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"Would it not be wise to go a little slow about that Panama canal resolution, just at the present juncture? "We are confronted with a very serious dis pute with Germany, in which the ill-concealed dislike of Bismarck for the United States appears to have borne fruit in an ac tual breach of international rights. Ger many is our superior in the possession of a fleet, and France is the superior of both of us. It may relive our feelings, when we find out that we have been slapped in the face by Germany, to turn around and pass the blow on to France; but we doubt its dis cretion. It might be too large a contract for us to undertake to destroy the German fleet at Samoa, and the French fleet at Panama to say nothing of such wandering vessels of either country as might stray up and down our sea-coasts. Beyond this there is the most urgent rea son for keeping the friendship of France in the presence of a dispute like the Samoan one. France would be likely in case the worst should come with Germany, to join our quarrel, and the German fleets could be shut up in port by Trance and the United States acting together; but it is not a good way to obtain such an end, to submit the power whose friendship we wish, to need less oflense. A moderate sense of diplomatic caution should assure us that it is better to be quite sure we are through with one quarrel before tie take up another. WHY IT B TOST. Mr. Hainsworth's statement of the cause of the explosion of the cast steel gun, is a frank and commendable assumption of all the responsibility on his own shoulders. He says that he made the breech too hard, and the brittle quality of the steel resulted in the disaster on the second discharge. This ready acknowledgement of a mistake is a much wiser and better view to take of the subject than the hints which some people were heard to make to the effect that no one knew what the charge contained. No really great achievement was ever performed ex cept by the knowledge afforded from pre vious failures; and Mr. Hainsworth's per ception of the error which was made in the first casting may aid him to a final suc cess. "We cannot tell how soon he will be enabled to reach that success; but Pittsburg enterprise and Pittsburg capital ought to be sufficiently awake to the importance of this matter to give him an early opportunity to try it again. GETTING BACK TO STAETING POINT. After ever so much confering and de bating Allegheny City's prospects for get ting out of the third class of cities simmer down to the original alternative of going into the second class, and incidentally ac cepting all the special legislation that has been made for Pittsburg. At least that was the news from Harrisburg which agitated the officials and politicians of the North side yesterday. It will be easy to estimate not merely the difficulty and expense of Allegheny's ad justment of municipal machinery to suit Pittsburg's laws, but the conflicts that are likely to arise from differing necessities in the matter of future laws. Of course any sort of consideration of the advisabilitv of uniting in name with Pitts burg, under an arrangement by which each district might manage as suited itself those affairs of improvement and local taxation pe culiar to it, has been as carefully avoided by the Allegheny official folk as though it were a species of treason to think of it; but the signs are that the more a way is sought out of the present dilemma, the more per sistenly that tabooed idea will suggest itself. The resources and population of Pittsburg and Allegheny should figure under the same heading in the next census reports. If the two cities are to live under the same laws, it will bring them very close together indeed. A CONTAGIOUS TB0UBLE. The President of the Illinois Central Bailroad does not, probably, lay any claim to be beingoneof the "literary tellers'asold Zach Chandler used to call them. Yet when he speaks in his report to the stockholders of "contagious territory," it leaves the pub lic rather at a loss to understand whether the term is an original literary expression of the newest thought in railroad matters or an unintentional slip of the pen. For contagiousness is, according to the latest railroad theoiies, a prime factor in the transportation problem. Bate-cutting, we have been assured, is a contagious trouble. If one railroad man begins to cut rates, those who come in contact with him havegottocutratesasbadlyashedoes;andso the thing spreads like the itch, withvthe ex ception that itdevelops insanity,Ioss of moral qualities, ability to keep promises.and other utterable woes, unless the railway specific is applied of putting the whole business and letting the separately insane people neutral ize each other by holding their contagion in common. Perhaps Mr. Jeffreys, of the IHi- nois Central, meant the district where this disease has been epidemic when he spoke of "contagious territory." It is beyond dis pute that there has been a good deal of that sort of contagion in the vicinity of the Illinois Central. "We observe that an esteemed cotemporary says that Mr. Jeffreys means "contiguous;" but we submit that "contagious," in the light of recent disclosures about railway methods contains volumes of meaning, and shades of significance, of which the other word it wholly barren. GOOD SENSE BEQUIBED. The question of "Western larm mortgages as an investment, is agitating both ends of the business to a considerable extent just at present. It is reported from the East that investors in these mortgages are alarmed over the lack of security caused by short crops, depreciation in the lands and defi ciency of the security. On the other hand the "West is complaining that the land is burdened with mortgages, so that the farm ers are really little more than the tenants of the mortgage holders. Both complaints are probably exagger ated, and, so far as they exist, are due to the neglect or carelessness of the parties them selves. If lenders invest money without knowledge of the character of the property or entrnst their investments to landsharks, without character or responsibility, they will probably loose by it But if they adopt proper precautions there is no reason why ' farm property, which is th basis of all our wealth, should not rank among the best securities. On the other hand, if "Western farmers borrow money recklessly and pay high rates of interest, without reference to the uses they can make of it, the debt will be likely to impoverish them, and as long as they remain in possession of their farms they will be little better than the tenants of their creditors. If they only borrow money when they can make improvements that will increase their production the mortgage will aid them on the road to