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- '"""fcirT,- -.. -Bj- - V " " 3T"V- TT-'1 S?;g1tW;-'5S(al!,J Wftd THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, MONDAY,- PEBRUART 4, 1889. V Ki--" V& ii KJM U.j3HWISPW rflifreyT w K r t I i . Wlje BiMcfr. ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 8, 1S4S. Vol. 43, No. 163. Entered at I'lttsburg l'ost oQlce, November 14, 1SS7, as sceona-ciass matter. Business Office 97 and99 Fifth Avenuet. News Rooms and Publishing House--75, 77 and 79 Diamond Street. This pnper having moro than Double tho circulation of nny other In tlio Stoto outside of Philadelphia, its advantages n an adver tising medium will he apparent. TERMS OP TIIE DISPATCH. POSTAGE TTtEE DT THE CSITEO STATES. IlArLT DisrATcn, One Year I 800 DAILT DisrATcn, l'er Quarter SOO Daily Disr-ATCU. Unc Month Daily Dispatch, including bunday, ons year H00 Daily DisrATcn, including fcnndar, per quarter -SO Daily DisrATcn, Including fcunasy. one month. io EDKDAY DisrATcn, one year. 100 Weekly Dispatch, one rear is The Daily Dispatch Is delivered by carriers at 15 cents per week, or Including thebundar edition, at 20 cents per week. PITTSBURG, MONDAY. FEB. 4, 1BS9. VOLTHTABY PE0H1BITI0K'. The report that the monastery of St Vin cent is contemplating the abandonment of its famous, though not very large brewery, affords an example of Frank Murphy's theory of "every man passing. his own pro hibitory law" that furnishes a new feature of the temperance agitation. The bearing of such a step on the prohi bition question can be made to act very much according to individual views. Those opposed to prohibition can say, as is qnotcd in our correspondence, that it shows that people can and will abstain or not both from the use and manufacture, as they choose. On the other hand others, not necessarily from among the fanatics, will be apt to think that if the manufacture of pure beer, such as came from the mountain monastery, is stopped, the manufacture of other kinds of vinous and malt beverages might as well Etopwith it Indeed, the announcement of this possi bility will be likely to inspire a good many lovers of the old monastery beer with a desire for some sort of compromise by which prohibition shall go into effect for the rest of the State, but the production of St Vin cent beer shall go right on. WHEKE ABE THEY LOCATED ! Speaking of the attempt to lynch Frank W. Pope at Madison, Fla., on Thursday night, the Sew York Telegram editorially says that it "was not a reproach to the State as such hotheads as these would-be lynchers, intolerant of political differences where ac companied by active effort, are to be found in every State." This makes it pertinent for the Telegram to give a few instances of attempts to lynch men in the States north of Mason and Dixon's line for the offense of gathering evidence to aid a contest over an election. If, as the Telegram asserts, "these would-be lynchers intolerant of political differences" are to be found in every State, it ceria.nly should be able to produce ex amples of their operations, say in the States of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois or Iowa. When any such cases are produced it will be also pertinent to point out that tbey constitntc a deep and decided reproach to the State where they are committed. FBEE TO BESIGN. In reply to some very sharp criticisms of Mr. Bayard's rigid spinal column in dealing with the Hayti business and his utter lack of backbone when he is confronted with the power of Germany, the New York Sun says: No part of this blame properly belongs to the Secretary of State. He is not a free agent in this matter, as his estimable organ the Balti more Sun has expressly declared. The Presi dent has peremptorily dictated the whole policy of the State Department; and all the blame to be bestowed and the quantity is not limited should bo bestowed upon Mr. Cleve land alone. "We are afraid that after our two esteemed and luminous cotemporaries get through de fending Mr. Bayard, he will appear in a less favorable light than ever. It is true that the President is responsible for the policy of the State Department, whether he dic tates it or not; but that does not relieve the Secretary from responsibility. It is. bad enough to suppose him so devoid of stamina that he loses his head when Bismarck growls; but it would be far worse to suppose him capable of recognizing how weak and inconsistent our foreign policy is, but also capable of assenting to it in order to hang on to his office. Most certainly it is to be hoped that the esteemed Suns under-estimate Mr. Bayard's position as a free agent If our foreign policy cannot be manly and consistent, Mr. Bayard ought to be free agent enough to re sign and let the country know why he resigns. OPPOSED TO DEGBADATION. The objection of the Providence Journal to Mr. Samuel Gompers' advocacy of the plan of employing convicts to work on the highways, that organized labor "has al ready condemned the convicts to enforced idleness and would now substitute for it public degradation," carries the implication that no work at all must be done on the highways. If it is degradation for" convicts to work on the highways, it must be degra dation for honest labor to do it; and cer tainly our cotemporary would not expect tree labor to do that which it considers too degrading for convicts. Or does it hold that the only labor which legislation should take care to keep clear and unsoiled by the "degradation" of hard and useful work is that of the men who nave committed crimes? A great deal of the nonsense and false senti ment that exists in society to-day will be abolished when people are intelligent enough to perceive that the degradation consists in committing crime, and not in the honest expiation for it, even in public SAVINGS BANKS WITHOUT CAPITAL. Senator Delamater has introduced a bill modeled on the New York law for the incor poration and regulation of savings banks without capital stock. This, it is said by the Philadelphia Times, is calculated to make "the savings bank interest of Penn sylvania bear some proportion to the same interests in New York and New England." Considering that we already have promi nent examples of the savings banks without capital stock in the State, it is rather diffi cult to see how new legislation would create any especial boom in the savings bank busi ness. The fact that- one of this class in Pittsburg is our largest and most successful financial institution does not weaken its anomalous character in being an institution t whose surplus and profits belong to nobody, and whose business for the first few years of its operation was done without any guaran tee fund to the depositors in case the assets should have become impaired. The stability df an institution on a basis like that, must be seen to flow from good management, not from the form of organization; and the policy of multiplying institutions of thit kind, with power to any person to start one, would be likely to produce, in the end, any thing but a boom for the savings bank busi ness. jf The proposition to let any fifteen incor porators start a bank of discount and de posit, to handle the money of business men without any capital, would be instantly re jected with jeers. Why such an absence of a guarantee for the safety of the working man's savings should be moro satisfactory we wholly fail to see. If any people wish" to start a savings bank let them get together a substantial paid-up capital as a' guarantee of good faith just as a large number of very solvent and satisfactory savings banks are already doing in this State. SALT WATEB IH GAS -WELLS. The dispatch from Lima, which is pub lished elsewhere, stating that the presence of salt water in the oil and gas wells of Northwestern Ohio is threatening tho pro duction of these fields, shows that our hith erto successful rival is experiencing some of the difficulties to which the Pennsyl vania fields have been subject Indeed, if the telegram referred to docs iot exagger ate the matter, the Ohio fields are expe riencing the trouble nt an earlier stage than the Pennsylvania fields and it is more gen eral. For while some districts in