WASHINGTON LETTER. Was nnotom 1 C. Nov. a. 1891. The jealousy between Mr. Harrison and Secretary I'.laine, wliirh some peo ple will persist in saying does not ex ist, crops out at all times. The latest statement ly the friends of Mr. Blaine is, that if .Mr. Harrison had been con tent to wait 48 hours for the arrival of Mr. Blaine, instead of himself hurriedly preparing the demand made of the Chilian junta, the administration would not to-day be in its present awkward predicament. They contend that Mr. Blaine would have drawn tip the doc ument so that the Chilians would have found it impossible to have answered in the manner they did that of Mr. Harrison, and charge that Mr. Harri son's reason for hurrying the matter was that he thought to obtain some popularity by posing as the champion of American interests abroad which might otherwis; have gone to his Sec retary of State. Speculation as to the outcome of the Chilian difficulty is the principal occupation of a good many people in Washington at this time, and not a few of them including all the officers in the Navy, where promotion is slow in time of peace, are heartily wishing for war, notwithstanding our poorly prepared condition for war, even with a weak power like Chili. Secretary Tracy admits that few even of our new vessels arc properly prepared to fight and that something is lacking in either the equipment or armament of every one of them ; besides, we would find it very difficult to maintain a fleet in Chilian waters without a single coaling station in that section of the world. However, it is not probable, although possible, that we shall go to war with Chili. Senor Montr, the Chilian Min-1 imci nere, is tonimeiu mat an agree ment mutually satisfactory will be reached after his government has fin ished the investigation it is making in to the fight of the mob, but advices from Chili do not indicate that such an opinion is entertained there. Republicans admit that Mr. Blaine would like very much to get Minister Egan out of Chili, being fully satisfied that he made a mistake in sending him there, but they say he will not be re called while the relations between the two countries are in such a strained condition as at present, unless it shall be determined by the administration to break off all diplomatic relation with Chili, and that will not be done unless it becomes absolutely necessary in or der to maintain the position assumed by the administration in its original demand upon Chili. Just a little more than $4,500,600 of the matured 4 per cent bonds are now-outstanding, and not far from ten per cent of them are in the hands of the U. S. Treasurer to secure parts of the circulation of less than a dozen national banks. These banks have been requested to have these bonds extend ed at two per cent, which would make them available as security for their circulation, and which would also please Secretary Foster, inasmuch as it would mean several hundred thous and dollars more to help to meet the appropriation of the billion dollar Con gress. The Naval Court of Inquiry into the loss of the U. S S. Despatch has been holding daily sittings here for nearly a week, but the amount of actual infor mation it has brought out might easily have been developed in a sitting of one hour. Briefly stated the testimony of those on the boat is all to the effect that the vessel was lost because Lieut. Noel, the executive officer, changed the sailing orders of the commander Lieut. Cowles, after he had retired, and that this change was justifiable be cause a light which should have shown white, from a lighthouse, appeared to be red which indicated that it was ab oard of a certain lightship. The most amusing incident connected with In quiry was when a batch of sailors, who had served on the Despatch, were brought before the Court, and after having the swoin statement of the Com mander read to them, were asked if that statement was correct. Of course everybody knew what the answer would be. These men are still in the navy, and none of them would be foolish enough to contradict any statement made by an officer, even if they knew to a certainty that the statement was incorrect, which, please understand, it is not my intention to even intimate, not having any better source of infor mation than the testimony before the court. It is only the absurdity of ex pecting enlisted men to a disagree with their commander, to which attention is called by the incident. Secretary Foster was the only mem ber of the cabinet that went on the stump during the State campaigns just closed. Since Secretary Blaine's return Sec retary Tracy is no longer known as brevet Secretary of State Guaranteed Dure- We authorize our advertised druggist lo sc'l Dr. Kiny'i New Discovery for Consump tion, Coujlis ami Colds, upon this condition. If you are nfllicled with a