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TWENTY-FOUR PAGES.
REGULATION OF IMJIIGKATTOX.
An impressive illustration of Hie evil ef
fects of unregulated immigration, and one
that comes near home, is given in a special
article which appears in to-day's Dis
patch. The assertion that a large pre
ponderance of the crimes in Allegheny
county are shown to be among the foreign
born population vrill strike everyone as
an exceedingly cogent fact. The corre
lated facts with regard to the additions
made to our pauperism from the same
source amount to a powerful demonstra
tion of the necessity of effective regula
tion. Of course such facts as these convey no
imputation on the foreign-born citizens
of energy, industry and intelligence. The
United States have by experiment on the
grandest scale demonstrated the immense
gam that can be made to a new nation's
progress by extending a welcoming hand
to immigrants of that class. But when
the liberality of that policy leads
to abuses it is time to impose a check
on them. The work of organizations
in different parts of Europe, whose func
tion it is to secure the deportation
from these countries of criminals and
paupers, is the most emphatic exponent of
the need of action on the part of our Gov
ernment Its effect :s emphasized when
we find Germany trying to frame meas
ures to keep her desirable citizens at home.
The net expression of the European de
sire that the United States shall' obljr re
eeh e immigrants of the class that swells
our totals of vice, pauperism and crime, is
exceedingly conclusive as to our course.
Such facts as these leave no room for
discussion that the time has come for the
United States to establish strict and ef
fective regu'ations of immigration, with
regard to the character of the immigrant
As to the details of such regulation there
may be wide room for debate; but The
Dispatch is firmly of opinion that in
spection and examination in the foreign
lands, whence the immigrants start, is. the
ultimate and complete solution.
A REFRESHING BEQUEST.
A refreshing example of the manner in
which the Bell Telephone Company's mo
nopoly is defended was presented in the
United States Courts the other day. In
the suit of the Government against the
company the latter's attorneys asked for
more time to take testimony and coolly
requested that the extension of time be
till November 4, 1893. The court thought
that there should be some limits to the
game of procrastination and was not quite
prepared to give them au entire year -at a
Jump, but granted them three months.
At this rate it is easily to be foretold that
the patents will run out before these pro
ceedings are brought to a judgment,
The prospect of any material benefit to
the public from this suit is by no means
encouraging. But the case of the Bell
telephone Company should afford suffi
cient reason for Congress at this session
to pass a bill putting an end to the fraud
of prolonging a monopoly indefinitely by
.means of fictitious Interference proceed
ings in the Patent Office. The favorite
method of extending the telephone mo
nopoly has been by interference disputes
between patents both of which are owned
by the same company. It is a scandal
that such fraudulent suits have already
been permitted to drag over the course of
years, but with the prominence "which has
been given to this method of using the
patent laws to prejudice public Interest,
it will be b greater scandal if Congress
permits it to go unremedied.
THE LAUREATE ISSUE.
An interesting symposium of opinions
from a large number of writers on the
question of a poet laureate for the United
States finds a place in The Dispatch to
day. It will"be seen on perusal that the
variety of views which might be expected,
takes place from utter disapproval to en
thusiastic uidorsement with the usual
scope of nominations from Oliver 'Went
dell Holmes to the Sweet Singer of Mich
igan. The supporters of the poet laureate idea
fail to appreciate the fact which one of
the opponents brings out that" no laureate
could occupy the position permanently.
The place must from its nature be one of
the spoils of a national campaign. Civil
Eervice reform in Its most extreme scope
could not claim It It would be a politi
cal office more Indisputably that the Cab
inet offices. It is clear that the poet who
indited a panegyric to Mr. Harrison could
not be allowed the poetic license of turn
ing around and constructing an ode to Mr.
Cleveland on his inauguration. Nor could
the muso which had prompted an
economic lync on the benefits of the Mc
K'nley bill easily reverse its machine to
produce blank verse on the advantages of
a revision of the tariff on the Calhoun
plank.
The conclusion Is pUlii therefore; that
each change of party BaUft . new
laureate; and, of course t -eraust
go to the verse-maker who t 'tea the
most successful campaign poetry. We
need not go into the harrowing details of
a poetic competition with the laureateship
for a prize, such as the New Torld World
Inflicted on itself and its readers during
the last campaign. That would not afford
the principle of selection. The origina
tors of those campaign rhymes which im
press themselves on the public mind, so
that they are heard all over the land while
the craze lasts,are the ones who would get.
tKift vilnTn Time TVnfrfr fTOTllne. ffWphn
produced that chaste and classia verse
could claim priority:
Grover, Grover,
Four years more of Grover.
In we go, out they go.
Then we'll be in clover.
The terse, forcible and comprehensive
expression of the whole situation in these
lines marki the author as the man whom
political selection would make the poet
laureate. Moreover, In the absence of
definite information, the opinion is well
founded that he would be a better, because
less wordy, laureate than many of Eng
land's official verse-makers.
PLATFOKMS IN ORDER.
It must occur to a good many that in
place of what the politicians think of this
or that candidate for city office or how
many delegates one or another can con
trol In a convention or speculation of any
sort upon personal or factional or even
partisan politics there would be a sharp
Interest in learning what views or projects,
if any, the various aspirants may have
that would be of benefit to this town and
its people.
Wisdom, enterprise and the various
forms of intelligence are as useful in city
government as in the direction of private
concerns. The city in whose government
these factors predominate will have its in
terests advanced. Where they are miss
ing, their absence will be felt These
truths are so plain that it seems useless to
repeat them yet the fact is that city
offices are too usually regarded as the
means of satisfying personal ambition or
as prizes among politicians.
If the canvass now approaching is to
turn upon the latter consideration it will
elicit smalt interest If, on the other
hand, it shall be made to comprise con
sideration of the policies and projects
which will not only give Pittsburg the
best ffovernment, but also most promote
Its industrial interests, everybody will feel
concerned. Any candidate for Mayor
who has the wit to devise plans or outline
ideas of palpable benefit to the commu
nity, and who has the character and force
to present them as a platform, will win
thousands of votes from the people who
would go in doubt to the polls, if they
even did so much, in a mere contest as be
tween Individuals for the name and the
emoluments of the office. - .
As party names and differences count
for little in municipal elections cer
tainly for next to nothing in Pittsburg
The Disiatch would suggest to the
various gentlemen who have the Mayor
alty bee in their bonnets to let the public
know their platforms. Other things equal,
the man with the most attractive platform
will have much the best chance of being
elected.
BESOTTED CLEMENCY.
It was supposed that when a West Vir
ginia Judge was beguiled into affixing his
signature to a petition that he himself
should be taken into the public square and
burned at the stake, that the utmost possi
bility was attained, of the proneness of
people to sign potitions just because they
are asked. Yet the assertion that a peti
tion for the pardon of the men nnder sen
tence for ballot frauds In Jersey City, has
been signed by hundreds of the best citi
zens, including ten clercymen.Tery nearly
equals if it does not surpass it in the ex
hibition of the same quality.
