TE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, SATURDAY, JUNE 11. V1899L BLAINE AND- HARRISON, As T. C. CRAWFORD Sees Them, -is- TO-IOBROW'S DISPATCH. A choice selection of Literary and Special Features: Cal. Brice on the Situation, By FRANK G. CARPENTER. The Writers of Washington, By W. A. CROFFTJT. Patriotism of the Mormons, By DELEGATE CAINE. Delects of the World's Fair, By ONE OF THE OFFICERS. Outing Places ol Paris, By IDA M. TARBELL. Bicycles in the Army, By AN OFFICER. A Queer African People, By DR. ABBOTT. Objector Holnian's Golden Wed ding, By J. D. CREMER. Best Story ot the Jay, By DORA RUSSELL. INTERESTING LOCAL FEATURES : Progress of the .Sloyd System in Pitts burg Schools. Ch.ef Evans onEarly Fire Fighters. 'Cyclers' Pitfalls in City Streots. Loiters of Lovers at the Segister's Office. Bessie Bramble on Adulterated Food. And a Sermon by Rev. George Eodges. CONVENTION GOSSIP, And All the News, Local, Telegraphic and Cable. LEADING SPORTING PAPER. 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Includlnjrnnrtav. 1 rear. 10 00 II1 IirTrii. incltu'lngnmlav. 3m'ttis, IV) Jii lMsriTOi. Including undav, lin'th.. SO M-viv !Irvrrll One Year 150 FFKi1 I'rTi II. One Year IK Tin IH1I yIiistatcii l delivered try carriers at I. r ins ir e V. ir. Including tundaj Edition, at II iil jw vreek. I'lTT-nriM;. atckday. jcne n. its. TWELVE PAGES thi: mijm: wor.i, ticket. Tlie strujnle at Minneapolis is over. President Harrison is nominated by the Republicans for a second term, with WHtclawReid unanimous choice for Vice President Thai so bitter a struggle as this just ended should cause criticisms and regrets to minsle with the exultations of the vic tors is inevitable. But with the great ma iontj of the party any disappointment viill quickly give way to the reflection that it is the Republican policy which is at stake; and thej will rally to the sup port of that policy as earnestly as if there had been no fight oer the candidates. Such is the practical way of the people. It is wellit should be so. So long as the business interests of every shade are threatened by the persistent folly of the Democratic leaders in taking up with free trade doctrines, free silver folly and like cheap nostrums to catch votes, the sub stantial interests of the country require unflinching support of Republican prin ciples and Republican candidates in na tional contests. The ticket, Harrison and Reid, will there fore be vigorouslyand earnestly supported by the party and by all who believe that part 's policy the best for the country. The best evid"iice of this governing prin ciple in intelligent politics will probably be afforded by Pennsj ivania and Ohio whose totes were yesterday cast for other candidates, but whose interests are directly and vitally coupled with the suc cess of the Republican business policy now imoltedin the election of Harrison and R:d. Trom the personal antagonisms engen dered among such leaders as Piatt, Clark son and Quay, and from -the threatened defection of the free-silverites of the West, the Democratic managers may draw temporal- but delusive hope. The cam paign will doubtless be one of great warmth and unprecedented aclnity. But the tery fact that the Republicans know all this beforehand can only inspire them to greater effort than ever, and the wounds of sentiment, painful though they may be, will heal long before November. It is now a campaign for the sound, sensible and intelligent business policy of the Republicans as against the yyfld-cat-tmg vagaries of the Democratic leaders. In this battle the Republicans should win, as they did in 188S and as they deserve to win,.no matter what preferences or preju dices existed among them as to the. choice of standard-bearers. MARK 1 HERE HE STANDS! Whatever may have been the sentiment of individuals as to the most eligible man to select as a Presidental candidate, the Republican party and a very large por tion of those unattached to any political organization will prof oundly regret the re tirement of James G. Maine from pub lic life. It is reported as probable that he will not return to Washington as a visitor, but will either go abroad or retire to peaceful life in his home in Maine If this be true or not, the country loses its greatest public man, one whose torch illumined whatever was dark before he came to it To say that his career is strikingly sim ilar to that of his great predecessor, Henry Clay, down to its apparent close, is but to call attention to a fact as familiar as it is singular. And, oh, the pity of it all I Foicefulin time of general weakness; positive and clear when others were in a fog of doubt; dignified and calm in a flip pant age; resourceful and commanding in the presence of the best trained mental forces of European diplomacy; a Colum bus in the discovery of new economic truths affecting his country's welfare, and a Tallejrand in putting them into success ful operation; an executive officer as cour ageous as fruitful of good results; an ora -tor and a philosopher he towers above the level of his day, and will remain a Colos sus in the memory of his country even though he be fallen. -WHERE riTTSBEKQ IS SOT SLOW. In less than five days from the receipt of the news of th" Oil Creek disaster Pittsburg and Allegheny City had con tributed 525,000 for the relief of the suf ferers. The good work is still going on, and our community will maintain lis leadership in that matter. There is still a large amount of money needed to buccor the destitute, and give those whose all has been swept away a chance to start life again. The generosity of the country has a safe field here in which to exercise liberality with the sure knowledge that it will all be applied to the amelioration of human suffering. It is a gratifying reflection that, while it may be a Pittsburg characteristic to be slow in adopting new commercial or social ideas, our community is always quick to respond when a crushing disaster calls for the aid of generosity. Pittsburg made a reputation for that quality a generation ago. during the war. Johnstown and the OU Region disaster bear witness that with all the changes that have taken place that quality of promptness and enercy where human s.iff-ring caHs for relief is unchanged. The growth in wealth and population has not dwarfed the warmth of sympathy and the readiness of generosity whenever there is need for these qualities. This is likely to remain a prominent trait ot our community. It has become one of the traditions that wherever there is destitution andsuffer.ng Pittsburg must be in the first rank of relief. That is a quality whi, all true Pittsburgcrs unite and hoping and believing, will ncer grow less. TJNNECESSAr.T PROOF. The Democratic House of Representa tives took occasion this week to puss under suspension of the rules bills to ad mit Arizona and New Mexico as States of the Union. One of these States-expectant has a population of about 60,000; the other of about 150,000. Both are of the char acter in which any increase of population may be offset by a decrease such as has reduced Nevada to the level of a rotten borough. The admission of territories under con ditions which afford no guarantee of growth to respectable statehood has already been demonstrated