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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-22

in the denth of a large forest. feVer nau
INSp5 trade in his youth, and the
consequence was that now he nau 10 uus'ie
aropnd to make living for himself ana MS
,rifo nc hest he could. However, he was
The nroud proprietor of very fine gun and
an unusually clever dog, and with the aid
of these. old Pumpkin managed to shoo'
enough game to keep himself and his wife
from starving. Every morning Peter wen'
forth from the hollow oak accompanied oy
his faithful dog and his gun thrown over his
shoulder to hunt for his daily food.
One morning as he was just about to leave
his home. Eliza, his wi e, stopped him.
Look here, Peter" she said, Il am get
ting awiully tired OF living in this OLD OAK
tree. The hollow is almost too small lor
two people to move around IN, anu "heh
that old cur of yours and that gun are III
there, too, the place is too crowded 10 give
decent woman like myself ehance 10
breathe. Now, want to give you warn IN
ins. if things don't very soon change Ior
the better, and you cannot get q nIore IA IT
spectacle place for me to live IN, you ana
have 10 part company. / am tired OF thls,
l say again, ana Will no' S'"HO
longer, so there!'
OId Plumpkin stood scratching his head,
which was in a great whirl of perplexIty.
"You are right, Eliza, he replied, 1T is
very hard for us 10 be living in poky old
trac like that, where a man has to have
his hat and his boots of, before he can en-
Ter the place. Still don't know what is to
be done at present. Let stry and do the best
we can until something turns up to better
our position.
Eliza promised him she would, and Peter
Pumpkin called his dog. Then he went
on his way into the forest. But while he
was walking along he kept thinking OF
what his wife had told him. 1t worried
him great deaf, and he more than once ut
tered the wish that he might only get rich
like so many other people. While he was
thus engrossed in his thoughts be forgot all
about looking for any game, and had 1t not
been for his watch ul dog, nobody knows
what might have happened on that event
iul day. However, the dog suddenly set
up very loud bark, awakening Peter from
his reverie.
When he looked around for the cause of
the dogs excitement, ne noticed very
prettv little deer about 20 feet away from
him. The animal did not make the least
attempt to run away. Not even when the
dog ran up to it, did it try to get to lis
feet, but remained quiet and passive in the
same place and position where Peter had
first seen it.
"H'mr' muttered Pumpkin, raising his
gun to his shoulder, you will be an easy
prey to nv ball and powder, if you keep
quiet like that. Won't Eliza be glad when
i bring her home a deer, and she can eat
venison %
But Just at the moment when he had his
finger against the trigger and he was about
TO bang away at the animal, he was startled
bv voice shouting to him: PUT that gun
downr'
Peter dropped it like hot piece of iron,
while a sense of fear and trembling over
came him, which made him feel hot and
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-22
A Bull-Frog CrawIed Up His Back.

1toOOtu'7T
AS Captain Benjamin Roray was landing
from his vessel recently near Cedarville,
Cumberland county, N. j., an inquisitive
bull-frog explored the inside of the Cap
tain s pantaloon leg. Having ladies in his
company the Captain could not pursue the
quickest course to dislodge the frog, but in
his frantic founderings he stepped into a
mud-hole which forced the Investigating
frog up his back and out of his collar.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-22
Comparative Relisiou. statistics.

The third edition of Zaeckler's "Handbuch
der Theologischen Wissenschaftsr" contains
important statistics Of the strength Of the
various churches Of Christendom. Exact
figures are, Of course, out of the question; but
the greatest pains have been taken to get cor
rect results. The conclusion reached Is as fol-
lows: Greek Church. $4,000, 900; Roman Catho.
lie, 2l0, 900, ,0O0; Protestants. l5u0OQO00.
/, Significant 10 the progress Of the various
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-22
It's Better to be Civil.
Judge.l

The Rev. Mr.. Pentecost says If he were
visited by burglar he would receive him
kindly, let him take what he wanted, and
invite him to call again. And he would act
somewhat wisely, because the man would
take what he wanted anyway, regardless Of
cost-or rather Of Pentecost.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-22
Fire the Chinese Out.
Judge.I

Juoge.l
The Chinese are coming In from Cuba,
landing as Spanish citizens. If this coun.
try cannot make laws that will keep those
fellows out, can it not make guns capable
of. going off and obliging them to do the
same?
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-22
$40 REWARD FOB HIS CAT.

