDle. There was a
middle-aged and stoutish man, rather
showily dressed and with an air of pros
perity and good living. He was not particu
larly Interested In his companions, and sel
dom said anything unless spoken to. It was
he who studied the menu and wrote the
order, which turned out to consist of lobster
a la Newburg, a lot of things with rich
sauces, a salad, a claret and a quart of
Avala, ices and berries. Beside him sat an
otherman, immaculate of ares and cret-un.
smooth of tongue if one could Jude from
his manner and evidently a man of experi
ence In social matters. He was good look
ing, bnt withal had a brlng-me-a-brandv-and
soda-and-let-me-alone air. The third mem
ber of the party was a lady, strikingly
pretty, strikingly stylish, strikingly ele
gant a bmnetto with delicious eye., and
although doubtless in the later 20's, or
perhaps SO, sue had the lips and cheeks of a
girl of 16. She was languid and loved, and
life evidently was too full of comlort and
ease to be a thing to be taken seriously. The
man who ordered whs the husband, tliat
was apparent, the other man. was merely on
duty.
A Bomance of the Mountains.
Away off in the mountains there is an
old farm house capacious, comfortable and
clean. Through the orchards you can get
a glimpse of the river, beyond the meadows
the hills rise tall and gloomy. A pretty
city girl came there years ago fur three
months' rest and quiet. They were old
people at tho farm but there was a neigh
bor's boy who was handy and useful. He
knew the places worth seeing, the loveliest
rides, the pools where the trout lurked and
there were many things in his programme
to vary the dull country life. And so the
girl spared him no trouble and he gave
willingly of time and attention. The next
summer she came again and did the same
thing once more except that she was not
clever enough to keep him quiet and they
were engaged when she went home. She
wrote occasionally, he wrote freqnentlv.
Then she was married and the correspond
ence ended. He studied law at tho
country seat and as time passed became a
city man and a notable figure in his
profession. He had bachelor rooms and
habits and leans toward bric-a-bruo and
study. Once lie deollned a case because
she and her hu-jband were the parties on the
other side.
She looked at him Indolently at first,
and then with curiosity and at lust with
recognition. He notices the look. He knew
her as she entered. It was at the railroad
station in tho hills that he saw her last.
What was that he was reading when he be
gan to oat his lunch? Some story of a decis
ion in that Treasury case and he took up
tho paper ami read it with -deliberate cool
ness until sip by sip he had finished his
coffee and then he put away his glasses he
could not recognize anyone Without them
and walked out of the room. Yon see these
things In novels and the magazines often,
but they rarely come to you with your lunch.
The Man Vt ith a Bins Pencil.
A man who plays an Important part in
affairs and yet who is usually in the back
ground, who is modest, yet authoritative,
brief, yet clear, who in short is masculine in
peremptorincss, yet femininebecauso he has
the last word, is the man with the blue pen
cil. Agrent many people have no knowl
edge of his existence, but he is there, never
theless. If the public generally could come to
a full comprehension of him and his doings he
would have to fit blmselfout with spring and
fall underwear of link armor to be as bullet
and dagger-proof in person as he is supposed
to be in mind. There 1 an old fable that
there nre those vounir women in loose
clothes and with Clytlo knots who are the
Fates, and one of them is supposed to do
one's business for one with a pair of shears;
but we have changed all this. I suppose
somebody objected to the capriclousness of
the scissors, but on that point there is an ab
sence of data at once suggestive and tanta
lizing. In anv event, the man with the blue
lencll has aiisen ax a power In the laud and
le seem to have come to stay.
He ot the cerulean crayon is as omnipotent
as he is omniscient. It is a little way ho hn.x.
Somotimes ho is tho "man in charge of tho
credits," a very potentate ot potentates.
Upon your modest request for a big bill of
goods he writes according to your deserts or,
perhaps, his dessert "O. K." or "2f. G." or
some other mystic formula, and you are
done unto accordingly. You never see
those pencllings they nre for the man who
writes you a nice letter, short if all is well,
longer If all is wrong. Then again he is the
awful personage on whose nod hang rail
road passes, or oiders for box seats at the
opera. Up in a coiner of your note he dabs
some marks modeled arter those of the late
Horace Greeley, and even if yon could gaze
upon them the odds aro yon would not know
wliether your name waDennl9 or something
more agreeable to the ear. Perhaps he is a
"reader," and if he is loole out ror mm. He is
almost sure to do you a mischief with that
innocent looking stick of blue. A "reader."
you must know, is not one or that long suf
fering and patient multitude belonging to the
well-known family of "dear reader" or "the
reader" whose footprint we find in tho
pages of tho earlier novelists. Nor is he at
all akin to "muiv readers" of the daily nnd
weekly press. This gentleman has neither
relations nor Tiowels of compassion. He
stands betweenyou and yourpubllc by virtue
of a mercenary alliance with the editor of a
magazine or the members of a publishing
firm. You do not find traces of him on the
MSS.,wl)lch comes homeas directly as though
it were of tho breed or carrier Dlgeons. Oh
no! He is above that. He does you upon a
scrap of his own or on your letter, but he
does you Just the same.
