l" ""THE PlWsWEG- DISPATCH, FEIDAt' NOVEMBER 8, 1889. ' ' . i-4 k Z f flje m$mlt ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY S, ISM. VoL4t, No. 174. Entered at l'ittsburg 1'ostoSce, November 14, 1SST, as second-class matter. Business Office 97 andG9 Fifth Avenue. News Booms and Publishing House 75, 77 and 79 Diamond Street. Eastern Advertising Office, Koom 48, Tribune Building, hew York. Average net circulation of the dally edition of TOE DisrATCH for six months ending October a, 1S89, as sworn to before City Controller, 30,128 Copies per Issue. Average net circulation or the Sunday edition or The Uisfatcu for five months ending October 17. issa. 53,477 Copies per Issue. TERMS OF THE DISPATCH. rOBTAGK FBEE IN THE UNITED STATES. DAILT Dispatch, One 1 ear I 8 00 Daily Dispatch, Per Quarter 2 00 Daily Dispatch, One Month - 70 Dailt Dispatch, including Sunday, lyear. 10 00 UAILY Dispatch. including bunday,Smths. 2 SO Daily Dispatch, including Sunday. 1 month 80 fcCXDAY DiSPATcn, One Year .. ISO Weekly Dispatch, One Year 1 S3 The Daily Dispatch Is delivered by carriersat JScents per rceV, or Including Sunday edition, at 0cents per -week. PITTSBURG. FRIDAY. NOV. 8, 1SS9. PITTSBUBG ON EXHIBITION. The sources of Pittsburg's greatness 'were disclosed to our visitors from South America yesterday; the curtains were drawn back and tbe mysteries and marvels of her many industries were laid bare. It is certain that many and wonderful as the sights have been that the hospitable cities of our country have offered to the traveling statesmen, yes terday's exhibition of the power and prod ucts of Pittsburg, her resources and the re sults must have surpassed all that had gone before. Tney were taken through the heart of the industrial body of this community, and in succession saw the manufacture of glass, iron, steel and other staple articles of universal use. The greatest mills the country boasts were shown to the Congress in full operation. The industrial armies were not on dress parade when the visitors called, but in the very heat of battle. It was a grand object lesson, illus trating the facilities which this continent has for supplying her sister continent of the South. The entertainment of the evening was supplementary in a fitting way to the doings of the day. More at their leisure the dele gates were enabled to contemplate some of the principal products of Pittsburg in the great machinery hall of the Exposition. The immensity and splendor of Pittsburg s great natural ally, natural gas, was also grandly displayed over the great river which flows toward the far-off homes oi the visitors. It is impossible that this practical exposition of this city's abilities to aid the march of civilization all over the globe will not re sult to the mutual benefit of the entertained and their hosts. "We are glad that this op portunity to knit together the commerce of our own land and that of so many of neigh bors has been so well utilized. JTO DEMAND POE ANABCHY. Pittsburg has never been a healthy place for Anarchists. The red flag has never en tered into serious competition with the Stars and Stripes here. One does not have to go far to find the reason of this. The great community of which Pittsburg is the center is composed mainly of men who labor and receive a fair reward for their toil. They are generally banded together in lawful or ganizations which they find powerful enough to secure for them their rights. At present, too, there is work and wages for any man who sects them, so supremely prosperous are all our industries. In times of great industrial distress, or when dis putes arise between employers and the em ployed there might be some distant chance of anarchy finding here and there afollower, but now, in the absence of such unhappy circumstances, there is no such chance. "We do not believe anarchy has a dozen sincere friends in this county. The portentous announcements and thinly veiled threats of the man Prick, which are printed as news elsewhere, may therefore be read in a compassionate spirit. They are not worth regarding seriously; the delu sions of an excitable man are pitiful to be jfcold. At the same time it is well enough that the police should, as they have already done, make it clear to any turbulent spirits who may see in the projected meeting in memory of the executed Anarchists on Sat urday next an opportunity to create a dis turbance that they will be watched care iully and punished summarily if they break the law. "We do not anticipate any trouble, but in a case like this it is ad visable to have the premises thoroughly understood by all parties concerned. CHICAGO'S TALLEST FANCY. Chicago's exposition plans are getting bigger and bolder as the days go by. Per haps the growth, which is confined to paper, occurs on the principle that as there is no chance of the exposition going to Chicago in 1892, it is cheap and cheerful to provide for it on paper regardless of expense. Or has the half column editorial which ap peared in the Journal des Debats of Paris yesterday favoring Chicago's claims con vinced our sanguine friends of the prairie that they are the chosen people in spite of all? Anyhow the Chicagoans are exhila rated about something, and their high spirits have proved contagions conspicu ously in one instance. Miss Harriet Hosmer, tbe eminent sculp tor, whose statue of Isabella is to be erected in Chicago in 1892, has conceived a tall idea for a culminating attraction at the "World's Pair. She is willing there shall be a lofty tower, but proposes that it shall culminate in the solar system. "Hot in an empty planetarium," says Miss Hosmer, "but a solar system constructed for transportation through space; each planet a car revolving upon its own central axis with varying velocities, as do the planets in space. Thus the longest radius carries the car Neptuce, the next in length carries the car Uranus. Then Saturn and so on, until the shortest arm carries the car Mercury. 