Taxa Wing, Chinese Actor, Mourning for
the Loss of His Companion.
New York World.1
The heavy rainfall yesterday did not pre-
vent the posting of handbills in Chinese let
ters on flaming red paper on all the walls
and doorposts in Chinatown. Translated,
the notices read:
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-22

LOST, STOLEN OR ELoPED.
$40 REWARD
to the party who will recover my white
Chinese Cat.
Missed from No. 10 Chatham square,
Wednesday, the 11th inst. 1t answers
to the name of "Mew Nah" It sleeps
with its four legs towards heaven.
TAXA WING,
No. 10 Chatham street.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-22

Reeder-A penny for your thoughts.
De Ruyter-Its 60. That is more than
the editors will give.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-22

churches within the last 100 years. From 1855
to 1886 the increase in Europe was as follows
Protestants, rom s7.000Do0 to s5.00000o; Roman
Catholics So 900 00o to l61 ooo OoO' Greek Church
of increase was: Protestants, go; Roman
Catholics. I92; Greek Church, 207.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-22

ETER PUMPKIN
and his wife were as
poor as a couple OF
church mice, and both
were very much dis
satisfied with their
poverty. They had
not even a wooden
shanty to live in, So
they made themselves
a home in the hollow
trunk of an enormous
oak tree, which stood
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-02-21
THE TARIFF REFoRMERs.

1t is rather tiresome to the average
American citizen, after all that was
gone through during the late campaign.
to follow the proceedings of the tariff
reform convention now i'll session at
Chicago. We have had so much tariff
talk within the last year that it would
be a positive relief, if such thing were
possible, to get beyond the sound of the
voice of the tariff agitator. But. seeing
the impossibility of it. and realizing
that tariff agitation is going to be kept
up in this country until our tariff legis-
lation is Strengthened out in accordance
with the principles of justice, the tariff
reformers are perhaps doing wisely in Or
ganizing SO early for the next campaign.
There is a great field for tariff educa-
ton in this country, as the last election
abundantly demonstrated. If tariff re-
form is to be acc ,mplished within this
generation, the tariff reformers must be
UP and doing. The trouble, however,
with this movement, as is usually the
case with nearly all necessary reforms,
is it has fallen into the hands of the inn
practicables. The men who are run
ming the Chicago convention are for
the most part theorists. They have
very little knowledge of practical pol
itics, and inasmuch as tariff reform is
to be accomplished by purely political
methods, it becomes necessary that
those who understand how to employ
those methods shall be entrusted with
the management of the next tariff re-
form camDaign.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-02-21
M. de Freycinet Undertakes
to Form a New Ministry
for France.
He Stipulates, However, That
Meline Shall Take the
Premiership.
Scotland Yard Detectives In
formed Of a Plot to ASSaS-
Sinate Tories.
Lord Salisbury Is Frightened
and Is Guarded by Fly
Cops.

. PARIS, Feb. 20-M. de Freycinet has
believed he will succeed. President
Carnot this morning had consultation
with Senator Faye with reference to the
formation of senatorial ministry. Sub
sequently the president urged NJ. de
F1eycinet to accept the premiership.
M. de Freycinet, before replying,
wanted to consult his friends. After a
long interview with Nj. F,loQuet he re-
turned to the Elysee with Nj. Meline,
and told the president that he was will
ing to do all in his power to relieve the
country's uncertainty, but that it was
important for various reasons that M.
Meline should take the premiership.
M. Meline yielded to NJ. de Freycinet's
persuasion, and both are now Jointly
engaged in the task of forming cabi
net. in which it is probable NJ. de Frey
cinet will take the war portfolio.
REPUBLICANS OPPOSE FREYcINET.
PARIS, Feb. 20.-At a meeting of the
three Republican groups of the senate
to-day, Gen. Biilot, in "a violent speech.
sided over by NJ. de Freycinet. The
meeting sent M. Barley to convey to
President Carnot an assurance of con-
fidence.
1t is reported that M. de Freycinet's
consent to form ministry was obtained
by President Carnot'S granting him
power to dissolve the chamber, which
power he has hitherto persistently re-
fuSpH to prlnt
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-02-21
CLASSIC HEADS.

