iPlV It A.11 Appeal to tho Legislature in Behalf of Small Property Owners. I.ralitlntlnn Hequcatcd I'mlcr Which the I'eoiile Will Hnve nn Oppurttt iilty to Kloct lciiilier of tlie tlonnl. Who Are Sow Appointed li ttle Jnilitea, to Snnervlwe the An arimmont of Itt'Rl Kitnte. (Sitcclul Correspondence.) Philadelphia. March 12 rhlladcl phia is now demanding reform in the methods of assessing taxes, and she has appealed to the members of the legislature from the intoror counties to assist her in getting through legisla tion which will bring about the desired result. Kor years there has been complaint over what was declared to be flagrant discrimination in the assessment of taxes against the owners of small properties. Mechanics and other work iugmcn. who. through industry and thrift, have managed to save up enough to pmchase small homes, have been obliged to pay taxes upon assessments which represent full S; per cent of the market value of their properties, while the mansions of the millionaires, val ued at $J00.0H0 and upward, are assess at but 25 per cent of what they would bring if placed on sale in the open market. The assessment of real estate In this city has for some years been made by a board of real estate assessors, who are named by a board of revision of taxes. The members of the board of revision of taxes are appointed by the board of Judges of the courts of com mon pleas. The complaint is that by this round about system the people have no re dress when they have reason to com plain of the assessment of taxes. They cannot reach the members of the board of revision of taxes, w ho arc a law unto themselves. What the people now demand Is that the present board of revisit u of taxes shall he abolished ami that a new method of making assessments shall be adopted, under which the members of the board having the supervision of this work shall he elected by tho peo ple. Bills providing for this reform have been introduced in the senate and the house of representative.-, at Marrisbnr; and they are being pushed tlr.inuh as rapidly rs possible. There Is no doubt that in the event of their pv-sim both houses they will be signed I y ; lie gov ernor, who is in full symi'atl y the movement for tax reiorr.i in thi city. Those who have for years, throu the influence of the judges, controlled the patronage of the board of revl of taxes, and the real e--,jto a.-s.- naturally do not want to rc-!liniui-h tneir power. I hey have, therefore, started nn nut tation with the vie-v of r"'s'-v!'-members of the letislnttne and jrettit mem 10 oppose ir.e ill's wniih an designed to give the d,-in-d iVi.rm They have raised all sorts cf o tlons to the proposed cl-nn:." ami r Bought to create the i:r.r --lon '.hat the legislation desired U simv.ly In th interest or certain politic": minv-e- Whereas the contrary is exactly tin cae. I lie men who now con'rt the hoard are loth to yield their political l:,rt-t ence which Ihee positions rer.re -e-i. REV. DR. CONVEM. fcTFTAIvS OT" Some Idea of popular foJiir; on tl: subject can be had from a public stn'. ment from Rev. Or. R;is?.?!l H. C : Well, pastor of the Ian 'tip: church in this city. "The T r.ioV." , commenting upon this propr---d i, rorm legislation, he said: "It i-i a good thing; an excellent thing. Tiire was never anything so completely un American as the present board. I can not conceive how the people of this city could ever have permitted them selves to give away their liberty to sucn an extent as to allow the. founda tion of a body consumed as this n inilerstar.d me, I have not a word to say against the individual members u the board; they are esM.nnlile gentle men; but It is the Institution that In un-American. The people, in permit ting Its existence. Imv .Teat?.'! a tvram against whose dictum they have rio re- urcss. mey nave created a revborv Board, which they cannot destroy, which mis u;e power to tex thorn to ruin or to tax theni to success. Once appointed, the tax reviser remains for me. ii is a condition creative of anuses. "The abolition of the hoard as at present constituted and the sul-stiMi-tlon of a body of men elected l,y (he people. Is the on'y 'o-.- ai w.,v tn , ,... iconize uio institution. I am verv glad to hear that siuh a bill is liefure th .legislature, and I sincerely hope (bit ii win pass and become law. At pre hi mere is no way to cure nn inbisth o. The members of the board are their own masters nnd masters of tlr- p.,p us wen. a hoard elected bv th-i r'in'e wuuiu no sunject to the w-t r' t people, which Is as it should be, Zl, RMciniiie i a serious one. and en not leuiovn.i too soon. The womW Is thnMt has not been abolished lng "SSI. PLAYING FOR IiEMOCR ATS. An attempt is lielnu made by thn-,. seeking to continue in control of th board of revision of tax"s to et tin- ueiniici'Huc memiiers of the !e--. I.itiiri; uneu up against the reform bills. Tim are using arguments that this is a Re puniican "mm hint-' move, and that it win nun tne lieniDiiatic party. ine facts of the case are that th- proposed legislation will make this new tax board a non-part Un in dv. riving the Democrats the right to -'e-t a representative on the braid and in a snare In the patronage. GORDON'S PERSONAL M Af'HIXE. It has been a matter of public scan dal for years that former Jm'.go Cor don has practically dictated th s tlon of a birge pr-entage of the lit-; oera'le rei estate nopmnrt. 