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Including Sunday, 1 m'tb... SO Sunday Dispatch. One Year 2 50 A LEKLY Dispati II. One Year 1 2S The Daily Dispatch Is delivered by carriers at JSccins per t eek. or. including Sunday Edition, at If wilt- per w eek. PITTsBUltG. "WEDNESDAY. .TUNE 8. -lSDi TWELVE PAGES KFAHV ro:: jthi: ISsUE. The first steps toward organizing the Republican National Convention were taken yesterday by the election of J. S. Fassett, of New York, as temporary chair man, the appointment of committees and the adjournment till this morninc, when a permanent organization will be effected. As there is nothing in the situation indi cating any difficulty in agreeing upon a permanent organization, this leisurely mode of procedure must be explained by the desire of the contending forces to gain more time. It is evident that neither side was ready to force the fighting yesterday afternoon, as -might have been if either had felt it self assured of controlling the convention. Probably both were willing to take the night and morning to bring their forces into line for the decisive action of to-day, and it is possible that the cloud of the conflict gives the active contestants a view of the field not so clear as they might have if they were in the thick of the fight. The energetic way in which each party is claiming a majority of over a hundred on first ballot is more a demon stration of the politicians' method of claiming everything in sight than an as surance of victory. This, however, is but a transient phase of the fight Back of the claims and argu ments of the wirepullers, shouters and place holders there is an influence which will demonstrate its force when the con vention reaches a ballot That is the wish of the Republican masses. The popular demand for the leadership of the states man of broad policy and progressive views will count for more than the button holing or parading which have so far formed the main features of the conven tion. The desire for Blaine's leadership on the part of the great mass of the Re publican party has been open and undis puted for the past six months. Now that the time has come to give it effective recognition it must prevail in the conven tion. If the convention gets to balloting to day and there is no reason why it should not unless prevented by political maneu versthe night will see James tr. Blaine the recognized as well as actual leader of the Republican party for 1892. THE WORK OF RELIEF. The Pittsburg Relief Committee report that money rather than supplies Is needed for the sufferers by the Oil Creek disaster. Supplies are obtainable in the immediate vicinity, and the prompt contribution of funds will secure more immediate relief than the donation of goods or food which must be transported to the scene of the suffering. Pittsburg has already made an excellent start toward meeting this need by sub scriptions to the relief fund, aggregating nearly $10,000 yesterday. With this des ignation of the shape that the S3Tnnathy of the public should take, the fund will be promptly swelled by further contribu tions. There is good reason to hope that the generostty of the public will reach its destination in time to alleviate further suffering. The promptitude of Pittsburg in coming to the relief of Johnstown and the oil country towns is one 01 the alleviating features of these disasters. Our city's pride in that record will insure that it is kept up. "U EXCLUSIVE PRIVILEGE. The proposition for the revival of the old State banks of issue, by repealing the TJ nitod States statute imposing a prohibi tory tax on bank circulation other tlian that of the national banks, is supported by some rather singular arguments. The Washington Post perceives an argument for the relief of "stringency in the local money markets," in the following: The national banks could furnish tho amount of currency desired if tjiey all nvailed themselves of the exclusive privi-i lege i hlch they enjoy of issuing a circula tion equivalent to 90 percent of their capital stock, but this they do not do because of the comparitively insignificant tax of 1 per cent on their circulation. Tho objection urged to the present system is that it not only bars out the State banks by prohibi tory taxation, but fulls to furnish relief thtough the national banks. This statement comprises three pre sumptions if not allegations, viz: (1) that the national banks enjoy an exclusive privilege of issuing a circulation; (2) that notwithstanding this privilege they do not issue all that is needed; and (3) that the State banks would furnish the necessary supply if they were not barred out by the prohibitory taxation. All of which is re duced to the value of burnt powder by the fact that an j- State hank -which per- ceives a profit in the issue of bank circulation can do so, simply by conforming to the requirements of the national banking law and taking out cir culation on the basis of United States bonds. The system can not be asserted to be exclusive and to bar out others when the way is open to admission to everyone only on condition of the necessary capita! and the reasonable requirements to ensure solvency. So long as that is the case the only reason why more Dank circulation is not floated is that the profits on it are not inducement enough to outweigh the low rate of interest on Government bonds and the taxation on bank circulation. It is undoubtedly the fact that the high premium on Government bonds, which practically reduces the interest rate to about two per cent, has greatly restricted the volume of bank circulation. To remedy that it is not necessary to plunge into the devious and uncertain plan of KlBHHHaHHBHHHiHHHSKK8i9B8iBBiBEiiHISKiS73Bi p"? -it vj UiHP 5aSj9iVHPraflBpjHHBBBiVMRVBsRwSJsBviHBsBaiaSRllB9 State issues. By designating other secur ities of adequate stability as available for the basis of circulation the matter may be remedied and the bank circulation retain its universal value and acceptabllit'. Failing that we seem to be in a fair way to supplant the bank circulation by the issue of Treasury notes and coin certifi cates. THE LOYALTY OF HARRISON. It is said that a number of the "friends of the President have declared that the Har rison outfit will not support Mr. Blaine in the event of his nomination. This is ex tremely improbable for several reasons. There has never been any question of Mr. Harrison's fealty to his party, and when the heat of the contest cools he cannot forget the claims of Republicans upon him and particularly of that eminent Re publican, Mr. Blaine. It is a matter of record that in 1888 all the friends of Mr. Blaine supported Mr. 