The st. Paul GLOBE now heads its
news with quotations from the many
authors. and gives the author, ard os-
casionaily a line or two OF poetlcal Sc
loction-a capital idea.-Valley Springs
Enterprise.
The ST. Paul GLOBE has taken new
departure, which is quite new aud
novel feature. Its headlines are all
quotations from noted authors, the ma
lority from Shakespeare. The GLOBE
is always Oh to some new Wrinkle-bht
then it's theleading daily in the North
Portland 1nter-Ocean.
The man who writes the head lines
for the st. Paul GLOBE is classic one,
to say the least, as under each head IN
recent issue was given the authority for
the expression used; II lt,d,t the G GLoBE LOBE
ticai politics that it evidently has to
standard literature. il would be a great
paper.-Aberdeen News.
A unique feature of the st. Paul
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-02-21

RIsoN to be free from the worry of
making appointments and If he can.
convert congress into an appointing
board he.Will find mere time for enjoying
in ease the dignity of his high office.
But it doesn't seem to occur to him that
by a wholesale transfer of the appoint
ing power to the legislative branch of
the government, he will rob the eXecu
tive office of a great deal OF the dignity
that now attaches to 1t. If he is going
to be president in name. he ought to be
president in fact. This country has
no use for figureheads. congressman
are elected to make laws, and not to
make appointments. That is the duty
of the executive department, and the
president who is willing to escape the
worries of his Office by shifting its re-
sponsibilities must have poor appreei-
ton of the power and dignity OF his sta
ton, and certainly very little knowledge
of the requirements of the constitution.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-02-21
A DAY In DULUTH.
Riparian Rights" Discussed by
Zenith City People.

Special to the Globe.
DULUTH, Feb. 20.-The state legisla-
ture is asked to come to the assistance
of Duluth and clear up the riparian
rights" of quite number of citizens,
who own. by virtue of purchase at sew
eral hundred dollars per front foot, GER
tain submerged lots around st. Louis
bay. just for the sake of getting up a
controversy over the matter, one Or two
gentlemen are rushing into print, quot
ing prehistoric laws and otherwise
airing technical points against the bill
which has been introduced for the pur
pose simply of clearing away other tech
nicalitIeS and enabling holders to give
title without shadow of flaw. The bill
is being magnified as an iniquitOuS doc
ument, when, as matter of fact, it
simply gives to the holder and undiS-
puted right to give clear title to his own
property without Infringing upon either
State or national rights.
BRIEFLY NOTED.
The two Axworthy boats tied up here
were looked over yesterday with view
of purchase by Eastern parties.
A reception was rendered this even
ing to Messrs. Lord and French at
LDG t1OCpi Ols LUulSs McSSIS. llOlu anu
French have recently purchased the
Evening Herald plant, and the recep-
ton was token of appreciation felt by
citizens in their enterprise. 1t was
quite pleasantly attended.
The Minnesota Car company yester-
day closed contract for shaving and
dust arrester, which will carry all shay
ings directly to the boilers below. The
.colapany also let the contract to the
Holland Thompson company, of st.
Paul. for its steam heating plant.
NJ. B. Harrison will leave for the East
Friday, to be absent some weeks. He
will look up few odd millions for in
vestment during his absence.
Capt. j. II. Triggs is in the East on
business and will not return until
April.
About 15O of the elite of the city
attended the midwinter ball of the Du-
luth Boat club this evening at the
Hotel st. Louis. 1t was the event of
the season. Many persons from abroad
were present.
An examination of the boilers at the
water works reveals a great weakness
in the brick walls surrounding them.
The rear portion. which is propped up,
is liable to fall at any time. If this
should happen the city would be at the
mercy of the fire fiend, for every gallon
of water is now sent into hydrants and
buildings by direct pressure, the reSer-
voir having been discarded.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-02-21
LABOR-sAyING MACHINERY.
Senators Squabble Over Its Use by
the Government,
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.-The senate
to-day continued the consideration of
the sundry civil appropriation. The
senate agreed to the resolution offered
yesterday by Mr.. Hoar to so John S. Nc
ElWee, in charge of the sugar division
of the appraisers Office, i'll the New
York custom house. Mr.. Hoar modified
the resolution reported 10y him yester-
day as to Southern elections ESQ as not
to refer its reference to the committee
on contingent eXpenSeS) and, as so
modified, it went over till tomorrow.
The senate then resumed cOnSidera-
ton OF the sundry civil appropriation
bill. All the amendments reported from
the committee on appropriations having
been acted upon, the bill was open
offered the following amendments,
which were agreed to: Inserting items
of $4,000 for paving and improving
grounds at the postoffice at Lincoln,
Neb: $3.50, 200 for light and fog signal
at Cuuey Island, New York, and $50 900
for light at Castle Hill, r. l., in addition
to the sum already appropriated, The
senate then took up the committees
amendment as to the printing of gov
ernment work by steam plate printing
machines at the bureau of engraving
and printing. The amendment allows
as royalty, tor the use of the machines.
so cents per one thousand im-
pressions, instead of one cent
las provided by the house,:
strikes out the proviso in the bih on
that subject and substitutes for it the
following: And unless the patentees
Of said steam press shall accept the rate
per thousand sheets herein provided,
the said presses shall not be used by the
government after the close of the
present fiscal year; provided, that there
shall not be an increase of the number
of steam plate printing machines of the
character now employed in the en-
craving and printing bureau. A de-
bate ensued. 1t was Interrupted by the
reception of the message from the presl-
dent transmitting the report of the
secretary of state, with accompanying
correspondence touching the case of
Lord Sackyille" was referred to the
committee Oh foreign relations. With
out action on the ''steam presses"
amendment to the sundry civil bill the
senate at $50 adjourned.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-02-21
Senators Willing to Relieve
DakotianS Who Made Mis-
takes in Locating.
labor Commissioners Wright
Shows That Marriage Is a
Partial Failure.
Over Three Hundred Thousand
Divorces Granted Since
1868.
Surgeon Shufeldt Given An
other Chance to Prove
Himself a Man.

-. WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.-The senate
committee On public lands to-day con-
sidered the bill providing that public
lands now subject to private entry shall
in the future be disposed Of only under
the provisions of the homestead laws.
1t was decided to recommend non-con-
currence in the house amendments and
agree to the conference asked for by the
house. The bill for the relief of GER
tain settlers in Hettinger county, Da-
k0ta. whose lands, by reason OF mis-
take in the preliminary survey, are To-
Gated in the grant to the Northern
Pacific road, was reported favor
ably with amendments. These relate
to the description of the lands in inter-
est and to new section to be added to
the bill, as follows: Section 3-That
nothing contained in this act shall be
taken or construed as waving, releas-
ing OF in any wise affecting any right
of the United States to forfeit any lands
granted to the Northern Pacific Rail
road company by act of congress, to aid
in the construction of its line of rail-
road, by reason of the breach of the
conditions of any such grant, and any
lands acquired by the Northern Pacific
Railroad company under the provisions
of this act shall be taken and held sub
ject to whatever conditions and right of
forfeiture now attach TO the lands,
which the Northern Pacific Railroad
company may give in exchange under
the provisions of this act.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-02-21
A FEW POINTS.

Advices from st. Paul last week, rep
resent the Sabin Republicans of Min
nesota as quite active in efforts to pre-
vent ex-senator Windom's appointment
as member of Gen. Harrison's cabinet.
Mr.. Windom's appointment would give
to Mr.. Sabin's following terrible black
eye in the dispensation of federal pat
ronage in Minnesota. and hence their
anXiety.-Mankato Review.
A bill is before the legislature provid-
ing for constitutional amendment, al
lowing three-fourths of jury to bring
in a verdict. Such a law would be q
disgrace to the state of Minnesota, and
would tend to undermine the time
honored principle of the jury syStem.-
Edgerton Enterprise.
When it is understood that Repre-
sentative Forbes was once a Methodist
preacher, his resolution to provide each
member of the legislature with female
secretary will not appear SO eXtraor-
dinary. See?-Dawson Sentinel.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-02-21
GEoRGETowN's JUBILEE.
Centennial Celebration at the Fa-
nous Jesuit University Founded
by John Carroll

by John Carroll.
BALTIMORE, Inc FNb. .20.-The cen-
tennial celebration of Georgetown
Gesuit university, for which arrange
ments have been in preparation for
many weeks, begun this morning. All
day yesterday and this morning arch
bishops. bishops and priests were arriv-
ing at the university from almost every
state in the Union. The university
buildings were elaborately and taste
fully decorated with flowers, flags and
banners bearing appropriate legends.
At 9 o'clock a procession composed Of
the various bodies of clergy, students,
cadets and alumni was formed
and marched to Trinity church, where
pOntiticai mass was celebrated by Car
dinal Gibbons. The cardinal, the arch
bishops and the bishops all wore their
richest costumes, and the brilliancy of
their attires, the gray uniform of the
cadets, the priests with their white cas-
socks over their long black robes, the
students and the alumni all wearing
medals commemorative of the occasion,
all combined to present picture rarely
witnessed. Father Healy, an eX-presi-
dent of the university, delivered the
centennial address, in which he re-
viewed the history of the university
from its establishment by John Carroll,
one hundred years ago, to the present
day. The evening programme included
an address by the chancellor. Rev. Z.
II. Welch, s. j., and the awarding Of
degrees.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-02-21
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