'I he Crnnlh. of French Jacobin (lain A Jacobin club was established at Mar- Hollies lii-fun.- tho cud of 17VI, and with in the iirst six months of 17IK) one was organized in c-iuli of the large towns. Hut it was after the national federation. J'lly U. ll'M, that Jacobin iniliicnco tpn-ad net l ipid:;.-. J lieu l-.,n-a s-..-ii ri.-s 1,-gnn to K. M. Itanized all mo- I nline, and us un aid to ibis the cbib at Pans in the niituiiiu of 17: fr,iind..l tin- Journal des Amis do la r,,ii-tituti,,ij, of wliidi I.n.'los l.o tame edit,.,-. Tin- joiiiii.'il spi-eiid Jac obin opinions and in -roesc-d rapidly the nrgiiiiziiti.." ofiil,s. !,.fri. th,. ,.nd of the year I.iiclo was to publish a llvl ,.t v,.P 111 i.r.n ii,. i:, , ,s ;v I save been looked upon as his principal political assets. While Gordon was fighting the He:n- ocratic organization in this city. In order to get control of the local lvnm cratic machine himsoif. Hi -serealestate assessors constituted an important ele ment In his political org liiir.ation. They were conspicuously active in Demo cratic ward nnd city conventions and nearly all of them were in the move mrnt with David Martin to defeat Gov ernor Pattison when Warwick was run ning for mayor. At that time Gordon ,T.d his political following was In the combine to defeat Pattison. and Gor don has been Pattison's implacable foe ever since. Gordon is a hitter enemy of Col Guf fty and would not help the Democrat ic state organization unless it were to his own personal interest, lie is regarded ss one of the most selfish men in poll tics. Vpon the death of Mr. Iinchlin. who for years was the Democratic mcmbei of the board of revision of taxes. Judge Gordon, who was then on the bench, brought about the appointment of R. A. l.ukens as his successor, nnd he is today tho Democratic member of this board, l.ukens was the Gordon leader cf the Eleventh ward nnd for years had control of the Democratic machine in that part of the city. HE KNIFED PATTISON. All of the Democratic appointments since made in the board of real es tate assessors have been personal fol lowers of Gordon, nnd those who de clined to bow to the Gordon regime were retired from the board. Friends of former Governor Pattison declare that but for Gordon's opposi tion nnd his deals with David Martin Governor Paulson would have been elected mayor of this city ins'ead of Warwick. RIG DINNER TO Qt'AY. Plans for the great dinner to be given under the auspices of the State League of Republican clubs In this city In honor of the election of Col. Mat thew Stanley Quay to the United States senate are progressing favorably. A meeting of the executive committee of the State League was held last ntiht, when the matter was carefully gone over. The allied Republican clubs of this city will co-operrto with the State League in this function. It Is Intended that the occasion slnl! be made a notable one in th,- political history of Pennsylvania. It is probable that the nrc-.sicn will he made to cover two days. The plans under consideration contemplate a re ception by a delegation of clubmen to Col. Quay on his arrivo! at Pror.d Street station on Wednesd y. May S. and late that afternoon It i.i sueested that a luncheon be given the Heaver statesman at the Union League, to be attended by about 400 mem'-t i s of the league and other representative Repub licans or tnis city and state. The big dinner will probihly be held In the Academy of Music. The Acad emy has a seating cap.ici'y f.-r ?A) diners and with room for nerrly twice that number of spectators. The pres ent intention is to have the dinner oa the evening of Thnrsdiy. M.iy 9, JIAOEE'S DEATH Insurgent Boss Will Now En Ob literated From AllogY-.iy County Politics. i-iiMinir Anny of the fili,l, :rj I. poll er Will lliivp n l"nr Itraohlinr i:n,-i-( t lion (In- liix:iri-ot .ricnnta.it' nl nnil Will Mean It; ;: H, ,;,! From I'niftifiil l'i,t;ti In IVnn Nylvnnln. (Special Corn-sr.. denoe.) Harrlsburg, March 12 Naturally the effect of the death c:.' K viator C. L. Magee upon the politics of Pennsyl vania, and especially of Allegheny county, Is being discussed by ihos, who take an active Inter" ' l:i the Re publican organization. Tl a late Sen ator .Magee was unrpicuionabiy th ablest and strongest of thcs3 Republi cans wno saw m to lam the nsurirent movement in the contest over the Uni ted Stntes senatorship which was waged in this state for ever four years. .viagee, until within a few clava nf the end of the great deadlock, remain ed within the Republican ranks and oicci tor the Republican caucus nnml- nee. Then he insisted that n senntor snouid be elected. While either un able or unwilling to get the followers or mnn, of Allegheny, into line for tne caucus nominee, he with his per sonal following at home nnd a few others in the state bolted the caucus anct lomeci the insurgents. He con tinned his associations v.