For here are hundreds of men allege to
be interested in good Government and
morality, who have been wheedled into
signing petitions that no man can sign
consistently, with a desire for popular
Government or political honesty. The
men under sentence were persistent and
defiant perpetrators of frauds on the
ballot which made honest Government im
possible. They only presented themselves
for sentence because they did believe that
the Judge dared not send them to prison. To
pardon them at the very beginning of their
sentence w ouid be to proclaim that frauds
on the ballot can be committed with im
punity. Yet we are told that respectable
men and teachers of morality are signing
a petition which practically means that
the last protection for an honest ballot be
utterly nullified!
Yet we need not look to the petitioning
abuse exclusively for Illustrations of the
proneness to extend indemnity to notori
ous and deliberate offenders. The recent
pardons of Simmons, the bmk wrecker,
and his associate, was an equally flagrant
example. These men employpd the ma
chinery of the stock market to get con
trol of banks for the express purpose of
wrecking them. The burglars who blow
open bank safes at night, or the outlaws
who enter them in daylight and over
power the clerks, do not attempt more de
liberate or lawless robbery than these
men. Upon what mistaken idea of clem
ency, or on what misrepresentations the
executive pardon was founded, has not
been made public; butit would do less
barm to proclaim that gangs like the Dai
tons or the Youngers shall go unpunished,
than to make it clear that clemency is
ready for robbers of the Simmons type.
It should be clearly understood that
there are two classes of offenders which
thi3 country cannot afford to have en
dowed with immunity. One is composed
of the ballot box thieves, who undermine
the very foundation of popular govern
ment The otherconsists of the men who
reduce business transactions to the science
of deliberate robbery.
A SHALLOW EVASION.
A sample of the way In which either
ignorance or misrepresentation beclouds
the real question Involved in combinations
to suppress competition is afforded by a
recent editorialin the New York Becorder.
That journal argues that industrial prog
ress is due to the freedom of capital to
combine for industrial development It
also refers to the oldprejudice in England
against the formation of corporations as
identical with prejudice against the pres
ent form of trusts.
No intelligent opponent of the trust
policy has ever objected to the freedom of
capital to organize itself into corporations
for the development or increase of indus
trial operation. Whether it is fifty millions
to build a railroad, or half a million to
build a steel an HI, the widest liberty is af
forded by our laws. But the same laws,
with the wise consistency and for the
same purpose, insist that capital shall not
combine to suppress competition and thus
hamper the development and freedom of
industry.
The radical distinction between the two
purposes of combination is illustrated by
one broad and universal fact Combina
tions of cap'.talfor industrial development,
nnder legitimate competition, always bring
sejr capital into, industry. .CombiBatlons
for the suppression of competition never
THE
da They simply concentrate the capital
already in the Industry and condemn
large share of It to idleness for thepur
poso of exacting arbitrary price1 by arti
ficial scarcity. A detail of the same dis
tinction Is that the capital which comes
into industry to compete adopts and de
velops new ideas and Improvements; the
monopolistic combinations frequently sup
press them. The history of the trusts is
replete with such cases.
The organs of the trusts will try their
best to keep the confusion between the
legitimate organization of capital for ac
tual industry and the illegitimate com
bination of it for the purpose of putting
industry in bonds. But tho evasion is too
shallow to long impose on tjie public
mind.
' THE REPUBLICAN ATTITUDE.
There is a Republican element which is
conspicuous by reason of noisiness, in
asserting that the Republicans should not
aid any attempt of the conservative ele
ment in the Democracy to settle the tariff
question on the plan of a gradual and
careful revision. This stand is avowedly
put on the basis that if the radical Demo
crats are given full sway they will inflict
such a sweeping and destructive change
in the tariff that "the next Presidental
election will restore the Republicans to
power. In other words the attitude of
that element places party success as
greater in importance than public wel
fare. The Democratic victory has made a cer
tain degree of tariff revision a foregone
conclusion. It is by no means certain that
the action of sensible Republicans can
affect the nature of the revision. But it is
already clear that Democratic opinion is
likely to develop a difference as to the
policy which shall prevail. If in the trial
of strength In Congress over tho question
whether the matter shall be settled by a
conservative alteration of duties or a
sweeping and radical reduction, tho Re
publicans should be able to give effective
support to the moderate wing. Ouly one
course is open to them consistently with
any regard for the public welfare.
Certain Democrats may honestly advo
cate radical tanfi changes under the belief
that they are ultimately for the public in
terest. But the Republican beliefs are
firm, first, that the tariff issue should be
permanently settled as soon as possible;
and, second, that it should be settled with
as moderate changes as possible. Every
Republican Is pledged to the faith that
these things are absolutely essential to tho
public prosperity. If a Republican there
fore should refuse to aid the conserva
tives, it he could, he would be convicting
himself of seeking to injure the whole
nation for the benefit of a political organi
zation. ,
It is worth while for partisans for that
sort to reflect on the character which such
a position fixes on them. One of the
gravest and most important charges
brought by the Republicans against the
Democracy in the late campaign was that
it was a "calamity party." That it was
so determined that it ought to come
into power by reason of alleged ad
versities that it fiercely attacked any
evidences that the alleged adversities did
not exist But these partisan Repub
licans appear determined to convert their
party into a calamity party, not only to
the extent of hoping for calamity, but to
actualiy go the length of voting for it
For the man who refuses his vote when it
might be effective In preventing disas
trous interference with business practi
cally votes for disaster.
We have already said that it is by no
means certain that the Republicans will
have this power of either aiding or secur
ing such a settlement of the tariff ques
tion. But if the opportunity should pre
sent itself, either by a compromise or a
free raw material policy in this Congress
or by supporting the conservative Demo
crats in the next, the Republicans cannot
be true to their professions no? to any
standard of publip duty without accept
wg it
A TEN MILLION LUXURY.
The sum total of the last Cbines3 legis
lation up to the present is given as fol
lows: In the six months since the passage
of the act exactly five Chinamen have
been moved to sit for photographs a? the
law prescribes. There are 107,500 China
men left-in the country, who by the re
quirements of the law are to be deported
to their native land and left there. The
expense of deporting Chinamen is esti
mated at the average of flOO each, which,
considering that they have to be trans
ported half-way around the world, looks
like a very moderate estimate. The United
States therefore stands pledged by its
legislation to spend the neat total of $10,
760,000 in taking the heathen Chinee out
of the country. Moreover, unless the
moon-eyed leper is to understand that he
can flount his queue at our legislation
with impunity, Uncle Sam has got to go
"down into his pocket and pay the bill.