8eated therein we may experience the sensation of inhabit ing other worlds than our own and of view ing our own planet, earth, from a new point in space." At night each planet will be illuminated by an electric light of its own characteristic color, and the planetarium will be man aged, we presume, on the plan of a meny go round, at so much a ride. After this perfervid flight of fancy Chi cago's competitors for the "World's Pair ought to give her a clear field. THE PBESLuENrS VIEW. Every politician on the Bepublican side who has had a grievance against President Harrison's administration feels now entirely competent to explain why the party met its reterses on Tuesday. The only embarrass-J ment about this source of illumination is that the number of persons having griev ances is so considerable, and the details of their complaints are so various and con flicting, that to attach decisive importance to any one of them as a factor in Tuesday's vote is to proportionately diminish the others. As was expected, the spoilsmen declare that the landslide was caused by President Harrison's dilatoriness in turning the Democrats out of office. At the same moment the Civil Service reformers are claiming the cause of deleat to have been the too great readiness of the President to hearken to tbe spoilsmen. On the pensions business, no less an authority than ex Commissioner Tanner is to the front to blame the results on Bussey, while another class of analysists blame them on Tanner. But the strangest claim of all comes from those Democratic wiseacres who insist that it was because of a new and sudden en thusiasm for tariff reform that their party won on Tuesday. It is only a vear since the Democrats were signally defeated when tariff reform was their only issue. President Harrison gave the truest version of the case when he stated as reported in yes terday's Dispatch that local causes almost wholly determined the results in the several States. At the utmost, the onlyinferencetobe drawn from Tuesday's election as to the dis tribution of patronage is that the Bepublican party would be stronger if the patronage question was wholly removed from partisan conflicts. On issues of legislation, such as the tariff policy, the party is strong before the people they being the very reverse of what some of the Democratic oracles are now contending and contending rather stupidly, when the ink is hardly dry, on the record of last year's Presidental canvass. TJNDEBGBADTJATES AS BULEBS. The question seems to be arising rather frequently at present whether the under graduates or the faculty of colleges shall rule. Not long ago The Dispatch had occasion to comment upon the fact that the students of the University of Pennsyl vania had sent in their veto of the proposed co-education rule; and now it appears that the State University of "Wisconsin is con fronted with a question as to whether the faculty shall rule the students or the stu dents the faculty. The deadlock has arisen on the attempt to diseipline a case of hazing; and the dilemma is said to be presented whether the regents shall back down or a majority of the students be expelled. A faculty which would hesitate over such a dilemma is not fit to be intrusted with the control of an institution of learning. All the education that such institutions seek to impart is absolutely worthless, if the lesson of subordination and respect to legitimate authority is not taught with it Any such teaching is destroyed if there is the slightest hesitation over the expulsion of students who defy anthority for the protection of lawless ness and brutality. Any college troubled with students who imagine themselves su perior to the law, should make haste to get rid of them, and if it cannot fill their places with students who have some slight knowl edge of the respect dne to law and anthority, should accept the conclusion that their function is not in the education of youth. AMERICAN FASHIONS, PLEASE It is pleasant to hear from the Sartorial Art Journal that the merchant tailors' ex changes have brought .about a change for the better in the trade. The result of the softening usages to which we are told these exchanges have given birth is that whereas not long ago there were but few who could see any merit in the work of a rival, and fewer still who, if they did see it, would ac knowledge it, now there are none so quick to discover the grace and beauty of a gar ment made by a merchant tailor as his brother in business. This is as it should be, and with such harmony in the trade the sartorial art may achieve heights hitherto uncontemplated. Surely if the merchant tailor exchanges have been so successful in stilling the jeal ousy and rancors born of competition among the tailors, they can be depended upon to encourage laudable projects aiming at the elevation of the trade. Foremost among necessary and widely demanded reforms, is the establishment of a national school of tailoring. A school as purely and primely American as our men of letters have formed with their works. Our tailors have bor rowed fashions long enough from Bond street; they have endured the dictation of the royal fashion plate in St, James' Palace lar too long, and the time has come for a re volt against this foreign tyranny. "We do not run our Government to suit Albert Ed ward's desires, why should we cut our pan taloons on his pattern? That's what tbe free and independent tailors of America have to consider. It is conceded that American tailors make better clothes than the Old "World rivals, let them show us that they can devise more sensible and more beautifnl fashions. The task is not a diffi cult one. DANCING AS A CEIKE. Philadelphia is pledged to reform. Hot any of your flimsy, fantastical reforms, such as the purification of the ballot or the water supply, but a reform with a big B a moral reform of the first magnitude. The police began the good work on Saturday last by descending upon a reputable danc ing class at Prof. MacDonald's hall and ar resting the young men and women dancing there. The police say that some of Prof. MacDonald's neighbors had complained that the music and dancing disturbed their peace of mind; but we prefer to believe that the police of Philadelphia were actuated by the highest moral motives. It had dawned upon the police authorities that dancing was a naughty practice, a seductive sin. So they swooped down upon MacDonald's dancing school and carried off the dancers, male and female, to the bastile. Besides, how is Philadelphia to enjoy her sleep, if the giddy and godless dance after sunset? Sleep is next to godliness by the Schuylkill, and when frivolous citizens outrage decorum and slumber at the same moment, they commit the unpardonable offense in "Wanamakerville. It may seem to Pittsburgers that it was something of an insolent outrage on the part of Philadel phia police to arrest and publicly convey through the streets a party of young people of both sexes who had done nothing worse than dare to learn to dance; but Pittsburg, even after a course of Captain "Wishart's sprouts, is not Philadelphia. Even in the city which has started this radical reform, there are murmurs against the policy which treats dancing as a crime, and some of the Philadelphia papers encourage the people to protest