to be a politi cal vice. If carried, it will give a vote in these territories nearly eight times as much political effect as in the real States; and for the doubtful party gain of a few votes lii Congress or the electoral college assign several times as much political power to the advocates of free silver or similar issues, as the section is entitled to. The admission of States on this plan has been an especial vice of Republican legis lation. With that fact before it, the action of the House is evidently inspired by a determination to show that it can be just as bad as its predecessor. But that was unnecessary. The Demo cratic House has already convincingly proved that it is swayed by exactly the same low political motives in this respect as the Republican House which preceded it This additional demonstration was a work of supererogation. THE MORTALITY OF CITIES. A table of mortality in American cities' has just been published which gives a fair view of the respective claims of the various cities, and has a local application in showing the position. ot Pittsburg in the list According to these statistics the average death rate per thousand of popu lation in the cities named is as follows: Charleston 3i Pittsburg 51.3 Philadelphia 50.7 rhlcaei 19.6 Cleveland 19.2 Providence .1..19.2 Detroit IS 6 Iew Orleans : - Denver I6j New York 28.6 IrrnoMrn 24.3 Newark -t.l Washington 53.7 Biltlmore S3 3 Jtostnn 22.) bin Francisco 22 8 St Louis 18.3 Mllnaul.ee 17.9 ltochehter. J7.8 Kansas Cltv. lfi.R ClnclniMtl .... Louisville..... .-3 Indianapolis 16 2 .21. 9!Mlnnea polls 14.7 In this table some interesting and im portant deductions are afforded. The high death rate of Charleston and New Orleans is known to be due to bad climate and worse sanitary arrangements. The claim of Dener to be a health resort seems to be badly shattered by its third place in the list; but a portion of its high death rate may be due to the presence of invalids who have gone there seeking health. It is a singular fact that the At lantic cities, with two exceptions, are in the half of the list with the higher mortality, while the river climate does not appear to bn exceptionally unhealthfuL Even St. Louis, w hich has not had a rep utation for health, is below the average. Another important deduction is that the cities with'the lowest death rates are those which have lately attained municipal prominence, and tbelr health is fairly at tributable to having availed themselves of the most modern sanitary science. It is noticeable that Pittsburg occupies a middle posjtion in the list Twelve cities have a higher death rate, and eleven a lower. Our rate is, however, slightly above the average of all the cities, which Is 20.9! While it is satisfactory to be so near the average, it must be recognized that our-position is not as good as it should be. With its excellent opportunities for drainage and its elevated suburbs Pitts burg should be- one of the healthiest cities in the country. There is no reasoniwliy such flat cities as Cleveland, Chicago, De troit, St Louis, or Indianapolis should have less mortality than ours. With the example of what Kansas City and Minne apolis have been able to effect by the best system of sanitation Pittsburg should per ceive how to reduce her mortality. THE DUTY OF PENNSYLVANIA. The formal expression of the Republi can Convention practically eliminates in Pennsylvania personal preferences and individual judgments as to a Presidental candidate,. ' Benjamin Harrison for the second time however criticised in other respects has become a champion of those great eco nomic principles concerning tariff, reciprocity and financial legislation, which are at once the foundation and the glory of the Republican party. He was not by any means Pennsylvania's choice for the Presidency yesterday, but he is the representative of its interests to day by reason of the platform of his party. " "" Pennsylvania, it is needless to say, is absolutely safe for a candidate on such a platform and needs no second thought It is her duty, therefore, to aid to the utter most in those States which are uncertain quantities, but where the tariff is a grow ing issue and a more positive factor in the public weal as industries spring up and grow. THE LAKE AND TIDEWATER CANAIi The House Committee has reported a bill for th6 survey of a waterway from the lakes to the Hudson. The plan at present includes a canal around Niagara Falls on the American bide, and another from Lake Ontario to the Hudson. The preliminary estimate of the cost of such a waterway with twenty feet of depth is 5110,000,000. The commercial value of such a caual will he much better worth the sum named to the people of the United States than the Nicaragua Canal will be worth the $100,000,000 which it is proposed that the Government shall give tq, the Nicaragua Canal project But, as one of the import ant functions- of the canal will be as a military waterway in case of war, it is im possible to overlook the chief defect of this line in its proximity to the frontier. A canal during a war has the same de fect as the railway m being quickly crip pled by a comparatively small force of the enemy and the greater one of being much less easily repaired. A single gap in its banks may disable long stretches of the waterway. If the canal is located far from the frontier, it is practical to guard it against any force that can reach it in dis guise. But, if it is within reach of raids in force sufficient to occupy its banks for an hour, its value will be simply nothing after a war has been in progress for a few months. The proposed line is not only subject to this objection for a large part of its course from Lake, Ontario to the Hudson; but the canal around Niagara Falls has little security from the fact that it is on the American side. It will, if war should break out, be in exactly thesams category as the Wetland. Both will be at the con trol of the, power that best carries out Forrest's maxim of war, to "get thar fust, with the most men." The Ohip River and Lake Erie canal, together with the improvement of the rivers, represents both commercial im portance and military security. The pro posed lake and tidewater canal represents commercial value; but it is well worth the inquiry whether another line might not present that quality equally with much greater security, if it should ever be needed for War. . Democratic difficulties would be a good de.il lessened by Hill's withdrawal, as rumored, and denied. But the obstacles in herent to tlielr cano will still be more than enough to overwhelm the so-called tariff re formers. Some interesting statistics as to the mar ket pi ice of Southern delegates to Minneap olis are to be expected. Monet is pouring in for the Oil Creek sufferers, hut its speed has by no means equaled that of tlio disastrous water, nor have tlie funds yet reached the high water mailc necessary to tide over the destruc tion. The love of money is the root of all evil, and it was the source of a good deal of root ing at Minneapolis. It is still more than possible that Coun cilsthough of course they own tne city as a whole may be taught that theie are prop erty owners on Market street who know how to pi eserve tbat little corner from