-ith the insui gents until the time of his death mere are those who !:elieve tbnt had It not been for his phyic-Tl cnnditlnn. ine was in the hands of surgeons nnd physicians for the last two years) Ma gee woimi never nave taken rours- be did. It Is declared that he was In- uueneen ny r Mnn nnd others, who were playing a piw 0f selfish politics, and cared nothing f(,r Mare?'s record for consistent Republicanism. STOXE'S TRIBUTE TO MAGEE since Aiagee has passed awar full cretin nas been given him by his po noai ujjjjiMii.-iiin ui ine irsi lew vears ior tne noble traits In his churn. -tec and his great work of charity. iiovernor f-tone. n commontln. m.,n his death, among other tilings said: i nern is no man In i'eTiiiuvivnnio whose death could cause more grief and be a greater public loss than that m senator aiacee. He was nn hon est, fearless, a'.le man, who built nn his own record, and who leaves be hind him a great host of personal friends, who, upon manv occasions have experl'-nred evidences of his friendship, and who will cherish his memory with the most sim tticle. In a private wav without acting the attention of the nni,n k. did much for charity nnd much for the poor more than ninny whoso n n tries are extolled for public beneficence I always adl-ed Hrr, rti,-e nlwnvs "ill there wen al ly mm, , ,i m v or tue next year this number had increiisiil to 1.-1 , and wlhn the leiiublic n.-i . tiibiishid excellent nuthontv ,.t, the number of all.liated clubs at ".li.ooO. one for every eonnniuie in Fninci. Very soon the se chilis became i-,.iit(.i-- of the advanced revohitiomii-v f,...ii The young radicals of the provincial towns lloekiil to them, aii.l through them they controlled local politics. In I'mis, Lyons. Aix and lionbaiix there were two clubs. One was composed (,f th,. more respect.ible nnd the other of th,. lower elements nf xncictv. The hitler was always a branch of the former nnd In times of urgent need Kiinnlied It with lers.- Tiiiuliiiiiii;iii. .espected him, and feel in his death a personal loss." With the death of Magee the Insur gents lost their ablest leader. Klinn should naturally be callel upon to take his place, but he is utter ly unfitted for leadership He has the instincts of the slave drivr, nnd cannot command the frtnao .!.:; of ire.i who are associated with him in a po litical cause. He Is domineering, dicta torial and Inconsiderate of the feelings of others. He has made enemies In every move he has i::idp:-!aVi c'.-.trlng tne last tew years, and lie has d.K'.e the cause with which he has been as sociated great Injury In many ways. REVOLUTION DUE IN ALLKGHKNY The passing away of Magee will re sult in a polittoi'.l revolution In Alle gheny comity. Flinn would like to take his place as the leader of the or ganization which .Magee spent years to build up and strengthen, but he can never till the role. He has enemies in every ward In Pitts' -r-. who are In fluential In their respective lora'iti.'s, nnd who are only waiting an oppor tunity to close their accounts with him. They will follow almost anybody but Flinn in the proposed reorganiza tion of the party. They are ret nec essarily supporters of Col. Cuny In state politics, but they wovU giadly Join hands with him to prevent Flinn from coming to the front. FLINNISM TO BE P.CTIRED. The. recent movement which result ed in the passage of the reform charter bill, the so-called "ripper" legislation, was brought about by the popular de sire to get rid of Flinnism. which, with Magee on his deathbed, seemed to be cropping out In every branch of the city governmert. Flinn appointments. Flinn contracts Flinn grabs of every kind and charac ter were developing every clav until the people determined that a halt must be called. Led by the chamber of cam.nerce and kindred organizations of Ir.riiie tlal citizens, an agitation was started for the reform charter bill, and the outcome was its passage. Since th measure received the signature of t governor leading Republicans of At legheny county have been at w ork ner fectlng an organization, and it is pre uicten tnat within the next :0 dayi thorough and compart committee - ; 1 have been formed in every ward, which will promptly take up the work of tiring William Flinn from the bend of the party organization in Allegheny county. The new organization will work in accord with the regular Re publicans In the state, end thev will add new energy nnd vim in the strug gle to wipe out instirg.v.llsni foreve THE END IS NER. Philadelphia started In ti . work of obliterating' the insurgents fi-"m the race of the political map cf Pevvsvl vania. and David Martin has nrn -thai ly been relegated to private life. II present following is too small to 1: considered a factor in stale pill ics. Now that Flinn is tn be uiree l down in Ills home stronghold, tl.e.e will be nothing left but n fe v fia:n:e;its nf the insurgent organization In tho state. The Martin machine In Thllr. le'phla nnd the Flinn machine In Pitts' nrg constituted tonr-llfths of the entire In snrgent following. The contingent In the interior of the state has been al most obliterated, and before the next Btnte convention of the Republican par ty snail tie held there will not be enougn Insurgents in the entire com monwealth to elect a corporal's puard oi smie delegates. BALLOT REFORM COMING. The subject of ballot relorm w ill be considered by members of the bxh'R- ture here this week. The several bills Introduced In the senate i.nd '.he hou.