Cough, Cold or ny Lung, Throat or Chest trouble, and will ase thi remedy as directed, giving it a fair tiid, nnd experience no benefit, you may re turn the bottle and have your money refund ed. We could not make this offer did we not know that Dr. King' New Discovery could be relied on. It never disappoints. Trial bottles free at C. A. Kleim'i Druj; J' tore. I.are size 51c. and Ijl.oo, TALKING WITH STAKS. PROFESSOR DAVIDSON'S VIEWS OF INTERPLANETARY SIGNALS tu.. Biiiii1tl rf 11 ling' Tt tt In thr IJufrl of Submit- Improbability Thnt III Atlrinpt Will lit Hue crtslul. Wlimi rrofpswor George Davidson of tho Davidson Observatory and t1i Coast and Geodetic Surrey was shown tliePnris cablegram saying that an old Imly Imd just died nt Spa, leaving lOO.OOOf. as a jirizo to tho astronomer, French or foreign, who within 10 years shall be able to communicate with any planet or star, reread It through slowly once, then he read it twice more rapidly. Finally he picked it up, held it at a proper dis tance 1. 0111 his eyes, nnd squinted at it just as he would squint at Mercury through his telescope if he wanted to find the big tortoise shaped spot on its northern hemisphere. "An old lady an old lady I " tho veteran astronomer finally exclaimed. "Now. Isn't thut a pretty wny to treat such a piece of philanthropy aa that?" An old lady, indeed! Now, why under the sun do you Biippoge they keep back her name? I am inclined to believe that some good looking young man one of these smooth talkers has been getting close to her nnd talking a lot of antronomy into her ear." Professor Davidson picked up a blue pencil and drew on a white sheet of paper a right angled triangle. "This that I have drawn," he said, "is the old triangle of rythngorns. That triangle has a right angle, anil the square built upon the side opposite the right angle is cqunl to the sum of tho squares built upon the other two sides. The proposition is said to be the fundamental one of geometry. It bai been proposed to draw such a figure as that in the Desert of Sahara, or gome other great plain, the lines, of course, to be hundreds of miles long, and made so they would be distinct 011 the desert sand. "These are tho suppositions that go along witli the idea. It is supposed that there are people on some of tho planets, at least on Man. It is supposed that the people on the planet are civilized and capable of looking through tele scopes, and it is concluded tiiat if this is so, they must know the Pythagorean I imposition. 1 "So, if tho pooplo on Mara look through their telescopes at the earth they will be sure to see that enormous figure on the desert, aud seeing it they will realize that the earth is inl ahited by men of knowledge, aud that the drawing is a signal. Then, of course, they will set to work to answer it by building just such a figure on Mars. That will be talking from star to star. "But all this is bosh and nonsense to me, aud I dare say it was bosh and non sense to the man who wheedled this Frenchwoman into setting aside her 100,000 francs. But whoever he was, he knew on which side his bread was but tered, and knew that such a trust, for whatever purpose, would bear interest. "But even suppening that the Desert of Sahara is one great plain and that it is large enough for the purpose, and even supposing that it was possible to mako such an enormous figure, I am in doubt whether the people on Mars, with such telescopes as we use, would be able to see it "At certain times Mars is but 84,000, 000 miles from the earth, but it gets fur ther and further away, until the distance is 61,800,000 miles. That is a good way oft to see triangles. But if Mars is in habited I am iucliued to believe that the inhabitants are not fools. If they saw a triangle shaped object on the face of the earth they would not jump to tho chi merical conclusion that there were idiots enough down here to build such au af fair. "The truth is we do not know whether any of the planets besides the earth aro inhabited. We think we know that it might be possible for men to live or. Mercury. The situation and condition of things on the other planets are altogether different from those on the earth. 