this sec tion have been choked off, the general sup ply continues good and bids fair to do so for Tears to come. Still, the fact that this fate seems to pur sue many of the gas producing wells, whether in the Ohio or Pennsylvania dis tricts, warns us to consider the possibility of a time when it will be necessary to augment the supply by manufactured gas. Methods for the cheap manufac ture of fuel gas from ccal and petroleum have been practically demonstrated before this. In view of the possibilities, it may yet be recognized that a main utility of the natural gas era is to show the economy, con venience and cleanliness of distributing fuel in the gaseous form rather than in solid and material shape. It now appears to be pretty well settled that, as between coal and gas, the former can be most cheaply trans ported by rail and river for long distances; but that when it comes to its distribution and consumption in cities, the method of turning it into gas and distributing it through pipes makes a marked economy over hauling it in wagons and the wasteful and dirty methods of burning it in grates. But the prospect of getting cheap fuel gas in the future must, comprise the exclu sion of any attempts to monopolize either the manufacture of the gas or its distribu tion through the pipes. If we cannot avoid the vice to which our public enterprises'are prone in that respect, the hope of cheap fuel for towns like Lima, as well as Pittsburg, will bs wofnlly diminished by the influx of salt water such as is reported at the former place. NO HOPE FOE TEE BREECHES. Every now and then some daring revolu tionist in society starts out to curtail the clawhammer coat and abbreviate the trousers which civilized man universally re gards as full dress. The Dispatch noted the other day the latest insurrection of this sort. A party of young men in New York have organized to popularize knee-breeches and sack coats as a substitute for the con ventional garments of evening dress. At tired in satin knee-breeches and short coats these sanguine reformers attended a fashion able reception. Their garb naturally caused a sensation, but we understand that the in novation evoked more jeers than cheers. It is said that experiments of a like nature are to be made in other society cen ters, in Baltimore, Washington, Philadel phia and Boston, and some of our cotempo raries are sanguine enough to assert that the reform deserves serious consideration. There is one obstacle, however, which must forever block the return to knee breeches. Trousers cover a multitude of shortcomings. Knee breeches make dis closures that even skillful padding and em bellishment cannot conceal. The fact that symmetrical limbs are not possessed by a majority of the men of to-day makes it easy to predict the failure of any attempt to re turn to knee breeches. The beautiful, per haps, suffers by the continuance of our present fashion of fall dress, but it is not clear that any other mode would prove more convenient Fnll dress is the modern form of the feathers and war paint which the sav age delighted in. To most men of serious intentions in life full dress is an unalloyed nuisance. Senator Butax's statement of the po sition of the charter legislation, as affecting the interests of Allegheny, shows the citi zens of that city who are not content with the pending bill the pressing necessity that they should either fish or cut bait When those resolutions of the Kansas Legislature denouncing Clayton's assassina tion, moves the Chicago Herald to break out with the declaration: "So much falsehood, so much cheap cunning, so much shameless subserviency to party, so much disloyalty to liberty, has proceeded from no other State," it is a sign that the Bourbon end of the us ually esteemed Herald has still got the up per hand. Sometimes that bright journal permits some rays of political intelligence to permeate through its columns, after the election is over. The departure of John L. Sullivan to Canada, to officiate as referee in a prize fight, creates the impression that the con test is to be fought out with Sampson's weapon. John is an expert on scientific fighting with the jaw bone. Senatoe Sajjik's visit to Indianapolis was intended, it is reported, to assnro the President that notwithstanding the absurd action of the Minnesota Legislature in electing some one else to the Senate, that State is still open in the person of its retir ing Senator to offers of patronage. No ad verse action of a State Legislature can dampen the ardor of Sabin'J patriotism so long as there is a President-elect to tackle. The New York reporters are already gird ing themselves up for the race as to which shall first get hold of Mr. Phelps, when he arrives at that city, and obtain from him his first impressions of the United States. The report that the House Democrats will present a compromise tariff bill, indicates that they are beginning to perceive the uncomfortable position in which they will place themselves if they do not take some steps to secure tariff reduction. But they are too late. If they had perceived the necessity of compromise tariff' some time last year, things might have been different now. It is beginning to be apparent that the January cabinet will not stand the Febru ary freeze. The profound dubitations of the Inter- State Commerce Commission have again discovered that the railways wage their wars by violating the inter-State commerce law. But they fail to go beyond that to the obvi ous point of making the railroads obey the law by enforcing its penalties for disobedi ence. Ip no more St. Vincent beer is to be brewed, there will be a very general convic tion that life up in the vicinity of Latrobe will be no longer worth living. We do not think that there is anything in the report that the railway Presidents will hold another meeting this week and choose another member of the inter-State commission to run their combination as a guarantee of good faith. That can hardly be looked for much sooner than week after next TEOMINEXT TEOPIiE. The full name or the biggest man in Franco at present is George Ernest John Maria Bou 1 auger. The Portland papers speak with pride of A. M. Cannon, who peddled sewing machines through Oregon nine years ago, and who is now worth 5,000,000. Mr. Cannon evidently shot off his month with great profit Colonel O. W. Tolford, of Ohio, who is a reformer of great energy, made a curious mis take last week. He went to Washington, D. C, in a groat hurry to preside over a Sunday school convention. Upon reaching the capital he found that the convention was called for Washington, Ind. Rev. Robert Collier lias presented Cor nell College with an old factory bell which has an interesting history. It was the bell that rang him to work every morning in his young days and fixed the time the day's toil was over. The bell will bo used at Cornell for summoning the students to their classes. The heirs of Colonel Nicholas Lotz, who died in tho last century, have held a meeting at Reading, Pa., and have taken steps to suo the Government for $17,000,000. Lotz, it seems, fur nished the American army with hay during the Revolution, for which he was never paid. His descendants will probably have Lotz of trouble in collecting the money. Miss Harriett Weed, the eldest daughter of tho late Thurlow Weed, who was a ruling force in politics for a half century, still lives in the Ninth street house, in Kew York, that her father occupied in tho latter ears of his life. She is devoted to good work and kindly deeds, as many of her beneficiaries are aware, but her habits aro domestic and her ways reserved. There are few people who arc more familiar with State and national politics than Miss Weed. University Park, Indianapolis, is a little public square In which many of General Har rison's campaign speeches were made. Recent ly the Common Council of the city thought it would be a graceful act to call it Harrison Park. But the Democrats around town just stood up and howled with horror at the thought, and introduced a bill into the Legislature naming it Thomas A. Hendricks Park. The probablo settlement will be to leave the origin al name unchanged. Jesse D. Abrahams, who was