-c on this subject will le taken up and carefully considered, fnl. Quav has requested the Democratic lende-s to sunnilt a bill, and he believes that if they are sincere in their prnfe-.i'rns for ballot reform there should le i:o diincuity in reaching nn ;;?.,iit upon a ull', which will meet evc.v -na. sonablo demand for ballot re"n-m Senator Quay says thnt he h l:i favor of putting every safeguard ncreis'-i around the voting syslcm to In sure a secret ballot, a correct count a d a true return of the votei as cast. Ilo one snouid ask for more. There is, however, a small ehr-eif of so-called radical independents who want the circle at the ten rf G-e etn. clnls ballot eliminated, but Republi cans and Democrats alike who bo'lve the method of voting a party ticket snouid he made as easy as possible, e'e- manu mat some such opportunity to vote a straight ticket with rne r.'a:It shall be given the voters. FOCHT STILL HDI'H-UL. Senator Focht is stiil hot -ful that there will be an agreement for non partisan support of hi3 ballot ill', with some amendments. Since he hr.s shown that the Municipal Learue would be entitled to a separate ci-e'e on the ballot he does not antlcipo-e much opposition from that so trc?. Representative Chew, c.t rnv','. phla, has Introduced a bill in t'.:o house which v cuiid bring cut :;ie "stay at home" citizens 'on e- f'-'u day. It provides thnt every 0,'ia'ile I voter shall vote at all primary r, v, g, i eral elections or be subject' to a fi-o. of $5 or ten dnyV imprponn-e. t. !"i k ness or alfse'.ce from the county the only excuse-! that will ; a id. ;t also makes "aomlrrtine i'?.v" " -.- on which primary e -tir-s - r ' -' " -a legal hollid:,y. The l.!l wis r-r: red to the clertion rrmr.l" -" -. i i probable It will le . :.:-.!e.i. T'u clause declaring m mlr.r.::: clr.v s hol iday will be ?,;-ic l;en out fid the rrrer of collecting fine? will lik-'v I --.,; In the hands of magistrates nnd Jus tices of the peace ins'er d of the v:. Innl courts, as under the bi'i rt pie Congressman Green, of t"-e I'.e k i Lehigh district, appeared 1 "'ore house committee on congre -,so nnl tvi portiotimciit and spoke In favor of making Perks and Lebanon one con gressional district. The committee cU clded upon next Thursday as the d . for final hearing of i.ll win wish (ci make reconiniendatlons regarding cn.;-gressionr-l arp'trtionmcnt.' The Ilaworth bill creating a sepirate county of Luzerne county, , u,, zleton ns the county seat, lin ; 1-ee-. p. ported adver.i'-'y to the h;o- r B the second new county bill i .i,-. -,-P this session by Mr. Hawor ; . c-r ! -. zerne, and negpth-ed by the cori-lt tee on counties and tow-v-'-'n- - Jones and Stroh employers' i;,., ., bill!! have been reported f--n i! i clic lary committee favoral,!-.- I.ont (rrrlc lllillnnrr Ktylr. At S:lo o'clock Wclnesdnv night the linmort.-il ppirit cf Si Hawkins escnpiMl fiom its prison of flesh i soured into that gn at ooii.ir.dnim velept "The Un knowii," :,tid the vaiiint body .,M j, to rest o.i the hiil-idc on Tliiii'Mlny, I'.u Gray doing tin. t ,,p mioiiib- nii-iit. Is Jl'l I..V Ali-I t .. a aiiinin mark, 'tli said, an v.a-.'t- lour st.s iOn'a Hi.. ot a t'ip n.ilcli iL.r.imlil.r,,! W I' n .; t.iok a tUt ,1 lj.vl.in,! May l e n-iiieseni in tho iism-,1 iH-ac-ofuI in. inner ii Ii: II lial'tlel load tile lust trump.- lieu voi- 1 usi. A STUDY IX DIXIXG. THE VERY FAT LADY AND THE TABLE D'HOTE DINNER. XVhut ThU Gaatroaorale Crlmlaal Ate nnil llnvr It Iaiprard aa ObserTrr, With Homo Hrniarka oa Appetite anil Moderntloa. The usual tliniightfnl person who will spend nn hour studying the ant at his toil will disregard his follow being stuff ing at the table d'hote opposite him. It is a great mistake to let any hour go by without analyzing and dissecting the himuin things around you. Impressed with this uotion we earnest ly, but Hilitely, studied the fat lady as she came to eat. She sat down and breathed heavily That heavy breathing told of asthmatic tendencies duo to an overloaded stom achand it prophesied au early ending to a placid life. It meant that she should fast moderately for a mouth. All fat people hnvc some queer con tradiction about them. This fnt lady had for twit buckle bronze plate four times as big as a sil ver dollar. On the bronze plate ia relief was the