What will be. dono in this conjuncture
may prove an interesting question. The
United States Treasury has reached a
point where it cannot stand drafts at the
rate of ten millions without serious con
sequence, political and otherwise. When
the use of this ten millions will necessitate
placing the burden immediately on the
people in the shape of increased taxation,
the public may conclude that It is hardly
prepared to pay that sum to get rid of the
Orientals who blandly pursue the purifi
cation of soiled linen.
Nevertheless it looks as if the ten mill
ions must go with the Chinese. The
United States has pledged itself by statute
to this course. If it backs down the
heathen sojourner will be likely to con--firm
his belief that American law has no
application. to him. After we have got
rid of the $10,000,000 and the 100,000
Chinese, our legislators may profit by the.
lesson sufficiently to see where legislation
of tho demagogic character will end.
There is an opportunity tor a great deal
of good -work open to the National Prison
Conference now in session at Baltimore.
Great improvements have been made of late
years in the treatment of criminals, but
there is still room for a vast amount. The
science of curative and truly reformatory
punishment Is still in an embryotlo state,
and even purely restrictive penalties are ad
ministered in a manneraltogother too rough,
ana ready fob the achievement of practical
results, in tho treatment of crime as other
things, prevention is better than cure.' Bat
In the treatment of criminals cure Is more
effective tlian the simple prevention which
comes from hard labor behind bolts and
bars.
There are to be some 200 prosecutions
of McKoesport residents who have failed to
have tuelr children,, attending publio
schools, vaccinated according to lair. A
few fines or this kind cannot fall toteacu
offender that if they care little for the
health of their own children, tbey.must At
lease respect laws framed for the protection
of tho community.
There is a stregth and vigor about the
Attorney Guneral of New Jersey's arraign
ment of the lawlessness of tho Beading
combination which should excite a gen
feral Teellng- of hearty commendation.
The pitiful farce in -which immense
torporatirms" hare demonstrated' their
power to defy the law must, for the
PITTSBURG DISPATCH,
I nniiitnr tim nattnn and the welfare of the
people, be brought to a speedy olose. Tho
audience is abont tired of the play and is in
clined to get down to business. Impartial
Justice is atone demanded of the courts, and;
for their own credit they cannot much
longer avoid an energetic administration of
the same".
Ir the Democrats do all within their
power to-secure the maximum economy In
the administration of the country, tuelr
difficulties jn raising a revenue necessary to
cover expenditures will be reduced almost
to the vanishing point.
KEPBESEtfXATIYE W. CLcP. BRECKEir
bidqe, of Kentucky, makes a proposition
likely to meet wltbgenoral approval. It is
that the drafting or a tariff bill should be
left to Mr. Cleveland, and prepared by him
for presentation to Congress. That -would
be a logical outcome of Mr. Cleveland's
really personal victory, and it would prac
tically insuro the exclusion of any radical
measure, the very consideration "of which
wonld be productive of that Uncertainty
which is the first step to commercial trepi
dation and confusion.
After all, the epidemio of successful
crime rrom which Chicago is now suffering
may prove a blessing for the visitors next
year. The inefficiency and incompetence of
the police lorce to suppress orlmo or capture
criminals are so clearly demonstrated al
ready that some reformation must surely be
accomplished belc-re the World's. Fair open
ing. The charges of cruelty .made against the
commander of tne United States jrteamer
Adams are Tar too serious to be passed over
in silence. A searching investigation is de
manded alike for the vindication of the com
mander arid the credit or tho navy. If the
charges should prove true the punishment
lor snoh brutality should be promptly
forthcoming. There is already too muoh
difficulty experienced In enlisting men for
the navy, and the difficulty can but be In
creased by permitting stories of official
cruelty to go uncontradicted.
Anp now a crime has been committed in
Cloveland which has all the appoarance of a
llnfla aohtovement. When is a serious
attempt to be made by the authorities of
this country to uproot and cast out an ob
noxious, polsononn weed so inimical to
American institutions as is this murderous,
cowardly secret organization?
If the citizens as such of Pittsburg
would pay half as much attention to the se
lection of city officers as do the politicians
as such there would be a marked dlfler
ence In the government of this city. Mn.
niclpal elections cannot ho too completely
severed from partlzan politics. As soon as
men are seleated to manage Pittsburg's af
lalrs on purely business principles, so soon
will tlie progress of this city reach its max
imum rate.
Whether it was really an American
eagle or only a buzzard that measured six
feet from tip to tip of its wings and was cap
tured in tne Alleuheny Second Wwrd Publio
School, great patriotlo achievements are to
Do looked for from its boy capturcr.
PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE.
Dr. MiQUEE, Prussian Minister of
Finance. Is suffering from inflammation of
the throat. He has ft-slight I ever and is con
finedto bis bed.
Miss SornONisuA Breckenridoe,
daughter of Congressman Brockenridge, has
been admitted to the bar and is practicing
law In Kentucky. ,
At Brussels a. few days ago Mile. Mar
guerite Gombart was awarded her degree as
doctor of philosophy and letters. She Is the
first young girl who has obtained this de
gree. Governor-elect McGraw, of the
State of Washington, was born in Maine and
is only 42 years of age. Sixteen years ago
he was driving a bob-tall car In San Fran
clsco.
Austin COKBru' is now sold" to be the
donor of the 500,000 reported to be given to
the fund for building tho new Episcopal
Cathedral orst. John the Divine, on Harlem
Heights. New Tork.
Here Von Wermuth, German Imperial
Commissioner to the Chicago Columbian
Exposition, with some members of his staff,
will sail for New York on the steamer Co
lumbia on December 11.
The actress, Eleanor Duke, who is en
gaged to appear in America in February,
bos made a great hit in Berlin. She is held
to be a rival of Sarah Bernhardt la tho
Dumas-Sardou school of plays.
The Duke of Westminster in his youth
bore so cloeo a resemblance to Crulkshank's
picture of the famous boy burglar that his
college mates nicknamed him "Jack Sbep
pard," and by this name he Is still known
among ohums of his own rank.
Mie. Millet had but partially recov
ered from the shock of the death of her hus
band (painter ot "The Angelus") when her
youngest daughter Marlanno died, and since
then lime. Millet has socompletely given
up all desire for life that she la slowly dying
at her home in Barblzon.
Jules Simon thinks that a pretty woman
will make a very dangerous lawyer. He
says that women demanding equality with
men are orten asked: "How can you de
mand equality when you are weak?" But
it would be at least only Justice to add:
"How can you demand equality when you
are pretty t"
Chinese Boys Hay Study Here.
WASHiHOTOir, Dec. 3. The Treasury De
partment has decided that a Chinese boy
may enter the United States for the purpose
of receiving an" education, provided he has
ti e permission or his own Government to
visit the United States.