invasion. Theise was a plenty of horns last .night, and a lioin of plenty is the fitting token for Protection. We lost two games to Brooklyn yester day, and we went down two places on tlie list. Pittsburg might really attain and hold a decent position if the weather would only be kind enough to play any more games. Friday seems to be Harrison's day, but it was unlucky enough for a good many other people. Ticket purchasers at Minneapolis feel injured'tbat they received so little lor their money. Delegates, on the otber hand, are many of them regretting that they did not ask a bijrger pi ice for tbelr votes. FOB noisiness without any definite en thusiasm the city was unsurpassed last night. Those Ted and white umbrellas used heretofore as political badges by tbe Cincin nati Blaine Club must have been nselul to delegates left out in the wet yesterday. THE Republican nominations have been made, but there is still apiomlseof more rain. Chicago's Democratic Wigwam is to be roofed with canvas. Tho whole cloth ap pearance will tally well with the fabrica tions known as Democratic statistics. Blaine's name was not withdrawn after all, and he, stayed to the end. That anti-option bill should not be counted before it is Hatched. It stands a good chance of getting addled bofore it is disposed of. Blaine had the thunder, but the light ning struck UaTrison. The Minneapolis Convention wasted plenty of time over preliminaries, but it got thiough the balloting in short enough order. Repitblican dark horses may now be sent to grass. The nomination has been disposed of, and now conies the real seilous campaign business of parades and red fire. Hebe endeth the first ballot! The streets of Pittsburg last night looked as though they had mistaken Friday lor Saturday, only more so. Found Dead la Bed. Henderson Ross, for SO years a boss pud dlerln tbe Clinton mill, was found dead in bed yesterday morning at his home, Nn. 18 West Carson stieeu He was 63 years of aze and leaves a family of grown children. His death Is attributed to heart disease. EDITORIAL VIEWS OP IT. Made- tbe Host of His Opportunities. The New York Sun (Dem.) will say to-morrow: "President Harrison is nominated for a second term, as the tesult of bis own persistent seeking and by means of the free use of the opportunities of the office he holds. His campaign was ably planned, splendidly managed and fiimly and courageously con ducted to the end at Minneapolis. Tlie old guard of his army in the convention was a horde of Federal officeholders, led by Fed eral officeholders, and inspired with the zeal born of benefits received and fnsteied by tho hope of favors yet to come. But for the offlceholding delegates and tile delegates secuiedby the use of Fcdeial patronage at the South, the Hon. Benjamin Harrison would not be the candidate of his party. The success or General Harrison's campaign, directed from the White House in his dwn inteiest, is a public misfortune. It will impel and encourage every President of the second, or third, or fonith rate of ability to make a desperate struggle to retain the power which he has once gained by political accident. It illustrates with uncommon force the dangers pointed out by William Henrv Harrison in his inaugural luldross. When this coirupting passion,' paid that raze and honest old patiiot, 'once takes possession of the human mind, like the love of gold ,it becomes insatiable. It is the never-dying worm in hl bosom, grows with hl giowth and stiengthens with the declining yeais ot its victim.' The woim took possession of the breast of William Henry Hal rison's gi andson long ago, and now the worm has prevailed. It would be folly for Democrats to under estimate an antagonist who has maniiested such consummate political ability and steadfastness in the campaign jutended, and who can and will piomoto his re-election by a masterly use of the same agencies as have been employed in the preliminary con test for a lenominatlon." Only Lincoln find,. Grant Excepted. THENewYork Tribune (Ron5.) will Bay to moriow: "Meilt wins. Tho people recog nize and gladly toward faithful and effec tive service. In 60 years, no President, ex cepting Llnocln and Grant, has rendered by wise administration suoh exceptional ser vice to the people as to socure re-election. All the effoits of zealous fi lends would have been of no avail had not the Repub lican millions believed that President Har rison; by really rare sa.-acitr, fidelity and firmness had deseired at their bands ex ceptional confidence and honor. Under no other Piesident have American commerce Atnoiican industry and tbe prosperity of tho American people made such progro9s, and the nation rightly judges that triumphs in peace are no less worthy of lauiels than triumphs in war. The President has givr n to the country a clean administration, and the people care moie for that than for the satistaction ni political aspirants or man ageis. Under his safe leadership financial difficulties of the gravest kind have been surmounted, so that the nutlon's cicdit stands higher than evei at the moment when his clitics have predicted that its tieasury would be bankrupt. American industiyhns noei received such protection, not Ameri cin laboi sncli recompense, as under Presi dent Hairison, and a Jut people, not with holding full cicdit fiom Conu'iess or from the late Secretary of State, honors the Presi dent for timely and effective work for pro tection and l eciprocity. No other President has stood more fiimly for purity and fioe elom of the suffrage, and millions of Ameri can citizens beln to realize that, with Gov ernors like Hill In Now York, and Abbett, in New Jcrsev, the citizen will need national piotection in his most sacred rights." His T)erent Would Have Bern Disastrous. The Philadelphia Press (Mop.) savs: "The re nomination of President Harrision, though it was confidently expected, is none the less gratifying. If his hold upon the delegates had been weaker or the direction of his following had been less sagacious the machine methods and sharp practice of the skilled politicians who were stiaining every nerve and exhnustins every resouice against him might have defeated him. A defeat so compassed n ould havo marked a sad day lor tbe Republican paitv. No mat ter who might have been named liv the opposition, how fair his name or high his lame, a nomination so secured would have been tuintod. Its lecipient would have been regarded by the mass of Republicans as deeply indebted to a set of men whom they don't urcatly respect nor coidially tinst, and his candidacy would have been nnmpoied and weighted by the displeasing circumstances attending its origin." V.ctory Easier Under Blaine, Thi Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette (Rep.) speaking of the opponents of Harrison, says they wero honest in their pieferences, and adds: "Those who 24 hours ago weie for Alger, McKln.ey or Blaine are all now with one accord lor Benjamin Harrison. The Oomme- cial-Gaz'tte would have preferred the nomination of James G. Blaine. Under his leadership, In our opinion, the victory in November might havo been easier. Victory is no less certain under thelead orPresldent HairNon, simply beating in mind thp suc ceBfnl campaign oflSSSand the magnificent