bust of thin, scrawny, bony, spirituclle girl. High in the air the tut lady held her three pink chins, itclow at ber belt and far out of her sight was the bronze relief of a woman ns a woman should be. In the old days ot knightly frankuess it would have beeu proper to lean for ward and say: "Itonmiful fat lady, radiant being, if you will you can be as scrawny, health ful and pleasing as the thiu thing at your belt." Hut iu those days such frank talk will uot do. We could only sit and watch sadly. "Oysters," said the lady, and ate theni, breathing hard and tugging pitifully with her lungs nt her cruel corset strings. "Mock turtle soup," said she, and ate thnt. Then her breath was a little bit shorter and her face a shade pinker. "I think I'll have some fish." She ate half a flounder, called a "sole" by cour tesy. "Lobster." "Rnnst beef." "Potatoes." "Corn." "Beets" no one can digest them. "Sweet potatoes." "Punch, with curncoa." This eats out your stomach' lining. "Broiled quail ou toast." "Lettuce nnd tomato salad." All these she ordered nud ate conscien tiously. The waiter could have shamed Poe's raven with his solemn, impassive tilling of a vast Toid. He showed no signs of mirth, amazement, rage or Impatience, but only said: "What else, ladyT The lady said: "I don't care for anything else just give me some ice cream and cheese nnd crackers and a cup of coffee." She was nn agreeable looking fat lady. She was tidy, fairly intelligent in appear ance; had evidently beeu subject all her life to Christian influences. Undoubtedly, somewhere in this world, some one loves her, nud to that person she says quite often: "Dear me, I wish I did not get so stout. I don't know what to do." The kind admirer says: "I don't think you're stout." The poor fat thing breathes heavily, but more happily, and eats in the same rep tilian fashion the next day. We are perfectly well aware that some fat people do not eat a groat deal that they get fat in spite of all efforts. But they are exceptions, and, liosidcs, we call their attention kindly to tho fact that fat is not made of air, but of food, and that if they eat h-ss they will weigh less. He have no hope thnt many will re form at our bidding, but none the less we point this picture from life for their con templation. As for the table d'hote, it should be cnlled the "table d'indigestion," and laws should be passed to modify it. .Man is intended of course to eat of nil the earth's wholesome products. His npiK'tites are arranged in such pro portion as shall impel hiai to cultivate the earth scientifically. ine great r owner suggests that man's palate analyzed wi i, found a Perfect map of the world under proper cultiva tion. But while mnn. unlike the inferior ani mals, is destined to great gastronomic variety he is not intended to cat every thing at once. Temperance, moderation, the self con trol essential to true appreciation those are the things which he should cultivate. ror thnt reason, as a humble Instru ment of tho cosmic scheme, we scold the fat lady, l-g nil to mingle great variety with Intellectual self control aud shame fnt friends into thinness. New York Journal. A CRABAPPLE PIPE. Hot of the Wood, hut of the Frnlt It. rlf. Pid you ever hear of a crnlmtuile pllie?" said a New Orleans man who is un ardent lover of Lady Nicotine aud who possesses a collection of smoker's mis that runs all the way from a blink cuddy" of I'ingal to a huge Dore. Inin furnace that has sit-n service at Heidel berg. "Yes. I mean exncllv whuf I .-ir " he continued, "a era bap pie piir! You never henrd of such a thing? Well, no more did I until I paid a visit to nn old uncle of mine who has a farm on the Mis souri side of the river a little above Cairo. The old mnn is n ereat smoker him self, and while ho doesn't put on any particular style ho is nliout as good a judge of the wind as you would cure to run across. His favorite mixture is a combination of light golden leaf with Just enough plug cut to give it a body, nud the pipe he likc-s best is au old fashioned clay i i . , . - uoni on a mug risn stem. Ou the afternoon of my arrival he :ooK me out to tne cxtrcsnc end of bis farm to show mo some fancy stock, and while climbing over a fcuce the bowl of his pipe came off. and. of course, hit tin. omy stone in the whole field and wns broken into a thousand nieces. I ony distressed, In-onuse I knew how much my uncle enjoyed ins smoke, and suggested that we rftuni to the bouse for n new bowl. 'Oh, that isn't necessary,' he re plied. 