Bldwell'g Present "Whereabouts.
Omaha "World-Herald.
Candidate BIdwell has not been heard
from since tbe election. He is probably on
the road as agent for a water-cooler house. v
THE BRIGGS CASE AGAIN".
Tub Brlggs heresy trial is not like the
comet It is a concrete, unequivocal, and
stern actuality. Kansas Cl'v Star.
Pnov. Bkiogs Is his own lawyer in tbe her
esy case now brought against him, and even
his enemies agiee that he Is a very clever
aignmentarlan. Boston Globe.
Wx are sorry for Dr. Brlggs. less on ac
count of his trial for heresy than because of
the various definitions or it he will find in
tbe theological columns of the dally news
paDcrs. A eu York Advertiser. '
Wip-TUZB ho will take his place in the
ranks along with Huxley and Ingersollor
in the host which follows the lead of the
Pope Is a doubtful matter. Logically, he
must go to the one side or tbe other. New
York Bun.
It Is not to be conceived that he will ac
knowledge himself a heretic, and It will be
extremely interesting to see how he will at
tempt to .harmonize his vlows with the
creed or the Presbyterian Church. Detroit
Fret Press.
Tbe publio Is liable, In the course of the
litigation, to learn a good deal upon the sub
ject of Presbyterian orthodoxy and hetero
doxy, whether the trial results in a deflnlto
settlement or Dr. Briggs' case or not. Afin
neopolis IVifttme.
Errn-K lie must go or the whole Calvln
istlo theory falls. No well-Informed man
can doubt what tbe verdict will be; but this
consideration is now insignificant compared
with the result or the trial oh the Church it
self. Philadelphia Muilttin.
Tbx result of tbe whole matter, whatever
the outcome, will not strengthen the faith
of a single man or make the Presbyterian
CburCh any stronger In the oonstant battle
which Christianity must wage with evil In
the world. Cl'veland Leader.
Tkb general pulillo will have very little
Interest In tbe proceedings for tbe reason
that it Is a foregone conclusion that tho
oouvlotton of Dr. Briggs Is among the cer
tainties. The attitude or a majority or the
presbyters justtues suoh a conclusion.
Grand Rapids Serald,
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4,
a look: around.
Jay Gould -a as a singular man In some
ways of which the general publio bad little
opportunity of judging. Forinstance there
wore times when he would grant a stranger
a portion of his time even, when he was
busy. One day a young reporter was Bent to
ask him if it was true that ho was interested
in a scheme to buy tbe Island of Cuba from
Spain. Mr. Gould was nowhere to be found
and nobody seemed to have an idea as to his
whereabouts. GlvlngtrD tbe task of finding
tho Wizard In despair the reporter walked
up Nassau street on his way back to his
office. Chanoing to look in the dark shopor
a second-hand bookseller the delighted re
porter taw his prey seated on a stool, reading
a llttlo brown book.
Gould scowled when addressed, and, in
response to the question as to Cuba, an
swered tartly that he had nothing to say.
Then, as ir be had suddenly charged his
mind, he asked: "Ever study mathematics?"
"Yes." .Llke 0id D00,T't Yes." "What
would you think or this 7" and be held out
the little brown book. It was tin old copy
of Euolld, and across the title page top, in a
neat hand, was written "Alexander Hamil
ton." "There was a mathematician and
financier for you," exclaimed Gould.
"What a railroad man Hamilton would
have made I Do you know, young
man that in order to run a railroad well
there is a groat deal of fine figuring to dot
Look here, I can't talk to you about Cuba be
cause there's nothing to say, bnt you sit
down there and I'll toll your paper some
thing about running a railroad, and they'll
say you're pretty cute to get Gould to talk
about anything." With that he reeled off a
most graphic account of the heavy expenses
of a railroad company In directions whioli
peoplo did cot usually think of, and a most
Interesting column story it made: "You can
thank Alexander Hamilton's ghost for that
Interview," he concluded with a grin, and
off he went with the little worn book. As
for me, I felt that I had struck a streak of
luck which I could not understand.
It is said that a friend of Cleveland re
cently discussed tho advisability of Gov
ernor Pattison's taking the Seoreturyshlp of
the Intel lor, and that the Governor de
clared it would be Injudicious to turn tbe
office be held over to a Bepubllcan, and the
subjeot was dropped.
It was an old lawyer who told me the
story of a client he had some years ago who
had a olaira for a large tract ot land In one
of the two cities, I need not say which. A
young man whose name may as well be
Jones as anything, owned a large farm on
the banks of the river. He had a handsome
wile and several young children. One day
a man Smith for instance applied for
work, and as he was a strong, sturdy fellow
he was engaged as a general laborer. He
'proved to be an excellent workmen and
soon won the good will of Jones and Mrs.
Jones. One day Smith and Jones were cut
ting down a tree when it fell and Instantly
killed the farmer. Smith became the man
ager of the fnrm and in tbe course of a year
or two he married the widow. The children
oX Jones as they grew np felt the house was
uncomfortable and moved away. Then
Mrs. Smith died and her husband took pos
session of the property. After a tlmo it be
came city lots and some ol it was sold. For
some reason Jones' children made no claim
and things went along peacefully for many
years.
Then Smith followed his wife and bis
former master to the land of shadows ana
bis ohtldren reigned in his stead. There
came a man who said his name was Jones
and who was the grandson or him who was
killed by the tree. He was born in England
whither Ills father bad emigrated and
married. He had many papers to prove bis
claim and to back up his statement that the
children of Smith had no title to the pror
erty, as Jones had died Intestate and his
children were the real heirs. Things were
preparing for a row when there came a fire
which destroyed all tho papers of Jones.
Ho went to several lawyers, bat as he could
not make good his lost papors he was ad
vised to let it drop. He did this and lives
quietly across the seas while tbe Smiths con
tinue to own the remnants of the. estate.
"What a strong man he was," said a
prominent Republican to me yesterday. He
had a bank note in bis hand on which was a
ilne likenes of General Grant. "You have
heard stories of his strength of charaoter,
ao doubt, but I know something of it my
self. A friend of mine had been treated un
fairly in one of tbe departments. I took the
matter up and wont to Washington to see
about it. Through the elder Cameron an
appointment was made for me lor the fol
lowing day at 2 o'clock. At tbe appointed
hour we proceeded to the White House. As
-we entered tbe building a man in great agi
tation passed us, going out. He nodded
without speaking to Cameron and hurried
away. 'Who's that?' I asked, for the face
of the stranger seemed familiar. 'That's
Belknap, Secretary of War,' answered Cam
eron; 'he seems to be upset about some
thing there are many stories afloat,
you know.' We were shown at once
Into tho President's room, and for
almost an hour the case of
my friend was discussed. Grant took a keen
interest in the matter as soon as he heard
my story, sent for the papers and examined
them and agreed the course of action 1
asked for should lie carried out. All this
time the President was calm, cool, and to
tally fieo from any symptoms or emotion or
excitement, and we left him apparently free
from any extraordinary cares.