nominated on Friday to the office of Controller of the Cur rency, to succeed Mr. Trenholm, resigned, is a native of Virginia, but for many years has lived in Washington. At present he holds the office of Deputy Controller of the Currency, to which he was appointed by President Cleveland Janu ary 27, 16S7, on the recommendation of J. Ran dolph Tucker, of Virginia. Before that time he was engaged as an instructor in a private educational institution in Washington. K0 L0YE FOR GINGERBREAD. Ho Took a DUIIko to it After His Cofflo Was Ordered. From the Hew York Graphic! There have been many instances of men or dering their coffins before death, sometimes sleeping in them, sometimes keeping them as articles of furniture, and oftenest stowing them away in a garret until needed. But ono of tho queerest ornaments for a mantlepiece is in the possession of a young artist of this city, and occupies a prominent .place in his studio. It is about nvo inches by ten, and has the owner's name, birth and death recorded on its face, it having been taken from his coffin whon he recovered from a trance, during which ho came precious near being buried. The circumstances which led to the trance are as curious as the use of tho coffin plate for an ornament He was studying art in Paris, and his landlady was an enthusiastic ginger bread baker. One day returning from his studies extremely tired, the artist found in his room a large pan of gingerbread still warm from the oven. It was tempting aud he was hungry. Piece after piece disappeared, and in a few moments he sank into comfortable drow siness. When found the following morning ho was to all- appearances dead. Doctors wero summoned, but. one and all pronounced him dead, giving as the causo everything from heart disease to dyspepsia. His landlady, possibly feeling a little guilty after observing the amount of gingerbread her lodger had eaten, refused to believe him dead. The French cus tom generally demands burial within 43 hours of death. Tho coffin was ordered, his relatives in this country cabled and all preparations for the funeral consummated. The landlady, how ever, was Btill incredulous, and between the time the body was placed in its coffin and its removal to the grave she worked over the sup posed dead man, chafing his hands and face and rubbing the region of the heart Just as the bell sounded that denoted the ar rival of the hearse she rubbed moro rapidly and was rewarded by a faint sigh. Quickly she removed the body from tho coffin and plac ing it on tho bed continued her attempts at re suscitation. The rest followed naturally. The young man revived, took his coffin plate off the coffin and camo home in the next steamer to meet a family clad in the deepest mourning for his death. The landlady forgot to say she bad cabled and he thought he'd wait and tell tho story at home. The coffin plate now rests just below a pict ure of Langtry and the young artist had a big picture on exhibition in this city a few months ago. He declares that ho can never seo or smell ginger bread without experiencing tho most violent nervous attacks. A BUSY TIME AHEAD. Plenty of Opportunity This Week for Con gressional Pntriotic Oratory. WASniNOTON, February 3. Senators expect this to be a busy week. To-morrow the Ap propriations Committee will report the Legis lative, executive and judicial appropriation bill, and it will be called up for consideration on Tuesday. The naval bill will be acted upon by the committee as soon as received from tho House, and will probably bo reported to the Senato by the end of the week, if indeed it be not passed by that timo. When the appropria tion bills are out of the way Mr. Hale will call up his census bill. To-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock the Pacific Railroad funding bill comes up as unfinished business, and several speeches are expected en it, but no definite action. There are several other measures ponding, in cluding Mr. Sherman's anti-trust bill, which -are likely to be called up during the week as opportunity offers, but upon which, according to the present outlook, no decisive action seems probable. Under the resolution introduced by Senator Saulsbury, and referred to the Com mittee on Foreign Relations, that committee may be expected, after its meeting Wednes day, to report in some form a declaration of its idea of what is necessary and right to bo done by the United States to maintain tho dignity of the Government and to fulfill its obligations under tho treaty with Samoa. Should this come in it will doubtless lead to a debate of some length, probably in secret session. From present appearances, the week's busi ness in the House will he made up of patriotic oratory and routine hard work the former to be called forth by the Edmunds Panama Canal resolution, and the latter occasioned by the necessity of disposing of the remaining appro priation bills. Monday will afford individual members one of their last opportunitcs during this Congress to secure the passage of measures under a suspension of tha rules, and the Speaker has been fairly besieged by Represen tatives who have abandoned hope of eottinsr their bills before the House in any other man ner. Mr. T.J. Campbell, of New York, feels confident that he will be able to secure recog nition to move the passage of the bill to pen sion the widow of the late General Sheridan. Mr. Blanchard also is hopeful of his ability to rescue the river and harbor bill from its pres ent perilous situation and get it before the House. Parallels Not Numerous, from the Providence Journal. 1 If history repeats itself General.Boulanger may be another Louis Napoleon. But in spite of the proverb history very seldom does it CRUMBS FE0M THE C0RRID0B. A Lack of Spirits, Animal and Liquid, In the Present Legislature Party Disci pline A Great Pipo Line Constructor A Grcnt Writer. fFBOM A STAIT CORRESPONDENT.! Harrisburo, February 8. Conviviality is the distinguishing feature of only a minority of the present Pennsylvania Legislature. A whole month has passed away since the mem bers first arrived here, and only ono big cham pagne supper is on record. It was given by Hon. John Stegmaier in honor of the Clam bake Club, of Wllkesbarre, who were his guests for two days. On this occasion 80 quarts of champagne and ono quart of beer were dis posed of by the club and the other guests. Such events were of frequent occurrence dur ing tho session of two years ago. but prohibi tion was made so strong an issue in tho last campaign that tho gentlemen who love to dally with the sparkling wine are many less in num ber than they were two years agone. "Why." exclaimed one gentleman, talking about the matter, "Jim Russ alone cleared $18, 000 last session. He'll do well to make his ex penses this one." Lieutenant Governor Davics Is a big man and a live man. He doesn't think tho sessions of tho present Legielaturo havo had sufficient vim in them. "I think." ho said, "that when the members take sides and talk warmly on the subjects that come before them the legis lation Is apt to be better. When men's minds become warmed by the excrciso of discussion and thought they do better work." Party discipllno at its best was seen during Thursday night's session of tho House, when the inter-municipal bill was on second reading. The third-class cities were clamoring for the passage of the bill, and nearly all of them wero satisfied with it in the. form in which it camo from the committee. Chairman Andrews sat in his seat welt to the front, and set an ex ample of silenco to his party over which he kept a protecting eyo as tho bill progressed section by section to tho finish. Amendment after amendment was voted down with only brief debate, until at last Mr. Fow, of Phila delphia, who led the opposition, turned around to his little band of supporters and exclaimed: "Oh, what's the use boys; they're bound to swallow it whole, without pepper or salt." Some of tho constitutional points raised by Mr. Fow were of a decidedly interesting char acter, and some of his amendments were so good that a legal gentleman, who represents one of tho interested cities, afterward re marked: "It was very hard work to kill them some