administration of affairs duiing tlie cast four years, we candidly and iionestlvsay'the convention has made no mistake since." A Warnlne for the Other Ide. Tira New Yoik Herald (Ind.) will say: "When tho Republicans are divided by factional hostility, as they are to-day, there is greater need ot harmony among the Dem ocrats. If Harrison and Blaine see fit to split one party thci e is no reason why Cleve land and Hill should split the other. If they would both retire from tho race a Western man would cany New Yoik. Tnat would mean the inevitable defeat of Hani son. If neither Cleveland nor Hill sees this the convention at Chicago ought to see it and act accordingly." Won His Nomination Fairly. The Cleveland Leader (Rep.) -will say: "Harrison has shown himself a; skillful as a politician as he was known to be brave as a soldier and wise as a statesman. He won his nomination fairly against the most popular man in'-tho country, Blaine, in whose inteiests the shrewdest politicians were at work. Ho made one of the best of Pi esldents, showing rare wisdom, flimnest and Judgment, and tho Qua) s, Clarlcsonsnnd Platts who have gone down Defore him in a fair fight ou.-lit now to help him against the bouibon Democracy." Prosperity nnd Frogreu A stared. The Milwaukee Sentinel (Rep.) says: "Tho continuance of his (Harrison's) administra tion will be a positive assurance of the con tinual prosperity and progressive giowth of the nation, such as could not be obtained by the substitution in his place of any other person whatever. In choosing him to be Ins own successor, theielore, the convention did just what it was logically and in reason compelled to do, and the sober thought of his opponents even in the party will ap prove the action." Eliminated the Free Silver Factor. The Philadelphia Record (Dem.) thinks that "the nomination of Piesident Harrison will enforce tho obligation of the coming Chicago Convention to meet it with a candi- Sossessingin a gieater degieo the conflu ence of iho masses Oi the country. So far as the Republican party is concerned, the fiee silver factor has been eliminated from tho piesont political equation by the choice of Hariison." A Strong Candidate. TnE Philadelphia Timet (Dem.) thinks that Harrison is a strong candidate. .."Of that let all in interest take timely notice. He may be defeated. Indeed, tne chances aro more than equal that he will be beaten. But if he shall tail in the race it will be because of the weakness of the party's recoid and not because or the weakness of its candi date." Only the Disappointed Will Grumble. The Philadelphia Ledger (Rep.) says that only the carping, disappointed partisan or member of a faction will assume to doubt that the voice of the convention hich nom inated Mr. Harrison was the voice of the people, deliberately expressed after duo consideration of the manner in which he bad discharged the duties or the Tiesidency. An Intimation of Strife. Thi New York World (Dem.) says: "Mr. narrison is a much better representative of his party ideas than Mr. Blaine would ha vo been. How strong a candidate he will bo wo must wait to sec Mr. Blaine has friends of stanch loyalty and lonfj memoiios, and the issue between him and the President has left them resentful in an unusual degree. ' The Only Nominee After Blaine. Thi Philadelphia Inquirer (Rep.), whioh was all along for Blaine, says: "Tne Presi dent has seemed to us to be the only candi date if Mr. Blaine was not In the race. Therefore, we rejoice that the President is once more to lead the party to victory. Of his election there is no leasonable doubt. First, because ho has made a record that cannot be attacked in any way. Second, because he represents tbe Republican pai ty with its advanced ideas that are sure to win, and, third, because the Democracy Is hopelessly divided." TLYNH WAS INDICTED. Another Lair and Order Society Spy Deeper in tbe Mire. Tho grand Jury yesterday returned a true bill for pel forming a criminal operation against Thomas Flynn, alias McGee, another law and Order Society detective. The other true bills returned were: G. A LIgbtenheld, Frank Y. Batchelor, Mary Cndcr, Thomas Cook, James Crawford, Annie Cosgrove, Til lic Sltig, John Freyvogle, Joseph Hook, John Lenox, Joseph Fender, assault and battery: C. C. Lee, T. A. Rawley, forcible entry and detainer; John Owens, aggravated assault and battery: K. V. Mur lay, Charles Clark, Barney McMahon, felonious assault: Daniel Lamrcn' Isaac Har lison. Rosa Rosenwald, Richard Carney, Da vid Device. larceny: Patiick McDermott, embezzlement; Oliver Reed, William J. Smith, bunrlary; Dennis McAleer, malicious tiespasst'J. B Slllaman, Kliza Blown, Im morality; Frank Brannen, illegal liquor selling. The ignored bills were: Henry Reltzol, William J. Londerback, John F. Beckar, George M. Wasmuth, Chniles Kerr. Andy 'Jlnko, John Kiokau. S. B.Kennedy, William Gibbons, conspiracy: W. M. Smith, larceny by bailee; Isaac Gilbert, misdemeanor; Sam uel Cochenom, pointing firearms; W. F. Jone, Nuke Frank, assault. No return has been made by the grand Jury In the case against Auditor John Mc Kirdy, of Allegheny, which .was heard on Thursday. PK0M0T1.NG PUPILS. Sinking Important Chinges in the Exami nation of fichotars. The Committee gn Examinations of the Central Boaul of Education met yesterday afternoon. With leterenco to the ptomo tlon of pupils fiom grade to grade in the academical departments, Pror. Woods of fered a plan that suggested: "All pupils who make a yearly recitation average ot 80 per cent or ovor in any study may be excused from examination in that branch, and the recitation branoh shall be taken as the ex amination average." Miss Ralston offoied an amendment that includes the Normal de partment. It reads: "Tho pupIU shall be giaauacea iiom tne Normal department on the combinations of recitation averages in the ' N" year and result of a final examina tionthe minimum in any branch to bo 83 percent. A percentage or 85 to be requited on wot k of pupils in theTiaining School." The plan was lecommended. Superintend ent Luckey voted against it on the ground that he did not believe marks should be given in oral recitations by which an aver age would be secured. The Industiiai Committee met and pro vided for the establishment of a Sloyd School in tne Washington distiict. They recommended the re-election of the old teachers of the industrial department. AB0DT WELL-OOWtf PERKINS. President Abthtjb's son is one of the prominent gentleman coach drivers of Paris. President Clark, of the Union Pacific Railway Company, began his railroad career as biaketnan on a gravel train. Gf.NERAL Obuutcheff, the new Com mander in Chief of the combined forces of the Russian Emphe, is so stout that he finds great difficulty in walking, and is quite unable to sit on horseback. Pope Leo XIII will celebrate two anni versaries next year. Februaiy 19 will be the fiftieth annivorsary of his consecration as bishop, nnd December 13, tho fortieth anniversary of his appointment as Caidinal. Colonel Hilton Stewart, of Wichita, who is mentioned as a proDable successor of the late eT-Congressman Anderson as Consul General at Cairo, was a captain in the late war at 19. and at 21 the colonel df a legimeut. Colonel L. L. Polk, President of the