"About an hour after this I was talking
to Cameron in his committee room, when
Senator Morton hurtled in, looking nale and
much distressed. He did not notice me, as
I sat partly beblnd a curtain, and he blurted
out, 'Good God, Cameron, this is awful busi
ness about ' Then he saw me and paused.
Go ahead Oliver,' said Cameron, 'this is
Mr. , of Flttsbniir, and can be trusted.
Whatlsupt' Then be told us the story of
Belknap's frightful disgrace and salu that
he had been with Grnnt and bad confessed
to tbe whole thins. It was fresh from this
exciting and distressing Interview that we
found Grant and for the sake of wbat had
been represented as unfair treatment of an
old and faithful official, he had thrust asldo
the greater burden to take up tbe details of
the lesser man's worry."
"Why does a woman on entering a street
car, and a healthy yonng woman at that,
stand by the door nntll an old man gets up
and offers her a seat, when there .are four
or five vacant places in the foi ward part of
the cart And echo answers t
i
I do not notice any hurry on the part
of the Western Union Telegraph Company
to make any improvement in their East
Liberty service. As I have had occasion to
remark before, ladles do not care to go into
tbe office In the stockyards, and there is no
other place to send a-message from except
in a room somewhere on Frankstown'
avenue the location of which is llttlo
known and the service from whioli Is miser
able. Why Is there no good-Sized central
office in East Liberty, easy of reach and pro-'
Tided with plenty of messenger boysT It Is
a nuisance which should receive attention.
Walteb.
AH HEIH TO JOHN M'KEOWN
Supposed to Be Found In the Person of a
Utlca FbyslcWn.
Utica, N. T., Dec. 8. Special. Dr. Mich
ael McEeown, for many years a Yesident of
this city and a practicing physician in good
standing, is a brother of Arthur McKeown,
of Hbrryuiount Cottage, Ireland, and a
brother of the deceased John McKeown, of
Washington, Pa.
The doctor has been in correspondence
with tho brother In Ireland for some time
relativb to action on the estate of John Mc
Keown. He said to-night that he would
leave lor Pittsburg eariy next week to con
sult his attorney. It is known that the doc
tor was born in tbe same place as the de
ceased, and that a brother John came to
this country and was hereiost track of.
Unclo Sam's New Caller.
Chicago Trlbane.1
Is It you, Miss Canadat Good morning.
Come in.
1892.
WHAT POPULATES 0TTB JAILS.
Ex-President Hayes Speaks on Immigration
to the Prison Befonn Association.
Baltimore, Dec. 8. At the annual meet
ing of tbe National Prison Beform Associa
tion held In this city to-day, ex-Presldent
Hayes delivered an address reviewing the
work of the society and the growth of crime
through immigration.
"From the time of John Howard down to
the present day," said he, "prison reform
ers have never enjoyed a largo measure of
popular favor. They have nevor been
gladdened by any sudden, rapid, sweeping
success of any part of their work in any
country, but we shall be stirred and oheered
as we discover the beneficlent changes
which a few deendeshave wrought. The
greatest improvements have been made In
the common Jails. Cruel punishments not
long ago wero deemed essential to maintain
discipline in prisons. They aro almost
gone.
"The prime objeot of 'tbe true prison re
former is tbe protection of society and indi
viduals by the prevention of crime. The
means by which we seek to attain this end
are: First The speedy and certain arrest,
conviction and imprisonment of tbe guilty.
Second The reformation or convicts by the
valid reclaiming forces, religion, education
and productive labor. Third the perma
nent incarceration or all prisoners who are
not reformed. Fourth The most effectual
mcaus to prevent crime Is an unceaslnsr,
conscientious and wise care in the training
or the young.
"Immigration, as it exists to-day. Is the
lion In tbe path of the progress or America.
Formerly the love or liberty and the lauda
ble desire to better the condidltlon were
the leading motives or immigration from Eu
rope to? America. Now, emplo ers of large
bodies of men wanting cheap labor, the
agents of steamship companies, speculators
In land in the thinly settled States, stimu
lated by their greed for gain, and, worso
than all, the increasing efforts or European
communities to send to America their
chronic paupers, lunatics and criminals,
have given to this question a gravity that
has not before belonged to It."
THE WIZARD OP WALL STREET.
A mastek of finance. Detroit Journal.
His career can not be deemed a success.
Toledo Blade.
The greatest financial genius of the age.
Buffalo Inquirer.
The deceased financier was a bold and, in
deed, a desperate operator. New York World.
At borne he was an American or whom his
countrymen can well be proud. Chicago
Mail.
He was an animated antithesis, the like of
whom the world may never see again. Cm
oinnali Times Star.
Fob more than 2D years the most potent
figure In the world's financial affairs. 81.
Louis Globe Democrat.
Tbe greatest money maker ever known
was the least known money maker that ever
lived or died. Brooklyn Eagle.
It may be that the world has never dono
justice to him who is now, materially, poor
as the poorest, Washingi on Star.
So long as he is remembered it will be
only as tbe sharpest .and most snccessfnl
"speculator" of the century. Philadelphia
Bulletin.
His will was Indomitable; his courage was
illimitable; his energy was tireless; his
knowledge of human nature was perfect.
Rochester Union.
Fiiom first to last the business career of Jay
Gould was an unparalleled story of success
ful and wonderlully endowed avarice.
Clevehnd Leader.
BMn. Gould's death simply removes a dis
turbing element in tbe financial world an
element whose Influence was far-reaching,
powerful and always used selfishly. Wheel
ing Register.
We say that the late Mr. Gould cannot bo
entirely condemned for becoming rich. If
his fault needs expiation it can be given by
tho balance In favor of the prosperity his
railroad improvements created. Columbus
Dispatch.
ASA BEHAH TEE- MODEL
Of a Statne-of Solid Silver in Montana's Ex
hibit at the World's Fair.
CnicAoo, Dec 1 One exhibit at the
World's Fair will be a statue in tbe Montana
State building of a woman eight, feet high,
including the pedestal, and of solid silver.
The Intrinsic worth of the stiver is $S3,000,
and the sculptor is to receive $10,000 for his
work, it will be modeled after tbe Greek
atvle. A sinsle earment will adorn the
statue, leaving tbe arms, neck and bust ex
posed, and extending to tbe knees. On her
heaa will ue a uiauem.