THEY talk of French legislators going to confer with Boulanger iu Jersey, but Boulanger himself would confer a great boon npon the world at large if he would disappear from sight The financiers of Spain are almost fright ened beet use, for the first time in years, the national treasury has a surplus But the Spaniards will not find it so difficult to get rid of as the United States have theirs. Spain indulges in big standing armies, a baby King, a Queen Begent and other cost ly luxuries. If the infamous Pigott's private diary proves to be worse than that wretch's public record, the Timet is likely to regret that it stayed in court after it had a chance to re tire. Humorists are not in demand on the German press. The luckless correspondent who alluded to the sea-sickness of the Emperor and Empress of Germany in a jocular way is now without aejob in Athens. Ex-Seceetaey Bayabd's most suc cessful stroke of diplomacy, his marriage with Miss Clymer yesterday, occurred after he had leit the State Department. The explanations of the defeat of Hutchi son for Governor in Iowa are as various as they are lucid. One wiseacre says Hutchi son was defeated and Boies was elected be cause they were both friendly to the rail; roads. The revolt of the League ball players has something of the appearance of a "Btrike," but it is likely to turn out to be nothing more than a "foul fly." Chief Jones, of the Allegheny Fire Department, does not think a fire engine station is the proper place for a speak-easy. The public agrees with him and will support him in enforcing his views. The New York Sun proposes Hill and Campbell as a Presidental ticket in 1892. "What has Campbell done to deserve this? Mb. Cleveland sees in the Democratic victories in the "West the triumph of his ideas. It must be very aggravating to the ex-President to observe that his ideas win when he is out of the field. PEOPLE OP PROMINENCE. Last Forester, of London, is a practical philanthropist. Each week she sends to the factory girls of London upward of 2,000 bunches of flowers Gathered by the servants on her estate. Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett could not pose as a professional beauty, either on her face or figure. Her hose is long and sharp, her hair almost of tbe png-dog style, her shoulders high and her chin long. James R. Randall, author of the famous Southern war song, "Maryland, My Maryland," is now 50 years old, bat in his mental and physi cal prime. He was 22 when he wrote his spirited lyric For 20 years after the Civil War he was editor of the "Augusta, Ga., Chronicle, part of that time serving as clerk to Senator Joe Brown, of Georgia. Mr. Randall is a fluent talker as well as writer. James A. Harbison, one of tbe most scholar of the Southern writers, is 10 years old, fair, but not fat He is a good talker, has dipped deeply Into Anglo-Saxon literature and also knows something about Southern dialects, much more in fact than Cable, who has dabbled so profitably in the Creole dialect Mr. Har rison has been since 1876 Professor of Modern languages and English Literature in Washing ton and Lee University at Lexington, Va. Mrs. Mart Spear Tiernan, author of "Homosclle" and other popular stories, has be come so disheartened by the present favoritism practiced by some American magazines that she has been heard to say she thought of giving np literature and taking to plain sewing. Mrs. Tiernan is very popular in society, her charm ing and cultured conversation makes her the center of attraction at all social and literary assemblages in Baltimore and Washington. General Joseph R. Anderson, President of the famous Tredeger Works, in Richmond, Va, was a prominent Confederate soldier. The Tredeger works were established In 1835, and before the late war made most of the heavy guns used in the United States Army and Navy. When in full operation the Tredeger Works employ 1,600 hands. Gen. Anderson has lone: been a conspicuous figure in Richmond. His son. Colonel Archer Anderson, married the daughter ot the Hon. John Y. Mason, United States Minister to France under Buchanan. Colonel Louis M. Montgomery has inter viewed more celebrated men than any living American. Among others he has met Pope Leo XIIL, King Humbert,. Bismarck, the Sultan and the Czar, Gladstone, Cardinal Man ning, General Grant, President Cleveland, eta He was on General Femberton's stall when Vicksburg surrendered, and drew up the articles of capitulation, which General Grant agreed to accept Colonel Montgomery is 65 years old, but be does not look 0, and is active and dashing as a man of 35. He has a fine, military appearance, speaks all tbe modern languages, can talk on any subject rides like a Centaur, writes with charming ease and is always a gentleman. HIS LAST EEP0ET. Interesting Land Figures From the Gover nor of the Late Dakota Territory. Washington, November 7. Arthur C. Melle. the Governor of Dakota Territory, in his annual report to the Secretary ot the In terior, says tbat tbe crowth ot population in the territory has been singularly rapid and stable, and now reaches 550,000, as against 415, 61U in 1885. Tbe number of filings, eta, at the ten United States land offices in Dakota during the year, is given as follows: Pre-emption fil ings, 5.449; homestead filings, 8,787; timber cul ture filings, 4,528; pre-emption proofs, cash en tries, 2.C37; commuted homesteads, cash entries, 689; final homestead proofs, 5,680: timber cul ture proofs. 112. Tbe total area filed upon dur ing the year was 2,096.030 acres, against 1,838.142 the preceding year. The bulk of the present vacant land area, about 19,877,237 acres, lies in the Bismarck and Devil's Lake districts, in North Dakota, and the Rapid City district in South Dakota, the amount still open for settle ment in the Bismarck district being nearly 14, 000,000 acres. The area of land sold by the Northern Pacific Railway from its grant and by private owners is estimated to equal about 25 per cent of the lands entered during the year. The report says that during the past year there has been practically no railway building. The year of 1887 was one of unusual activity in railway circles, and about 700 miles of new road was constructed in tbe territory. This remarkable activity, the report says, has been followed bv a period of inactivity, though sev eral new lines have been projected and a con siderable amount of grading done during the last year. THEIR OWN DETICES. Men With Practical Ideas Get Them Pat ented to OfTer For Bale. List of patents issued from the United States Patent Office to Western Pennsylvania. West Virginia and Eastern Ohio durinc the