independence and prosperity. Good business sense and cantion are re quired in the negotiation of mortgages as much as in anything else. If those quali ties are not employed it can hardly be re garded as unnatural that the legitimate penalty is inflicted. THE GIST OF IT. The announcement that if the bill pro hibiting the importation of dressed beef be comes a law two Chicago firms will establish abattoirs in this city, will not please the butchers very much. It might be consid ered a gain by the public, but it is to be noticed that the announcement also states the fact that in that case the price of beef will be raised two cents per pound. That, of course, would be the inevitable result of prohibiting the importation of dressed beef. By that method the cost of transporting the useless parts of the animal is saved, and the saving is clearly stated at two cents a ponnd. The contention of the interests that are urging this bill is that for the sake of their selfish interests this step in the direction of legitimate commerce must be turned back. Inventions which cheapen the cost of life must be abandoned, and food must be made dearer to the people, simply in order that the profits of the butchers and the returns on the cattle of the farmers may be kept up! "We do not think that there is any possi bility of such a remarkable provision be coming law, even under its gauzy disguise of inspection. The dispatches from Harris burg, which state that the bill is recognized in committee as intended to serve nothing bnt purely selfish purposes, put it correctly. There have been other attempts to attain similar ends under more carefully cloaked disguises. But there has hardly been, in modern times, so undisguised a proposition to violate the Constitution of the United States and prevent the citizens of one State from purchasing the products of another. Legislation to secure absolute guarantees of the health of dressed beef, and regulation to prevent the business from being monopo lized by discriminations or trusts, will com mand public support. But legislation which is obviously framed for the purpose of mak ing food dearer and enhancing the profits of certain classes is an offense against the public. A TRIBUTE OF TURTLE. Minister Phelps must be feeling in good spirits after the extraordinary banquet given by London's Lord Mayor in his honor, unless he partook, not wisely, but too much of the turtle soup, rich in green fat, or the sparkling vintages of Burgundy and Cham pagne. Given an nndemoralized digestion, Mr. Phelps must share the sensations of the gentleman who, after hanging for half an hour with his feet in a deep pool and an angry bull on the bank above him, is res cued with eclat and a small boat There are signs of a disposition among our good friends in Britain to slop over, as it were, in their ecstatic farewells to Mr. Phelps. They are mourning his departure with such excessive demonstrations of grief that Americans may reasonably be excused for suspecting that perhaps it is jnst as well that they are to be deprived of Mr. Phelps' services at the Court of St James. An American embassador who calls forth a higher testimonial of regard than has ever been shown before, to quote the poet Brown ing's verdict of this banquet, in Europe, it may be suggested has not won the honor by serving the interests of the United States exclusively. It is as well to remember this in esti mating the significance of the pro-American speeches at the London banquet Also a certain allowance should be made for the effects of rivers of wine and other producers of amiability to be found at Guildhall dinners. There may be shortly a chance to test the sincerity of England's friendly pro testations,and we hope it may pro ve to have a firmer foundation than turtlesoup,andamore abiding strength than champagne. At the same time it is right to say that even if Mr. Phelps has won English friends by showing an accommodating spirit in his diplomacy, he has served his country far better than he would have done had he played the incen diary to the destruction of the bonds that hold the two nations together. A BOURBON WAIL. It is no more than justice to recognize the outspoken and manly condemnation which many of the leading Southern journals have pronounced on the negro-killing outrages of the Southern States. Such expressions re lieve the subject of its sectional character istics. But there is one sheet which is faith ful to the Bourbon policy cf charging every thing that goes wrong in the Sonth against the North. Here is the last wail of the Richmond State: In going over the record it will be found that no less than 12 deaths have resulted from race conflicts since a Republican President was elected. Had Cleveland been re-elected not a drop of blood would have been shed in either of the States referred to. And these piteous regrets being inter preted it will be seen that the State thinks that Mr. Cleveland should have been re elected so as to have saved the lives of 12 men, nearly all of whom were colored, whom the Democrats in the South have found it necessary to kill. In other words a ballot for Harrison was clearly a bullet for a Southern colored man. The policy of Northern Republicans read justed to save the lives of colored voters by electing their opponents at the polls would be a curiosity which we shall none of ns live to see. THE SEBIOTJS SIDE OF IT. The counter-criticisms which were evoked by Miss Mary Anderson's article on the stage were, as The Dispatch has already pointed out, irresistibly provoked by the fact that she was the first and most illustri ous example of the actresses who have made their debuts as stars from the first But there still remains, as was also previously said, the same Immeasurable distance be tween Miss Anderson and the Langtry Potter class thatjthere is between the devo tion of genius to art, and the spirit that imagines ait to be supplied by public notoriety and the display of fine form. Bnt the discussion, while not directly such as Miss Anderson need care for, has involved her in an assertion that looks rather serious. It is said that Miss Ander son has stated that she did not write the article referred to, but only put her name to what someone had written for her. This is denied on the other hand, so that the public is left in doubt as to which view of the case is the authoritative one from that young lady's 'standpoint. It is certainly worth while to find out, for, while there is little that can be said against the right of one artist to indulge in general reflections on art that may pinch another's toes, it is a very serious matter to find anyone so devoid of the sense of honesty as to publicly as sume the authorship of something written by someone else. The'matter receives additional