times, but it had to be done. If we began to amend there is no telling where the thing would stop." Chairman Andrews smiled like an angel of peace when it was all over and received con gratulations modestly. The Legislature Is likely to pass some general act for the incorporation of street railways this session. It has two measures to consider in stead of the objectionable one just negatived by tho City .Passenger Railways Committee. Such legislation is badly needed, as, there being no act now under which a new company can operate, tho smaller cities, as they grow in pop ulation, are unable to have this improvement. "In Oil City," said Representative Hays, "we have had all the necessary arrangements made for a street railway for some time, but we can't go ahead until the Legislature gives us an in corporation act" Hon. Alfred W. Smiley, member from Clarion, stood some years ago on tho border of an international reputation, but docs not regret that he went no further. He was selected by the Gladstone Government to prepare the way for the British troops with water trom Suakim through 200 miles of desert sands, but whilo awaiting orders in New York, Khartoum fell before the forces of El Mahdl, the gallant Gordon was slaughtered, General Wolseley re tired from the Soudan country and tho war ended. Few men are better known in the oil country than Mr. Smiley, and few watch legis lation more carefully. When at home hots a division superintendent of the United Pipo Line Company, and his connection with this particular branch of the oil business dates back to 1865, when ho was one of the promotors of the first successful pipe lino ever operated the Pitbole and Miller Farm Lino. It was his reputation in this branch of business that led to his selection for the dangerous and difficult task of constructing a pipe lino to transport water through an African desert, filled with fanatical Moslem Arabs. Mr, Smiley is 45 years old, dresses plainly, is dark complex ioned, has a firm, determined expression even when his face is lighted, as ft nearly always is, by a genial smile: is remarkably stoop shoul dered and wears a "! hat One of the most interesting figures of Harris burg is that always busy and ever cheerful cor respondent for half the papers of the United States, William Rodearmel, the veteran of the newspaper corps at the State capital. During a long series of years of hard writing Mr. Rodearmel has originated a chirography pe culiarly his own, which would make the com positors who tolled on Horace Greeley's manu script in times gone by weep. The other day, when a gentleman handed him a page of manu script with a request for some information con cerning it he exclaimed: "What's thisT Oh, pshawl I can't read that That's something I wrote yesterday." It is perhaps a base and ungenerous slander, though, that a gentleman who had lost his check on a Chinese lanndry secured his clothes without the slightest difficulty on presenting a note from Rodearmel. Mr. Rodearmel now does nearly all his work with a typewriter, and does it well. Simpson. RAILROAD WAGES REDUCED. Prospect of a Strike on the Buffalo, Roches ter and Pittsburg. BuFFAJCO, February 3. There is much dis satisfaction among the freight crews of the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg Railroad, in cluding engineers and firemen, fn consequenco of a heavy cut in wages. Brakemen aro re duced from $2 C2 to $1 77; engineers 40 cents; firemen, 20 cents, and conductors from 75 to 05 cents a day. This is equivalent to an average reduction of from 817 to 25 all around. Four crews quit here to-day, and were discharged, and it is understood that two crews were discharged at Bradford for re fusing to work. This reduction applies all along the line. All tho brotherhoods on the Bradford, Buffalo and Pittsburg divisions have grievance committees except the brakemen on the Buffalo division, which, it is said, have been too hasty. It is probable that committees will wait on the general superintendent Monday or Tues day. If they get no satisfaction, they will go before General Manager Baldwin at Rochester, and if with no better success, a general strike Is likely to follow. Bayard Might Listen. From tho St. Louis Globe-Democrat The American Peace Society is protesting energetically against the talk about additional fortifications for the country's harbors. The only place in this country in which tho Peace Society could get a hearing for their notions at this moment Is the State Department at Wash ington. Young Ilnrrison's Eccentricity. From the Louisville Courier-Journal, 1 Russell Harrison appears to be the only Re publican who doesn't want an office. He is a nice young man, but from now on he mnst sub mit to being considered eccentric by a large ma jority of his pa's party. EXTRAORDINARY DEATH'S. Lelt died of jealousy at tho success of Sir Godfrey Kncller. Elphinstone, the Chancellor of Scotland, was heartbroken by the battle of Flodden. The Emperor Frederick III. and his son, Maximilian L, both died eating too heartily of melons. Falzntia, tho Spanish theologian, died be cause he was accused by the Pope of having falsified. Cheke, the great English scholar, "who taught King Edward Greek," died of grief at having perverted from his religious belief. An hour before Malherbe, tho great French writer, breathed bis last, ho woke suddenly) irom a proionna swoon to reprove his nurse for using a word which, In his opinion, was in different French. Angeleri, a Milanese actor, was so over come by his enthusiastic reception on his first appearance at the theater to Naples that he fell down at the side scenes and died. YESTERDAY'S DISPATCH. Brief Summary ot the Leadins Features of the Mammoth Donblo Number. The most startling news in The Dispatch of yesterday was the exclusive publication of a detailed report of an investigation, begun by the Board of Inspectors of the Western Peni tentiary, of tho conduct of Dr. Maharneke, the hospital steward of tho institution. The doc tor is charged with attempting to aid notorious criminals to escape, and also with general cor ruption in office. The testimony was of a most astounding character. Tho steamer Tnro Brothers was blown in pieces while lying above the Fort Wayne Railroad bridge on the Alle gheny river. The explosion destroyed another boat, the Return. George Wilson and Wilson Cochrane, two of the boatmen, were instantly killed and several others injured. The pro ject of building a traction road on Wylio and Center avenues is being discussed. Interest ing testimony was brought out at the hearing of H. ir. voigt, the ex-cashier of the Farmers ana Mechanics' Bank, ot tho Southside. Sporting news, market reports, and other regular de partments contained much that was of Interest both generally and locally. n. Tho numerous and conflicting stories regard ing the manner in which the Austrian Crown Prince met his death are giving place to the generally accepted theory that he committed suicide. Bismarck is reported to bo much dis turbed, and it is feared that international complications may follow Rudolfs death. The German newspapers disapprove of the action recently taken by their Government in tho Samoan affair. Boulanger's popularity is at its height in France. Conservative statesmen look to Carnot to maintain a stable govern ment. The course of Balfour in enforcing tho coercion law3 in Ireland has been so outrage ously brutal that he is denounced in every quarter. A fire in the business portion of the city of Buffalo destroyed $3,000,000 worth of property. Tho House Ways and Means Committee is preparing a now tariff bill. Allison has de clined to enter tho Cabinet and John C. New is uentioned as tho probablo Secretary of the Treasury. An interesting account was given of the results of electrical experiments made on tho animals composing Bamum's menagerie, and topics of public discussion were troated at length by the Washington and Harrisburg correspondents. in. The opening chapters of the story entitled "The Buried River," a California romance, written for Thk Dispatch, by Joaquin Miller, was a leading feature of the second pai t of the paper. An arrest by St Louis police was the subject of an original