week ending Tuesday, November 5, as furnished by O. D. Levis, patent attorney, No. 131 Fifth avenue, Pittsburg : John W. Anderson, Allegheny, apparatus for charging ingots into furnaces, etc. ; Daniel Ar g erbrlght Troy, O., split pulley; Jonah Barrett, Allegheny, lighting Jaok (relssut): Albert A. Uoncher, Euclid, Pa., burglar alarm; Agnes Hardle. Leetonia. O., combined wardrobe, cabi net, commode, etc ; John Hopkins, assignor to Westingbouse Company, of Pittsburg, system of electrical distribution by alternating currents; Klchard W. Hubbard, Ashtabula, huskln. Im plement; Gustave Llndenthal. Pittsburg, rotary puddling furnace; Harry bem pie, Steubenville, assignor of one-third to A. H. Hetsey, C'nartiers, and 1. Nicholson, of Allegheny City, machine for finish ing glassware: Oliver B. buallenberger, Boches ter. Pa., assignor to Westingbouse Electric Com pany, Pittsburg, meter for alternating electric currents: Allen V. Smith, Canton, ()., thill coup ling: Abraham 1. Snyder, Louisville, .. auto matic railway signal: John bosenhamer, Hamil ton, Pa., ice tongs: Maurice Spltxer, Davton, U., lubricator: Edward L Tennant, Springfield, O., carriage coupler: John K. Tltss. Tryonvllle, Pa., car coupling; BcrnartP. Haynes. Sidney, O., cash Indicator and records: lsaae H. Webb, Oil city, combined valve and spraying apparatus Tor clean ing oil wells; diaries J. Young, assignor to West lnghouse Electric Company. Pittsburg, lightning arrester: Lyon, Clement & Greenleaf, of Warren, O., wheaten flour trade mark. DEATHS OP A DAI. Ephrnlm E. Ellsworth. ALBANY. N.Y., November 7.EphralmE. Ells worth, father of the famous Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth, tbe first victim of the civil war, died yesterday at ttecbanlcsyllle, at the age of 81 years. THE TOPICAL TALKER. Very Big; Feet In tbe Weal The Welcome to the South Americana A Case of Fits and a Kent Fire Alarm. The walking a Western missionary has to do seems to develop his feet abnormally, if one can judge from the shoes tbat are to be sent in a Home Mission box from a church in this county. The missionary himself requires a number ten shoe, while three ladles of bis fam ily call for sixes, with D width. There is no doubt about the ability of these good people to trample down Satan under their feet, if they get a fair chance. Our South American visitors ought to know how general has been the desire to see them and to welcome them. Last night the suburban trains citywards were filled to overflowing with people who were bent upon getting a look at least at tbe gentlemen from the Far South, and t he streets down town were as thronged for the same reason. It is probable, too, that a great many people were disappointed grievously because the show in the machinery hall of the Exposition build ing was not open to the publia There seems to have been a very general misunderstanding upon this point Still the night was such a pleasant one, the .Exposition building all ablaze with light was such a pretty sight even from the outside, and the illumination of the Court House and the natural gas display in the Alle gheny, were in themselves so well worth seeing that those who did not see the Pan-American Congress :and the exposition prepared for them had a very fair compensation for walking abroad. V A Pittsburg doctor was summoned tbe other day to attend a man who, it was said, suffered from "fits" a rather indefinite com plaint, by the way. The doctor went to the bouse it was in the lower part of Allegheny and found his patient to be a middle-aired man, who was neither more or less than a raving lunatic. The doctor had no doubt about the case. It was as clear as could be tbat the man was out of his mind. The wife and brother of the unfortunate man were both in tbe house and the doctor informed them of his diagnosis. Neither of them ex pressed any surprise and the woman said: "Sure, we knew that doctor, long ago." "Well," said the doctor, "you must send him to some asylum." "Ob, we put him in the lunatic asylum for three years and it didn't do him any good, poor dear," replied the wife. And talk as he might the doctor fonnd it impossible to convince these people that the "fits" were incurable, and that the sufferer's only proper destination was the madhouse. ... A correspondent informs me that there is, or has been, a merry little war in "The Still Alarm" Company. Tbe beautiful white corses and the fire engine have nothing to do with it Mr. Harry Lacy, the star and part proprietor of the play, and his leading lady, Miss Virginia Harned, are the combatants. Mr. Lacy dis charged her, as he says, because she insisted that her part was all rot and gave a burlesque Interpretation to it, as she says, because he wanted to put his Mrs. Lacy into her shoes. Nor is this all, for the indignant, leading lady says she has Mr. Arthur, the other proprietor of "The Still Alarm," on her side, and proposed to make the procession of the fire engine and the horses as exciting as if they were on their way to a genuine conflagration. 0D2 MAIL forjCfl. A Separate Colored Masonic Order. To the Editor of Tbe Dispatch: Are there any colored masons? If so, can they enter a Masonic lodge composed entirely of whites? Do white Masons repudiate the colored fraternities? Have I cot read in The Dispatch that the first charter to organize tbe order in this country was granted to a negro? This, I believe, appeared in print about a year ago, when a controversy was started at a grand conclave of the Masons in this State over colored Masons. Can white and colored Masons recognize each other by sign and grip? Please answer the foregoing and oblige. Robt. L. Devebatjx, Kane, Pa., November 7, 1889. There is an organization of colored Free Masons, but it is entirely distinct and separate from, but not unlike, the great order of Free and Accepted Masons, with its hundreds of thousands oC members. Objects to TCllbelm'a Statement. To the Editor or The Dlspatcn: ' In regard to the statement made by Mr. Carl Wilhelm, editor of the IPittsburger Bonntags blatl und die Reform about the Anarchists' Circular, aR published in to-day's Dispatch, saying: "That circular was written ana set up in a German paper office" (meaning the ArbeUer Zeitung), we beg to be allowed a word: First, Mr. Wilhelm is mistaken; that circular was not printed in our office; Second, the Arbeitcr Zeitung is neither an Anarchistic nor a Social istic paper, it is an official organ of the German Trades Assembly, published by the German Workingmen's Publishing Company; Third.Mr. Ernest Walter, editor of the Arbeiter Zeitung. is neither an Anarchist nor a member of the Main Committee of tbe Anarchists; Fourth, it seems to us that said Wilhelm is interested, with the. German daily papers m Pittsburg, whose intentions are to ruin our paper. By order of the Board of Directors. Respectfully yours, Ernest amiet, manager. PrrrsBDRQ, November 8, 1889. Read Tennyson's I,ockIey Hnll Acorn. To the Editor of The Dispatch: A stray poetical waif, from the storehouse of the past has been floating through my mind, eluding capture, for days past. I should very much like to know where to find tbe entire poem. Can you direct me in the search? I quote one of the couplets: We are living, we are dwelling, In a grand and awful time; In a time to ages telling to be living Is sublime! Respectfully, Aegis. McKeespoet, November 7, 1889. ftlnnd S. Never Bent 2:0S 3-4. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Please let me know whether Maud S ever beat 2:07 with a pacer, and, if so, where and when. I thought I saw it in The Dispatch, some time ago, that she made it in less than 2:07 with a pacer. Emmet. Galutzht, Pa, November 7, 1889. It la 262 Feet High. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Will you kindly inform me, through your paper, as to the exact height of the Court House to the top of the tower, and oblige, Yours, respectfully, J. L Ltndsat. Allegheny, November 7. 1889. M00DI ON PEOHIBITIW, It Is Good for States Which Will Uphold It Not Good for Illinois. TtoCKFOED, III., November 7. Evangelist Moody surprised the many Prohibitionists here to-day by saying in an interview: "I believe tbat a prohibitory law would be a failure in this State as matters stand. We have in this State the great city of Chicago. Prohibition would be a failure there. Then why foist a failure of law npon the State? We must look at these matters from a common-sense stand point Taking that kind of a view, we con clude that prohibition is a good thing, and wherever it can be secured those who love law and order and their fellow-men should stand for it We also conclude that where there is not sufficient sentiment to uphold a prohibitory law tbat it means that it will be a dead law if passed, and we bad better have no law than to have a dead one. Now, I believe in prohibi tion. I believe in it for a State where the sentiment exists. For a State like Illinois I believe in local option, as that will give prohibition in tbe localities where thosenti tlraent is ripe." Mr. Moody closed his work here to-night ad dressing an enormous audience. He has made a great sensation, though the number of con verts is not as large as was expected. TO DISRUPT THE W. C. T. U. That's What Mrs. J. Ellen Foster Predicts of Third Party Machinery. Chicago, November 7. Among the many delegates already here to attend the National Convention of the Women's Christian Temper ance Union, which assembles Friday, is Mrs. J, Ellen Foster. In an Interview regarding the continued indorsement of third party politics, by the organization, Mrs. Foster was asked: "If the indorsement is again given in this convention, and the protest of. the minority is ignored, what will be the result?" "I cannot state positively," replied Mrs. Foster, "but I think I am safe in saying that the minority will withdraw from the W. C. T. U. in a body." Miss Esther Pngb, a prominent adherent of the minority, said: "We are in hopes that the issue will not come up. If it does, the result will doubtless be the withdrawal of the minor ity. We are in nowiso disposed to recede from the policy already adopted." FED EGGERS HAKEIKD. A Quiet Little Society Wedding nt tbo Trinity Church. Trinity Church was the scene of a pretty wedding last evening. Mr. Frederick William Eggers and Miss Mary Mackenzie were united in tbe bonds of matrimony by Rev. Samuel Maxwell, rector of that church. The organist Leonard Wales, opened the musical programme with a gavotte In B flat from the "Lion ot Peru." and followed with excerpts from Tacnhauser and a march by Joachim Raff. For the entrance and exit of the bridal couple, the familiar bridal chorus from "Lohengrin" and Mendelssohn Barth old's "Wedding March" were rendered. The bride, loaning upon the arm of her father, Mr. J. E. Morrison, and preceded by tbe maid or honor, Miss Jean E. Eggers, and ushers Messrs. William and John Morrison and Edward and Howard Eggers. brothers of the contracting parties, passed up the main aisle of the. church. At the altar the groom and best man, Mr. Gus Hartje, Jr., met them. The bride wore a beautiful toilet or cream white satin handsomely trimmed with seed pearls. The basqne bodice was high neck and long sleeves, and pointed. The skirt was a round petticoat front with three embroidered panels of the satin heavily fringed. The back was a long train. She carried white roses and wore a veil thrown back from her face. The maid of honor wore a soft silk costume, with low neck, the puff of the sleeve just meet ing the evening gloves of tan. White roses composed her bouquet also. The groom, best man and ushers were all in full evening cos tume, with white gloves, and the ushers carried white telescope fans. A reception was held at the home of the bride's parents on Liberty street and at the conclusion of the festivities the young couple were driven to their future home, a pretty little residence on Ohio street Allegheny. Presents from friends and relatives included everything valuable and tasty. "At home" cards have been issued for the remaining Thursdays of this month. AT L0TELI SWISSTALE. aiarsnret Jnllet Lytle United In Mnrrluge to Dr. C J. Phillips. In tbe pretty little suburb of Hawkins last evening, at the lovely home of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Lytle, their daughter, Margaret Juliet Lytle, was married to Dr. J. C. Phillips, of Penn avenue, this city. At 6 o'clock the bride and groom were announced by tbe "Bridal Chorus," from Lohengrin. They were attended by ushers Mr. David Collingwood and Mr. Robert A. Bola Rev. Fisher, of the Swissvale Pres byterian Church, performed the ceremony. The bride, a beautiful blonde, wore a pure white faille dress, trimmed in duchess lace. The front was slightly draped and the corsage, with elbow sleeves, was half high. She carried a drooping cluster of white roses and wore a sparkling pendant the gift of the groom. The ceremony was witnessed by a very small gath ering of relatives and friends. At the conclu sion they repaired to the dining room and par took of a wedding supper served by Knhn. Roses in varied colors, and milax formed the decorations of the home. Each room was decorated with the color that harmonized with the furnishings and hangings. The drawing room in