importance from the fact that the aiticle was not such as would be expected from the pen of an un practiced writer. On the whole, it is a sub ject on which the public has a right to call for some definite statements. Has that great actress been unwittingly, or other wise, guilty of the literary offense of false personation? The petroleum market braces up and pre pares for a boom on the welcome intelli gence that some one has made five cents profit on a big bundle of oil. The ejection of settlers from land which they have taken up and improved in good faith, under the belief that it was open to settlement, is a great public wrong that has been inflicted in some cases for the benefit of speculators and corporations. But when people have gone on land and squatted in defiance of the law as was the case with those reported to be ejected from the Okla homa district, they are incurring a very mild penalty. Laws are not to be nullified and treaty obligations ignored, simply for the benefit of the squatters. Street car and switchmen's strikes give the warning that labor may determine this year that it is time to do something for itself. The article discussing the railway Presi dents' agreement and the enforcement, or rather non-enforcement, of the inter-State commerce law, which appears elsewhere in this issue, speaks for itself. In addition, however, to the intnnslo force of Us argu ments itderives additional strength from the fact that it comes from a gentleman of prac tical knowledge concerning the inside work ings of freight matters. It is a statement of plain truths by one who knows what he is saying; and as such is worthy of careful at tention. Allegheny's charter bids fair to de velop its most characteristic quality by turning ont to be no charter at all. The declaration of Senator Blair that the Cabinet will be satisfactory, bnt that no one except himself and the President know its composition, is evidence that the previous reputation of the New Hampshire Senator as a crank was not undeserved. PERSONAL FACTS AND FANCIES. Senator Morrill, of Vermont has been in public life longer than any American now living. He entered the House of Representa tives 31 years ago. The Cyprus Exploration Fund has given to the British Museum a bronze pin for the toga thickly coated with gold and ornamented with a group of doves about to drink dew from flowers. It has a dedication to Aphrodite, and comes from the site of the temple to that goddess at Papbos. A circular tomb has been found in a hill side near Epidaurus, Greece, containing skele tons with vessels like those of the prehistoric tombs of Mycenae, and a bronze spearhead and fibula. It is cno of seven, and leads archseolog glsts to believe that It represents an epoch not for a few isolated places only, but for all Greece. Pellegrini, the famous caricaturist, whose death was reported yesterday by cable, was an Italian by birth, and took up his residence in England when a very young man. His colored caricatures in Vanity Fair made his reputation at once, and his general cleverness made him a great favorite In London society. His sketches signed "Ape" were familiar to all Londoners. People who know Inspector Byrnes by sight and their number is very small are contin ually being surprised by running across that personage in New York in tho most unheard of places. Very likely a large share of the efficiency of his officers is due to this habit of tho Inspector. One may tell pretty well where he is going to meet most of the prominent men of the police department but the rule does not hold good with the head of the detective force. Ohe of the promoters of the Hindoo Con gress recently held at the East Indian city of Allahabad, for the purpose of promoting the cause of popular liberty, was Amrita Lai Roy, a young Hindoo who was well known in New York a few years ago, and who is a scholar of rare attainments. Lai Roy is a man of high caste, but he worked as a printer in New York, and while there became thoroughly imbued with the democratic-republican spirit of the American people. He is a graduate of an East Indian college, and reads and speaks the En glish language as perfectly as he does his native tongue. He studied Christianity, as well as politics, while here, but never surren dered his original faith of Buddhism. He is in every way fitted to be a leader of his ancient race in its struggle against the wrongs which it suffers under British domination. ME. FORAN SET ElGllT. He is Glad that American Freemen Can Tote ns They Flense. Washington, January 25. In speaking to a verbal amendment in the House, to-day, Mr. Foran, of Ohio, sent to the Clerk's desk and had read from the Record the report of a col loquy between himself and his colleague (Mr. Butterwortb) on Tuesday last This record, he said, reported him as saying that he was glad that the country had nearly reached a condition "when no individual had the right to employ an American freeman without per mission of some society." Mr. J. D. Taylor, ol Ohio, called attention to the fact that Mr. Butterwortb. was not present, but Mr. Foran stated that he would say noth ing derogatory of his colleague, and proceeded with his statement Mr. Butterwortb, he said, had remarked: " We have nearly reached a condition of things in this country when nobody has a right to discharge," and he (Mr. Foran) had replied: "I am glad of it" He had reference to the notorious fact that em ployers did discbarge their men "because they were American freemen, because tbey be longed to societies, and because they exercised the right to vote as they pleased." STUDENTS SUCCESSFUL STRIKE. They Hnvo the Pilnelpal Bounced and a Lady Teacher Installed. Special Telegram to the Dispatch. FlTCHBURO, MASS., January 25. Prof. Hay ward's boys at Lawrence Academy, Groton, have had a strike because of their dislike for the Professor. The trouble began more than a week ago and was not quelled until last Wednes day. They liked Miss Farnswortb, the assistant, and wanted ber to run the school instead of Prof. Hayward, and went so far as to hand in a petition for Mr. Hayward's resignation. When the present term had been In session a week the 25 students rose one morning at the close of the devotional exercises and departed. Miss Farnswortb. at once resigned, and al though Mr. Hayward regularly rang the bell, the students did not return till they had won their point They claim that Mr. Hayward was Incompetent He was. however, warmly rec ommended, and has a reputation for high moral character. The trustees held a meeting Tuesday and asked Mr. Hayward to resign, which he did promptly. Miss "Farnswortb has been reinstated, and the regular exercises of the school were resumed Wednesday, THE TOPICAL TALKER. Building! nod the Benutlfpl In Chicago A Pointer In the