Fanners' Alliance, who has been lying seriously ill in Washington, was yesterday" repotted considerably improved, and his physicians entertain the hope that he will recover. Miss Mart Abioall Dodge, who was a member of Mr. Blaine's party in Boston, ad is a cousin of Mrs. Blaine, is hotter known by the name of "Gail Hamilton." Her birthplace was Hamilton, Mass., and she still has a home there. Mr. Jay Gould and family quietly slipped away from Pueblo, Col., In his special car Wednesday to he gone several days. It is stated that Mr. Gould left to avoid the political disturbance on tho wites,asit inter feres with his piivate business. The name of Dr. John Guitcra, pro fessor of pathology in the University of Pennsylvania, is being considered by the authoilties of the Philadelphia Hospital for the position of patholosist, made vacant by the death of Dr. Henry F. Formad. B0TJQHI AT A BAKQAIN. Select Councilman Donahnn Gets a Cheap Piece of Property. Select Councilman Donahue of the First' ward, one of the new reformers, has pm chased from the First nard School Board at a very low piice the property belonging to the school, fronting 20 feet on First Ptrect, running through at tho same width lbOfect to a frontage on Second street. The price, as shown bv the registered deed, la $8,000. There is a dwelling on each end of the lot. The adjoining pioperty, it Is said. Is held at $475 a foot front and the school lot was as sessed at $J50 a foot, or $9,000 for the whole, by the Boat d of Assessors, no assessment being made against the buildings because they weie school propel t. Thus Mr. Dona hue gets the lot at least $1,000 below its value aud the buildings thrown in. ACME BEFINEBY DESTB0YED. One of the Most Complote Brflnlng Estab lishments In the Country Consumed. Bradford, June 10. Special. The Acme Refinery at Olean burned last night. It caught file from an exploding still. Otto Anderson, a stlllnmn, is missing. The loss will i each $50,000. The Acme was one of the most complete leflning establishments In the countiy. A tank containing 6,000 barrels of oil, be longing to the Tidewater Pipe Line Com Sany, nnd located near RiTfoid, was struck y lightning yesterday and destroyed. Labor l'ardr at Homeitead. The members of the Amalgamated Asso ciation of Homestead will have a labor pa rade this morning. The parade will form on Ann, between Filth and Eighth streets, and proceed via Ann to tfifth, to Dickson, to Eighth, to Amltv, to Pmbuig, to Pittsburg, Virginia and Chaileston Railroad depot and tncre disband. From hero they will proceed to Rock Point and spend the day. Law and Order Men Catch It Hravv. William Stakeley and Charles Bodkins.tho Law and Older Society detectives, entered pleas of guilty to tho charges made against them. Stakeley was charged with infidel ity and keeping a gambling house, and Bod kins with infidelity. The informations weie made by Inspoctor McKelvey. Judge Mageo sentenced Stnkeley one month to tho wotkhouse and Bodkins lour months. An Oil City Victim Caught at Pitubnrc. At noon yestetday the body of one of tho Oil City victims was ifound at the foot of Fort -third street. It was that of a full gionn mati nnd was badly burned. The body found at Braeburn Friday night has been identified as that of V. D. R. Ter 'Willeger, ot Oil City. Ho was drowned -while trying to save others. Kensington' First Birthday. Kensington celebrated-its first anniversary yesterday with a grand stieet parade, pic nic and ox-roast. Tho picnio was kept up until the evening and prominent men Identi fied with tho town made speeches. Several thousand visltms weie present, many of thorn from this city. Obituary Notes. James Campbell, of McKeesport, died Thurs day at the age of 39 ears. Consumption was the cause of death. Mr. Campbell was a stonemason. lie leaves a wife and four children. PjiBLOPsnA. a noted Mexican exile. Is dead at Plicculx, Ariz., aged 91. Fifty years ago he was one of the most prominent and active men In Mexican politics. He was twice sentenced to be shot, but made his escape each time to Central America. He espoused the cause of Maxhuilllan and held a position on Ills staff. BRISK IN SOCIETY. Friday Brings a Gayer Day, but Events Are Chiefly Now Prospotlve University Preparatory School to Be Opened In Oakland The Djj'a Doing. Anyone desiring to spend a pleasant evening amid delightful surroundings in the open air, will have an opportunity to grat lly such desire at the garden party and bazaar held on tho grounds of the residence of Charles C. Craft, Esq , on next Tuesday evening. The ladies of the Church Guild aie making every preparation for this festival, which is expected to be the event of the season. Beautiful music by Gernert'3 Orchestra; beautilul articles on snlo for everybody, are simon e tbe attractions. Anv small mother having a large doll family will Una that she is not fotirotten. She will be enabled to tieat Mad cmoUelle to a very correct outfit. Also tho same small mother can Increase tho number of inmates in her nursery, for thero will be a very fine seleotlon ot the latest sty'es in dolls having the most fashionable colorod eyes and hair, as many dimples as are necessary and allot them are guaranteed not to cry except to order. The managers desire their friends to con sider this Intimation in The Dispatch in tho light of a personal invitation. The following Is the programme for the week of commencement exercises of tbe Pittsburg Female College, which will be held in the North Avenue Methodist Church. June 12, 10-30 a. m. President Norcross will pi each the baccalauieate sermon June 13, 8 p. u. Piano contest for the Thomas McKee gold medal. June 14, 8 p. v. Elocution contest for the E, P. Roberts' Sons gold medal. June 15. 10 a. m. Class day exercises. June 16, 8 p. m. Graduating exercises. June H, 15 and 16 1 he art exhibition will he open at the College, Eighth street. A delightful reception was given last night by the members of the congregation of the Reformed Ptesbyterlan Church, Wil kinsburg, in honor of tho Rev. and Mrs. W. W. Cairithers. of Fort Sill, I. T., where they are engaged in missionary labors. Besides giving Wilkinsburgers an opportunity to meet Mr. nnd Mis. Carrithers the reception made a pleasant surprise for tbe Rev. and Mrs. R. C. Wylie. About 200 filends toolc possession of the parsonaie and sent for tho two pastors and their wives, who were driv ing out. After gieetings. and when Mr. and Mrs. Wvlle had got a little over their sin prise at finding the house full of people, a largo, handsome bookcase and office chair weie shown as gifts from the congregation and friends of Mr. Wvlie to him. Mr. Car rithers made the piesentatton speech in a happy vein, to which Mr Wylie responded in the same snif it. Mr. Carrithers was vcrv popular in Wilkinsburg. The young ladies of the church served refreshments, with the assistance of the young gentlemen. In the food old style. Mr. Carrithers will preach in he Wilkinsburg Reformed Presbyterian Church to-morrow, and will return to Fort Sill in about a week. The Pittsburg Library has a shelf of new books that will serve to pass pleasantly away the present lovely summer days and divert the mind from convention troubles. Among them are: "Three Normandy Inns," Anna Bowman