In her left hand, which is raised above
her head, she will hold the scales iu wh!ch
crold and silver balance each other, thus
symbolizing Montana's stand on tne silver
question, in ner ngu& nanu, wiucn laus as
her side, will be a drawn sword. She Btands
on a globe two feet in diameter, wblcb will
represent Mother Earth floating in tbe
ether. Miss Ada Iteban, the actress, will bo
the model.
The Smoke Nuisance Aagaln.
Baltimore Herald.
It Is stated that Pittsburg consumes 43,-
000,000 gallons or water dally. But after de
ducting the amount used in wasning off coal
smut and that consnmed In washing down
drinks only a little remains for ordinary
domestic uses.
DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE.
General J. H. Potter.
The death has been announced at Colum
bnj of Brigadier General Joseph Hajdon Potter,
United Btates Army (retired). He was born' In
East Concord, N. H.. In 1821. He served In tbe
army of occnpatlon nnder General Taylor at
Corpns Chrlsti till March. ISM, and was In Fort
Bronn, Texas, during the bombardment from May
3 to 8, 1846. He was in Worth's division at the
battle or Montery and was serenely wounded wnlle
stormlnc Fort Solado. General rotter served
through the batUes or Fredericksburg and Chan
cellorSTllle. belnjt severely wounded and taken
prisoner at the latter place. He was mustered out
of the volunteer service on January 15. 1886. He
was commissioned Major of tho Nineteenth In
fantry July 4. 1863, aud was successfully breveted
Lieutenant Coloml and Urlgadler General for gal
lant and meritorious services In the War of the
Rebellion. In April, 1888, he was appointed a
Brigadier General.
Mrs. Adelaide "Wlnterhalrer.
Mrs. Adelaide "Winterhalter died yester
day afternoon at her home, 3317 Forbes street. She
, was the mother of "William O. Winterhalter. of
Rlter X Uoniey, anaoiuscaru uanier,inejeweier.
She was a sister of B. Sledle. the. Jeweler. Mrs.
"Winterhalter came to America from Blacs For
rest, Germany. SO yean aro. She was one of the
best known artists In Pittsburg, making the finest
kinds of embroidery. Daring the war she made
much of the gold bullion used on army officers
uniforms, bhe had been married twice, her first
husband belnr Hugo Ganter an! tbe second
Matthew "Winterhalter. The later has been dead
3 years, bhe was 67 years of age.
Panl Jordan, Napoleonic Pretender.
Paul Jordan died at the County Infirm
ary, at Findlay. 0., Friday. He has always de
clared that ho was an Illegitimate son of Napoleon
n ltl...l....k.-il. T3.-I. In 1?fl
jjonapane, mu hiiw " "y.1" "? .,. '"
which statement, lr true, would make Mm 106 years
.i,..ii..ti- nf nla 1uth -Tnrrfan'a. Itnrr waft
that he went to Egypt In 1796 with Napoleon on his
ramoua expedition to the pyramids, and that he
(Jordan) was captured by the Turks; that he lived
for several years a nomadic life and alternant
came to America.
George M'I-?od, Oil Producer.
George McLeod, the well known oil pro-
.. .at... - n!. li.m. In Washington. Pa...
early Friday, of paralysis. He was for several
years a prominent figure, and one of tbe best
f... nna-fn-a in tha nnnr field. He was 43
years old; and leaves a wife and four children.
The lunerai win oe ueiu a. - u wv. w.j -.w-noon,
and will probably be attended by the
.iri.. innPB.nrihii M.innie Lodare.
Obituary Notes.
CpjtMANDiin boswill D. Hitchcock, Jr.,
United States Navy, died yesterday morning In
lew York artcr alew hours' ulness.
A, B. Bakes, orindlanapolls. Is dead at Boston.
Mr. Baker was tne senior member of tne firm of
Baker & Bandolph. printers and stationers, and
was connected wltn. a similar large establish
ment at Chicago.
Miss Mart Allen Wist, an American temper
ance missionary in Toklo, Japan, died Thursday.
Mie had Intended to return to Chicago thlsweek.
Jtiis West was the senior editor of the Union tiu
nal, the organ of the W. C. T. U.
SvlVistir F. Eaoan, one of the best known
liquor dealers in Buffalo, died Friday. He was
President of an eleotrlo light company. -director In
the People's Bank and Cltln.'s Gas Cpmpany,and
a life member of threr library associations. Ho
was prominent in church aud benevolent work.
DavTivTvu-TT.T.Tiiifioit. ex-Chancellor of Near
Jersey, died Friday at his home a El.zabe.th la bis
85th year. He came of a distinguished New Jersey
family, his ratner sjiim S"Vu'uruur 4D.";"
state rroa. IStr to .. Mr. Williamson was State
Chancellor from ISjJ to I860, and was for years
leading counsel of the Jersey Cantral Baltroao,
METROPOLITAN FEATURES.
trxoit a BTAvr coKHisroxpurr.l
NswYoior,Deo. i Walking throngh Cen
tral Park the other day, I was astonished to
see the evidences of vandalism that appear
here and there and everywhere. The mag
nificent stone terrace at the head of the
mall Is probably the most conspicuous for
those. There is not a stone carving within
reach of the vandal hand that has not Deen
defaced by chipping. The beautiful designs
on either side of the grand staircases lead
ing to lake, plaza and fountain, which de
signs originally showed birds and water
fowls or various description, have been
practically ruined. The bills, legs, tails,
wings and every other projecting reature
have been broken off. In several instances
the heads have disappeared. The carvings
were deep, richly elaborate and skillfully
executed. Their condition wonld now make
an artist's blood tingle with indigna
tion. As I stood there mentally bewailing the
disfigurement of this work of the sculptor's
art, I saw a policeman watching me from
the cover of the wall above. When I came
up I Inquired If there was no way to protect
such things from the young hoodlnms who
roam throuzh the, park.
"Boys," said he, contemptuously, "It ain't
tyrys it's grown people. What's more, it's
grown people who know better. They call
themselves ladicsl and gentlemen and
that's what tbey do! Boys couldn't do
wbat's being done all over tbe park. It's
men and women. They go through here
wltb hammers and knock off carvings and
chip off Corners or marbles. And they carry
off the pieces to their homes In Chicago, New
Orleans and Boston and wherever they live
and think It's smart."
It doesn't seem possible. Tet Is it not so
in Washington, where tbe great bronze doors
of tbe National Capitol cast at Munich
works of great sculptors, elaborate in detail
and of historic design exhibit the same
marks of desecration? Is It not necessary to
post policemen at the windows of the grand
reception room of the White House on every
publio occasion to prevent the cutting of
the costly lace curtains and the mutilation
of the rich marble mantels by ladles' and
gentlemen?'