'I'll fix Up one In a minute right here. Several enrly criilwiinde im nr,. standing near by, heavily laden with fruit. To my nninxciiii-nt the old man pulled down a limb, select, i nn t-xtra lurire, iierfcctly sound noole nn.l nm. coed,.,! to scoop out the core with his knife, leaving a cup sliaed cavity in the top. Then he pushed tl. nM, ftl,m through the side, donned It not m-iih straw, loaded the machine fr his to bacco pouch nnd In a moment mure wns pulling nwny ns bnppy as n king. "The apple wns of tho yellow variety, hard and aliout the size of n l .r,. plum. It was very juicy; ,Mt, Grange to say, that bad no apparent effect on the "lining cji cue tiiliiieeo, nor did it, ns far ns I was able to discover, impart any t culinr taste to the Miu.ke. My on, lo laughed heartily nt my surprim- and as- j sured me that orabniiule fluently Indulged i - , ,illl(.rB , the Missouri valley region. I tried one myself that no-lit mot f..,,,..l : ., New Orleuns Tiuios lienor m BETTER THAN MARCONI'S rrrtrr Wll.on IIm WlrslM Tl Kranli vlm Thnt Mmy Salt lh ! . t th" !-r. WASHINGTON. March S. .'ineo last autumn the navy department has sut ponded the experiments in tho employ ment of w irelcss telegraphy ns a meant of coiiimmiicatioii between naval vosseli and lietwoon vessels and tho short'. t( to this time none of the warships Ion been equipped with a permanent plant While it may bo true that Marconi ti Miming to tho United Stntes and that hi may while hero communicate to tho navj department some proposition looking t( the installation of his own system of tel egrnphy on our naval vessel, tho navj department has not yet engaged him tc do so. Kesr Admiral Bradford, the chief ol the equipment bun nu, which naturnll would in-dull tiny such nouns of com iimuication. has bad coufonnee will some of tho most eminent oleotricinus ii the Uuitid Stale as to tho nvnilahili nf the wireless telegraph for naval usi: Hut so fur nothing like tho Ideal systere lias been foun 1. The latest propositior has been broached by the department ol agriculture. Secretary Wilson, hearing that tin navy was en-ting nlwiut for a sorvloonhh system of telegraphy, has written Ad mil nl Bradford to notify him thnt tin agricultural department has been ex per interning for soul.' time w ith wireless tel egt.-iphy and lias attained remarkable re sails His exiiorts assert positively that they have evolved a system radically dif ferent from Mim-oni's and of fur grcut ed cltb ieiu v. For obvious reasons th details of the process nro kept secret but it is prohibit- that within a short time a practicable exhibition w ill bo made on board of u naval vessel. The bureov of equipment, fortunately, ha a consid erable loei.i.ition made in a hour at its disposal to cover tho expenses ol installing all kinds of electrical appli ances. aide ti-oni those eonm-ctcd with the luechai'io.il department of the ship and when Secretary Long gives tho ord a part of this will Ik- spent in trying See- rotary Wilson's experts' devices. Tin outcome w ill 1. Willi bed with tho great st interest by nil naval men, particular ly in view of tho nuiioiiucoincut that not udy lliulaud tmt Germany and the other Knrope.i'1 maritime powers have ordered the installation of wirol'ss plants iu their liavicH. 3RAIN M FARMERS' HANDS M:irru ltp;erl nf Hi leprtiiint t .lir P n'lw-r, WASHINGTON. March 12. -Th March report of the statistician of tin dipartment of agriculture shows tin amount of win tit remaining in farmers' l-snds on M.irc.i 1 to hnvc boon tiltout p.x isiii.tuMi biis,, ls. or 2t.5 per cent e' last vmrs cro,i. ns compared with t,".S, tMI,iMK bu'hc'.s, or '.tl per cent of thi crop of ISti'.l. on hand March 1. l'Ml, and V.ls.iNMi.msi bushels, or ".'.i.U per cent ol the clop of IS! S on hand on March 1. IS! I! I. Tho com in farmer' hands is ostium led at 77t'i.2iMil) bushels, or ."hi.il per pel cent of last year's crop, against 77:1,- iHO.nui bushels, or .'17.2 per cent of the crop of 1MWI, on hnnd March 1, P.KSI, and Si s i.ih mi.i n ni bushels, or 41. Ii per cent nf the crop nf ISJiS, on hand ou March 1. 1S1S.I. Of nnts there are reported to lie about L".'2.NI.INNI liu.'iels, or ;!tl.2 per cent of lust year's croji, still In fanners' hands. as compared with 2!Sl.!SSi.lSHI bushels, or .lo .i per cent or Hie crop of l.visi, on hand on March 1. P.sm, and L:s.t,(KKi1tsi bushels, or .'W.7 per cent o ft ho crop of 1MW, on baud on March 1, 1N!D. PRE3 CENT'S PLANS W I Oi t.i California I, thi fprli g. It n m l tn O', tn ' y.ler Hay. WASHINGTON-. March 12. -The president has given definite assurauoe to his California friends that ho will go to the Paoihc cast this spring. Ho ox puts to leave hero the latter part of April or early in May. Vice Presi l -nt It ooHevelt had a half hour's talk ith the president yester day, but nothing was disclosed ns to lis I'liture. The ice president w ill leave Washington for Oyster Bay sonic time (his week. lis summer plans, while not complete, i-ontemphite a quiet uin nier nt. Uy.ior liny. Ho w ill not ac company the president on his trip to the Paeilic coast. Seveinl prominent 1, nders in both blanches of congress culled upon the president to pev their respects lsfore di pnrtiiu for homo. A delegation t f Christian Kiidcarorer fiom Ni w llavui. Conn., who are visit- log hero. Were l.ceivod by tho president iu tlie cabinet loom. Ilxril Mmal to Hum a t.lvln -. ilLMIltA, X Y.. Miinh 12.