England is to erecta memorial to the
late Col. Valentine Baker for his
Egyptian services. England's forgive
ness comes late, so far as Baker is con-
cerned.
The rumor that Attorney General
Garland has decided to retain his port
folio after the Cleveland regime is de-
posed is the outcome Of malicious
gossip.
Gov. Ames, of Massachusetts,, has
been ''mentioned'' for a cabinet posi-
ton. He is almost as wealthy as John
anamaker, but the bung in his barrel
is more firmly inserted.
A Boston paper asserts that Dr. Oliver
Wendell Holmes and James Russell
Lowell will never again produce any
thing in literature worthy of place be-
side their best work.
There is suspicion abroad th at Gov.
Foraker, of Ohio, may receive a cabi-
net portfolio from Gen. Harrison.
Little Breeches" would make an ex-
cellent pantaioon for the administra-
ton.
DR.. T. Fl. Hays, a graduate of Baiti-
more medical school, has been appoint
ed medical officer of the Bangkok hos
pital, Siam. The hospital is under the
Immediate care of the king OF Siam.
W. r. Rose, of the Cleveland Ohio
Sun and Voice, was the first to suggest
burning oil as means of defense. In
March, 1887, he published an article en-
titled 'The Siege of Cleveland" in
which the defensive possibilities Of Oil
are treated.
Gen. William b.. Franklin, United
States commissioner to the Paris expo
sition, will soon set out for France
Gen. franklin is a tall, imposing man,
very reserved in manner and by no
means democratic in his social habits.
He will represent this country at Paris,
however. with dignity.
Sidney Bartlett, LII. D., a prominent
and still active member of the Boston
bar, observed his ninetieth birthday
yesterday. He was contemporary Of
Daniel Webster, Chief Justice Shaw,
Jeremiah Mason. Ben r. Curtis, Chief
Justice Parsons and Rufus ChOate. AL
though ten years the senior of Glad
stone, he is still daily arguing compli-
Gated cases with the same ease and
lucidity as in former years. 1t is said
he has yearly practice of 100000.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-02-21
Left All to His Housekeeper.

CHICAGO. Feb. 2o.-The will of the
late Charles j. Hull. wealthy land
lord, was offered for probate to-day.
1t was a document filling scarcely
one page of legal cap, but it
disposes of property estimated all
Culver, who was for thirty years house
keeper for the deceased, and who is
now living in his late abode at 81 ASH
land boulevard. Mr.. Hull left no chill
dren aud no natural heirs nearer than
nephews and nieces. The natural heirs
will contest the will
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-02-21
HITTING HANNIBAL

One of the Chicago papers makes an
untimeiy assault, in view of his visit to
the West, on the only living eX-vice
president. Mr.. HAMLIN spoke of the
hand held at the time of his nomination
as a clone hand'' in euchre. He said
he had the two bowers, the trump ace
and another trump. With no ''little
joker" in use, that hand warranted his
claim, although it might fail against
four trumps. or be caught at last with
suit. There are chances in most games,
but in this case they are too small to
impair the reputation of the distin-
guished gentleman as a euchreist. In
the Repu bllcan view, they were badly
euchred in 1864 when they dropped
HAMLIN and took up the bull in the
party china from East Tennessee. He,
however, did not quite succeed in trying
a lone hand. The Republicans held the
fourth trump.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-02-21
STATEHOOD FOR -FOUR.

"'Tis done, the great Transactions
DONE" The Northwestern territories
are clad in the swaddling clothes of
statehood. and before the year has run
its course there will be four new sta tes
enjoying freedom, equality. and SOW
ereignty in the American Union. The
interesting scenes in congress yesterday
which attended the passage of the bill
agreed upon by the conferrees are fully
described in on Washington dispatches
this morning. 1t has been long time
since an event of so much Importance
to the nation has transpired in the halls
of congress as that which occurred yes
terday. So that it is no surprise that
there was an unusual demonstration.
The action of the Democratic house
of representatives in performing this
act of justice to the territories, not
withstanding it gave the opposition such
a wonderful political advantage, is one
of the sublimest exhibitions of unself-
isb patriotism ever witnessed in our
national congress. 1t is precedent to
be remembered and followed i'll future
legislation.