Belli? Published as a Millionaire.
"The Little Brothers of the Rich" do
not have it all their own way by any means,
and what is generally regarded as a public
blessing is in the opinion of the millionaire
or millionairess, something quite the oppo
site. For example, most people are glad to
get letters, but tho class I have spoken of
are prone to look upon the mall as a source
ol srreataiiuovunce.
The other day TnE Dispatch published a
list of Pittsburg millionaires taken from nn
article on that subject in the country .gen
erally printed in the Xew York Tribune. One
of those who figured in that list is, no doubt.
a lair exampio or the tlemanus oi all sorts oi
people upon those Known to have wealth.
This gentleman has twice been alluded to
in newspaper articles as being very rich.
The first ttnio was some years ago and tho
result was that bo received over 1,300 letters
asking either tor loans, forpresenis or mak
ing suggestions for investments or threats
or all sorts.
The second publication is Just beginning
to bear fruit. For a day or two tho mails
have been bringing in prospectuses of min
ing, land, railroad and many other kinds of
companies, appeals for aid, tickets for
churolt lairs, atruwbeiry festivals and all
sorts of monoy-ialslngentertainments. Such
tales or woe as pour in and such wild-eycl
schemes ror bcnefltlng-manklnd as are nug
gested In some or these letters! The gentle
man in question dinners to be a kind
hearted man nnd his worry over this pro
miscuous attempt to makehlui stand and
deliver is very comical.
Tho Gossip Going Around.
Yisitob to Washington (passing resfau
rant on Pennsylvania avenue) What's that
smcllT
Western Congressman (pausing to sniff
tne airj nisque oi uarrisou.
Tas latest political maxim Is: "Prevention
is better than convention."
Teacher, in law school What is tho
Bullitt bill?
Pupil (who has read the history of the
war) Moit of the national debt.
Ax East End man says ho cannot believe
his wire's paternal parent because he is the
"lather of Llze." P. L. W.
Turning the Tables on Anarchists.
New York Commercial Aflverttser, f
A Jury in Chicago has sustained Chief Me
Claugluey in his seizure of the anarchUtlo
red flags.( It might have been an illegal act
on the part of the chief. But what is law in
the eyes of an Anarchist?
Archbishop Corrljan'snrother Insane.
New York, May 23. William Lewis Corrl
gap, a brother of Archbishop Corrigan, was
a prisoner in the insane pavilion at Bellavue
Hospital yesterday.
A UABVELOUS TIH2PIEC2,
Chicago Fair Will Have a Clock Which Ex
cels ihe Strasburg Cathedral.
Pearson's Weeslr.) '
There is every probability that the Chicago
Exhibition will contain the greatest miracle
in clock making that mechanical skill has
yet achieved. The famous clock of Stras
bnrg Cathedral may now be considered as
literally and metaphorically knocked out
of time, for thU wondrous horologe
does everything that it does 'and
many other marvels besides. It
is SI Inches high, nine feet wide and three
feet deep. Once wound up it will mark time
until it has struck a total of 9,099, and Dar
accidents and the end of the world it will
go for centuries without npedlng readjust
ment. If nothing goes wrong with the works,
one mechanical angel will strike the
minutes on a bell, and another will
strike the quarter-hour, while the hours
themselves will bo told off by a skeleton
representing death. At the last stroke his
majesty will retire and the 12 apostles wUl
appearand bow before an image of Christ.
At 8 o'clock a procession of monks will pass
into church, and Just before midnight a
watchman will come on duty and
give the signals for each hour
to be struck until 3 A. u., when
he retires in favor or a rooster which an
nounces the approach of dawn in the nsual
wav. The seasons of the year will be repre
sented by appropriate flaures, and at Christ
mas time choristers will come forth and sing
carols. If the clock could only tell us what
the good folk of. say, A. D. IE92 will think of
it, it would be perfect; but even clockwork
cannot do everything.
THE STANDARD AT THE FAIR.
A Contract to Furnish OH for alachinery
Taken Without Compensation.
CLrvnAyp, May 28. Mr. Alfred Whlfaker.