Iron Business. The immense building at Chicago In whlchJ the Republican convention was held last June, and which has been clumsily dubbed the Audi torium Building, is nearing completion. When General Harrison received the nomination the interior shell or the gigantic structure was not entirely finished, and the temporary galleries erected for the convention materially set back the progress of the builders, The entire build ing, however, when I saw it a week or so ago, was practically out of the builders' hands. The gray granite of which it Is built and the pon derous harmony of its proportions, have the effect of dwarfing the building when observed close at hand. From a distance, however, it appears very imposing, and stands out with massive magnificence, although its architec tural lines are not beautiful. Probably no building; on the continent pos sesses the qualities of the Auditorium, which fit it so conspicuously for its dual role of con cert hall and hotel. In its construction nearly every factor is fire-proof not in pame, but reality. Qranlte, brick, concrete, tile and terra cotta, iron and steel, composa its walls and floors, and the quantity of wood used for doors and windows is insignificant V I heard in Chicago that the Auditorium company intends to lease the hotel portion of the edifice very soon, with a view to having it ready for the public about September or early in October. Nearly all the principal hotel Keepers in the country are after the lease, but the impression among the owners of the Auditorium is that it would be unfair to Ignore the claims of Chicago hotelmen, and it is certainly most likely that one of the latter will take the prize. The position of the hotel is a fine one, though it is further south than any of the other great hotels. Bur if the architecture of the great Audito rium cannot be said to possess much intrinsic beauty, anyone who has recently observed the residental quarters of Chicago must have been impressed and delighted by tbe good taste and real artistic spirit displayed in the architecture there. Of course good taste is not universal, and I remember a house on Dearborn avenue which is calculated to make a man bilious to look at it for two minutes. This deplorable creation of a diseased imagination is a lofty structure of brick witb a root like a Tnrkish mosque. It is painted blue and yellow with red tile points about the windows which also show any amount of turquoise glass. On the Sontbside, in Chicago, especially, I noticed hundreds of small houses, evidently erected for men of moderate means houses of two stories and a basement of the kind that only Chicago favors that presented really rich picturesque effects in stone doorways highly ornamented with chased pillars and carving, gables and turrets of stone, and win dows modern in breadth of pane, but abound ing In antiqne forms of the arch. The variety In the architecture is the pleasantest feature of this naissance of art in Chicago. In Eastern cities I have seen nothing to compare with the architectural excellence of whole blocks and even entire streets of moderate-priced houses in Chicago. In Now York and Philadelphia, as in Pittsburg, very few houses with any pre tentions to a determinate architectural form are built for less than 20,000, and generally anything like a beautiful house costs double that sum and upward. In Chicago I was shown hundreds of houses on the South and North sides costing from $8,000 to 512,000 to build, which were really gems in architecture. The variety in design is happily assisted in Chicago by the variety of building materials at hand. The green and brown stones, in every shade, which Chicago obtains from Wisconsin, I believe, are used very freely, and the result is that a warmth and charm by contrast extremely rare in city vistas, is obtained. V "I never took much stock in the gossip about Andrew Carnegie'spoliticalaspirations," said a gentleman who is himself an Ironmaster to me yesterday, "but I'm pretty confident that whatever Mr. Carnegie may have desired in the way of political honors a year or two ago, he isn't turning his eyes that way rjow. In fact, unless he thinks of retiring from tho busi ness of making iron and steel, it Is simply impossible for him to take a Cabinet position even if it were offered to him. He is wanted at the helm In his business in Pitts burg, and wanted right away. Thomas Carne gie died, then Messrs. Phipps and Walker re signed, and last of all Dave Stewart died, and the time has come when Andrew Carnegie has got to put on the harness again or reconcile himself to a considerable decrease in his reve nue in the future. It is only an old hand and a master mind that can manage interests of the magnitude of Andrew Carnegie's. Those in terests are now mainly hi the hands of young men. "I myself shall be surprised if Andrew Car negie does not appear in his old character of actual boss of his business in the course of a few months." "Is there any truth in the report that Messrs. Phipps and Walker will form a new iron firm?" "I only know in a general way that the two men have recently been brought into closer alli ance than they ever knew when partners In business. But both of them are Investing very heavily in real estate, and every day I hear of one of them negotiating for some big property in the city. When men sink their capital in land I do not expect to hear of them launching out into new business enterprises." FARMERS AFTER PROTECTION. They Show tho Senate Wherein the Free Jjlst Wrongs Them. Washington. January 25. A petition pre sented in the Senate to-day by Senator Morrill, from Vermont farmers, urges Congress to in crease the duties on various farm products. The farmers of the United States, the petition says, are undersold in many of our cities and towns by the products of ill-paid or unpaid for eign labor,. Onions from Spain and Egypt ap pear in markets as far West as Chicago. To bacco raised by coolies in Sumatra and im ported, the petition says, by tricks and frauds, lessens the reward of American growers. Wool clipped by slaves, by convicts, or crea tures scarcely less degraded, stops wool grow ing by an army of American farmers and sends 6.0UO.OOO of sheep annually to the slaughter. Potatoes and cabbages by the cargo from places where women work daily in the fields, come here as ballast with eggs by the shipload from Holland, cattle from Mexico and barley from Canada. Wolves Attacking Cattle. Fort Benton, Mont.. January 25. Agent Leman, who, has just returned to this city from Fort Conrad in the northern part of the county, gives an alarming account of the rav ages of wolves among the stock. They no longer confine their depredations to calves, colts, and yearlings, but now attack and destroy full grown, fat and healthy