We Americans are noted for our want or
veneration. Abroad we ore instinctively
classed as a nation of vandals. I rememDer
once in loitering among the famous sculp
tures of the grand gallery at Florence how
the attendants watched tbe American
visitors. My guide spoke to one or tbem In
Italian and complimented him upon his
fresh appearance after so many years in
"I have still my hands and my feet," ho
replied; "and my nose," he added, indicat
ing wltb quicK gesture a noble marble that
had lost these members, "but, sacrists! If I
should once sleep here tbe Americans would
knock them off."
Afl Caused by the Cornet.
t There are wise people to-day who believe
hat the proximity or a comet to the earth
brings with it various diseases, mental as
well as physical disturbances.
"I never took any stock in this comet bus
iness," said a practical friend of mine. "I've
seen several comets In my tlmo and read all
sorts of rot abont them very little of which
I believed. But this comet"
He paused and drew me, away from the
crowd. Having glanced about him uneas
ily, he continued:
"This comet nearly drove my wife crnzyl
Yes, sir; fact! And she's nearly driven mo
crazy. Do you have you seen anything
queer about me lately?"
I told him that I had not that he looked
as sane as his average fellow mortal.
"Well,'' he resumed, "I've run a mighty
narrow chance, I tell you. But she's enredt
now. If this infernal comet hadn't gone
away Just when 1: did I should have been
locked up by this time.
"My wire Is ordinarily a quiet little woman
and takes no particular Interest in the
newspapers, except when there Is a mys
terious murder case, like the great Maybrlck
poisoning case, or the Carlyle Harris case,
or something like that something mysteri
ous, you know. Then she grabs the news
papers and reads up on It, and talks about
It, aud advances theories about it, and,
thoroughly masters it, hanging the defend
ant every day. She can And more clews
than the whole metropolitan police force.
She pounces down upon mo at breakfast
wit!) her theories and clews and suspicions,
and as these are changed alter reading tbe
evening papers I set another dose at night
"But this comet! She has beerr stricken
yes, sir: stricken by tbe mysterious Influ
ence the 'comet is said to have upon tho
human mind! It was manifest in her the
very day she read tbe dispatches, and the
ulfferences of learned opinion as to whose
comet it was and its probable orbit, its dis
tance, the number of sparks in Its tall, etc.
If It had been a straightforward comet, and
come right out whero everybody could see
It, and where everybody expected It, she
would have been all serene. But the mys
tery or tbe thing, the uncertainty, tho dis
agreement of astronomers; hat settled ber.
She began reading up ou the comet rrom the
newspapers. As every newspaper differed,
nnd every authority in every newspaper
differed with every other authority in that
or any other newspaper, she found herself
suddenly plunged into a world of
excitement. Sbe sprang comet on
me every hour in the day and swept the
heavens with a two-Inch opera glass every
night. She had a sort of an idea that red-hot
chunks or iron were liable to drop Into our
flat. She went up on the roof to see tbe
meteono shower and got locked out up
there by the janitor. If I hadn't missed her
she'd have been frozen to death. She got
up ten times a night to look out, and once
she said- sbe smetled sulphur. She slipped
out of bed the first thing In themornlngand
read wbat the papers said about the comet,
then went back to bed again. When I sat
down to breakfast with my paper she was
loaded for me. You could see a hazy red
light hanging over the Jersey horizon from
our windows, and she bad those windows
open so muou at night we all cot colds and
snuffles. On Sunday night the t'Kj over
theie was bright red at intervals. Well, she
was Just wild. Then she smelted the sulphur
in the air. I never saw a woman get so ex
cited. She scarcely slept a wink.
"The next morning, when she found that
it was tbe Jersey meadows on Are nnd that
she hadn't seen tbe comet at all, sbe was the
most disgusted w Oman you ever saw. She
won't touch a newspaper now. Sbe savs the
newspapers aro the biggest liars next to
tbe astronomers on earth. If I sav 'comet'
at her now she Is as madasaiiornet.
"In my optnlon. It's been a contounded
fraud all along. This man Bella, or Beely,
ought to get six months on the island."
Some Features of Mexico,
"Mexico Is a queer country," remarked a
legal friend who bad jnst returned from a
trip there. "Tho best hotel In the City of
Mexico Is a poor sort of an affair by the side
of our New York hostelrles. We couldn't
get a room with a bath. 1 had to use tbe
public bath connected with the hotel. Paid
25 cents. Nearly everything is 25 cents. We
paid 25 cents lor our beer and 25 cents for our
brandy and soda. Tbe waiters are worse
than the New York article. They never
bring you tbe correct chanse. They are
natives, and the worst set of robbers oat of
Jail."
Trifling With the Cash.
My legal friend never dined at a certain
Broidway hotel among tbe sports, actors,
theatrical managers and whatnot. Other
wise he could see some of tbe very worst
waiters right-here la Now York and wouldn't
have to seek them In Mexico. I have dined
there pretty often, for It Is a good place to
study character and has a good cook. Fonr
times out of a possible live the waiter or tbe
cashier will raise your check will charge 5,
10 or 20 cents more on Items than the price
on tbe bill of fare. This is a clumsy trick.
however compared to the favorite one of
adding up tbe items wrong. For. curiously
enough, most men wbo would see at once an
over charge -will never detect theserror in
the footlnir. The fact is. men are not alwavs
at their arithmetical best Immediately alter
dining. Every waiter knows that and takes
advantage or it. It is so easy to add the tip
into the total and ir he gets anything else
he Is so much ahead. If he la cauxnt it is a
"mlslake" aaslly explained. The other ways
of cheating are famlllac here, too. I once
gave a watter a $5 note In payment. He
came back shortly afterward and blandly
laid change ror $2 berore "me, saying
"l believe you gave me a two dollar note."
"You mean ten," I suggested.
He immediately laid down $3, wbtoh he
had concealed in his hand.
This cheating in footings is so common
that no Householder is sale rrom it unless
the figures are car'efullv gone over.
A bright little sales woman in one of the
biggest retail houses in the city once
dropped me for 50 cents as neat as wax by
this proco-s or addition, and this In a bill of
less than $5. S nee that time I have gone
over their flgurlnsr, and 'in several cases
where Clio goods wero paid for on the spot I
have tonnd from 53 cents to l Included In
the footing that uldn' t belong- there. These
tidsare very quick at figures and a pretty
glrLfcan "flim-flam" a man. out of a dollar or
twp ngnt unuar nu n-
im sk'-ft lasvwa avjuui..
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
' Krupp's factory has 2,222 furnaces
The flesh of the oyster is about COpef
cent water.
Some of the famous feasts ofliucullui
ccst $3,000 each.
About 2,000 daily and weekly journal!
are printed in Paris.
Great Britain has 80 miles of tunnels,
their cost exceeding $37,500,000.
Old manuscripts and autographs are not
bringing the prices they used to.
Millions of butterflies are eateu every
year by the Australian aborigines.