President and manaser of the Brooks Oil
Company, has returned to the city from Chi
cago, wheie he has spent considerable time
of late. "lam in the arms of the octopus,"
he said to a reporter last evening. "I have
been compelled to succumb to the Standard
Oil Company."
Continuing ho said: "I made an effort to
close a deal with the World's Fair Commis
sioners to furnish all tho lubricating oil
necessary for the machinery during the con
struction of the buildings and the continu
ance of the Exposition. I offered to furnish
all the oil necessary during the progress of
the Fair at SO per cent below my card rates,
and had almost closed the deal when the
officers of the Standard Oil Company heard
of it. Acting on their principle that no in
dependent refinery has aright to exist, one
or the leading officers was dispatched to Chi
cago to secure the contract for furnishing
lubricating oil. I was soon informed that
in v tender had been rejected, as the Standard
had offered to furnish all the lubricating oil
necessary from now until the Exposition
clo-es lor nothing.
"There Is Just one satisfaction in this mat
ter," said Mr. Whitaker, "and that Is that
the Standard people were compelled to give
their oil away in order to got It into the Ex
position." A REAL IRISH VILLAGE '
To Be Exhibited, Among Other Monu
ments ot Erin, nt the World's Fair
Chicago, May 2S. Hon. William J. Onahan
to-day received a letter from tho Countess
of Aberdeen bespeaking a fitting reception
for Peter White, of Dublin, who has arrived
in this counery to represent tho Irish In
dustries Association in connection with a
National exhibit nt the World'a Fair. The
exhlbltwill include speclmensof the varlious
band-made work and cottage industries or
the Emerald Isle, as well us the great poplin
and linen products. It is desired to show a
real Irish village, with Its characteristic
features, and alone with reproductions of
some of the famous monuments, Donegal
Castle, the Bound Towere and the Parlia
ment House on College Green.
Mrs. Earnest Hart, who had proposed a
separate Irish exhibit, will, it has boen de
cided, co-operate with that represented by
Mr. White.
GRASPED A LIVE WIRE.
Pottstown Boy Flung Ten Feet In the Air
and Badly Hart.
POTT8TOWJT, May 27. Albert Bell, a 17-ycar
old son of Calvin Bell, of York street,
suffered a terrible experience last night
that may yet cost his life. While
walking along the street with a com
panion he noticed an electric wire
hanging down from an overhead pole.
Bell put out his hand to brush the wire aside
and his companion was terrified to see him
flung fully ten feet upward In the air. The
boy dropped to the ground insensible. His
hands were terribly burned, and his bead
was bleeding from the effects of the foU,
He is not yet out of danger.
DEATH LUBEED IN CIGARETTES.
A Young Man of Kew Hope, Pa., Smoked
Them and Died.
DoTXiSTOWir, May 27. Word comes from
New Hope, this county, that cigarette smos
ing has killed Henry Blnehart, a young man
of tliat place. He became ill suddenly, and
fell to the ground unconscious. His body at
once turned black.
He was levived lorn time, but shortly af
terward died in convulsions. Blnehart had
smoked 17 packages of cigarettes during the
three day.s prior to his death. He usually
consumed 0 a day.
COMMENTS ON I)R. PAERTIURST.
Iw number?, character and enthnsiasm the
gathering constituted a magnifflcent in
dorsement of Dr. Parkbnrst. iV; Y. Press.
We do not believe that Dr. Parkhurst and
his associates will ever, in the slight degree,
benefit society while they continue in their
present course. BrooJUyn Citizen.
Da. Pabkbciist has served the community
the best turn possible at this time by rous
ing It to a sense of the consequences of its
neglect. New York Commercial Advertiser.
Dr. Parkhurst had a flattering vindica
tion in New York City Thursday night. He
has done a service to the cause of law and
order in the wickedest city in the country
which all unbiased people must recognize.
Philadelphia Telegraph,
Thcrsdat night's mass meeting In Cooper
Union in support of Dr. Parkhurst and his
crusade against municipal vice and cor
ruption clearly demonstrated the character
of the support which is behind the bold
clergyman. !fcw York Advertiser.
Like the R?man citizen of old, who rode
horse foremost into tho mysterious chasm
in the Forum, for the civic good and as a
living sacrifice to the offended deities, so has
Dr. Parkhurst, with all ardor and gener
osity, flung himself into the modern breach
as a sacrifice on the altar of municipal re
form, Hew York Telegram.
Or course Dr. Parkhurst does not need a
vindication. If he ever needed one it was
given when the grand Jury Indicted oflend
ers and when petit juries convicted them.