-Mrs. a. jeiiKins, wiiiuw or tne Iirst private necrelary ol tho Into President Abiuhum l.liuol.i. was given lodging nt polh In Hdqea rtei lu re Siilnrday night. Mrs. jcnkiiK left iimh city yesterday for Iii.inc.Ii.ullc. She in on her way .pnngliei,i, iia her former holm oviiseor of ;lie PiMir lomi.-l Macki lurnishcii ji-. .leiikins with a ticket to iloi-ni lisville. Mrs. Jenkins arrived ft this city lu'e Saturday afloruoou ai.d told her story. !rs. .leiikins said that slio left iiMiingtou several days ago, Her slory is on ; of a hard Htrugglo to eiiin a living. T. ilralalitan Mohiw'i K v. . I TICA, X. Y March 12.-The con nact to strng Men the .Mohawk rive iu linn city was iiwardisl to tht. T. II, Jiiddle CouKtructioii company of Pula tine Bridge at i:Sii.!r.;7, the lowest bid. j ue contract will tie void unless the li'uyor uud "oiiiiiioii council uulliorixes uio issuing of Losnls. .i it. o,nr i t TItOY, X. V., March Li.-Mrs. Cath criuo liissikiiiiiuier nf :ill." Madison nve ..ue, ...oiui, ilioppe.l ileiul III this city nisi eveiinig. iienrt rniliiro was th. uuse. .i son, t mules II., ia treasurer oi tue .lliiany Trust couiiuny. I.OXIiON, Jinn-h 8.-Ai-cording to nispatcli tn Die Daily Kxpress from Odessa, a pilgrim steamer wns caught iu a storm in tho iihick sea and 72 pilgrims -.re nusiieu iivoruoanl and drowned. The night Pitch. Flattc I thought I'd practice on my cornet last evening, but to save ine I couldn't get the right pitch on it. Itrntte-Conldn't you get the window open? "What' the a Indow pit to do with it?" "Well, the right pitch would have bi-ea through that."-I'hiladcli,hia Iiccord. Oar Onljr Quarrel With C haaerr. Tlie only quarrel the modern world with Chaucer is thnt he brouirht jsx'try into fashion. Mis ci-lebrati'd po,m jsginning "Whan thnt sprite," etc., hi, 7" Ule classic moiiel for so ninny poet who skII worse than Chaucer that It nnobt to K. cimirgattsl. WHY DOES ONE SHUDDER? The laatlartlv Ilnrror ot Mankind Kor Certain Aaltaala. Cue of the nuexpliiinablo things iu human nature Is the antipathy of persons to certain unlmnli.. A wnman is afraid of a mouse. Why Is It? Nearly every one w ill admit prlvatily thnt some Instinct of horror lends him to shrink from certain iniinials which ho kuows to bo harmless. This fis liug gen erally Increases as we priHitl downwind In tho scale of animal life, reaching Its maximum ut Insects and spiders. But it Is uot confined to those lower animals. Apart from the fivllng some women have toward mice, there arc men who have some such fooling even toward dogs. Going from mammalia to birds, such feel ing may be unusual, but some iH-rson have to a certain extent tills horror at the Idea of touching certain fowls, though most birds siviu to them unob jectionable. Aa rogr.nl reptiles, tho fooling is com mou. Thousand shrink from touching n common ring snake or a glowworm, the most harmless of animals, or oven a frog, bet others will innko icts of frogs or of the harmless kind of snukes. So a woman might make n pet of a frog nnd shrink from a mouse. This Instinctive dread roaches its most marked point In the case of Insects and spiders. Some shudder nt the thought of touching any insect, or, they would sny creeping tilings. Some would play with certain insiM-ts-n moth but hrlnk from others, as a cockroach or earwig, liotti porriH-tiy uarnues. uu .vcina io. - - feelings may change. I he goat mom is one of the largo moths, nud 1 should gladly let It crawl on my hand, but oven now, nfter many years, I shudder nt the more thought of touching tho caterpillar of thnt moth. I mention those things alsiut myself because one can. In such cases, sav wllli certainty what one hns known, but not w hat one has merely la-en told. I hum. some render whimo in gvnuitv or knowledge Is more profound than mine will suggest n satisfactory cx plan.it ion of these singular fooling which we certainly have townnl some ami va rlous creatures, Whether oilier niiltnnls share such feel ings I know not. but I will toll an anec dote suggesting something of tne kind. An observer saw two hungry sparrows Iu the street with a black object between thorn which they seemed to wish to pick IIP, but the thing seemed to wriggle and the birds to shrink from it, nnd soon they flow away. What repelled them wns a booth' resembling that commonly culled the "Moil' conch horse." nnd, like the sparrows, tho observer shiuiik from It. Though no doubt It wns perfectly harm less, it would have needed a strong mo tive to Induce tho person who told thi stnrv to pick it up even with gloves, and the sparrow seemed nt least to fool us he did. This Iss-ile, so hideous that a man, and oven a couple of sparrows, shrank away with repulsion at the more sight of It, was yet, doubtless, to its own kind, a handsome Ix-imt if ul nuiinal. Why should a woman shudder at tho thought of a harmless mouse? Seattle l'osl-lntel- ligencor. III HoHor'a t.ertnre Wnatrd. "Alia! Another case of wife boating, I supiose," said the magistrate sternly W licn there was brought into the conit a great, mwlsimsl giant of a bully and a tiny, shy, meek looking little woman nf about