Oysters feed on monads, one of th
minutest and simplest forms of marine life.
The profits from the sale of the works
of Charles Dickens still amount to $10,000 a
year.
Pet dogs are now furnished with shoes
for the purpose of protecting the polished
floors.
Cuban barbers lather their patrons with
their bands from a bowl made to fit under
tbe chin.
An electric plant has been discovered
in India which -will Influence a magnetic
needle 25 feet distant.
A broken toy which amused the great
Napoleon when he was la swaddling clothes
was sold in France recently for $200.
A mahogany tree in Honduras was re
cently cut into boards, -which, when sold la
tne European market, realized nearly
2,200.
The newest fad in autograph books Is
one of the cooking recipes. Each formula
written in tbe book has the signature of the
contributing friend nnder It.
An inmate of an Armenian convent has
recently died, after being there 93 years,
without once going outside the convent
walls. Her recorded age was 115 years.
- It does not seem to be generally known
that tbe turkey Vas domesticated by tbe In
dians long before the discovery of this con
tinent by white men, but such is tbe case.
A. swimming tank is said to be a ears
for lameness in horses. In swimming tbe
horse exercises the samemnscles as in trot
ting, but with no Injury to his feet or legs.
It is said that Massachusetts Is the only
State In tbe Union whtoh provides, bj actor
Legislature, that banks may pay checks for
a certain time after the death of the drawer.
In Scotland the monks shaved the whole
of the fore part of the head from ear to ear.
In the Andaman Islands every man shaves
bis head, or rather, gets his wire to shave it
tor him.
The Statue of Liberty in Hew York
harbor, now wears a blazing diadem of 54
electric lamps in vari-colored globes, and
the radiance trom it is equal to that from
270,000 candles.
On view in one of the early London ex
hibitions was a Chinese bed ornamented
with all sorts of curious and elaborate cabi
net work, the greater part of -which con
sisted of Inlaid mother or pearl.
Another use has been found for elec
tricity. In Ceylon experiments have shown
that it is more economical to dry tea leaves
by its agency than by the old method, and
extensive plants have been erected for that
purpose.
To such an extent does religion prevail
at Gonoatoa, in the South Seas, that every
man, woman or child on that island wbo
does not go to chnrch at least three times a
week Is liable to be arrested and fined, the
fine going to the King.
Many of the houses in Madrid have a
long palm branch twisted along the railings
of one of the upper balconies. This was
blessed in one or the churches at Palm Sun
day, and Is kept until another Is substituted
In the following year.
In making railroad tunnels and in sink
ing wells and pits in Arizona, Nevada and
Utah, salt strata are said to be often strnok
at varying depths. It la further stated that
nundreds of fish, perfectly preserved, are
found in blocks of this pure rock salt.
The National Board of Fire TJnder
wfiters estimate the Are waste In this coun
try as follows: For 1832. $St,000.000-. 1833, $100,
000.000; 1881, $110,000,000; 1885, $102,000,000: 1688,
$10,(XW.0U0: 1887. $119,000,000: 1883, $110,000,000;
1889, $123;000,000; 1890, $109,000,000; 1891, $145,000,
000. "Long hair has come to stay irr football.
Various styles of headgear have had their
day, but thefadvantages of the natural cov
ering for the head have been so generally
recognized that it is likely to remain the
only protection for the head of a football
player.
The stinging nettle was introduced into
this country by theBomans. They trans
ported the obnoxious weed that they might
chafe tbelr"bonnmbed limbs with its leaves
when overcome by the unaccustomed cold
of this northern isle. To our ears such rig.
orous treatment hardly sounds well.
Iu Loudon, as in every other capital ot
Europe, there are foreign officers mingling
with tbe ordinary police, but who take their
orders from tbe Consuls or Ministerial
representatives of their respective nations.
They are watching criminals wbo have
escaped from the Jurisdiction of their own
country.
It Is estimated that the Mississippi
river annually discharges in the Gulf ol
Mexico 19,500,000,000,000 cubic feet of water.
Or this prodigious quantity the 1-2.900 part
will be sediment. Thus the Mississippi an
nually deposits alone into tbe Gulf ot Mex
ico sufficient mnd to cover a square mile of
surface to a height or 2(0 feet.
The Vienna Academy of Sciences is
about to publish the Etruscan ritual book
which was discovered In the wrappings of
a mummy last year by Prof. Krall. This
book is tho only survivor of the famous
Etruscan literature of divination and ritual
of which we hear so much In tbe Latin
classics, especially in Cicero and Livy.
Pishing was a favorite pastime of the
Egyptian gentleman, both in tne Nile and
in tho spacious sluices or ponds constructed
within his grounds. This favorite occupa
tion was not confined to yonng persons, nor
thought unworthy of men of serious habits,
and an Egyptian of rank is frequently rep
resented in the sculptures catching fish
with rod and line.
In many parts of England the supersti
tion still survives that it is folly or mad
ness to save a drowning man. as newlll,
sooner or later, do an injury to the rescuer.
Tho superstition comes down from ances
tors, yet traces of It exist among the Sioux
and other Indians, who seem to have Inher
ited it from aboriginal sources. The belief
Is most prevalent in Cornwall and various
parts ot Scotland.
The new flagstaff on Windsor Castle
that Is to bear tho royal standard was re
cently successfully put in place. Five days
were occupied In the preparations and in
luting the flagstaff to Its elevated position
upon the round tower. Four Maundy coins
obtained from tbe mint silver penny, two
penny, threepenny and fourpenny piece---were
deposited under the butt before It was
lowered into Its position.
OBIGINAI, AXD JOCOSE.
THZSTIAS'S U-inXT.
Por many years I've trod the boards.
In parts both-sad aud gayt
Have played logo and Macbeth
In quite a bank np way.
Have played the melancholy -Sow.
Likewise the "Tramp's Retreat;"
Have made a hit in Romeo;"
My Jfoor you conld not beat
I've played In many modem plays,
Bnt here my story ends.
To-day I need a dime and nnd
That I've played all ray frlenas.
I HOPE SO, TOO.
"I hear you have written an opera?"
'yea."
"Well. I hope It win be song to death."
thi nrrvEBiacx nsrwxx T-aix xxo su-krt.
"Will I offer Bummly 5225 to play thi
part?"
"No. of course not."
I don't suppose we can get htm for less; it was
only yesterday he told me he had signed a tws
years' eontraet at $200 per week."
"He told you that, did bet"
"Yes."
"Well, offer him $30 and watch him come."
rr's wook
Beside the fire in an easy chair
His pipe of meerschaum he smokest
ForgetUng himself he Inhales a bit. t
And then, as expected, he chokes.., .
I think to myself as I watch him there.
He enjoys It not a hit;
I'm far f"m the way he eyes that pipe,'.
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