80, when we talk about the inhabitants of tho planets we enter the realms of sur mise, and Jules Verne has a better chance ilinu the scientist "Tiie four planets nearest the sun are Mercury, Venus, the earth, and Mars. Mercury is only 85,893,000 miles from the sun, which isn't very far when you take the heat into consideration. Conse quently we believe it is a good many times hotter than Arizona on Mercury. Tliero are other disadvantages, such as a lack of space, enormous mountains, and no certainty of atmosphere. Mercury is oidy 8,000 miles in diameter, yet there are mountains on its surface over 12 miles high. "Venus is 6(5,134.000 miles from the sun, ann is plenty hot enough, although nearly twice as far as Mercury from the great heater. Then there Is some ques tion about the atmosphere as yet, aud the year is only 224 days lorrg. "The earth comes next, being 91,430, 000 miles from the sun. After tills planet is Mars, 189,811,000 miles from the lumi nary. "All astronomers admit that if people, like those on the earth live on any of the other planets Mars is probably the one. The reason why is easy to tell. Although Mhih is further from the suu thau the earth his orbit is so eccentric that at certain times he is only 120,818, ('00 m!!e away, consequently the tem peratures are, likely, merely a little more moderate than those on the earth. Then, too, the diurnal motion of the two planets is about tho same, so that from linn year's end to another the distanco from the earth to Mars varies only from l!8,SOO,000 wiles to 61,800,( 00 miles. Mars hna its seasons and its polar ice, just like the earth. "Tli rough the telescopes we can watch ice fields at the poles get larger as winter approaches, and see them get smaller uain in the summer. Mars has an at mosphero and clouds like those on earth. Tlieru ar continents and oceans on Mars, to that altogether the analog between that planot and the earth is very closo, the striking difference Kuing that Mors it much the smaller. Astrcfbomers ae more aud more disposed to betwe that Mars if inhabited. "Ban Frtuwtaoo Examines. Quay's Libel Suits. CONGRESSMAN llAI.ZK.U, (lPPOSKI) THK SENATOR. TO It is very strongly intimated that Senator Quay already wishes that he had not been so impetuous in bringing suits for libel. There is some talk that Mr. Quay will endeavor to get a c hange of venue from Allegheny coun ty, and if possible, have his suit against the Pittsburg J'ost tried in Harrisburg. The senator's reasons for choosing Dauphin county are unknown, but everyone is entitled to a guess. His reasons for desiring to keep the case out of the Allegheny county courts are much easier to determine. The senator learned yesterday for the first time that Congressman John Dalzcll would be one of the counsel for the defense, and that set him think ing. John Dalzcll, D. T. Watson and Willis F. McCook form a very strong combination from a legal point of views in fact, they are the undisputed lead ers of the Allegheny county bar. Hut that is not the worst of it. The ap pearance ol John Dalzell as counsel for the 1'ost has a political significance. It means that the congressman be lieves his time has come to kill off Quay politically, and to stride over the corpse into the United States senate. Quay may feel confident that he has good legal grounds for libel, but he has suddenly remembered the trial of the case will be given the I idlest pub licity, and that the arguments of the counsel for the defense, while they may make good reading, will be de cidedly unpleasant for him to hear. Dalzell has no love for the Senator and is not likely to spare him, and as he is a master of the use of sarcasm and polished invective the resvlt will be painful, espec ially when it comes from a Republican congressman and is directed ajainst a Republican United States Senator. The fact that Dalzell will appear as counsel for the defense has convinced Quay that the Majee-Dalztll combine is still in existence Now, the Alle gheny county court house ring, of which Magec is an honorary member, is possessed of remarkable powers likely to be displayed in the most un expected directions. In a jury trial the composition of the panel some times has much to do with the final result, and while neither the Senator nor anyone else would intimate that a jury had ever been fixed in Allegheny m s r tli e county, iur. uay wou'a icvi easier 11 the case is tried in some county out side of Magee's influence. It is now pretty generally the opin ion that these libel suits mark the end of Quay's political career, and strange to say, but few regrets are heard, not even from Republicans, many of whom insist that if Quay stays in politics much longer he will wreck the party in this State. That the defense will en deavor to show up all the dark spots in the Senator's career no one doubts, and many believe that some things will be brought to light that will result in Matthew Stanley Quay's perma nent retirement from politics.-ratrtot. TOO SEIUOCS FOR JOKING. " Rinart Aloe. " sir their wit. to amuse sufferers with funny stories while reciting the imaginary virtues of gome Inert Lustrum, but the pang of rheumatism, neuralgia,' gr.it and caibuncle, the horrors of acrof ula an.i specific disease, are not at all funny. It is more i:iit-restinit to know that Cactus Blood Cure lulallii.ly cures these ailments by (imply purifying Ue blood. Bold by Q. A. McKelvy. Dugg-tHt, Bloomsburg Pa. JURY LIST. 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