'Harrison with loyalty and enthusiasm. Prior to that time Mr. Blaine had declined to be a candidate and had thrown his strength to Harrison. It is entirely unfair to assume that such men as Depew, New, Foster, McKinley, Michener, Magee and Reid will not with their utmost strength seek to perpetuate Republican "supremacy. Their fidelity to a personal cause would end with the mo tion to make the nomination unanimous in the convention. We are also reminded by some of the feverish papers which sup port the renomination dogma that "once there was a Conkling." Quite true; there is none, however, at this time, and none of the leaders of State organizations are desirous of going down in history as the Samson of 1892. There never was a time when the cardi nal doctrine of protection was more of a direct issue than it is at present, and the nomination of Mr. Clevelond or some one of his disciples would sharply emphasize this fact Hence it is that the Harrison following cannot afford to either sulk in their tents or stand in the rain while they sharpen their knives. TOE "WARNING OF THE CHOLERA. The news that the cholera reported in the Vale of Cashmere a few days ago has spread into Persia, and is seemingly making rapid strides toward the Mediter ranean countries, carries with it an im pressive warning to the whole world against indulging in the vice of public or private uncleanliness. Cholera is essen tially and peculiarly a dirt disease. It originates where there is abundance of filth, thrives wherever snch breeding places are furnished to it by inadequate sanita tion, and dies out wherever it comes in contact with thorough and complete clean liness. It is this fact which makes the cities of the Orient so subject to epidemics of this disease. It is also the fact that the ad vance of sanitary science within the past twenty-five years"has prevented that dis ease from spreading far beyond the Med iterranean basin. If the work of keeping cities clean is constant and effective, and is reinforced by vigilant quarantine, Europe and America need have little fear of the plague that is devastating the far East But if this important work is neglected or is pursued in a lax and careless manner a loophole may be left open for the enemy to enter and inflict a great calamity on civilization. That reflection applies cogently to sani tary work in our city. Although this es pecial danger may be far off, it is none the less a public duty to guard against it and others, which though unseen may be nearer, by seeking a thorough and proper solution of the disposition of garbage and the gen eral sanitation of the two cities. re snouu) w"ork both ways. The Kentucky House of Representatives has just passed a bill requiring that in case of total loss by fire the insurance companies must pay the full amount of insurance policies Issued by them on the property. This is the "valued policy law" passed in New Hampshire some years ago and in Ohio more recently. At first it was received with a storm of protests by the insurance interests; but since in the later cases they have discovered that they can get even by putting up rates, the un derwriters have taken the valued policy enactment more philosophically. Paren thetically, however, it may be remarked that since it seems to be the common lot of mankind to have the rates put up whether there are valued policy laws or not, the inducement against such laws is not very clear. There is something to be said both for the contract of Insurance which provides a stipulated sum in case of total loss and for that which only carries indemnity. But It is a clear proposition that whatever principle is adopted should apply on both sides alike. The in surance company having taken the stand which throws on the policy holder the onns of seeing that bis policies do not ex ceed the value of his property should take care that they do not take advantage of the opposite principle for their own'bene fit Yet we notice that the New York Board of Underwriters has incorporated a clause in its policies which, though ob scure in language, isasserted to mean that if a property owner has policies for less than 80 per cent of the value of his prop erty the companies in case of partial loss will pay only 80 per cent of the loss. In other words the policy must not be valued against the companies, but must be valued in their favor. If this is the meaning of the clause it certainly shows a disposition to put the patrons of insurance companies between a cleft stick. The property owner must not overvalue his property on pain of the loss of his premiums for the excess of his val uation. He must not undervalue it un der a similar penalty. He must value it exactly, and the sum hit must be exactly what the adjuster will consider the prop erty worth when it has gone up in smoke. A few more such discouragements -to in surance may induce the public to consider plans for insuring itself without the pay ment of large commissions and claims to agents and insurance officials. TJucle Jerry .Rusk's boom .for any place on the Pietdental ticket will suffer at the hands of Pennsylvanians, unless he makes haste to let up on hurricanes and cloudbursts. Tis HORSS, kats of one shape or another, feathered plumes, parti-colored umbrellas, shouts. arwboops and rowdyism in general have no definite logical connection with the ability and fitness of this or that man for the Prcsldental chair. But they make up in conspicuousness what is lacking in Import ance, and are as much to the fore in these days of enlightened culture and refinement as they ever were. Americans have a great deal of dignity and a keen sense of humor. And yet these ridiculous perlormances are looked upon with more or less solemnity, and thoroughly enjoyed by a nation which ridicules "monarchical parades as the. puppet shows and mountebanking burlesque of peoples calling themselves free while still in the shadow of effete hereditary Institutions. A BtnzsxED boom at Spartansburg caused the calamity at Tltusvllle and OH City. Per haps there may be a catastrophe at Minne THE apolis to-day or to-morrow from a Bimllar cause. "Dr. Parker, a well-known Congrega tlonalist minister, said in a sermon on Bun day that "while he believed it possible for a person to be both a politician and a gentle man, the supposition was the severest strain that could be put upon human faith." This Is a gross exaggeration of England, and would not apply to this country even with a great deal of discount, though people with a knowledge of both pountrles are for'the most part agreed that tho standard of polit ical purity is lower here than there. Wires are charged almost as fully with, politics as with electricity just now. And the current of events Is as subtle and inde finable as that of the somewhat erratic fluid. It is remarked m certain quarters that some ot the colored delegates and alternates are nt Minneapolis for the money there is in It. So doubt they are; but the remark probably applies with equal truth to some of tho lighter com'plexioned gentlemen. Invidious distinctions In such matters are odious and should be avoided. The Convention opened with a good deal of life, and is in full swing. But there will bo political death for more than one gentle man before the swinging is all done with. Westinohouse will appreciate the value of a fifty per cent reduction in tho million-dollar bond first demanded of htm by the World's Fair authorities. And the public will be pleased to note the nearer ap proach to fairness in this transaction, which has been marked by so much unjust dis crimination hitherto. One has a vague feeling of wonder at timos as to when the Allegheny Auditors will have finished their explorations and made an end of discreditable discoveries. Evert hour serves to show more clearly the severity of the losses in the upper oil country, but at tho same time the Bufferings of the survlvers are alleviated, and a defi nite knowledge of the worst is more sup portable than the vague uncertainty of sus pense. Present day trains as worn by many ladles, who care more for fashion than com mon sense, are calculated to sweep every thing before them. The renewed activity of Mount Vesuvius could easily be accounted for if it were sit uated In this country. But it can hardly bo explained by political upheavals, lis vol canoes nearer home are behaving with a proper amount of decorum. Our water supply has been increaed in quantity by Sunday's disaster, but its quality has suffered no