yellow, library in red, dining room in pink, ana tbe hall with palms and draplngs of smilax. Toerge Brothers' Orchestra lent the charm of sweet music to the occasion. Tbe young people will spend a few weeks visiting Eastern and Southern cities and will then be at home in Swissvale. OLD BLUE BEARD. A Creditable Performance on Mount Wash ington Last Night. A large and fashionable audience thoroughly enjoyed the presentation of "Blue Beard," an original adaptation of the old fairy tale, given for the benefit of the Mount Washington Free Reading Room, at the hall on Grandview ave nue last night. Some ot the best local talent Including the Misses S. G. Keenan and S. C. Keenan, sisters of tbe well-known editor, as sisted in the presentation. The character of Abou-llalek, Blue Beard, Pasha of Three Tail!, was undertaken by Mr. G. F. Muller, wboacted the tyrannical old Oriental to the life. His marital troubles, caused by his inquisitive wires, kept the andience Interested to the end. and when he was finally slain every body breathed a sigh of relief. The costumes were rich and elegant, and the new scenery, painted for this occasion by the Art Students League, was beautiful. One of the most inter esting portions of tbe performance was the minuet danced by eight beautiful young ladies from the School of Design. The performance will be repeated this evening. A Reception to Tener. Mrs. W. H. Johns, of Boquet street, Oakland, gave a reception last evening in honor of her brother, Mr. John K. Tener and bride. Mr. Tener is the well-known baseball player who was married at Haverhill, Mass., last week. A great many friends of the groom presented con gratulations and made the acquaintance of his charming bride. A Neighborhood Reception. An informal reception was given by Mrs. Sol. Schoyer, of Swissvale, last evening, A "neigh borhood reception," as the hostess herself called it where neighbors and friends had a social reunion and spent a most delightful evening. Music and a dainty lunch added to the enjoyment of the occasion. Wynnrd-Gllmore. Miss Maud Wynard, daughter of the proprie tor of the Central Hotel, Braddock, and Mr. William Gilmore were married in one of the parlors of tne hotel last evening by the Rev. Father Hickoy. The Fair Postponed. Owing to illness, the fair for the benefit of the Society of Mercy of Trinity Church, will be held at tbe Cyclorama Friday, November 8 from 8 until 10 o'clock. Social Pebbles Gathered. THE Helping Hand Society held its annual reception at their rooms, on Federal street, yesterday afternoon. A continual throng of visitors were received between the hours of 3 and 9, by the managers of the society. Re freshments were served by those in attendance to the visitors and all had an enjoyable time. A fashionable gathering assembled at the home of Mr. Charles Flaccus, No. 406 Butler street last night to participate in an evening's enjoyment arranged by the ladles of Butler Street M. E. Church. Quite a sum of money was raised for the benefit of the church. The Cambrian male choir, under the di rectorship of Mr. Morris Stephens, rendered several fine selections. A very enjoyable pro gramme has been arranged for this evening. One feature is an hour of wit pathos and humor by Miss Sadie L. Stevenson. Ctclorama Hall, Allegheny, will be the scene this afternoon of the fair for the Society of Mercy of Trinity Church. The committee have made elaborate preparations for this event and expect a great many visitors. A novel entertainment was given at the Second Congregational Church, Allegheny, last evening. A series of tableaux vivants illus trating Hindoo domestic life and travels In tbat country was given. THE marriage of Mr. John May to Miss Ber nadina Salm, sister of Mr. John P. Balm, city editor of the Beobachter, was solemnized on Tuesday by Rev. Father Rebhahn, of St Fhilomena's Church. Mrs. John Dalzell and Mrs. H. H. West inghouse, the committee on the annual fair and reception of the Swissvale Presbyterian Church, insure a pleasant and happy time to all who attend. The Allegheny German Cotillion opened the season by a reception in Cyclorama Hall last evening. Luther served an excellent supper and Gnenther furnished the music. Mrs. Lawrence Dilworth, of Fifth ave nue, has issued cards for an afternoon recep tion next Thursday, from 4 to 6 p. it. Me. and Mrs. George Gordon will soon become the host and hostess of an elegant borne on Western avenue, in Allegheny. A progressive euchre party will be given by Mr. and Mrs. Mansfield Cochrane, at 8e wickley, this evening. Miss Caroline Booruu, of Brooklyn, N. 7., is a guest of her sister, Mrs. George Gordon. The Shadyside Euchre Club were enter tained last evening by Mrs. Alan W. Wood. A MEDAL FOR HARRISON. Ode of the Pan-American Sliver Souvenirs Presented to Him. Washington, November 7. Secretary Proc tor, Senator Hawley, Postmaster James M. Warner, of Albany. N. Y.: Major T.J. Noble and Mr. R. Meyer, of Omaha, were among the President's callers this afternoon. Tbe latter presented the Presldeut with a beautiful silver medal, stamped lu Teller with the beads of Presidents Harrison and Diaz. It is one of those struck off at Omaha in honor of tbe delegates to tbe Pan-American Congress and presented to them on their recent visit to that city. GETTIMG OLE TIN. Hovr English Syndicates Are Gobbling Up the Richest Mineral Lands of the Black mils Ore of Many Thousand Tans Virtually In Sight Above the Surface How tbe Metnl Is Worked. The Iron creek and Battle creek tin mining districts are in the Southern Black hills, Da kota, about 24 miles from Rapid City, and 13 miles from Hermosa, the nearest railroad point They are without doubt the richest sections so far known. Veins of ore from 10 to 20 feet In width can be traced mile after mile, the ledges stand from 6 to 800 feet above creek levels, and, says tbe Stoves and Hardware Re porter, the tin can be found as well on the top, showing even on one claim of l,S00x300 feet ore, virtually in slghtof many thousand tons. Field assays made of ores from different ledges in this district showed average of over 3 percent tin to ton of ore, and in numerous Instances specimens that assayed over 80 per cent The vein system throughout the tin belt is plainly defined. Tbe tin oxide, or casslterite, is fonnd in greison rock which has been forced up through the slate walls from depths below. The metal-bearing quartz differs more or less In the different sections. The metal of tbe Eastern portion is fonnd mostly in alblte. with more or less mica, the latter sometimes In large books, but as depth is obtained tbe mica seems to become finer and tbe