S'd pounds weight. "Ain't you ushnniod of yourself, sir?" snld the magistrate sternly. "A innii who would strike a w-ouiun is so low in the scnle of human degindation that there aro no words in which to express bis cowardice nud hnscucss. A man who will lie so untrue to his vows ns n liii-leind ns tn strike hi wife is too contemptible to live. Cotiio, my good womnu. let mo licnr your story. lo not bo nfrnid to siio.ik freely. You nro under the protection of this court, nnd no barm snail come to you from him. A bright light en me Into the tiny wom an s blue eyes, n crimson flush came to the wan clut-k. and her voice cut the air like a two edged sword ns she said: "Yer off ycr porch, yer honor. It was me ns Ii. ked him! Thut's what I'm hero for." Stray Stories. ATnlHed the Rvplosloa. A worthy Yorkshire rnnon, who had IsM-n greatly displeased by nil net of dis- nliedicniv poriHirntcd by one of his gnr- ners, sought nn interview' with the of fender iu order to reprimand him. Knowing that if able to avoid this in terview until his master's wrath hn.l abated he would come off with only a few mililAvoids of censure, the man kept out of hi wuy. A few day afterward, however, when the storm was ipiite over, master and man came face to face in one of the hot houses, and the canon asked: "Why have you avoided ine in so point- oil a manner of late, Johnson? To which the gardener wittily replied: '.Now, 1 II put it to you as a man, sir- would you, if you could help It. stand in front of a canon to la? blown up?" 1'car- on s eokly. Starvlna la a Bakrrr. A well to do I'ittsburger has a brother who plays the black sheep part in the luiuuy. A common thing for him to do Is to lenvo homo without a word nnd be missing for weeks nt a time. lie tnys missing until no lias no more money. The last time he left home he went to Wheel ing. Ho wns gone nbout two weeks be fore a letter (-nine with the usunl re quest to telegraph money nt once. When It enme, It rend: Drir nrnther Far Ood't nke anil for th suk "r '. "i il lurrnti end n Km money it onct by Itlrarjph. I im Sinlni. A.hlreM an oi liiink i Lakiry. The brother sent this reply: Dctr Jira-A.k niank fur t bun. rirsino. rittsburg Times. The Maklnat of a Maaloal C'omedr. "Hut why do you call the hero of your uiiisic.-u comeiiy vzof lore" "Well, yuu know thnt in every perfect piusicnl comedy there must be at least one joke. You cnu have all the music you want, but you need ouly one joke. Alio nuiiieiice IOoks ior It. "Well?" 'W..M .1 1. ., vii, noon too iioroino nvka - i, -,.., love me as of yore r they get the joke. ml -""'i lore, (.lover, Isn t it T vieveinna 1'Iain Denier. Sure to Remember. A lady of literary fame once requested iiciu, ine celeliruteil mod en writer to can nt her house. "Ito sure yon rei-ol- im tne address," she said as she uuittcd mo room, .o. i i iiesterlii ld strc-et." ..minim, vain mo cloctor. I am tm great an admirer of politeness not to re picmlier Chesterfield and, I fear, too oclf- u ever 10 lorgct iiiiiiiIkt one." MAGIC. The ilcy It full ol Mart tonight. And all the earth la lull ot rows, And from the Mara distilled lleht Falle on each rose aa It umloei'ft, Po with the rose'a mad-U-nlnir ecent The esaence of the ftara ia lii.-nt In an elixir atrarm and atrotig To make lied while, to make Might wronf. Trwn your dear cj i a s niuic clear FilU, and yuur lian.ls audi "ficlla can trace As nraw from luaveli down to )ou The beauty ot tiod'e er)- face. Ah, turn on nine jour quirt eyes. And nuke me ckxI and nuke me wine. And show rot by your soul'i clear light Tint Ikd is wrung and Lore ia white. I -1'all stall UaseUe. THE MACHINE THAT TALKS t" ,id,'ri! :1U' Hi SOUND REPRODUCTION by l be (iraplioili -him is must pleasiiiy. Kecords ami reirolucrs ilislinctjr ami acruralclv liuiiuin spiec li and U oilier toriua ol' anticulaio suoiiil, THE GRAPHOPHONE iiis, scnks iitnl pl:is a sung, n-ki n, or Uyeil t , Ueprats as of ten as ilesircil. Never tires, dues not g ! nut of oriler. C is's lillle. l'rii-es rsligo fi mil $").(0 to 8100. riuilii, I fr talknn; niachinis olevirv ui-bc?iii - 0i FARRELL'S NEWS ROOM. Opposite l-nioii Depot. OIL CITY. PA. Ti ll phono -iil. Qi'jl s.v.vfstr, J. wo r w'ckmfa t. On r atnck is nlwsvs coinplole, ami eon- il of the largest and boat selm-loil na- sin lioeiil nt niaiiioiids, Wnt-li', C'lM'l4, .oltl ami riatrtl Jrwrlrj, .Nl'rlln; .Nil vtr, Silver 11 a let I iVare, Silver iiiul other .ovrllirs and I.onllier ! i; t r SIioivii In I lie Uy. The LKADING J l'.U'KLEK ISisKXKCA St., OIL ciry, PA. 13 Weeks For 25 CtsT fa far in krtftMtit, - n V 7 nc''iiii (lUutpi), &ftia1 K'l' Ira, AdJrvM. tf Hporilim Lire, 4UH Dnntlu llldir, Vhilm Va. ,'Ivgvst Moacs OFTICIA1T. Oilier , -U Niitimiul Ilrnik It. ill. In. .r OIL CITY. I'A. Kyes examined free. KxeliiHivelv optical. THE OLD RELIABLE LIVERY STABLE, -OF TIONESTA, - PENN. S. S. CAN FJELDPRO PR I ETO R. HiKid Stia-k, ;cMnI Carriages ami Ito,, gies to let upon the st reaaoiiable torm. 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