improvement. Pittsburg has defeated Boston at base ball for the first tlmo In two years. This is an achievement which will cover a multi tude of sins. But we want more of snch successes, and shorter intervals between them. Pittsburg's Big Pour at Minneapolis has become two pair Magee and Yon Bonn horst, Brown and Flinn. Venezuela is to be congratulated in that Its Cabinet crisis has passed without a revolution. We hardly expect a revolution in this country, but our Cabinet crisis Is se rious and not passed yet. It looks as though some of the groups who went to Minneapolis together will come home on different trains. IT will soon be time for various disap pointed schemers in the political arena to assume a philosophical air and deolare that they really entertained no expectation that their man would succeed. Thirteen Pennsylvania delegates for Harrison. Thirteen is regarded by some as an unlucky number. Pittsburg has a convention of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, whose proceedings are likely to exercise no small influence la the Prcsi dental campaign. The caucus of Hill's delegates was char acterized by an odor of peanuts rather than of sanctity. There is no dearth ot heroism in these days, and the cynic has food for thought in the deeds of brnvory and the signs of sym pathetic generosity which the recent hor ror has evoked. PERSONAL FACTS AX I) FANCIES. Ex-Governor Romaaldox Pacheco, United States Minister to Central America, left San Francisco by steamer to resume his duties at Guatemala City. Ex-Senator Blair is a sanguine gentle man and has supreme confidence li the future of his boom, which is now upon its way to Minneapolis via China. Chief Justice Marshall is said to have quite a fondness for leaving the bench to join In the sports of small boys, parti cularly in the game of marbles. Dr. Edward Everett Hale says that one of the. secrets of keeping young at the ageof'O.is "never to do anything yourself which you can get another to do for you." James Richard Cocke, graduated fiom the Boston University School of Medi cine last week, Is tho first person totally blind from infancy torecelvo a degree as physician. Lord Tennyson has only appeared once in tne House of Peers since he was sworn in. He found out that his brother peers didn't know enough about poetry to make them worth talking to. George W. Copeland, who died in Boston last week, was noted as a linguist and art connoisseur, a composer of church music, and tne inventor of several machines used in the manufacture of shoes. Senator Peffer says that he "gets the most real fun in plaving with children in tile street. There is an abundant sincerity about their lun that you never find in the sports of folks that are old enough to be conscious of their dignity." Matthew B. Excell, who was recently elected Mayor of the thrifty manufacturing city or Alliance, Ohio, has Just passed his 22nd year, and Is probably the youngest Mayor of any town of consequence in the United State. He is a Democrat. The wife of Sir Edward Malet, British Ambassador at Berlin, has an odd fancy for collecting vnrious kinds or shoes, she has now in her. German home more than 1,000 pairs or boots. The collection contains tho smallest dancing slippers and the largest snow shoes. Braddock Fir-inen for an Alrm System. Braddock, June 7. Special The Brad dock Volunteer Fire Department has asked Council for an alarm system to cost $2,500. No action will bo taken until the people decide whether the borough debt shall be increased $100,000 by a special election in tho Twenty-first district. The firemen claim that the Council promised to adopt the sys tem, and threaten to take a hand in defeat ing tho issue. Wash-Jeff StndnnM for Blaine. Washington, Pa., "June 7. Special. A College Republican club was organized to day among the students of Washington and Jefferson College, with Joseph Mayhugh President. About 160 college men are mem bers of the club. At the mention of Blaine's name the college hall rang with cheers. Sherman the Greatest Speaker. St. Louis Globe-Democrat.! When Sherman makes a speech the whole nation listens, which is more than can be said of any other man In either branch of Congress. Will He n Matter or History. New York Advertiser. Minneapolis promises to go down to his tory as the town where Blaln.e was nornl anted the time he was elected. PwS PITOSBTJEG DISPATCH. - GATH'S PICK-UPS. What He Heard and Saw After tbe First Session Harrison's Men In the Sulks Blaine's Backers Not Worried-Might Get Through Before Another Dawn. FROM A STATF COBRESrOXDEXT. Minneapolis, Mrnir., June 7. By the olose or the convention to-day it was made appar ent that Harrison's men were In the sulks. They had been" outvoted in the National Committee, and the large followingthey had ciphered upon from the Southern States seemed liable to go from them. Nothing was left butto make a fight in the convention on Wednesday against the committees. As 1 left the hall of the convention I met a Dela warian who told me that four in Delaware had gone over to Blaine, w hereas Harrison counted on at least four and probably six from thatStnto. My informant, a quietman of character, said that Delaware was now in favor of a third candidate on grounds of benefit to the pirty,. the controversy be tween Blaine and Harrison, threatening to be carried into the next campaign. Ho in quired whether Mr. Allison was not ns re spectable a quantity as could be found in the West. The action of several of tho States thus early commencing to form a nucleus for a break away is observed with covert satisfaction by men from larger States, who do not like so much nntrer. McKlnlpy as a Third Quantity. I heard the son of John C. New say that he saw no place for a third qoantlty unless It would be HIcKInley, of Ohio. Notimprob abfy MoKlnley is tho residuary legatee of the Harrison men, if they shall pull their man out, while Allison, Sherman and Rusk are talked of on the other side. An idea exists, based on what I do not know, that Blaine is only in tho race to compel an alternation in the' party leadership, betm: satisfied with neither tho reciprocity nor the gratitude he has found In Harrison. Mr. Allison Is fortunately situated to retain the Northwestern States, while he has a good hold in the East, nnd though a protectionist, has never been a violent one. The Iowa delegation, now held in Foster's hand for Harrison, could make a great hole in Harrison's hopes by turning over to Allison, nnd thin might bo enough to com pel Now York, Pennsylvania, etc., to go the same course: Allison is of Pennsylvania Scotch-Irish stock, bom in Ohio, and re moved to Ion a, and by his marriage and mother-in-law he is of New England, affilia tions with old Senator Grimes tbe Grimes who was a very late Republican. Why Clarkson Hates Alllsin. Mr. Clarkson is out with Mr. Allison upon the charge that Allison did not "dust" fast enough to put Clarkson in the Cabinet, where Harrison was not ready to welcome him. The figment is invented that Allison allowed himself to be talked about for Secre tary of State, nnd thus destroyed Mr. Clark son in the bud. The crime of having others nominate ns out of their admiration for something Is get ting to be next to high treason in this coun try. Blaine is suffering from the indiscre tion of several millionsof people who do not mention his chief's name first. Of his chief that was I conclude with the nation that as things now stand Blaine may be in the cit adel where Harrison was until yesterday, and that a great deal of time will be required to get him out. What