metal finely distrib uted through the quartz. Other sections show a hard, glassy quartz, with bunches of almost pure casslterite, and In some instances pieces of casslterite from five to ten pounds in weight have been found that assayed 70 per cent tin. ' The tin-bearing veins west of the Harney Peak lie in a celt running generally in a northerly and southerly direction. The width of the belt is from three to five miles. The vein matter is quartz, with more or less mica, but with hardly any albite. Here tbe casslt erite is fonnd in coarse crystals. The veins are true fissures, cutting the formation at various angles. The distinction between vein and wall rock is clear and marked; the fis sures of the deep veins have been made by sub terranean action or movement, and their walls frequently bear indications of tbe movements from mutual abrasion. The geological condi tions are similar to those of foreign countries. As to Dakota tin, there is no possible doubt but that tbe tin oxide contained in the ore is of greater purity than any known mines in the world. Without any refining of the bullion as it comes from the laboratory it is aspure as tbe English commercial refined product There are thousands of tons of such tin ore practically in sight in the Black Hills, standing far above water levpl. In noting the question of profit in this tin mining industry it might be well to explain the method of working the ores. The Chicago Company have adopted the principle of the old Cornish style of machinery, with American improvements. The ore is first passed through a rock breaker, then to Cornish rolls, and granulated to sizes from 0 to 60 mesh, then passed through screens, separating the different sizes, thence the coarser sizes are concentrated with the Hartz jig, and the finest sizes Dy con centrating tables or belts. The oxides are now free from all silica and are ready for the furnace. After drying, tbe concentrates are mixed with the charcoal and the charge run through an ordinary water Jacket furnace or cupola, the charcoal taking up the oxygen and freeing the metallic tin. The whole process is very simple and Inexpensive. The oxides are readily separated from the quartz, the former having a specific gravity of from 7 to 9, and tbe latter 2.5 to 3. An entire plant to concentrate and smelt a daily output of 100 tons can be completed for less thin $50,000. A great deal has been said as to why tin has not been sent to the market since such vast quantities of ore have been found. To those practically unacquainted with mining enter prises it, perhaps, is not a surprising question. To build a mill for working ore before the mine is developed sufficiently to supply the same would be a poor business transaction; it takes time to develop any mine. The character of tbe ore mast be taken into consideration, the nuantitv that can be gotten out tier diem. and many other points must be noted before the question of milling. A great deal of develop ment work must be done before the tin can be made commercially valuable. The Harney Peak Tin Company, of English notoriety, are, no doubt, trying to discourage American capital from seeking investment in the tin districts of tbe Black Hills, and their methods are apparently not understood by the majority. They, however, are pushing the purchase of property wherever experts In their employ hear of a new find. The amonnt of work done by them is, and has been, confined entirely to assessment work or representation the Government requiring 100 worth of work done on each claim each year or doing- work for patents, which they are secnrlng as fast as Eossible. At Hill City, where the company ave made their headquarters, a great many permanent buildings have been put up for va rious purposes, offices, boarding houses, eta Tbe machinery set up so far has simply been for hoisting and rock drilling. They have not built reduction or concentrating works, and it is understood that they do not intend to for some time to come. The English company, or the Harney Peak Tin Company, owns some 400 claims, as well as placer grounds, making some 5,000 acres, all the law allows any one company, or individual, in the mining territory hence the organization of a new company, so-called a French syndicate, the latter having already bonded and pur chased nearly as many more acres. The apparent object Is to control, if possible, tbe tin output of America, and another seem ing reason why they do not care to commence actual milling operations is the fact that as long as the English cart of tbe company can continue to place English tin in this market, there is no occasion for the operation of their possessions in this country. Hence the advant age of keeping Americon mines in the back ground, for the cheapness of mining, the quan tity and tee puntv oi toe ores, wouia soon oblige the Cornwall mines to cease operations entirely, as tbev could not compete with us. The original Etta Company, composed of New York men, built a mill of some 100 tons capac ity at tbe time the tin discoveries were first made, and run long enough to satisfy them selves that the tin was of commercial value. The mill was then shat down and has not been run since. A BLOW AT THE TRUST. The Lower Court Sustained on the Sugar Refining Case. New York, November 7. The general term of the Supreme Court to-day handed down about 90 decisions upon cases submitted during the past few months. Among the most import ant was that in which Judge Barrett's order dissolving the North River Sugar Refining Company is sustained and the decision of tbe lower court in the matter of tbe Tildentrnst is reversed and a new trial ordered. The decision which disposes of tbe Sugar Trust was written by Justice Daniels, Presiding Justice Van Brunt and Justice Brady concurring. In his opinion. Justice Daniels, after speaking of the Sugar trust, says: The law does not require that an instrument of this kind shall affirm the Intention to prevent com petition and control themarketoradvancetbeprlce of necessary commodities. If It did it would by tbat requirement supply a device for evading- its wholesome restraints and renderiug its principles utterly nugatory. In this case it was a leading object to combine the different corporations ana individuals engaged in the business throughout the country, and to secure control for an In definite period or time. This was done to place tbe business within the control or this association, and derive pecuniary benefit from such action. When control is secured in this way, human self ishness Is sure to turn It to profitable account. A Jury certainly would be fully Justified