But Thursday night's demonstration in
Cooper Union is interesting as showing how
the people feel on the question of flagrant
and impudent law violation in this town.
JV. Y. Herald. ,
Ir Rev. Dr. Parkhurst imagines that he Is
to hove n monopoly of innovation npon old
style Christianity and the ministerial office,
be will probably find himself mistaken when
ho returns from his contemplated trip to
Europe to study nnd pcrfeot liimseir in
knowledge or social vices whoro they may
have been longer practicod than In this
country. Rochester Advertiser.
An Interesting Indastrlal Exhibit.
PmtAnuraiA, May 2S. At the Institnto of
Colored Youth last nignt there was an inter
esting display of the work done by the in
dustrial classes. The industrial depart
ment, Judging by the exhibits, lias done ex
cellent work. The displays of the printing
and carpentry departments are particularly
fine, while tho shoemaktng and tailoring de
partments had good exhibit. The number
of pupils in the industrial classes are: Car
pel. try, 12: shoemaktng, S: plastering, 7:
printing, 7: bricklavlns, 20: tailoring. 6;
dressmaking, Si; millinery. 33: cooking, 15.
An Easy Way to rnrlfy Water.
Detroit Free Press.i
A simple way to purify water is to sprinkle
a tablcspoonful of powdered alum Into a
hogshead of water, stirring the water at the
same time. This will precipitate all the
impurities to the bottom after being
allowed a few hours to settle, and will so
purify It that it will bo round to possess
nearly all the freshness and clearness of the
finest spring water. A pailfnl containing
four gallons may be purified In this manner
by using no more tuaa a teaspoonful of
tne alum.
' CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
Paris provides a new employment for
woman in tho capacity of "dinner taster."
Belgium, by adopting Greenwich time,
has stolen 17 minutes from old Father Time
South Carolina is the only State in the
Union in which .no official record of marri
ages Is kept.
The Germans prepare an excellent sub
stitute for tea from the leaves of the com
mon strawberry plant.
There are 373 Sunday schools In New
York, the Episcopalians leading with S3 and
the Presbyterians second with 72.
In a cave in the Pantheon the guide, by
striking the flaps or bis coat, makes a noiso
equal to that produced by firing a 13-pound
cannon.
It is estimated that over 100,000,000 of
people now speak the English language,
over 63,000,000 German and over 0,000,000
French.
A gentleman in Ireland recently found,
on cutting open a potato, a half sovereign
in its center, the vegetable having grown
around it.
Sei enty-five women formed a mob and
prevented a weddins in a Kentucky town be
cause the bride's first husband had been
dead only two weeks.
A calf with a single eye, no ears and
five legs is the joy of Wayne county, la. It
is now over a month old and bids fair to
grow into fuU cowbood,
The teachers and school superintendents
of the United States receive $30,000,000 an
nually. This amount increases S2.JCO.000
each year, or 3J per cent.
Politeness shown to the late Frank S.
Blxley, of Hartford, Conn., by John R.
Maury, hotel clerk or Reading, Pa., brought
the latter a legacy of $10,000.
Kentucky will celebrate the 100th an
niversary of her admission to the Union on
the 1st of June. The ceremonies will con
sist of an old time barbecue with all that
the name implies.
The odd sight of a kitten adopted by x
monkey and being nursed as tenderly as
though the kitten was the monkey's off
spring can be witnessed in a Pacific street
saloon. San Francisco.
It is not generally known that Great
Britain, in spite of the progress of cultiva
tion, still possesses more species of wild
fowl than any other European country.how
ever favored by nature as regards breeding
places.
Between the ages of 20 and 40 prisoners
die of consumption much more rapidly than
peoplo outside of confinement, but whether
this is owing to the confinement or to the
previous lives ot the convicts is not clear.
Few criminals of any kind live to bo old
men.
A fowl's gizzard, where so many lost
articles turn up. Is a curious trap as well as
a necessary vital organ of the fowl. Dia
monds, pearls, coin, buttons, tacks, oranga
peel and about everything else save dyna
mite, have been found in the gizzard of
fowls.
Mrs. Jacob Kirchner, oi Fort Dodge,
la., is suing for a divorce on the ground that
her husband would not let her kiss him and
had killed her pet cat. Mr. Kirchner alleged
in reply that Ills wife was accustomed to
kiss her cats, aud had already kissed several
to death.
The idea of a canal alone: the present
route of the great Suez was considered prac
ticable and excavations were actually com
menced upward of 2.5C0 vears ago. and in
the time of the reign of Ptolemy Philadel
phus, 273 years before Christ, the union of
the two seas was perfected.