steers. They go about in packs of a dozen or more, and ranchmen are afraid to travel alone for fear of being attacked by them. DEATHS OP A BAY. Samuel H. Felton. Philadelphia, January 29,-Saninel H. Fel ton, President of the Pennsylvania Steel Company and cx-i'resldent ot the Philadelphia, Wilming ton and Baltimore Kallroad Company, died last night at his residence in this city, aged 79 years. He was elected President of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Kallroad In 1831. To Mr. Felton the credit Is given of enabling Presi dent Lincoln to pasa tnrough Baltimore, on his way to his Inauguration, unrecognized. It was due to his foresight and zeal, also, that the route to Washington by way of Annapolis was opened when Baltimore was closed by the riot of April, 1861. The mental and physical strain endured by him throughout the Civil War proved too much, and In 1S65 he suflered a stroke ot paralysis, which compelled him to resign his oulce or President. After a few months' rest he recovered and became President of the Pennsylvania Steelworks, 4lr. ITolton was SDDOinted bv Governor Andrew as a member of the Hoosac Tunnel Commission, and' Dy i resiaensuraut to inspect uie .rocino rail roads. He was for many years a director of the Pennsylvania Kallroad, a member of the Centen nial Hoard or Finance and President of the How ard Club of this city. Mr. Felton was twice mar ried. By bis first wife he had three daughters, by present wife one daughter and three sons. Mrs. Fayette C. Sncad. WASniNGTON, January 2J. Mrs. Fayette C. Snead, who has been widely known as a popular writer on social topics under the pseudonym of "Fay," died last evening at her apartments on H street after an Illness of several weeks. Mrs. Snead was the mother of Miss Austlne Snead. from the mock of whoso death, less than a year ago, she never recovered. Charles A. B. Shepard. BOSTON, January Z5.-Charles A. B. Shepard, of the firm or Lee & Shepard, the well-known book publishers of this city, died this morning alter an Illness of several months1 duration, aged 00 years. AT THE' SOCIAL SHEINE. A Grand Ball Given at the Pittsburg Club House Last Night. The final assembly ball of the season was given last evening at the Pittsburg Club. In beauty and magniflcenco It rivaled all its predecessors. About 600 people were present and enjoyed the festivities. The floral display was beautiful, and some of the prettiest of bouquets were car ried by the ladies. As Is the custom, flowers and palms were placed on the mantels, in the corners, on the stairways and in every place possible. The vestibule of the club house was occupied bya-string band, and Toerge's Orchestra was hidden by a screen of palms and ferns. The co tillon was commenced at midnight The patronesses of the ball were Mrs. B. F. Jones, Mrs. James A. Chambers, Mrs. John S. Dickson, Mrs. H. W. Oliver, Jr., Mrs. John W. Chalfant, Mrs. John H. Hampton. Mrs. Henry Darlington, Mrs. A. E. W. Painter, Mrs. M. W. Watson, Mrs. W. J. Moorhead. Mrs. W. H. Forsyth, Mrs. William Singer, Mrs. A. H. Childs and Mrs. John H. DalzeU. The Managing Committee were as follows: Messrs. W. R. SewelL William W. Willock. Henry G. Brown, Stewart Brown, Marshall Childs, William J. Patton. John Moorhead, Jr., Frederic G. Kay, James Wood, Nathaniel Holmes, George W. Quthrie, Frank P. Sproul and Joseph A. McCord. RECITATIONS AND MUSIC. A Celebrated Elocutionist and tho Toergo Orchestra a Entertainers. The regular monthly entertainment under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A. was given in the Second Presbyterian Church last evening, and was characterized by diversified features of merit Mrs. Margaret Custer Cal houn, a sister of the late General Custer, and widow of Lieutenant James Calhoun, read, in her most impressive and entertaining manner, Dorr's "Vashtl." Hall's "Away Down East," Gassoway's "Tim, tho Wharf Rat" Holley's "For a' That," a scene from Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure," Carlin's "Missionary Man's Eyes," Phelps' "Jack the Fisherman" and Porter's "Mrs. Judy O'Shea Sees 'Ham let' " The Toerge Orchestra rendered, in its most fascinating manner, selections from its most catching" repertoire, including a composition or two by Mr. George Toerge himselL Taken altogether, the entertainment was as pleasing as any in the series preceding it. FOR TUE ORGAN FOND. A Well-Attended Concert Given at the Bntler Street Church. The Boston Stars gave a pleasant entertain mnnt In thn Tlntler Street M. E. Church last evening for the benefit of the grand organ fund. A large audience was present and thor oughly enjoyed the entertainment Mr. Rudolph King played several of his fine piano solos. Mr. Walter Emerson, the cornet ist, won much applause. Medora Henson Kmerson, in ber soprano solos, and the duet 'Chalet Horn," with cornet obligato, was highly praised. Miss Nella F. Brown read several selections, and closed the entertainment with the reading "Robert of Sicily." A SWELL SUrPER To be Given by tho Ladles' kid Society of St. Stephen's Church. Extensive preparations are being made by the Ladies' Aid Society of St. Stephen's Epis copal Church, Sewickley, for the entertainment of their guests at the supper to be given in Choral Hall, Tuesday evening next The pro ceeds are for the purpose of paying off the re nsilnlng debt on the new rectory of the church. After the supper a promenade concert will be given. The event will be made one of the pleasantest held in the Sewickley valley this season. A Lincoln Avenue Reception. Mrs. J. J. Lawrence, of Lincoln avenue, Alle gheny, yesterday afternoon entertained 125 of her lady friends, at her residence, at a very elegant reception. A Children's Party in Allegheny. A large party of children were entertained Jesterday afternoon at the residence of Mrs. oseph Brown, on Stockton avenue, Allegheny. SORCERY FOR THE SICE. Arrest of on Alleged Dealer In Charms Nineteenth Century Superstition. Reading, January 25. A stranger describ ing himself as Dr. John H. Grate was com mitted to jail here charged with operating among the poorer classes on the back streets, selling them all sorts of curious charms to cure a variety of complaints. District Attorney Grant has gathered a lot of evidence in the shape of charms alleged to have been sold with a written guarantee that possession of them would bring about wonderful results. One cbarm worn by a sufferer would turn an offending witch into a fish and that fish would be eaten by the woman who possessed thespell; another was to drive out an evil spirit that caused St Anthony's dance. All the charms had odd characters written upon them. At some places pieces of ordinary white paper covered with hieroglyphics In ink were sold for GO cents each. The man appears to be jn earnest in his work, and