humorous sketch by Bill Nye. "Cultured Can't" was a text handled by Gail Hamilton in her own fascinating style. Country depots and country railway manage ment furnished Ellakim Eastman a theme which be treated in a felicitous manner. China's boy Emperor, and the peculiar customs of the people of tho Flowery King dom were pleasingly portrayed by ;Frank Car penter. A touching picture of life among tho poor in Ireland was contained in Wakeman's letter, and the South and the Southern women received tho critical attention of Bessie F.ramble. Tho mineral resources of this coun try were discussed by Prof. Shaler; the hermit kingdom, Korea, as It appears to Henry Nor man; Clara Belle's gossip; an essay on juvenile depravity, by Shirley Dare; a leaf from a re porter's note book, by E. W. Bartlett; a wom an's ideas on modes of entertainingly Mrs. M. V. Dahlgren, and rcminiscenses of West Point life, by Captain Charles King, were the sub jects of other attractive contributions. Mrs. Sherwood answered numerous questions re lating to etiquette, and "Frank" explained why the dance is perpetually popular. The column of religious thought and Rev. George Hodge's paper wero well worthy of tho atten tion of every serious minded person. Yester day's Dispatch, both in its news and its lit erary features, was a most excellent number. EATING HIS WAY OUT OP JAIL. Editor nailer's Life of Luxury In Prison at Mrs. Stoner's Expense. Lancaster, Pa., February a Editor J. E, Hotter, of Mount Joy, who went to jail last Saturday for 60 days because he would not pay $500 damages awarded for writing a libelous ar ticle about Mrs. Laura K. Stoner, is contented in his new quarters. The law gives to him the privilege of the prison corridor and yard. He boards at the jailor's table, has a room in the keeper's apartments, and that official is bound under the law to give him anything to eat he now orders. His appetite has wonderfully in creased since ho was Incarcerated, and his fre quent demands for oysters, terrapin and other delicacies keep tho Warden busy. He is un der no expense, as tho plaintiff must pay for his maintenance. The Prison Inspectors at their meeting on Monday will fix the amount of board to be paid, and the bill for the last week and every week hereafter will bo presented to Mrs. Stoner. Should she default in payment Hotter will at once be released from prison on the mo tion of his counsel. Mrs. Stoner has no means beyond what she earns as a seamstress, and those in a position to know assert that she will get tired of paying for Hoffcr's maintenance, which will give him his liberty at an early day. Enriching tho Soulb. From the St. Paul Globe. 3 Strawberries from the South aro now in the Eastern markets, selling at from $2 to 51 a quart A good deal has been said about North ern capital going South. This shows why somo of it takes that route. If the crop holds out that ought to be tho heavy financial part of the country. Mrs. Frollnsbuysen Dend. Washington, February 3. Information was received here this evening that Mrs. Ma tilda Grlswola Frellnghuj sen, widow of the late ex-Secretary of Stato. Frederick T. Fre linghuysen, died to-day at Newark, N. J. A 'Good Thing for 'Llgc. Washington, February 2. The legislative appropriations, completed by tho Senate com mittee, increases the salary of the President's private secretary from $3,250 to 55,000. FASHIONABLE FANCIES. MOUSSE, a kind of moss color, is seen in com binations on many tea gowns. Bearskins arc among the latest of fashion able furs. As yet their popularity is limited. White cloth and velvet bridal gowns are worn with fur trimmings by London women. Shoes of white kid with chased metal hecl3 of silver or gold tint are a pretty novelty for the ball room. A favohite tea-gown combination is velvet in two colors, as emerald-green and black or coral-red and gray. Thick-PL A' ed ruches of pinked silk, called chlcorees by the French, are made to trim the bottom of the skirts of many dancing gowns. Carnation brooches are a new feature in jewelry. Some are fn pure, dull gold, while othersro enameled and powdered with dia monds. Three very fashionable browns are cachou, a bright yellowish shade, cordone, a leather color, and tobac, or tabac d'Espagne, a light to bacco color. Corsages of full-dress gowns are cither cut low all around, disclosing the shoulders, or are made three-quarters high. Recamicr berthas are worn with the former. A tasty violin gown Is made with a full straight skirt a loose round waist banded with a sling sash of soft folds, and sleeves which are loose pull's as far as the elbow. The English mania for coin jewelry has brought forth a gold-wire bracelet of three strands, united here and there with little gold balls, and having for a pendant a Roman coin. According to fashion authorities, the habit of wearing removaDle trains is growing. They are fastened to the waist by handsome clasps and buckles, which aro ornamental as well as useful. Newly imported ball toilets of tulle. In pale champagne de Tin, smoke gray, silver, and apricot tints, are brightened by empire gar lands of blast roses, scarlet poppies or Jacque buds and leaves. A ball gown recently worn by a young girl entering upon the second season, was very sim ple but wholly charming. Both skirt and waist, of delicate heliotrope faille francaise, were gathered full into a band, from which the skirt fell to the floor in straight, simple folds. The waist, cut after the fashion of 40 years ago, ex posed the soft, round shoulders in its prim cir cle, and was finished by a fnll lace bertha reaching almost to the waist line. Small puffs of the silk edged with lace were the only sleeves. TWINKLING STARS. Thero Is Always Moro Day Than Night Tho Effect of Refraction Yenns the Glory of the Evening Sky A Conjunction of tho Moon and Mars. rWBITTXN FOB HI DISFATCII. 1 The snn Is now rapidly comingmorth, making the days grow longer and longer, while he reaches a considerably greater altitude now than be did a month ago. and were it not that our seasons lag two or three months behind the sun's influence as he travels north and south, we might count on having passed the severest portion of our winter somo time ago. On the first day of the month the sun rises at 6.57 A. M., crosses the meridian at 034 P. Jt., aud sets at 5.30 r. jr.; on tho 28th he rises at 033 A. M., transits at 0.32 p. jr., and sets at 6:02 p. jr. He stays above the horizon 7 minutes longer on the last day of the month than on. the flrst, while the length of twilight also In creases. The old song was more -than right when it declared that taking tho whole year, "There's never more night than day." In fact, on any portion of the earth's snrface light is received from the sun more than half the time each year. Even when the days and nights are said to bo equal in length, on the 20th of March and the 22d of September, refraction, by bend ing the path of tho sun's rays," practically raises him up more than half a degree when he is rising and setting, thus making him apnear above the horizon several minutes more than 12 hours, while twilight adds an hour or two on each end of tho day. Fleet Mercury. Mercury, the swift messenger of the gods, as usual makes but a short stay as an evening star. He got on the eastern sido of the sun on the 23th of last December, and has already reached his greatest distance east of the sun, on the 30th of January. A few days before and after his "elongation," as this occurrence is called, he may usually be caught sight of, if looked for in the right place and under proper conditions. On the evening of the 5th, at 635, Mercury will be about 14 7' abovo the true hor izon, and about 8 45' south of due west He remains in approximately the same position for two or three days before and after the 5th. It is somewhat difficult to catch the planet hut when the eye has once sighted him. it is easy to keep him in view. A good field glass, or even an opera glass, will greatly aid in the search. xne pianec presents tne crescent pnase at tne beginning of the month, which grows narrower as he approaches inferior conjunction on the 14th. The apparent diameter of the disk on thoothisS".! R. A. Declination. Transits. Sets. Feb. 5..22h.l6m. 8J7' south. 