Dodd; "An Edelweiss of the Sierras." Mrs. Barton Harrison; "Love for an Hour is Love Forever," Amelia E. Barr; "The Housohold Idol," Marie Bernhard; The Wiong That Was Dono," F. W. Robin son: "The Whito Company," A. Conan Doyle: "A Divided Diety," Ida Lemon; "The Soul of Lilith," Mane Corelli; "Mammon," Mrs. Alexander. The following blessed array of nurses will be presented to an afflicted world to com mence a caieor of usefulness and unselfish ness at the fifth annual commencement of the nurses training sobool of the Allegheny General Hospital next Tuesday. The young ladies are the Misses Margaret E. Bach, Mary R. Brown. Margaret A. Dunn, Annie Ferguson, S. Louise Hosklnson, Gertrude Stanford, Florence Trevitt, Bessie Kerrigan, Annie Kuns. Annlo Rouen, Katie Sherman, Josephine M. Culltimb. Annie B. Dean, Mrs Alice Sell Hammer, the Misses Clementine Horsbunrh, Bina Martin, Luoy L. Melllnger, Loretta Rcosman, Bertha Z ihrinzer. A vailed progiamme will lighten the ex ercises, including mnstc, piano and vocal, oy Mrs. E. W. Locke, Edward Maver, John Park, Miss Jennie Patton, Mr. Edwin L. Peterson: addresses by the Rev. Charles A. Holmes, D D., tho Rev. Dr. Mayor, tbe Rev. Dr. McMUlnn, the Rev. Dr. BIddle, Pres-dent Woodburn and Dr. Wright. Mr. Edward McClelland will recite and the chier nurse. Miss Perkins Will make a charge to tho grad uating class in an addicss entitled "Your Mission." Tho exercises will be held in the Second United Presbyterian Church, Stock ton avenue, Allegbony. Mr Benjamin TnAw's grounds on Murray Hill will be an attractive placo on Tuesday next, when it will be the scene of a lawn fete given by the ladies, of the Shady side Preshytonan Church. The hours will be fiom 3 to 10 p. v. Music will make the good supper doubly attractive. Admission charged will be 10 cents. Carriages will be waiting at the foot of the hill to take all who wish to lide to tho grounds. The Tuesday Night Club retired into ex clusieness again hist night at tbe Club Theater and ptesen ted in a very attractive manner tho play of "Not Such a Fool as He Looks" to a large audience of smaitly di essed people. This was the cast: Mr. Daniel Murgatroyd. solicitor and money lender, Mr. iiauortu; jneaencK ijanuey, nis ciern, air. Robinson; Sir Simon Simnle, Bart., his ward, Mr. Phillips; Mr. Mold, his messenger. Mr. Griffin; Ctrpfmn Marker, his client, Mr. Corco ian; Felicia Ciaven, Ills niece. Miss Watson: Mrs. Merlon, Miss Bailey: Mis. Mold, Mm ja tioyd's washerwoman, Miss Mary Gutbrle. Oakland is an attractive vicinity just now in Its June diess of gieen, but yestei day afternoon it was a central point of in terest to its residents and to people in gen eral, as it whs the annual review at the Belle field school, of which Miss M. A. Hun ter is principal. It was almost a floral fete, for fiom the huge bouquet of American beauties lestlng in a bed of hutteicups, which graced the office table, tbe ropes of daisies hiding the chandeliers, to the lilies and other flower, brightening every win dow sill and pupil's desk, the building was a mass o. flower bloom, and it looked as if the people of Oakland had given their chil dren cirte blancho in their conservatories and gardens, so as to have their schoolhouse a regular bower of beauty. The children presented tho flowers afterward to the Chil dren's Hospital on Forbesstieet. Each room had a particular color. Arranged around the rooms was a drawing exhibit, which re flects great credit on Miss Laura Steele, drawing and writing teacher. Much legiet nas oxpiessod that Miss Knleps, of the pri mary department, was unable through ill Hess to be present. . The announcement that a new inter mediate school for girls will be opened in the autumn In Pittsburg will be reoeived with lavor by many, who have lamented a great deficiency in this diiection. The syllabus is rather meager of specific det ails, and leaves much to guess at of the plan of work, but the general aim is set out in one nentence which anrtbunces that the school will prepare girls for admission to the freshman class of any college, or meet the demand for a completed euucation where a university course is not con templated. Four departments, academic, intermediate, primary and kindergarten, will compose the uifloicnt schools, and all of them will bo known collectively as the Alinda Preparatory School. Mrs. E. G. Stewart, Principal; Miss Miriam H. Brad ley, Vasar College, acadtlnic department; Miss Mai y Swift Wright, WcIIesley College, intermediite depaitmcnt, rorm the faculty at present Incomplete. The Ad isory Board is: Mis. Ross Johnson, Mis. W.J. Holland, Mrs. Neilson Clark. Mis.F. LeMoyne, Mrs. Harvey Childs, Mrs. D. G. Stewart, Mrs. Allen Wood, Mrs. Lawronce Dilnorth. The Alinda School is to take possession of a fine larco house at tho corner of Fifth ave nue and Craig stieet. Social Chat. Thk Foibes Club, of Pittsburg, havo de cided to hold thoir second annual picnic at Aliqulppa Grove on September 6. This yeat's event is expected to be most enjoy able. At tbe lastmeeilng the following of ficers were elected for one yean George lL Hommel, President; H. a Stcinor, Vice Pres ident; J. Grey Jones, Treasurer: P. A. Hotn mel. Secretary, and Frank C. Woodburn, As sistant Secretary. Miss EcdzsiA Schmidt in vocal music and Miss Blanche Moran in piano will be the graduates this year at the forty-tilth com mencement at Mount de Chants!, W. Va. Tho programme is of an elaborate nature. Tho exercises aro at 10 o'clock, June 15. The second evening of the recoption at tbe Homeopathic Hospital was marked by a success entirely in keeping with that of the first evening. Ihvitatiohb were received yesterday for Roanoke's Decennial celebration to be held in Roanoke, Va., on Friday and Saturday of next week. IWEHlY-riVE YEAB8 OLD. Bntler Street '.Methodist 1'plscopal Church ' Celebrates Ita Quarto-Centennial. The celebration of the twenty.flfth anni versary of the Butler Street Methodist Epis copal Clyirch commenced last evening and will conclude next Monday evening. A part of the congregation began to assemble as early ns 7 o'clock and an Informal reception was held by the ladles of tbe church until 8. when tho exercises of the evening were commenced. Ber. Dr. Cobert first read a pnpor on the early history of tbe church, full of person alities and reminlscenoes, which were gieatly enjoved by the elder members of the congregation. After he had concluded, addresses on general subjects connected with the welfare of tho church were given bv Dts. Lock, Woolf, JtcGuire. Miller and Holmes, five of the nine pastors who have ptesided orer the church since its founda tion. The addresses were intersper-ed br vocal solos by ladles of the I'jurch and prayers by Dr. Miller nnd others. At 10 30 the assembly room was cleared for a time and an inviting lunch of cake, strawberries and ice cream was served. About nn hour more was'spent In conversation and at 11:30 the lsitors beuan to disperse. The church has been undergoing repairs for some time ami a decided improvement Is the result. The partition between the old Junior and infant department or the Sunday school has been taken down and the whole epaperedand refurnished for the use of tne Junior classes, the Infant classes having been provided a new and