Gath Heard and Thinks. While it is possible that the conven tion will adjourn Wednesday, some think it mny be prolonged to suit the ambition of Harrison until Friday or even later. Mr. Piatt said at the close of the conven tion to-day, and wrote It out for a private telegram: "We are in the very best position, and ai e confident of victory." I heard a little mention of the name of Robert Lincoln as an alternative tor tho present bear fight. How strange it might be to see Chauncey Depew succeed his friend Harrison as a can didate here brought forward. IfToin Reed had not growled so often at Blnlne how he would recreate at present In being what Sam Cox called Eugene Hale In tho earlier years "Blaine's Little Bub." The closo escapo of Beed from being Elisha toMr. Blaine's Elijah is a warn Ing to all mothers who expect to raise Presidents of tho United States to have thorn born deaf and dumb and deprived, of writing ma terials. Gatti. COEN-BEEAD THE GEEMAN FAD. Maize-Rye Bread Baten Everywhere, and Mills Am Behind With Orders. Chicaoo, June 7. J, Murphy, formerly of Omaha, who has beencommlssIoned by the Government to enlighten Europe with re gard to the advantages of American corn, writes from Berlin giving some interesting details of. progress. In Germany IS mills hnve been put In operation for grinding corn, and some of them have been working night ana day nnd have been unable to fill their orders. Several other mills in various parts or Germany will soon bo erected, the demand for corn is so great. In Dresdon, where two corn mills are in operation, more than halt the bakers nro polling maize-rye bread, composed of one part maize and two Darts rye, in which the taste of the maize is not perceived. Even the two mills in the latter city, one of them the largest rye mill In Germany, aie bakin; and selling "laigo quantities of this biead, nnd the old Government garrison bakery is turnin-r out thousands of loaves dally. The Government is putting in a corn-milling plant in their large mill at Magdeburg, and the Government report on the value of corn aB food will soon be published, which is the result of a thorough investigation and prac tical testing of bread-making at tho garrison bakery. Inlormatlon is that it will be high ly favorable. PAEDEIDQ MEETS HIS "WATERLOO. The Great Grain Plnnger Losses 8300,000 In the Big Corn Deal. Chicaoo, June 7. Special. "Plunger" Pardrlge has not as muoh money as he had a fortnight ago. He mot his Waterloo in the great deal in heat and corn that he has been engineering, and is now trying to get in out of the wt. Within 15 minutes before tho close of the board to-day, July wheat advanced from SG to S3. Pardrldge, who lor-lour months has been fighting the advance, was covering tho wueat which he had sold on the expectation of lower prices. During that time hebougbt in through his own brokois nnd those or commission houses, to whom ho n as short from 2,000,000 to 3,000,000 bushels of wheat. The total amount bought Is considered about oiio-half his ontlre shortage. This wheat, which hebougbt from 8C cents to 88 cents, he hud sold nt fiom 78 cents to S3 cents. His loss on tho deal Is about $300,000. WALL STEEET DISITJEBED. Ib.3 Exchanges Send an Urgent Memorial Anlnst the Anti-Option Bill. New York, June 7. Special The rumor that the Hatch nuti-optlon bill, which passed the House Monday, was i)lso likely to pass the Senate, disturbed Wall stieet very much to-day. President Evan Thomas, of the Produce Exohange, and President J. O. Bliss, df the Cotton Exchange, united in sending thistelegiam to Vico President Morton and the New York Senators: "On behalf of the New York Cotton Ex change and the New York Produce Ex change, we desire to renew our protest agalnrt tho passage of the anti-option bill, and again call your attention to tho protests of the banks and bankers of the country presented to the Judiciary Committee of the Senate. The passage ot this bill by tho Senate would undoubtedly cause a panic." A CLEAN EEPUBLICAN. The Party In Oregon Elects the "Legisla ture and Both Congressmen. Portlakd, Ore., June 7. Incomplete re turps from six counties out of 15 iu the Second Congressional district give Ellis (Rep.) 2,716 plurality. This will probably be increased by 2.000. In the First district, 8 counties ont of 16 give Hermann (Rep.) 2,306. This plurality will probably be in creased by 1.0J0. About one-half of the vote of the State has been counted. Moore (Rep.) for Supremo Jndge, has 3,275 plurality from 16 counties ontoi SL Webser (Ren.)i lor Attornev Gen eral, ha3 1,500 majority. The Republicans j control the Legislature by 20 majority. j Vindicating the Plunger's Reputation. Boston Herald. They say. Plunger Pardrldge is about cleaned out again. He seems to be vindicat ing the reputation of the average plunger. -v. l WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, AH EASIEBH VIEW 07 IT. Sunday's Catastrophe Compared With Johnstown's Flood. New York Sua.i The disaster at Titnsville and Oil City re calls to every mind the destruction of Johnstown in another Pennsylvania valley some three years ago. The loss of life was far greater at Johnstown, but In Its combi nation of the terrors of flood and fire, simul taneously assailing and enwrapping the doomed towns, the latter dlsnster.is more startling to the Imagination than Was its terrible predecessor. At Johnstown it was the incredible extent of the calamity, when many thousands of'.huma'n beings were be lieved to have been swept away to death almost before the alarm of approaching danger had reached '"their ears, that first stunned every reader, and then called forth a display of popular sympathy and gener osity which warmed the heart of tbe wholo country. At Tltusville and Oil City the list of the dead, although very large, is measured not by thousands, but by hundreds, but the scene of destruction and death was more fearful in tbe unearthly clrcumstanco'of the Are riding upon the flood, and spreading a second devastation, over the track of tho first. The earth and the air were alike hold by tbe omls9arles of death, and there was no escape for the imprisoned victims in any direction. It is a poor consolation to feel that there will be an immediate and sufficient response to tho call for aid which has already-been heard from the stricken towns, but so long as men continue to.contend for the mastery with the powers of nature, similar disasters will occnr, and similar proofs of the sym pathy which makes all men brothers at heart will be demanded again and again. ANTI-0PII0N BILL PB0SPECIS. They Are Not Quite So Brilliant as Some Serzn to Believe. Washjhotoit, June 7. Special The chances Of thaanti-optlon bill and the New Mexico and Arizona bills In the Senate have been considerably dLscnsse'1 at the capitol to-day. The friends of the' anti-option bill declared that It will certainly pass the Sen ate, and they claim to have the pledges of a majority of the Senators in its favor. In quiry among Senators to-day, however, has elicited information which tends to throw doubt upon the validity of this claim. Most of the Southern Senators, It is be lieved, will light the bill strenuously on ac count of its centralizing tendency and its alleged nnconstltutlonallty. The Senators from the New England and Middle States, as representing the sentiment of the great commercial communities, are supposed to be against the bill, and it Is not probablo that the Senators from the Central States will be indifferent to the wishes of such Im portant business centers as Chicago, Mil