1:32 P.M. 6:59 P.M. Feb.l5..Zlh.7m. 924' south. 0:24P.M. Kies. Fcb.2S..:ih.lSm. 1328' south. 11:16 A.M. 5:27A.M. Bright Venus. Venus takes the palm this month. While the professional observer, with tho telescope, is more interested in Saturn, who appears at his best this month, Venus is a joy to every be holder. She is evening star, and is the most brilliant object in tho western heavens, barring the moon, for several hours after sunset She reaches her greatest elongation east from the sun on the 18th, when she is 46 36' distant from him. The disk appears abouthalf illuminated, and increases in apparent diameter during the month from 21" to 28". K. A. Declination. Transits. Sets. Feb. 5..0h. 12m. 1 43' north 3:27 p. M. 9:38 P.M. Feb.l5..0h. 49m. 6 iff north 3:15 P. St. 9:52P.M. Feb.25..1h. 21m. 11 31' north 3il r. M.10:05r.M. Blurs and Jupiter. Mars, tho warrior, is now far away and of lit tle Interest He is in the constellation Aqua rius, about half way between the southern side of the square of Pegasus and Fomalhaut, the brightest star in the Southern Fish, and of the first magnitude. He is to be looked for below Venus, from 5 to 15 away. He sets about 8.30, the time varying but little during the month. His apparent diameter is 5". J upicer is aDout Zf south of the equinoctial, and not far from? the sun, so that he rises not long before hinrin the morning, and far to the south, so that in northern latitudes he is in too unfavorable a position for making good obser vations upon him or his attendant satellites. Saturn and Its Rings. Saturn is the most interesting of all tho plan ets to the astronomer at present He rises about the time the sun sets, and is in good po sition lor observation two or tbreo hours after rising. He will be in opposition to the sun on the 4th, i. e., he will be ISO0 from tho sun, bear ing tho same relative position to him as the moon does when full, so that tho present month is the most favorable for a study of his wonder ful rings, his belts and his satellites. The rings are still well open, i. e their plane is consider ably inclined to the line of sight, although they havo been closing up for several years, owing to the revolution of Saturn in his orbit around the sun, which is accomplished in 29j of our years. They will continue to close up until 1892, when we shall seo only their edge. Saturn is in the constellation Leo, nearly 15 northwest from Its leading brilliant, Regains, which is situated at the end of the well-known sickle. His apparent diameter is 19''; tho longer axis of the rJne .is 1' 32", tho shorter. 24". R. A. Declination. Transits. Rises. Feb. S....8h 19m 16 53' north 0:37 A. M. 5:29 P. M. Feb. 15.. .9h 16m 17 OS' north 11:50 p. m. 4:46p. m. Feb. 25.. ,91i 12m 17 22' north U:08P.M. 4:02p.M. Uranus. Uranus may bo found by means of the flrst magnitude star Spica, the brightest in tho con stellation Virgo, the Virgin. This star rises about 11:10 p. it. on the 5th, and four minutes earlier each succeeding day, and is on the meridian at 435 A. M., on the same date. Uranus is to be looked for 2 40' north of this star, and about half a degreo east of it He presents the appearance ot a star of the sixth magni tude, just barely visible to the naked eye, but a careful scrutiny with a two or three inch tele scope win reveal tne tact mat, uniiKe a nxed star, he has a well defined disk. His apparent diameter is 3".8. K. A. Declination. Transits. Klses. Feb. 5 ....13h22m 757soufh 4:39A. M. 11:06p.m. Feb. 15 ...13h 21m 7 53' south 3:53 A. M. 10:26 p. M. Feb. 25 ...13b :lm 7 48' south 3:15 A. M. 9:45 P. it. Distant Ncptnne. Neptune, the most distant member of the so lar system known, if wo exclude a few of those erratic wandereis known as comets, though having a diameter nearly fire times that of the earth, is so far away as never to be seen by the unaided eye, and a telescope of considerable size is required to give him a well defined disk, so as to distinguish him from a fixed star. He is about 6 south and a little east of the Plei ades, and his disk subtends an angle of about 2".6. It. A. Declination. Transits. Sets. Feb. 5 3h 5lm 18 2.y north 7:0G P. M. 2:39 A. ji. Feb. 15 ,...3h51m 18 !6' north 6:3P. M. Z:U)A. M. Feb. 25.... 3h 61m 1S 27' north 5:47 r. M. 1:21 a. m. Our Neighbor, tho Mood. Tho moon presents the following phases: First quarter. February 7, 4 P. M. Full moon, February 15, 5 P. jr. Last quarter, February 22, 7 P. M. The moon is farthest from the earth on the 9th, when her apparent diameter is 29' CC"; nearest on tho 24th, when her apparent diametor is 82' 23". She reaches her greatest altitude, 71 39'. on the 12th; her least 27 23', on the 25th. The moon is in conjunction with Mars on the 2d, at 6 JO P. M., Mars being 3 51' north; with Venus on the 3d, at 2:43 p. Jt, Venus being 5 37' north; with Neptune on the 8th, at 1123 A. M., Neptune being 2 31' north; with Saturn on the 14tn, at 735 P. M., Saturn being 1 05' south; with Uranus on the 19th, at 226 p. M., Uranus being 4 53' south; with Jupiter on the 21th, at 8 p. jr., Jupiter being 1 11' south; and with Mer cury on the 27th, at 9 r. It, Mercury being 4 ID' north. Bert V. Lutv. JOINED BT HER SON. Russell iTnrrlson Arrives nt the New York Hotel Patronized by Ills Mother. New York, February a Russell Harrison arrived at the Gilsey House this afternoon, at 430 o'clock. Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. McKee bad left the hotel at 2 o'clock and lunched at the residence of Mr. Whitelaw Reid. The son and brother followed them when he learned where thev had gone. At the Gilsey House it was said that Sirs. Harrison would probably leave for borne to-morrow evening or Tuesday morning. A TAKING TUNE. "1 will wed my love when the days sre warm. When the sun on our path way glows, " He sang as he sat by his fair one's side And gazed on the drifting snows. In vain she longed for a loving word As she knelt by the hearth's red blaze. For the song still rang in her lonely heart He was waiting Tor "wanner days." "I will wed my love wheb the days are cold, When the nights are fierce with storm, ' ' Another sang, and clasped her close To his bosom young and warm. And the tardy lover sighed In vain In the days of sultry June, For the maid he loved had long since wed The man with the other tune. -& r. Extnlng Sun. ODE mail men. A Voice From the Lone Star State. To the Kdltor of The Dlsoatch: Through the kindness of Steubenville friends, we have been permitted to read a copy of the Sunday edition of The Dispatch of January 20, containing a reminiscence of Edgeworth Seminary at Braddock's Field. I feel as though I must express the great pleasure it has af forded our aunt Miss Julia Boggs, also the children and grandchildren of ourmother; for in that galaxy of names enrolled as former pupils at the seminary theie shone out "one bright, particular star," which has ever been the pilot star of our lives, and though three years have flown by since that star has set, we know it has risen on another shore, where it3 beams are still shining in a clearer, holler light Lilly Boggsl Tho name a very synonym of all that is pure and sweet and trne. When sons and daughters, in childhood clustered about her knee, we never wearied listening to the stories of her girlhood days,untU tho names of "Braddock." "Mother Olver," "Aunt Gould," "Smithy," "Sissy Jane" and many others became household words in our home. "Mother Olver" surely wears many stars in her crown that grand, queenly woman who trained and educated our mother, aunts and so many other noble, fine women, though she was something of a stickler on the subject of blood and family. I insist that when the "Boggs girls" were placed, young and motherless, in Mother Olver1! care her material was most exquisite from which to chisel out noblewomen! Ourmother ever cherished the sweetest memories of Braddock, teacher?, schoolmates; also of her childhood's home, "dear old Pittsburg." Among some few relics of those days we prize a picture of the semi nary, just as it looked in olden time; also two letters, yellow with aee, written to mother after leaving school. Those letters are from "Smithy." I wonder, if any