pretty room in an other part or tbe church. Th3 Sunday school is very well patronized; the average attend ance r-emg over 800. Til... afternoon at 3 o'clock the infants' room will be formally opened, and the chil dren will hold a musicale under the direc tion of Mr. George Garrison. In the even ing the old members or the church are to have an informal social gathering to relate reminiscences of thedavs of "Auld Lang Sjne.',' Thero will he services in thechnrch, at 10 30 A. X. and at 2 and 7 30p. M. to-morrow. The afternoon meeting will be for tho es pecial benefit of the children, who will bo addressed by Major W. C. Jlorelanil, Mr. William Thurston nnd others. The younger members are in charge of the- closing meet ing on Monday evening, and 'tis expected that a number of handsome presents will be made to the different ministers w ho havo filled tbe church pulpit in time past. AT ST. ANTHONY'S SHKINE. Beginning of the Annual Pilgrimage of .1 filleted Ones to Troy Hill. The annual pilgrimage from nil parts of the Union are now wending their way to Father Molllngcr's Mecca, on Mt. Troy. Invalids and cripples of all ages are aim lessly wandering about the streets and chapel grounds waiting an opportunity to interview the famous physician. The board ingMiouses on the Mount are already well filled, and it is now beinz discussed among the proprietors where sufficient accommoda tion will be found for the throng of SuQerera that are expiated on Monday next. A very interesting case is that of Miss O'Neill, a resident of Lexington, Ky., who came to Pittsburg about a week ago, suffer ing from a severe caso of white swelling in ber lower limbs, and lor several Tears has not been able to walk without the use of crutches. She visited Father Molllnger this morninz at his office, as she thought, a crip ple lor life, but after seein-r him she was able to walk without the aid of her crutches. Another case is that of Michael O'Brien, of Neosho, Wis., who for the past two years has had the rheumatism and has not been able to move about without the use or crutches. He aj s he has been to see Father Molllnger three times and is now entirely cured. Mrs. Shea, of Apple River, 111., stated that she had been blind for five joars, and hear ing of Father Mollinger'a miraculous cures came to Pittsburg to consult him, and has since recovered her sight. ALLOTTINfJ THE 1EACHEB3. The High School Committee Sleets and Arranges Some School Matters. Tho High School Committee of the Central Board of Education met in regular session last night. A. Chatley, of Erie, was recom mended to the board for the position of drawing teacher at the HUh School, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Miss Lucy Emmons. There were 13 appli cants, but the onlv ones voted for were Chatley and J. F. MacKcnzie. On tho first ballot eacliTeceived three votes, and cm the cecond Chatlev received fonr votes and Mac Kenzle two. The salarj- i $1,200 per year. The entire faculty of tbe Hih School was recommended to tbe board for re election for next i car. The report of tbe principal for tho month of June showed the enrollment of pupils to hive been 751 and the average attendance 711. A meeting of the Committee on Teachers and Salaries was also held last night. Its work was the allotment of teachers for the ward schools for next year. The allotment is based on the average attendance or pupils for thn nine school months, excepting June. Tho attendance last year was light on ac count of atphtnerla and measles among tho pupils. Thf same number of teachers was allowed in consequence In all tile schools, except the Coliax and Howard Schools, which were each granted one additional teacher. L0TJGHHAN THE VICTOB. The Baker Ballot Larr Tested in the Thirty Third AVanl With Success. The first test of the Baker ballot law in this city was conducted in the Thirty-third ward yesterday. The election was the re sult of a tie between Thomas Perry and John Loughran at the February election for Select Council. The case was first taken iuto court and it was then decided to hold another election, which took placo yester day in which Loughnrn came off the victor by a vote or 109 to 91. Tho fight has been a very bitter one, the question- of religion having taken considerable prominence and it was feared that serious trouble would occur. In order to cope with the supposed belligerents a half dozen special officers were stationed in the ward, but no serious trouble occurred. One fight was roported, but it did not amount to much. The participants wero ar rested and afterward released on bail. Ono serious charge was made by Mr. Loughran. About 3 o'clock he appeared before Alderman King and made an infor mation against, Frank Carroll, charging him with perjury. He bases his charge on tho fact that Carroll had Induced a resident of Chartlers township to vote, and had made an affidavit to the effeot that he was a resi dent of tbe ward. Carroll was arrested and was held in the Alderman's office until bail was furnished. A BBILLIAHT AFFAIB. The Promenade C oncert.and Hop at Cyclo rama HallaDellzbtfal Success. The opening promenade concert and hop at Cyclorama Park and Auditorium, at Beech street and Im in avenue, Allegheny, last night was n great success in every par ticular. The park and grounds were beuuti. fully decorated with flowers, plants and other trimmings, and tho improvements that bad been made were bewildering reve lations those who visited tho park. The crowd in attendance was select, harmoni ous and not too large. The promenade con ceit or the Great Military Band, under Prof. B. Wei?, made a great hit. tlie rendition of the descriptive pleoo, "Shpphcrd of the Alps." being rederaanded. The Great West ern Orchestra's music for danclna also came in for great praise The affair was so success ful in every way that there is no doubt of its repetition every Monday and Friday evening during tho season. KOBE LAW AND 0B0EB HZABINGS. Another Man Fined S25 for Selling a News paper. Time swung back a century yesterday while Alderman Kobe and Attorney-Agent McCIureheld two hearings. The first caso was tbatof R. Brlnham, who sold apapernt Union station on February 11. Rohe would not explain why it hart not been heard sooner. The 'Squire looked wise and said $25 and costs. C. P. Herring was charged with selling oranges nt Union station on February IL Superintendent Bndd, of the Union News Company, did not know whether the man nas in his employ that day. Robe wanted to continue the case, but Attorney Brown said it could not be.done and the 'Squire bad to dismiss the man. KICABAGTJA CANAL OWflEBSHIP. Advlc?s Say That an ArmiTciin Syndicate Will Buy It as It Is. New Yobk, June 10. Special. Advices from Panama, under date or Junes, received to-day, say that it is currently reported that an American syndicate is at present negotiating to take over the canal works as thoy at present exist. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. Chinese streets are not often more t eight feet wide. A new-shaped envelope is sealed by postage stamp. A genuine Irish village will be re seated at the World's Fair. An undertaker in Port Jervis asai; at the recent lynching there. The British Museum has a Chinese i printed about 13SS, tbe oldest on record. A town in Missouri ol 1,700 inhabit Is said to have over 3,000 dogs. Nice tow which to dwell. It is proposed by means of rafts or p toons to float tho heaviest ships over shallow places of canals. A Florida boy is making a map of State, each county being a separate piec native wood, for the World's Fair. A grand bazaar is to be held in C. Ireland, on the 22d of June. One of prizes will be "a return ticket to Chicane The Chief Judge in German East Al has sentenced 17 Arabs to be hanged holding a slave market within bis territ London has 44 theaters, with a capa for seating 70 000 spectators. It music 1 and otber places of entertainment nnm 475, w 1th a capacity of more tlunX09i A paper jnst issued by the Eng Parliament sbovsthat tho number of grants who left Irish ports in 191 was 50 Of this number 52,273 came to this count! A Massachusetts man has invente recording device for scales. Upon aro is placed a piece of paper, npon wl a marker records the weighings of tho sc as desired. A test of plowing by sfeam power soon be made near Garden City, Kan. field locomotive with an attachment c gang plows will bo used, and the engine have a power of W horsos. Fifty acres a can bo broken. Only two men are rcqu to run the machine. At the trial of a horse thief in rba; A. T., recently, the prisoner rose at the elusion of the testimony and asked Judge to instruct the Jury to bring in a diet ofgnilty without leaving their sc He was accommodated. Two California inventors have dev a toll collecting apparatus for telephone consists of the usual coln-in-the-slot dev with the additon of a clockwork appara that automatically cuts oat the telepa when the time for talk has expired. A new instrument that possesses v: and novelty is a speculum for examin horses' moutli3. It is the invention of Illinois man. and consists of a bit br enough to keep the horse's mouth open an arrangement of reflectors to detern easily the condition or tbe throat andmo The French are amazed that the Eng should have built tho Royal Sovereign, ti btgaest ironclad, in two years and a 1 The .Neptune and Magenta, two Fre hips, have been twelve vears build The Messrs. Yarrow lately offered to bai small vessel in 30 days. A clockmaker of "Warsaw will send the Chicago World's Fair a clock repres lng a railway station, in which all the cumstances of tbe arrival and departure a train, with whistles, bells, rattle of ca ages, and so forth, are repeated with w derfal fidelity every quarter-hoar. The British ship Berean, which rece made the voyazo from Tasmania are Cape Horn to England, encountered a markablo but not nnusual phenomenon sea. viz.: A storm of dust. Fmedutfal on vossels in the Atlantis near the Cape Verde Islands has often been reported. Tho Crystal Palace in London coi an area of 603,672 square feet, is 1,608 long by 381 feet wide; height 147 feet, and eluding the grounds, it covers 2S9 acre land. The class nscd wetshed 509 tons, an area of 25 acres, and if tho panes w laid sinzly end to end thev would extent tbe enormous length of!43 miles. A novel invention is a bran packer the use of millers who do a large exi business and to whom economy of srn desirable. The apparatus consists of augur working in the funnel that fills bag. It constantly revolves, at the si time having nn up and down motion, the down stiokeit forces tho bran into sack, packing it solidly at tho same time. A correspondent write to an agn tnral Journal that during tno rcuiova some old railroad ties on tho line ot Windsor and Annapolis Railroad In N Scotlo', a lnrse garter snake with jonng discovered. Immediately on being attac she opened her mouth and the young sn: took refuse therein. The mother wast killed and 36 young ones taken from stomach. The London County Council have pa; this resolution: "That all contractors compelled to sign a declaration that t pav the trade union rate or waies and serve the hours oMabor and conditions cognized by tho London trades unions, i that tho hours and wages be inserted in form part of tho contract by way ofsched nnd that penalties be enforced for breach of agreement." The French appropriations for 1893 be C45 000,000 franc for the army and 230, 000 francs for the navy. Ninety-eight l vessels aro in course of construction which ei-Jit ironclads are to be finis nextycar. Twenty-one new cruisers wil launched by IK'S. Sixtv-tno torpedo b are to lie bnilt, and the Banc of France 1.447,000,000 francs in gold in its vaults; re than any other European nation. Probably the oldest known specin of recorded language in the world to-day the inscriptions on the door-sockets brick-stamps found at Niffer by tho B. Ionian Exploration Expedition of the veritv of Pennsylvania, which has rece retmned. The brick-stamps, which ar yellow clay, about four by five mche, an Inch in thickness, bear the name titles of King Sargon s.nd his son Narim who lived about 3800 S. C. A good-looking, well-to-do andpt lar young bachelor of Silvcrton was bi teased by the young ladies of a club for getting married. He said: "I'll marry girl of your club whom, on a recret v von elect to be my wife." Each girl v into a corner and used great caution in paring her ballot and disguised the lit writing. The result or tbe vote was t there were nine votes cast, each girl rec lng one. The voung man remains a baeni tho club Is broken up and tbe sir's art mortal enemies. "While walking over a newly-plo field at Barnegat, N. J., recently three ro whito eggs ono inch in diameter and ha' a thick, rough skin, were found. In same field and about 200 yards from tbe 1 find, seven more were picked up, wh when placed side bv side with theot three, conld not be distinguished Irom th Thoso eggs were placed in a box of sand in two days' time thero were hatched se small whitish snakes as lively as ever s Several days alter tne rest oi me eges batched, put in these were found si turtles. TICKINGS FROM FUCK. Miss Anna Virumque "Which is v favorite college. Jlr. Rahrah. Yale or Harvard Charlie Rabrah (promptly) Neither: Vassar Pension Attorney How did it hap that the same sbell carried off both your arms9 Armless Applicant The shell was too bis fof tree I was behind, I expect. The hero had his part down pat The heroine was splendid; No better work could be than that The minor girls and men did. And yet the hopes of all were sank lien rose the gaslight rud ly. Because the "fast express" was drank And had no understudy. "So poor Staggers is dead." 'Yes;Jie took the gold cure four times an last succumbed. I understand lie asked to be mated, but bis widow wouldn't have It so." "bne bad him burled, did she3" 'No; the had him assayed." Wynch So poor Staggers has shnfflec the mortal ceil. Lynch No. As I understand it, he tried to. the bojri had the rope too firmly secured aroaai neck. The fairer sex will coincide With na while we maintain Tnatouly "cattle" try to ride Upon a lady's train. Mr. Littleton Well, it takes two to ffl a quarrel, so I'U shut up. Mrs. Littleton Just like you, yon mean, m' able: man I You'll Jest sit there and flunk things 1 Mrs. Topnich Mrs. Enveigh admires new bonnet. Mr. Topnich How do you know? Mrs. Topnlch-I overheard her ridicnllnr ' Mrs. Bonbon. '! ftfr- . - ' - iHS&w
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