says it is not swindling. It is claimed that reputable witnesses will appear in court from other counties, who will swear that the charms they bought operated as represented. One woman will swear that the charm she wore killed a witch in her stomach, and enred her of dyspepsia that had reduced her to a living skeleton. Dr. Grate hails from Lehigh county. BONDS THAT HATE BEEN BOUGHT. Secretary Fajrchlld's Statement of Some of His Financiering. Washington, January 25. The Secretary of the Treasurer to-day sent to the Senate a response to the Plumb resolution calling for a detailed statement of all bond purchases made by the Government since March 4, 1885, and also all offers to sell bonds which were rejected since that date. The following Is a recapitula tion: Grand total of bond purchases, 4 per cents, amount S58.724.100; accrued interest, $321,012; total cost $72,651,827; average net price, 8127,508; i per cents, amount, $68,561,650; accrued inter est, $351,928; total cost, $74,102,!61; average net price, $107,652. Rejected: 4s, coupons, $5,487,050: 4Xs, regis tered, $107,871,400: 4s, coupons, $y,700,100; 4s, reg istered, $122,849,650. Prohibition In Pennsylvania, From the Chicago Inter-Ocean. 1 Pennsylvania is agitated over the question of "wet or dry." Temperance men are trying to remove the question from partisanship as far as possible, and call out the temperance senti ment in both parties. SCOTCH SONGS. I. MY LADDIE, Oh, my laddie, my laddie, I lo'e your very plaldle, I lo'e your very bonnet Wi, the silver buckle on It I lo'e your collie Harry, I lo'e the kent ye carry; But ohl It's past my power to tell How much, how much I lo'e yoursel ! Oh, my dearie, my dearie, I could lulk an' never weary At your een sae blue an' laughln, That a heart o stane wad saften, While your mouth sae proud an' curly Gars my heart gang tlrlle-wlrlle: But ohl yoursel, your very set, I lo'e ten thousand times as welll Oh, my darlln'. my darlln', Let's gang anang the carlln. Let's loll upo' the heather A' this bonny, bonny weather; Ye shall fauld me ln'your plaldle, Myluve, myluve, my laddie: An' close, an' close Into your ear I'll tell ye how I lo'e ye, dar. n. -love's anosr. The wan moon 1 tilts fu' patiently From oota scarf o' rainbow llcht Like a woman pale wi' mony a grief Drest oot In colors brlcht. The stars are eyes, sad, sadwl' tears. The clouds are faery winding-sheets, Tho trees grim ban's reached up In prayer, An the wind a gbalst that greets. Anlther ghalst gangs at my side, WI' eyes like stars, sad, sad wl' tears, His wastlt ban's reach up In prayer, His sobs tonnentmy ears. Pale ghalst o luve, gang on, gang on; Why will ye ever haunt me sae? Ye arc a part o' hours fled, A piece o' yesterday. I know ye not. Flit fl" w' S Your eyes like fires burn In my heart Wraith o lame luve, taunt not the leal; In true lure's name, depart Amelia Mixes, intiarperU Magazinf. LIFE IN THE METROPOLIS. Tammany Heelers Given the Blues. I NEW TORK BUnXAtT SPECIALS.! New York, January 25. Mayor Grant flatly refuses to be controlled or bulldozed by Tam many Hall. Recorder Smyth told bim to-dav he must give up his plan of locating the new Criminal Court building near the Tombs. The Mayor replied that o bill now before the Legis lature would locate the new courts just where Mr. Smyth did not want them to be. Mr. Smyth then threatenedMr. Grant in a high and mighty fashion, with political annihilation. Mr. Grant simply turned his back upon Mr. Smyth, and proceeded with his routine business. Mr. Smyth had hardly gone off in a huff when 8tate Sena tor Tom Grady and a committee began to tell the Mayor now much the boys wished to have Pat Dlvver, Alderman and saloon keeper, made an Excise Commissioner. Mr. Grady bad just begun a neat little speech, eulogtzine Mr. Dlv ver, when the Mayor shut him up abruptly by saying he was not receiving nominations at present These two unexpected manifestations of independence, together with the Mayor's prompt action against Billy McGlory, have given the Tammany heelers a bad fit of the blues. Funeral of Srllna Dclaro. Madame Selina Delaro, the actress, was bnried to-day. The services were strictly pri vate. Only the children of the dead woman attended the funeraL There were no pall bearers. The body was interred In the Hebrew cemetery at Cypress Hills. Hard to Get a Jury. No jury has yet been found to help try Boodle-Alderman Cleary. In the Iastf our days 838 talesmen have been examined and dis missed. All who had not decided opinions on the subject of boodle aldermen were too stupid to serve. Wouldn't Live Without Sadie. The mystery surrounding young Eugene Bar rett's attempt to kill himself on a train near Boston, recently, was dispelled this afternoon. He loved a pretty cashier in a downtown drug store, and she would not let him walk home with ber. The word "Sadie," written on the papers in his pockets, referred to her. Her name Is Sadie Sullivan, and she is just 17 years old. Young Barrett began to love her last falL He passed half his time drinking soda water and smoking cigarettes in "the store where sho was employed. Two or three times he made such a Sensation by trying to hold her hand that tho proprietor ordered him out He walked home with Sadie every night, and was altogether such a nuisance that Sadie was eventually told that he or she must go. Sadie immediately dismissed young Barrett He moped about before the store all last Monday and Tuesday. On Wednesday he went to Boston and shot himself in the head. Sadie went to Boston to-day, to sec him. nis Club Will Save Him. The Amateur Associated Press Club has re solved to help Palmer A. Wells out of his scrape with Minnie Irving O'Dell, the poetess of Sleepy Hollow. Five members of the club have love-letters, forget-me-nots and rosebuds, which the poetess sent them. They say the letters are naughty enough to pull Mr. Wells right out of the big hole into which Miss Irnng O'Dell and her jury have forced him. The club appointed a committee last night to tell the Judge in Wells' case that the poetess had been a reckleso love-maker, that they could show compromising letters from her to some 16 men in New York and Brooklyn, and, if necessary, to give him a big bundle of her love tokens and love notes which were collected from members of the club. EDUCATION IN UTAH. Interesting Report of the Commissioner of Schools In Mormonland. Washington, January 25. The report of P. L. Williams, Commissioner of Schools of Utah, for the year 1888, was transmitted to the Senate to-day. The report says that the taxation in the Territory for school purposes is insufficient, and that tnition fees to eke out the teachers' salaries have to be charged in the district schools. This charge for tuition prevents many poor children from attending the schools. Dur