waukee, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Detroit, Toledo and Indianapolis. Tbe Republicans of the House are count ing on the defeat of the New Mexico and Ailzona admission bills bv the Republican Senate, but they may hnve forgotten the independent proclivities of the group of silver Senators. If Senators Stewart, Toller, Wolcott, etc., could count on the adhesion to the silver cause of the four new Senators from New Mexico and Arizona, they might vote to lee them in, even though they might be Democrats, as they undoubtedly would be. THE BUY IN C0NOBESS. Both Honsps Pat in Their Time Listlessly, but Do Some Work. WAsniKOTOJf, Juno 7. In the Houso this morning the agricultural appropriation bill was reported by Mr. Hatch, ol Missouri, and placed upon tbe calender. The House went Into committee of the whole (Mr. McCreary, of Kentucky, in the clmir) on the urgent deficiency bill. The bill appropriates $7, 074,332 for payment of pensions and $14,000 for miscellaneous expenses of the Honse of Representatives. Aftora statement by Mr. Dingley, of Maine, that while theie was an apparent deficiency of about $7,500,000 for payment of pensions there was an unex pended balance of $8,500,000, the committee rose and the bill was passed. Mr. McRae, of Arkansas, called up as a privileged question "a bill amending the act of September 29, 1890, to foricit certain lands grunted for pui pose of aiding in tho construction of rail loads." The House, without disposing of the bill, adjourned. Mr. Peffer, In tbe Senate, gavo notice that ho wonld on Monday next address tho Sen ate on the bill Introduced by him to increase the currencv. The Senate then proceeded to consider the diplomatic and consular ap propriation bill, which was passed. Several bills on the calendar were coitsideied and passed. SLOAN FOB. C0NGEESS, Nominated by the Enthasl.istlo Democracy of Indiana Connty. Indiana, Pa., June 7. Specia'. The Democratic Convention of Indiana county mot here to-day. Thomas H. Maher, of Blalrsvllle, was elected permanent ohalr nian. A. K. Stonebnck, a Justice ol tho Peace at Black Lick, was elected connty chairman, and county officers were nomi nated. Captain II. K. Sloan, of Indiana, was unanimously nominated for Congress; K. Franklin Sonson nnd. Wood Clark, of Indi ana, and D. B. Krysfer, of Mahoning town ship, were elected Senatorial conferees. Captain SI 0.111, alter being notified of his nomination, entered tho convention and de livered a strong Democratic speech. TBACY BEEAKFASTS WITH BUSS B. And Then Reaffirms His Belief That Harri son Will Bo Renominated. New York, June 7. Special. Secretary Tracy returned to Washington on tho Penn sylvania limited to-day, after repeating his statement that ne believed President Harri son would be renominated. This he said after breakfasting with Russell B. Harrison at the Gllsey House. Tho knowledge that Bussell was not In Minneapolis may have been partly respon sible for Secretary Tracy's hopeful view of tbe situation, though he did not sav so. The Secretary refused to discuss the possibility of his succeeding to Mr. Blnliio's shoes in the State Department. He said he was not In AVnshlngton when Mr. Blaino resigned, and was unacquainted with the situation. ISOLATED HOSPITALS NEEDED. Action Taken by lha National Convention of State Boards of Health. Laxsino, Mich., Juno 7. At the eighth an nual national conference of the State Boards of Health, in session here, a resolution has been adopted giving as the unanimous opin ion of the conference that in all places In which diphtheria, smallpox or scarlet fever nre liable to occur isolation hospitals should be kept constantly ready for patients. Firteen States and the Provinces of Que bec nnd Ontario are represented in the con ference. OLD VESUVIUS BESTLES3. Its Eruption Growing Pronounced, Accom panied br Earthquake Shocks. Naples, June 7. The eruption of Monnt Vesuvius, which has not been noticeable for some timo past, is' now very greatly in creased in quantity. Large quantities of lava ai e issuing through and flowing through the Cavalhi ravine. At noon to-day an earthquake shock was felt In the town of San Severo. The motion was undutetory. For a timo the residents were panic stricken, but no damage had been done. B0BEBTS GOING TO EUB0PE. The Results of His Trip May Stir Up the Viinderblltwhnd the Reading. Philadelphia, June 7. Special. Georgo B. Roberts, of the Pennsylvania Railroad, now in the West, has arranged 'to go to Europe tho latterpart of June on business for his company. There are predictions among leading rail road men In Philadelphia that this means a financial mission whose ultimate aim may prove very interesting to the Vanderbiits and that other formidable combination, the new Reading Railroad system. DEATHS HKEE AND ELSEWHERE. Kov. W. F. Hayes, Newark, O. Kev. W. P. Hayes, rector of St Francis DeSales Church, Newark. O.. died at Ncwbern. N. C, Monday, where he had gone for his health. The funeral will taitenUce In Newark, and the body will be taken to Pittsburg, his for mer home, for burial. Obltoary Notes. Axatolb DE LA Foboe. a French Journalist, author ami Member of the Chamber of Deputies, is dead. He was horn nprll 1, 1821. 189a TflEJSWJMEN PLEAD. A Strong Appeal for Female Snffrage) Be fore the National Convention Woe to the Nation That Denies Them lbs Right to Yotr, Say Ihry. Minneapolis, June 7. No convention is complete in these enlightened days without the Woman's Suffrage movement coming to the front for agltationand the Tenth Re publican National Convention is no excep tion to the rule. The following memorial has been presented to the convention and a 'delegation has asked for a hearing before tho Committee on Resolutions: Respected Members ofthe ReDublicsn Convention; We come representing the Federal Suf frage Association, a society composed of In fluential men- and earnest workers, organ ized to secure for every citizen of the United States full, complete and perfect representation. We ask the great Repub lican parly, with its political machinery, its grand numbers and its inspiring history, to put itself on record as willing to maintain the dignity of United States citizenship and to establish the right of equal representa tion for all. I need not remind yon that this cannot be accomplished while more thnn half the citizens are dlsiranchised, noryet while citizens, both native born and natur alized, are governed by aliens men who yet have nothing at stake in the country.who do not speak our languaze, whose names are neither on our tax rolls or our cohsns lists, and whose only claim is based on a resi dence of six months or one year in some frontier district. Dangers of Spurious Suffrage. "Yon know bettor than I the deplorable condition, resulting from our indiscriminate and unjust suffi ago laws, nnd no 0110 has more fitly characterized it than your own great ropresentatlvo, Mr. Ingalls,' when. In the Senato of the United States, ho desoiilied our Republic as in itumcdlnto and terrlblo danger from 'ignorant, debased, degraded and spurious suffrage; suffrage contami nated by the sen age ot decayed nations: suffrage impure and corrupt, apathetic and indifferent in the great cities of the north.' But It is not spurious suffruge alone that threatens ns. It Is legal suffrage: It 1b the diverse, inconsistent, absurd and unropnb llcan qualifications lor he voter, prescribed by the different States, that is depriving citizens of their sovereignty and putting in peril-Republican institution's. If thesuffrage is corruot, what have we that is secure? The vote is thegeim cell out of which, by de