of the Braddock girls who may be living, should they chance to peruse these lines, would tbey like to know, after leav ing school at Braddock, their friend and school mate, Lilly Boggs, lived in St Louis awhile with her aunt Mrs. Dent? There she met and married Dr. Graham, a highly respected and honored citizen and physician of that city.then came to Texas, where tho reared a large family of children, who "rise up and call them blessed;" and though father and mother have entered Into rest the influence of such lives will not be lost but will be fragrant for genera tions to come. Pardon me for trespassing on yonr timo and space, but a Southern woman onlv wished to lay one flower on the ruins of dear old Braddock, which sheltered our sweet mother in her girlhood days. The instructions she received there are still living on and on, and will to the end of time. "She being dead yet speaketh." Ellen Graham, Austin, TEX., January 30. Tho Commanderv's Rejoinder. To the Kdltor ofThe Dispatch: Your issue of Saturday contains a copy of the papers to a suit filed by a woman for dam ages for being put out of a public Dall, held in Imperial Hall, New Grant street on the 17th of last month, by certain gentlemen who, from the allegations made, handledherveryrougbly, insomuch that she was badly bruised, wounded, etc In justice to those persons, I ask you to insert the following: On the evening of the 17th of January last, the members of Keystone Commandery No. 1, A. O. K. of M. C., had assembled with their ladies and friends for an evening's enjoyment, and tho celebration of their anniversary. Quite an artistic invitation had been struck off. There was a friendly contest between Keystone and Holmes Commandery, of the East End, after which Toerge's orchestra furnished the music for dancing. The com mittee had gone to considerable expense to make the affair as pleasant and as select as possible, and 'it was not a public ball or dance called a "reception and drill." Those present can testify as to how well the committee had succeeded, and not one person can be found who. can answer to having seen any such occurrence as de scribed in the paper filed. The woman did not come and present an invitation in company with her husband, but came unaccompanied and deliberately passed the doorkeeper, who did not wish to use force to detain her. After ward one member not five or six very quiet ly and politely asked tho woman and her husband to step to the door, and when outside the door they were quietly told that the affair was private. No one in the hall knew anything of what had taken place till Some time afterward. As to our right to exclude persons from the society of our wives and families the court will prob ablv decide. This is only written to present a true state ment of the facts to your readers. The gen tlemen whose names were mentioned are not bullies as the paper would Indicate, but are mucn esteemea and stand nign in ine com' munity. member of the Commandery. Pittsburg, February 3. A Taxpayer's Perplexity. To the Editor or The Dispatch: How am I assessed? Accordingto tho assess ment made by the county the valuation of my property in the Third ward, Pittsburg, is G6J per cent of the valuation put upon it by the city. In the Fifth ward it is 63 per cent and in the Seventh ward 108 per cent of the city valu ation. In view of the above astessed valua tions for the county, will the county taxes bo equally and uniform ally levied for the year 1ES9? And further, when we consider that the assessed valuations as compared with those of 1SSS have been largely increased, if the tax will be equally and uniformally levied I fail to see it. In the Third ward. Pittsburg, my assessed valuation for 18SS was $12,000, when the tax was 4 mills, making the county taxes on said prop erty $48. This year the assessed valuation of the same propertv is raised to $17,500. making the county taxes $70, or $22 more than last year. Now, with the growth, increased number of buildings, etc, in the county it is claimed by the County Commissioners that the same tax on the same property is sufficient to pay all the county obligations for the coming year. It is also claimed by the County Commissioners that tne tax levy lor istsv win oe i mms. jnow in tne face of this, I can't see how it is right and equitable to charge me more county taxes for 18S9 than I paid in 188S? AgaiD, what plea can I give to appeal from thoso valuations when neither the valuations o f 18S8 or 1889 aro whatthe property is worth? If the valuation is In creased the millage to raise tho same amount of money as in 188S shonld be decreased to make the tax equitable. The only proper plan of valuation, therefore, should be for full cash value of tho property, and tax all alike. It Is queer, and incomprehensible to me, why taxes shonld be creeping up all the time, while at the same time the county and city are getting wealthier every year. Is it business-like? Why Is it? Taxpayer. PiTTSnuito, Februarys The Panama Canal. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Please state briefly the importance to the United States of having control of the pro posed canal across the Isthmns of Panama. Also stato the cause of the trouble between tho United States and Samoa, and between the United States and Hayti. Home Student. Allegheny, February 2L L Thero aro many reasons why such control would be Important one of which will perhaps suffice. In case of war between this nation and somo other' you can easily see that tho United States would be at a great disadvan tage if such a canal were in the hands of some unfriendly power. Under such circumstances this country would be unable to transport troops or supplies by water to the Pacific coast or from the Pacific coast eastward except by the devious route via Capo Horn. With tho canal in our possession we could control the movements of inter-oceanic commerce and per mit only our own ships or those of friendly na tions to pass through. 2. If you had read The Dispatch carefully of late you would not have asked the second question.! Boulnnger's Election. To the Editor of tho Dispatch: Will you please answer through your col umns to what position in the French Govern ment was Boulanger recently elected, and to which office in this Governmentitcorresponds? Subscriber. Mushet, Va., February L Elected a member of the Chamber of Depu ties, corresponding to the House of Congress. The significance of tho election is that he rep resents one of the largest and most populous departments or districts in the country. An Interesting Question. To the Editor of The Dispatch: If Harrison and Morton should both die be fore the 4th of March next who would become President on March 4, and bow long would he serve? H. P. Reynoldsvtlle, Pa., February Z The Constitution and existing laws regard ing Fresidental succession apparently do not provide for such a contingency. No Such Word. To the Editor ofThe Dispatch: Is there is such a word as "cxe" In our lan guage? I think it is an old Cornish word signi fying axle. E. M. B. Braddock, February 2. It is merely a corruption of axle, and not a proper word. CUEIODS CONDENSATIONS. There are wild lands in Southwest Mis souri that can bo bought for $14 a quarter section. Mt Hercules, in New Guinea, is the highest monntain'in the world. Its height is given as 32,768 feet The samo authority gives Mt, Everest 29,002 feet. John S. Bell.Chief of the United States Secret Service, reports that for tl year ending June 80 there were 407 arrests for counterfeit ing. Of those arrested 146 were convicted, 165 dischared, and 96 cases are stiirnnUecided. Forty-six of those arrested wero old offenders. A faet or interest is that a largo percentage of the counterfeiters are Italians. As a result of the mild winter it is said there is a glut of eggs in the New York mar ket. The moderate weather has pcrsnaded the hens all over the country to commence laying much earlier than usual. Some old dealers be lieve that there will be a scarcity of eggs later in the summer. Thev believe in the theory that a hen lays a certain number of egg in a year, and if she lays more In an early warm season she will lay fewer later on, or stop