Philip Bullion, an old and impecunious
soldier, has been for more than two years
in jail for debt in Elkhart, Ind. The debt
for which he is Imprisoned originated in a
store bill contracted by his wife, to pay
which ho borrowed money and gavehisnote.
He is sentenced to remain in prison until the
deDt is paid.
In Bussian industrial establishments
the difference in tho working hours is some
thing extraordinary, varying from 8 to 20.
It is remarkable that these great diverg
ences occnr In the same branches of indus
try within the same inspector's district, ana
among establishments whose produce real
izes the same market price.
An employe of Barnum & Bailey's cir
cus stole a caie of lions the other day. While
the circus was at York, Fa., hP drove the
case aboard a train and started West with it
to Join a. circus in Nebraska. A Chicago de
tective stopped him there and sent the lions,
which were nearly starved, back to their
owners. The value of the cage was 3,500.
A large electric locomotive is now being
built at Baden, Switzerland. It will be fitted
with dynamos of a total or 1,503 horse-power,
which power will bo transmitted to eight
electric motors arranged on the same num
berof axles. Itlssatdthls locomotive wilt
attain a higher speed than steam locomo
tives. Trial ot its capabilities will be made
this summer.
Quill penns are still much in use in
r Great Britain. A tradition exists in the law
courts there that no document would be
strictly legal if written with any pen other
than a quill. A similar tradition used to
obtain in parts of New England, and it Is
notable that Governor Russell, or Massachu
setts, roliows the precedent of his prede
cessors and signs all legislative bills with a
new quill pen used once for that purpose
and never again.
There was quite a sensation near Am
prior and Almonte, Ont.. over the discovery
on a farm of a stone with a Masonic Inscrip
tion and a date on it. It has a surface three
feet square, faced very smoothly and a
sonare and comoass chiseled in tne rock:
with a large "C" in the center. Two hands,
three initial letters and the date 1604, were
also carved in t'ie stone. It has been iden
tified with Champlaln, who passed through
that country in 1003.
A new fad has struck If ew York in the
shape of an umbrella. It is constructed so
as to curl up around the rim when opened,
forming a complete gutter like those around
the eaves or nouses. This gutter catches tha
rain as it runs down the mansard roor, and
keeps It from rnnnlng down to the ground
and splashing one's trousers. By a slight tilt
tho water is cauzht and thrown to a common
center, where a pipe leads down through the
umbrella handle to the ground, allowing the
water to run out.
COTE31FOKAF.T HUMOR.
Doctor, do yon think there is really any
truth In the statement that women's sense of hear
ing Is keener Uian that of men?
Yes, madam, yes; fori have frequently known
them to speak of hearing of things that have realli
never been said. Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Bingo Come, brace np, oldman. (Aside).
By Jove, this Is a lerriWe thiiur. Isopposehls
wife is sUlt visiting relatives In the country.
Jagway (straightening up) No sh'aln't. Itela
Uves visiting her. Hew York Herald.
There is a time to laugh,
There Is a time to sign.
And a blasted long time
Since the weather was ary.
Chicajo Inter-Ocean.
Gus Snobberly, accompanied by Charlie
Clamwhopper, called on the Misses Bondcllpper of
Fifth avenne. While wailing in the parlor, they
observed the photographs or the young ladles id an
album.
How miieh the two slstahs wesemble each
other." remarked Charlie.
'Yes, I dah say they were twaken by the same
photographer, don't yer know. Texas Siftlngs.
One-half the world doesn't know how the
other half lives: bat the women are trying their
best to remedy that. I tick.
It was a World's Fair salary
Some Congressmen saw, and said,
"It's mnch too big and fat a leei
We must cut off It's head.
For private feelings we can't reek,
Forwe have solved a riddle:
We'll amputate this at the neck.
But they cut It at the middle.
Chicago Seiu.
TVi therby I hear that ygur house burned
down last night. Was anything saved?
Winks-Yes. The mortgage. Hew Tort Serald.
Never give up. If, .however, you are
alone, the night Is dare, and the other fellow has
a pistol, it may be prudent to rescind this ruU,
Texas Sifting t.
I would not be chief magistrate,
Tied np to any 'cause;"
I banker not for cares of stats
Nor would I make the laws.
If I may as a delegate
Arise and londly nominate
And see in print each rounded elanse
Show up with laughter, (great applause.!
Chicago Hews.
Slimdiet How much board did Higgins
pay you last nlitht? I
Mrs. SUmdlet-How did you know he paid any
thing? I
SUmdlet He kleked at every dish set before btak -at
breakfast. imlth. Gran & Co.'s JfbntUy, .
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