velopment, combination and extension, all onr legislative bodies and the varied and complex departments of our Government are firmed. When the security of the ballot, or the security of the voter in its use Is threatened, our representative Government is attacked in its most vital point. If tho suffrage Is corrupt, national life is corrupt and rotten to its core; if it Is debased, onr freedom Is lost, for it is by votes that free men rclo. No other rights can be protected if the right of snffrnge is lost, and upon maintaining the suffrage inviolate depends the liberation of tho individual citizen and the permanency of the Government. They Scent Peril for the N .tlon. You may not have considered that, by declaring the voting line at sex, yon give the balance of the power to the lower class, while the State is deprived of somo of the best thought and most disinterested patriot ism or our age. The inconsistency, the in justice, the folly and the danger of franchis ing the poor honse, the jail and tho liquor saloon while you franchise the Church, the school and tho home Is too apparent to need argument. No government can long survive that prefers as the voter, the Ignorant and the vicious, to the intelligent and the con scientious. Onr representative Governmentis In peril, and the Republican party is nsked to save the nation. Will you'tio It? Already your party has. in part, committed itself to suffrage reform, forat your last National Con vention you adopted a platform which affirmed "The supreme and sovereign right of every lawful citizen to cast one free ballot in public election nnd to have that ballot duly counted." Will you not no nf Now so de fine tho word citizen that the whole world shall understand that yon advocate the right of all Inuful cltiz -ns of the United States, regardless of ex or nationality, to protect themselves, their homes and their country by ballot. When suffrage is made one of tho inalienable rights of the citizen, citizenship will be crowned with honor, for it will mean the right to "Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," and the power to protect these at the ballot box. Grander than the boast of the Roman citizen, "1 was free born," will he the proud endowment of the person who can say: "1 am a citizen of the United States, and as such I rise above all superficial and accidental distinctions of birth, condition, nationalttv or sex. I am n child of God, endowed with all tho liberty or the human being." Feinxto Suffrage nas Big Backing. Will the Republican party to-day an nounce Itself as the standard bearer of equal representation for all United States citizens, and, taking as your own the motto of Wal lace, "God's arms, patriots," make way for the establishment of a true republic. By tak ing your stand for Justice to all you plant yourselves upon principles that are ever lastingly true and abiding. You will take your position as the advance guard of prog ress and reform, and you will prepare for victory at tho polls in November, 1892. In proof otthis I can bring you the certified in uoisementof woman's stiffrase bv 100 nosts ofthe G. A. R., tho Trade and Labor Assem bly of Chicago, tho unions of Federation of Labor thioughont Illinois, the lodges of the F. M. B. A., the Farmers Alliance and the Industrial Union, the Knights of Labor in all representing over a million voters to whom you cannot afford to be indifferent, also several millions of women gathered in the various woman's suffrage, temperance and other reformatory organizations, who, though thoy havo no votes, have influence enthusiasm nnd eloquence, nnd all these are needed in a political campaign. The party that has the women is the party that will succeed. Consider also that the smaller parties Problliitlou, People's, Labor, etc. include a large number of voters who are there because of their In dorsement of these principles of human equality. And the party that has for its rallying cry, "Equal rights lor every man and woman citizen on the continent" Is tho party that will rouse tho people and gain the victory. God giant that It maybe tho Republican party. The action without rep resentation is tyranny to-day the same as In tho early history of onr country. Tho suc cessful party ot the future Is the one of Just nnd human irarian piiuclple', because God and the angels nre oontoadlng for the right. The Golden Rule hat. a wonderful meaning, and we ask for Its recognition. . We do not appeal to your compassion: we do not ask for favors, wo simply nppeal for Justice, and that for the sake of your own success and the safety of tho nation. Tho above is signed by ex-Senator M. B. Castle, Sandwioh. Ills., President: Rev. Olympla Biown, Vioo President; J. H. Dovo, Trcasurei: Mrs. S. M..C. Perkins, Chairman Executive Committee, officers of "the Fed eral Suffrage Association of tho United States. TWO IMPEBIAL VISITS. That at Keil Is Formal and Compulsory That at Nancy Is More Than Cordial. Paris, Juno 7. Tho demonstrations nt Nancy and the unexpected visit of Grand Duke Constantine, brother of the Czar, to President Carnot, are looked upon ns being of the greatest importance in diplomatic circles, especial" v in view of the fact that the Czar selected the date of his meeting with Empoior William to send the Grand Duke to see President Cnrnot. Tho Pe.it Journal contrasts the eagerness with which tho Grand Dnku hastened to greet President Carnot with tho delay of the Czar In loturn ng iy n compulsory visit ot politeness the Emperor's visit to ifim. Tho GaulaU says the visit of the Grand Duke to President Carnot Jias removed all ground for ambiguity as to the relations be tweon France and Russia. Tho Czar is stead fast in his sentiments us expressed at Crun sladt. Xn Lantern' says: "Arter the Grand Duke's visit the Emperor may ct) to Kiel and beg the Czar to shako hands with htm. The French will know bow to estimate the interview between the Emperor and the Czar." PENNSYLVANIA'S DELEGATION To the Chicago Convention Will Be Corn plot' d by tha State Committee. Harrisburq, June 7. Special. Tho State Democratic Committee will meet here Thursday next. The call for tho-meeting will probably De issued to-morrow by State Chairman Wright, who has returned iroma trip to Chicago, where he arranged for the quarters of the Pennsylvania delegation. The meeting nrthe committee is to complete the list of delegates fiom Pennsylvania to the National Convention. In tho Beaver Lawrencu district tho deleates to the re cent State Convention have been unable to agree upon National delegates. Delegates to represent that district will now be chosen by the State Committee, under a resolution passed by the State Convention. -Idney Dillon Still Sinking. New York, June 7. Special-It was said at Sidney Dillon's house late to-night that he is very weak and that it seemed as if his death is only a question of a few hours. .,..,. . , v-i--?, -rt ,n- -.,---. ; THE B1IRKUP COP Presented to Ker. Dr. George T. Purves by the Congregation or the First Presby- rerian Church Another Performance by tbe Tneiday Night Club. The farewell reception to Dr. and Mrs. George T. Purves, tendered Dy the First Presbyterian Church congregation, of Wood street, last night, was a very enjoyable occasion. While the congregation is very sorry to loose their able pastor they felt that their duty was to lighten the parting with a little festivity. Tbe doors were thrown open at 7 o'clock and the reception lasted until 1L The reception was held In the lecture hail, which was profusely decorated with tropical plants' nnd draperies. The Gnemrt Orchestra furnished dellghtfnl music, and refreshments were served by trained waiter.