altogether. Three horse3 had died mysteriously in a Madras training staole. The owners, accord ingly, sent to Calcutta for a doctor, who should be able to put a name to the disease, and take measures to prevent it spreading any further. However, as when the medico arrived the natives had already eaten the deceased ani mals, there was not much evidence for him to go upon. He is now awaiting the demise of the hippophagists, in order that he may make a report. Captain L. C. Owen, of Vineyard Haven, Mass., has prepared and presented to the Committee on Commerce in Washington a chart of tho Arctic Ocean, showing the location of the loss of every whaler that has been wrecked in that ocean. There have been 79 such losses, and 58 of them were near-Point Barrow. The chart was prepared at the re quest of the New Bedford Board of Trade and of certain San Francisco firms, mainly as an argument in favor of establishing a House of Refuge at Point Barrow. A California man borrowed a dog and went gunning. The dog frisked about hither and thither, hut didn't find game, and didn't seem to want to. At last quite tired out, the sportsman sat on a log and reviled the dog, who didn't seem to care, but continued to frisk; and play. Presently he began digging in the ground in a very enthusiastic way. and Anally un earthed a dark object. The gunner, who had been watching him in sheer disgust, sauntered over to seo what the fool had found. It was an, old leather purse, and in it was $300 in gold and $1 in silver. James Dickey owns a farm in Fannin county, Georgia, For years the Dickey family has cultivated It, getting what could be raised on its thin rocky soil. Mr. Dickey has worked it from early boyhood. He won't work it any longer, for a few months ago a Chicago firm that is looking for marble in Georgia struck this farm, and after prodding into its crevices and gullies, told Mr. Dickey that they would like to lease it for 100 years on a royalty for every square foot of marble quarried, which they guarantee shall reach $1,000 a month, and not exceed $5,000 a month. Mr. Dickey tblnkl this is good enough, and has leased his farm. Miss Belle McArthur, aged 20, of Haw. leyville. Conn., has a peculiar malady which puts her Into a state of suspended animation for several days, although her general health is good. The attacks are occasional, and tho young woman has no warning of their coming. She suddenly loses all her will power, her Sower of speech and the control of her muscles, he is. in'fact to all appearances dead, and life can be detected only by placing a mirror to her lips to catch the moisture of her respira tion. While in this state her senses become more acute. Her hearing is especially sensi tive, and she says the agony of knowing all that goes on about her without any power of demon stration is terrible. James McCloud, of Lodi, Wis., owns a horse on his Dakota farm which has eight feet It is perfectly formed in all respects, except that he has eight feet Not until the pastern or fetlock joint is reached in the descent from the shoulder to the foot is there any apparent difference between this horso and any other. But at the pastern joint or lower end of the shin bone the branch begins, and two perfectly formed feet are found, one on each of the four legs. The horse runs on the range the same as any, and Is as fast as most of them, and all eight feet are shod, or may be if desired. Mc Cloud has refused 52,500 for a bair Interest in the curiosity, but he wants $5,000 outright for the whole animal. A young delivery clerk in a 'West Chester grocery attempted to "spark" a ser vant girl in the kitchen the other evening. The young woman objected, and turning off the gas went into another part of the house, leaving the would-be "masher" in the Kitchen in darkness. As a mode of revenge, he deter mined to kiss the girl the next time he went to the house. The following day, after he had emptied the basket, the grocer's Lothario seized the girl and was in a fair way to get in his kiss when a poll parrot who had observed the proceeding from its perch in a cage over bead, cried out with surprising distinctiveness: "Mistress, mistress, man got Mary! man got Mary!" Tho young clerk let go in a hurry and hasn't been seen around that house since. Coltharp and Crown, placer mining on Snake river, near Salmon Falls, Idaho, un earthed a complete skeleton of a mastodon. It was burled about 25 feet under ground. The place had at one time evidently been a whirl pool or eddy of the river. Many large bones have been found there, but this last discovery was a perfect skeleton, it having, without doubt, been deposited there while the hide was yet intact. It was about 16 feet IoDg, and it Is estimated that the pile of bones would weigh 3,000 pounds or more. The tusks were between six and seven feet long. The tusks and some of the huge molars and other bones were, pre served, but it was impossiblo to save the skele ton entire, as soon after it was exposed it began to crumble. A ghost has caused a divorce suit and broken up a once happy family in Blount county, Alabama. About Ave years ago James Martin married a Miss Noel, one of the belles of the county. The young couple went to live at the old Martin home, and all went well until about a year ago. Mrs. Martin, naturally very timid, heard a ghost rambling through the old house one night and was badly frightened. She told her husband about it, but he could hear nothing, he said. From that time it became nightly visitor at the Martin home. Mrs, Martin wanted to leave tho old house at onse. but her husband objected, declaring thostrango noises heard were made by rats. Several times Mrs. Martin, so she says, saw a white-robed figure wandering through the old house, and soon her nerves and health began to give way under the strain. She was finally prostrated by her fear of the ghost and went to the home of her parents to recover her health and strength. Fear of the ghost overcame love of husband, ana Mrs. Martin refused to live with him again. Martin tried in vain to induce his wife to return to the hannted hou9e to live, but she refused, and a few days ago he filed a suit for divorce on the ground of abandonment FCKKT MEN'S FANCIES. A Chicago man claims to be living on 8 centsaweet. nothing is said about the father. In-law he is probably living on also. Buffalo Ex press. A new novel has lately been published in raised letters fflr the use of the blind. It is said to evoke a great deal ol feeling. Terrs Haute .to. prets. Hannah More, it is related by tradition, "never was kissed in her life." Is it possible that this betrays the origin or the slang phrase, rrhat's what's the matlerwith Ilannsh?" Snot Letter. "Wife "What a happy looking couple those two are! I wonder how long they've been mar-, ried? Husband Oh, I guess they're only engaged. Kev York Weekly. Pride of Station. Prima Donna (proud. lyV-H that Is the Prince of Wales at the door, tell him that the queen of the operatic stage has no desire to associate with mere princes. Maid It .is nut the 1'rlnce, madam; It Is a soap manufacturer. "Oh! Admit hlm."-Mrw York Weekly. "You would be sorry to lose yonr sister, wouldn't you, Johnnie."' asked the visitor, sug gestively, to the little boy who was entertaining him in the drawlngroom. ".Nope," replied John nie. "I gues3 1 could stand it, Mr. Hanklnson. Slaw says I've got to wear short pants till after Irene's marrlcd."-A'Jnc(erAoo Hough yottt. Emily "What are you crying over, dear? Julia Longrellow's Evangeline! It makes mo sad that women don't appreciate love and con stancy as they should. (Servant enters with cards.) Julia (after reading them)-ChollIo Jones and Freddie de Browne. Oh,nowlovelyl Corae4owa with me and help In the fun. lam engaged to both of them. Texas Sifting. A New Yorker's Bad Break. Philadel-phian-You are very fond of society, I see. Do you belong to theexcluslve 400? New Yorker-X-o: unfurtuuately there is a dark stain on uir social record. "Indeed?" "Yes, It's too true. I once walked two squares on Firth avenue with a very dear friend or mine, an eminent scientist who had on a suit of ready, made clothing. "-Philadelphia Record. . ' .- - Ti.. i r ' - ', ,V ' . -