ing the pat year the Legislature passed an act Increasing school taxation, but as it pro vided that private schools not under Govern ment control should receive a part of the money raised, the bill was vetoed Dy the Gov ernor. The leaders of the Mormon Church, the report says, are actively pushing a scheme to establish Mormon denominational schools in each "stake" in the Territory. The report quotes a circular letter of Mr. Woodruff, Chairman of the Mormon Educa tional Board, saving that religious training Is practically excluded from the district schools, and that the perusal of books which the Mor mon people regard as divine is forbidden. The letter urges all Mormons to assist the church authorities in establishing private schools. Continuing, the report says that it Is mani fest that no additional provisions forthesup ort of public schools will be made by the Leg stature as long as the Mormons remain able to control Territorial legislation, unless private schools (in which the Mormons may control affairs and teach their tenets) are allowed to share with the public schools in the money raised, a. census oi ennaren oi scnooi age (between 6 and 18 years) shows that there are in the Territory 3,941 boys and 3,641 girls of non Mormon parents, and 34,082 boys andZ3,2S9 girls of Mormon parentage. Let nim Beware. From the Chicago News. General Harrison's new dress suit is to be made out of cloth manufactured in Connecti cut While it is a good idea to patronize American manufacturers, and while cloth made in Connecticut is doubtless excellent we hope that the President-elect is not silly enough to order his nutmegs from the same locality. Pennsylvania and the Tarifl. From thetUhlcazo News. When the Senate bill was passed last Tues day a party of distinguished Pennsylvanians sat in the gallery and saw It go through. They were naturally Interested in the event Scratch the tariff anywhere and you will find a Penn sylvanian under it Even the Dead Cannot Escape, From the New York World. Leading undertakers of Milwaukee, Wis., have formed a trust Even dead men cannot escape tho grasp of the monopolist FACTS AND FIGURES. The production of lead in the United States for 1888 was 189,000 tons, against 160,700 tons in 1887. The consumption of sugar in the United States last year was 1,562,000 tons of refined, and 106,600 tons of raw. Architkctubal construction In Chicago last year resulted In the building of 4,985 edi fices, costing $20,360,800, and having a frontage of 116,419 feet or more than 22 miles. The entire potato product of the country in 1S88 was 230,000,000 bushels, an increase of 0, 000,000 bushels over the crop of 1887. The principal great potato producing States are New York, Michigan, Illinois, Minnesota and Dakota. The window glass consumption for the last six months of 1888 was the largest ever known, and there were 200,000 more boxes produced than tbe year previous. The imports were also heavy. The number of pots were Increased during the year from 700 to 1,200. The United States possesses the largest vault and the largest deposit of money in it of any Government in the world. It can hold $100,000,000, but the prospects are favorable for a call for increased storage of silver. There aro about $20,000,000 in half dollars that do not budge. The total imports at New York, exclusive of specie, were $455,674,020 for the past year, against $481,531,695 for the previous year. The returns show a falling off In the imports of pro duce and merchandise of only $5,660,575, which is much less than was anticipated considering tho general depression of trade. It is seml-ofliclally stated that the price of sliver during 18S3 averaged 93c per ounce, as against $1 OIK in 18S7. The decline In the price, it is claimed, caused a direct loss to Colorado mines of $1,453,733, or tho return was that sum less than they would have received for the same ounces of silver during tbe previous year. The dairy interests of the United States rep resent more than $3,000,000,000. The number ot milk cows is estimated at 21.000,000, which give an aggregate milk prodnctlon of 7,350,000,000 gallons. Four billion gallons are used for but ter, 700,000,000 for cheese and tho balance for general purposes. The annual production of butter is 1.850,000.000 pounds and 6,500,000 pounds of cheese. This immense dairy herd requires 100,000,000 acres of pasture land to sup port it CDEI0DS CONDEHSATIOSS. St Louis has got hold of a man who hes stolen 28 horses in six months, and he is not only 82 years of age, but lame, near-sighted and suffering with asthma. At "Willows, Cal., a flock of wild geese settled down on a 40-acre field of grain and picked it clean In two hours. Tbe number of birds was estimated at 75,000. Captain Frink, of South "Windham, Me., who has been almost totally deaf for nearly two years, during a violent sneezing attack a few days ago regained his hearing. The length of the Mississippi river has always been placed at 4,100 miles, but civil engineers familiar with the stream say that it has shortened Itself over 400 miles in 20 years, and will do as well in the 20 to come. A letter was received at the Executive office in Atlanta which ought to be framed or placed among the archives. In the letter oc curs this sentence: "I was mortally wounded twice In active battle at GrlswoldvlUe." The most remarkable collection of pho tographs in the world is that now on exhibition at St Petersburg. One KrassowskL for 22 years, has had himself photographed once a month, in order to note the ravages of age. A person convicted of any crime, in China, except that of murdering one of the royal family, can hire a substitute to take the punishment, even if it is death. The rate of pay of those substitutes has lately advanced abont 20 per cent and the cause Is laid to the English. An English paper says: Confectioners are surely at their wits' end for new devices when they make knives of sugar and call them "Jack the Rippers." The Indecency and coarse obliquity of this method of pushing trade among children can hardly be too strongly condemned. A Spanish magistrate, shocked and ex asperated by repeated food adulteration, has issued a proclamation, aflame with righteous wrath, that "all wines, groceries and provisions which, npon analysis, are proved to ne Injurious to health, will be confiscated forthwith and dis tributed to the different charitable institutions. Not long ago a Boston publishing house received the following telegraphic dispatch: "Send books A. Walkin' Hell as anthor D. J. Snider, West Rlan Bookstore." The members of the firm were very much puzzled until thev received a corrected dispatch which read: "Send book, A Walk In Hellas, author D. J. Snider, wesieyan cooKstore." A big leopard on exhibitiin in Boston acted queerly for