-, and the ladles who have formerly done this work were at liberty to enjoy themselves. The invitation was not confined to tho congregation, but extended to all of Dr. Purves' friends, and. notwith standing the inclement weather, tbe lecture room was comfortably filled. Dr. Pnrves recently received an enthusi astic call froiu the Theological Seminars-at Princeton, and, although loth to leave the .congregation and his hosts of Iricnds, he felt In duty bound to accept the call, and left the congregation nothing to do but to acoept his resignation. The gathering, j-y-ful yet sorrowing at the loss ot their pator, who has made himself dear to so many, had a very pleasant time, nnd at tho hour of 11 regretfully said the tartlng words and dis persed. Dr. and Mrs. Purves leave immedi ately lor their new home in the East. On Priday evening the Tuesday Xight Club will give a performapoe in the Pitts burg Clnb Theater or Heurey J. Byron's three-act comedy, "Not Such a Fool as He Looks." The cast Is as follows: Mr. Daniel Murgatrcyil, sollcltor'ana moneylender, Mr. Haworth; Frederick Qran ley, his dor , Mr. Robinson; Sir Mrmn Simple, his ward. Mr. Phillips; Mr. Mold, his messenger, Mr. Grif fin; Captain Marfctr, his client, Mr. Corcoran; Faicia Craven, his niece. Miss Watson; Mr Morton. Miss Ballev; Mr". Mo'd, Murgutroyd's washerwoman. Miss Mary Guthrie. This wtll be the first appearand! behind the foot lights or Me-srs. lluworth Robinson and Griffin and Mlssos Watson and Guthrie. Mr. Phillips, who ii'umo( tne charaoter of tfir SimcnStmpl , has already won much favora ble comment for his clover delineation of character. Members of the Brotherhood of St. An drew will hold a mass meeting in Trinity Episcopal-Church, Sixth avenue, this even ing, when the Bishop of Pittsburg will pie side. Addresses 011 Brotherhood work: among men will bo made by Rev. Rogers Israel, rector of Christ Church, Meudville, and Mr. H. M. Clarke, of Christ Church, Tidioute. Social Chstter. New Cyclorama Park is being rapidly made Into just as lovely a spot as the city parks that surround it, and the indications are that the auditorium and park will be crowded next Fildav night on the occasion ofthe first of the promenade concerts th.it will be given by the Great Western Military Band. The preliminary contest for the gold medal for elocution took plnce yesterday in Jit. St. Mary's Collesre, Emmitsburg, Md. Dennis Behan and John 'J- Gordon, uf this city, were among the successful contestants who will enter tbe final contest June 21. The Church of the Epiphany, Bellcvue, has elected tho following vestry: W. W. McCandless, Senior Warden; L. M. Bulger. Junior Warden; E. G. Whitman, Treasurer; E. O. Cullow, Secretary: W. J. Patterson, Edwin Logan and James A. Bradley. The ladies of tho Nixon Street Baptist Church, Allegheny, will serve strawberries) and Ice cream to-morrow and Friday even ing for the entertainment of their friends and to swell the fund for a new church. The third annual meeting or tho Children's Aid society of Western Pennsylvania will be held to-morrow morning in the Dispens ary building. Sixth avenue. The Ladies' Aid Society of tbe Unlversal Ist Church will hold a strawberry and Ice cream festival in Curry University Hall to morrow evening. THE HIJiL CAUCUS IX NtW YORK. The funeral of David B. nil! at the Hoff man House was largely overshadowed by the news from Minneapolis; but It was n weird and wonderful occasion. New York Advertiser. David Hill's grip upon tbe Democratic machine of the State appears to be firmer than some observers have supposed. It was stated with authority that Hill will not keep his name to the front at Chicago a moment after It shall be seen that his nomination is out of the question. New York Tribune. The New York delegation to the Chicago convention swore allegiance to Hill again yesterday because there has been for some time a shrewd suspicion that Tammany Hnll was preparing to drop Hill and take up some other man. In Febrnary, Hill was a very hopeful candidate. In June he Isa withered rose. New York Press. The caucus of the midwinter convention delegates to Chicago at the Hoffman House Monday evening resolved, with one dissent ing vote, to stand by Mr. Hill as the choice ofthe Democrats of New York for the Presi dency. They will vote for him as long as he allows his name to stand before the conven tion. New York Recor 'er. TnE resolution adopted at Monday night's meeting of the delegates to Chicago simply places upon Senator Hill tho responsibility of deciding how long his name shall be used to prolong a contest in the National Con vention after it shall be made plain that he cannot be nominated. It is not to De sun- posed that he will allow his candidacy to prolong tbe contest New York World. There aro plenty of indications that it is going to be pretty hard work for this ma chine delegation to hold itself np, even by getting together to Instrnct itself, until It can get out of Chicago, where it is to put in an appearance on Juno 17. It is ahont all there is left of the nill party, and It has to count Itself and tie itself together once in a while to keep from going to pieces. Nao York Times. THE KAJOBIIY FOE AMALGAMATION. Two Beports on the Subject Submitted to the Reformed Cliarch Synod Asbcbt Park. N. J.. June 7. Tho General Synod of the Reformed Church In America resumed its biislness.meetlngs to-day. The Sunday School Committee recommended that the Christian Endeavor and other yonng people's societies receive ecclesias tical recognition. This was agreed to. The report of the Committee on tho Feder ation of German Reformod and Dutch Re formed denominations was presented and precipitated a lively dobate. The majority report showed that of the 31 classes of the Dutch church 18 were In favor of consolida tion and six were opposed to the scheme. The report recommended that the two branches of the Church be united. Several of tbe members of the committee opposed amalgamation and submitted :i minority re port that several of tho classes which had voted favorably on the question had done -o conditionally. The friends of tho proposed federation were in the majority, but. in deference to tho opponents of the scheme, action on the report was deterred until to morrow afternoon. Humane Agent O'Brien Ignored. Beaver Falls, June 7. fpecial- The cel ebrated cuttle case brought by Humane Agent O'Brien against certain rnrmera In Sewicklcr township nas presented to the Grand Jury nt Beaver yesterday, but was Ignored by that body. It is said that several farmers who practiced dchoriiiug were on the Jury. Emmons Blaine's Sly Hint. Philadelphia Record. Emmons Blaine, being asked if his father would nccept, replied, unhesitatingly: "It does, indeed, look liku rain." His answer blended tact and fact; and withal it was a sly hint to. the doubtlul delegates to come in out of tho wet. An Exa triple for Future Statesmen. Louisville Conrier-Journal.i Let all statesmen. In fnture, imitate tho brevity of the President and Mr. Blaine in their correspondence of last week. Brevity is the soul of statesmanship as n ell as tbe soul of wit. A Rich Yeln ot Coppnr Fomid. Ottbat, Col., Jnne 7. A new and rich ore body has been discovered In the Midnight mine. The ore is gray copper, native and brittle, and is of a richer character than any yet found. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. Forty-nine per cent of the days la Lon don are wet. Naturalists say that a single iwallow will devour 6,000 flies in a day. The Chinese gardeners are tha most ex pert fruit-growers In tho world. A German scientist holds that It it from meteors that all onr diamonds como. It is now the fashion In New York high 8ocietytohlre altars for uso at homo wea. dlags. A Eussian can plead infancy for a long time, as he does not come of age until he is 26 years old. Foreign physicians are now experiment ing with frog lymph as a preventive of hydropnobla. A San Francisco publisher has adopted a nlckel-ln-the-slot machine through which. to sell his papers. In some species of the sheep it takes 1,500 of their hairs laid, side by side to cover an inch on tbe rule. A German scientist has proved that the character or their food affects the color of the plumage or birds. From the beginning to the end ot the War or the Rebellion there wero 268,000 deser tions from the Union armies. The speed of the fastest railway is not much more than half that of the golden eagle's flight. The bird often makes 140 miles an hour. So light is the spider's web that a pound weight of It will reach around the world and then leave enough to reach from New York to San Francisco. Dnring the past year 1,057 destructive flres havo been caused Dy illnmlnants lighted with matches, while electricity has only caused 52 conflagrations. Scientists estimate that every year a layer equal to 14 feet deep of tho surface of all oceans and other bodies of water is tukea up into tbe atmosphere as vapor. The Red Sea is for the most part- bice. It gets its name from the fact that portions of it are covered by minute animalcula which die the surface of tbe water red where they float. A Jersey cow at Huntsville, Ala., it is said, has broken the record n a rich milk producer, 6,029 pounds and 13 ounces of bat ter having already been made, with four more days to end her year's test. A single grain of musk has been known to perfume a room for 20 years. At .the low est computation that grain of mnsk must have been divided into 320,000,000,000,000 par ticles, each of them capable of affectlDg the olfactory organs. Scarcely a month has elapsed since tbe concluding shipment of a plant, the first of its kind in the Celestial Empire, which will enable the Chinese to smelt their own iron, to roll their own rails, plates, bars, etc , of either iron or steel. A ray of light which would travel around the earth in about one-eighth of a second takes more than four hours to come from Neptune. For Alpha Centanri, the nearest fixed star, light makes the journey in Ave and one-halt years. The floating island in Satawga Lake, near the town of Whlttlngham, Vt., is justly regarded as one of the greatest curiosities in the Eastern States. It contains nbont 100 acres of fertile land, and Is sometimes found in one quarter of the lake and then again in another. An ingenious Belgian has patented a simple arrangement by which two blocks of cork can be securely clamped Into nn ordi nary horseshoe. The cork, it U claimed, lasts as long ns the shoe itseli, and renders slipping on greasy or frosty pavements im possible. The most beautiful crabs in the world are procured In the neighborhood of tho Farallono Ilands, off the Pacific coast. They are called "red rock crabs," and speci mens sometimes sell in the markets of San Francisco for from $3 to $10 eacb, merely for curiosities. An Astoria, S. F., fisherman has a tame sea lion, which follows his boat asa dog trots behind its master. Ho brongnt up a baby sea lion in n net one day dnring the fishing season, and the helpless little creature blccted so plaintively that he took It ashore "and cared for it. If the eyes are tired and inflamed from loss of sleep, by sitting up late or long travel, apply in the n?orning(SofC- white linen, drip ping w ith hot water as hot as vou can bear itiioaying the cloth upon tho lids. You will leel the eyes strong and free from pain and distress in half an hour. Frau Probsti, who enjoyed the distinc tion of being the heaviest woman In Eu rope, has Just died in Traubring, in Bavaria, at the age of 4L At her death sho weighed 550. and on account of her enormous weight it was impossible to carry her coffin from the first story of the house in which she lived. Consequently boards were put down the staircase, over which tbe coffin was slid. In ancient times lioman merchants ad vertised by criers, who announced the time, place and condition of sales. The crier wag often a man of wit and humor, who first gathered a crowd and entertained them, and then passed from pleasure tobulness. Papy rus leavrs or ancient Egyptians' advertise ments 3,000 years old have Been excavated, and nro now tho property of the British Museum. There are several instances on record of the complete destruction of whole regiments in ono battle. On September 8. 1813, Napo leon's Fifty-third Regiment perished to a man in storminir over tho Roman positions. On Jannary 6, 1S42, only CJ out of 14,500 British soldiers emerged alive at a battle fought near Jagdullnck. In November. 1883, tho whole army of Hicks Pasha, 11,000 strong, was cut to pieces near the Fifth Cataract of the River Nile. There are few things'more amusing than to watch a toad submitting to the oieration of aback-scratching. Ho will at first look somewhat suspiciously at the twig which you are advancing toward him. But after two or three passes down his back his man ncr undergoes a marked change, his eyes cloe with an expression of infinite raDtnre, he plants his feet wider apart and his body swells out to nenrly doable its ordinary size, as if to obtain by these means more rooinfoi enjoyment. It was demonstrated recently for the first time that thero is gold in the worlds oJ space as well as npon our own globe. IV. II. Turner, a geologist of Washington, t months ago made a marvelous And during an exploring Journey in the hill country ol Calaveras, where he discovered a meteoric stone tho size of a man's fist It was covered and flecked throughout with gold. Thes flecks scattered through the body of the meteorite disposes of the objection that it may have been gold plated after falling tc tbe earth. JOKES FOR THE JOYIAL. Citizen (to beggar) Yon are totally deaf, you say? "Yes. sir." "I can't understand that." "Probably not. I're no donbt that It's difllcnl for yon to realize that I can't hear a word that vol say." Hew Turk Herald. Keader (to editor) Here's a fine artieh on spiritualism. Editor (magazine) -Accept It, but hold It till thi author dies: then send him a check on publication. Atlanta Constitution. He rose at early dawn one day And hastily began to dress. Because his wife was going to catch The afternoon express. Detroit Free Prfsi. De Footlights Variety is the spice 0 life. De Foyer Yes: but I prefer the ballet. BrooUyi Eagle. ' Assistant I'm sorry to say, sir, that an other genuine poem got In by mistake this monta Magazine Editor Heavens! You're mad to s it t Any news from our readers? Assistant Oue sudden deatli and six prostrate by the ihock. Atlanta Constitution. 'Gainst poverty he had to fight; For any land of diet He had a splendid appetite. Bat naught to satisfy it. In seeking wealth snecesa h met. Bat mark his woeful plight; Whate'er he fancies he can get. Bat has no appetite. SUB Tori: mis Toangly Love often compels people' do very silly things. Cynlcos Yes, makes them marry sometlmes. Sew York Herald. "I felt so cheap dnring the ceremony,' confessed the bride to her dearest friend. Whv, my dear?" "Because pa gave me away. Detroit Prts Prtti tvAj&t,.. 'Lrii' j&kc &Sua.-dSs5.'vS xtOJitBtihiL rw-
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