several days, and, as it seemed to be in great pain, an examination was made, which revealed a good-sized piece of wood wedged between two of the animal' teeth. The "silver" penetrated the gums, and Boston's dog executioner was called into ser vice to remove it He lassoed the beast and after quite an effort succeeded, by the aid of a pair of forceps, in removing the wood. The leopard soon Improved, and at last accounts was as well as ever. A London paper says: The promoters of the movement in favor of smoke abatement will rejoice to hear of the comparative failure of the experiment tried in tbe House Of Com mons of sifting the air through layers of cotton wool as it is pumped through the ventilating chambers Into the House. Although the at mosphere of the House of Commons compared favorably tilth that of the House of Lords, the constant opening and shutting of doors per mitted the fog to enter. The members, there fore, will be driven to the conclusion that if they determine to legislate ii a clear atmos phere, they must provide for tbe prevention of fog in the whole of London, as well as in the legislative chamber itself. A well dressed man rushed into the office of the Brooklyn Bridge Trustees a day or two ago, and charged Policeman 42 with having jerked him fropi the platform of a car. The "offender" was brought forward, and, after acknowledging that he was guilty of tbe charge, said "be handled the complalnantas he did to save his life and mine." "The car," tbe officer went on to say, "was In motion when this man, running In from the street caught hold of a gate and attempted to climb over it on to the platform. He was evidently out of breath, and failed. In another moment a post that stands close to the track would have crushed him to death against the side of tbe car. Seeing his danger, 1 shouted to him to get off. He refused to move. I then caught him by the collar and pulled him from the gate." The complainant turned pale. After much sharp questioning by tbe superintendent he re luctantly admitted that No. 42 told the truth. Turning to tbe latter he asked if tbe post were still beside the track: "It Is. sir, and if lever have the pleasure of saving your life again, I shall walk you straight to the station." A short time ago a young man made his appearance in Walker county, Ga., looking for work. He picked cotton for different farmers for several days, and being unable to secure a regular job, he proposed to a farmer to board with him until Christmas. Just after the ar rangement was made, his landlord sold some cotton and left the money received for it in the drawer of a bureau, that was in the room occupied by his guest That night the land lady heard a noise In the room and waked her husband. As soon as he realized the situation, in order not to scare the bird, he said: "That old horse of mice has broken out again." Going into the room he found his guest in bed, but the bureau drawer was open and the money gone. Taking out his knife he went to the bed and told the young man that he could take his choice between giving up tbe money or having his throat cut. The money was surrendered. He then went put to call up some of his tenants Intending to turn over his prisoner to the baliff. As be came back into the house, the youngman was just coming out, and taking the alarm, broke out of the hack door and escaped. It is not often that a man is married twice in the same week, but it may occur as the following case which happened very re cently in Lewiston, Me., is a witness. A young couple long-betrothed had deferred the wed ding, as the bride's mother was on her death bed. The sick lady In this instance, came to a sudden conclusion that she wished the pair to be united and she wished it immediately as she felt her days drawing to a close. The groom-to-be sought a certificate of marriage and was astounded to learn that they must wait five days. Soon after, tbe clergyman also waited npon the city clerk and said that lady was fret ting and suffering and that something mnst be done to ease her dying hours and relieve ber of tbe peculiar worry that was npon her. The law cnuld not be amended and nobody Is more at tentive to its tenets than the clergy and tbe public official. A compromise was fixed upon and at the bedside of the dying lady, a partial ceremony of marriage was performed, the knot being not legally tied bnt only so far that the fancy of the mother was satisfied and her last hours made peaceful and contented. This week the certificate of marriage was issued aniii the pair made legally man and wife. MEANT TO BE FUNNY. Bjones Do you think yon love Jennie? Chollle Caw't think, by deah bboy. The doc tah says I mustn't exert my mind. -A'. I. Sun. Gaggs (to friend just rising from a sudden fall) What yon got against that lamp post? Waggs (feelingly) I have a strong lmpreuloa that It was my bead. Bric-a-Brac Mrs. Postlewait Did yon. notice whether the Hastingses had much brlc-a brae in their new house? Mrs. Alleys They haven't very much-but wait a minute yes, I did see a snow shovel hi their ctl larway. Jtuftfe. Correspondent (by wire) I can schedule you some Interesting Cabinet gossip and fresh Samoan news. Managing Editor Don't want It; try and work up a three-thousand-word story about Sullivan's last drunk. Pioneer Prea. "It is Better to Eeceive Than to Give." Judge (to defendant) You take In washing for a living? Irate and Injured plaintiff. (Interrupting) Yer right Mars Jedgel Dat'sde vay thing. Shetek hit fur fact; but she doan nev' gle It out no mo'. Harper1 Weekly. The Truth at Last Mrs. B. was famous for her execrable dinners. Meeting Slmpklns one day she said to him: "How naughty of you not tocome tomeon Wednesday." "But I excused myself by wire." ' "Oh, yes: I know all about that; but why didn't you comei" "Because I I I-was hungry." Judge. Kidding the Public Jings What on earth did you buy that rocky old hill ror? Jangs For a flower garden. Jings Why, you'll have to hire) or SO men to dig the rocks out before you can plant It. jangs Indeed I won't. I'm going to find a few old Spanish coins there and claim that Captain Kldd bunied them, and I'll have every man In town digging up the hill for me free of expense. Lowell Citizen. A Dream on Ice. New Yorker of 1989 Phll-a-delphla Phila-dclphla?- Seems to me I've read of that somewhere. But what the deuce was It? CEdlpas-That was an ancient town, recently ex humed. Everything was roundfrozenlnlttrscks. As each house has a pillar of Ice on Its front porch. It Is supposed that a cold wave struck the place at A. M., just as the hired girls were pouring the water for the morning ablutions of the front stepu and no one had enough "go" In him to turn off, io crant rresi a irnttw Bartw.wwfi. 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