in conclud ing from the facts of the evidence in the case that tbe governing object of tbe association was to raise the price of the product by limiting tbe sup ply. That it was the intention of this combina tion, agreement, association, or wnaievereise it may be called, to raise the price of a necessary of life by limiting the supply, is apparent, and as such is subject to tbe condemnation or the law, by which it is denounced as a criminal enterprise. After quoting tbe law making it a misdemean or to commit auy act injurious co trade or com merce, Justice Danieis conunuea: This controversy is within the authority and principles of tbe other adjudications which have oeen mentioned so distinctly and entirely as to render it only necessary to depend npon and fol low them for its disposition. As tbe facts have been developed tbe association into wblcb the de fendant has in this manner entered wa cre ated for an unlawful object. A wrongdoer Is never excused for the consequences or his -wrung for tbe reason that other parties not acting nnder his direction or authority may Interpose and In a measure defeat the consequences of the wrong. Tbe defendant has disabled itself from exercising its functions and employing its franchises as it was Intended it should by tbe act under which it was incorporated, and placed itself in complete subordination to a different organization to be used Tor an unlawful purpose. It Bad become a party to a combination designed to create a monopoly and exact from tne public prices which could not be otherwise obtained. Therefore, for tbe reasons already mentioned, as well as those assigned by the Judge presiding at tbe trial, the Judgment should be affirmed. ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL. That Cincinnati Romance Has a Very Pleanant Conclusion. Cincinnati, November 7. The legal fight over the romance of two young lovers from Holland was happily terminated here to-day. Bertha Weber was released on habeas corpus by Judge Buchwalter. and Judge Sage held that tbe arrest of Cornelius Oberwater was a gross outrage. It was apparent tbat Bertha had come of her own accord to this country. Oberwater and Bertha were married to-day, and Kill remain for some time in Cincinnati. HKTI10P0LITAH MELANGE. Sadly In Need of a Wife. rXSW YORK BUBZAU SFZCIALS.1 New YoRK;NoTember7. Early in the morn ing ot October 20 Anna Mnessen, 26 years old, tottered into an Eastside police station with a little baby boy in her arms. When she reached the rail in front of the desk she dropped npon her knees and besought tbe Sergeant cot to turn her out upon the streets. She said that she and her child were starring. She told how, shortly after landing at Castle Garden, one year ago, she had been betrayed and aban doned by one who bad been an old friend of her family in Germany. Investigations of the Humane Society prowd her story to be true, and she and her child were sent to Ward's Island. Herman Weiss, of Ridgway, Elk coun ty. Pa., read the story of this little tragedy in a city dally, and to-day wrote a loug letter about it to tbe police sergeant, to whom Anna first appealed for help. In this letter, which was received to-day, Mr. Weiss said: "I desire to get married, and therefore ask your help. I read an account In a newspaper of how you so nobly befriended a poor young German girl who bad been deceived and deserted in her time of need. If she will consent to live in the country I will make her my wife. Assure her of a good home, as I am in fair circumstances. I beg you to kindly assist me in ascertaining her whereabouts, and forward an answer." The letter was sent over to Ward's Island for Anna's consideration this afternoon. She has not yet decided. A Cronln Murderer Confesses. Drunken members of "Battle Row" gang, on the Eastside, did a little promiscuous shooting last night with a record of one man killed and four men arrested. This gang is one of the toughest in the city. The fight started in a saloon. Joseph Murphy entered the saloon with Jack O'Connor. O'Connor borrowed Murphy's revolver, which he had just pur chased, and started a row by rubbing It in the face of a drunken man who was sitting in the corner. The bartender protested, whereupon O'Connor fired his revolver into a closet again through tbe front of the saloon, and then going into the street fired a third shot at Jeremiah Cronic, a 20-year-old truckman, who was sit ting on a box, two doors away. Cronln fell with the bullet in his head, and died In a few minutes. O'Connor gave himself up to the police. He admitted having shot Cronln. He said he was drank and did not know what he was doing. Had Romnnee Enough for Awhile. A stylishly dressed young woman with big blue eyes, pink and white cheeks and heavy yellow hair, called upon Mrs. Conkling, of 42 West Twenty-seventh street late one evening in the middle of last month. She introduced herself as Madeline Earlscourt, a penniless orphan from Richmond, Va., in search of work. Mrs. Conkling gave the girl a home till October 20, and then got her a position as the com panion of Mrs. E. S. Hart, the wife of tbe famous Democratic "stereopticon man." Madeline was a fine companion. She played the piano, sang, danced and did a dozen other things which penniless orphans are generally supposed to know nothing about. These ac complishments made Mrs. Hart suspect her companion of not being what she pretended to be. When questioned, however, Madeline stuck fast to her original story. Last Monday Madeline started out shopping. Ten minutes later she came running home with a Washing ton paper in her hand, broke in upon Mrs. Hart like a bomb, and tumbled down weeping at her feet Between her sobs she explained that she was cot Madeline Earls court at all, but Belle Brown, a Washington school girl, and tbat she had run away from her home to New York to get some of the romantic experlnces of which she had read in novels of the "Madeline" and "Earlscourt" style. She had just found a per sonal for her in the Washington paper in her band, to the effect that her mother was very ill and that all would bo forgiven if she would only come home. A telegram brought Mr. Brown here yesterday. He took his daughter back to Washington last night Belle is 17 years old, well formed, and noticeably refined in matters of dress. She is a great favorite in Washington, and ber parents were well-nigh distracted over her mysterious disappearance. Mr. Brown employed detectives to search for her, and a reward was also offered for informa tion which would lead to the discovery of ber whereabouts. She has promised to be good and not run away in the future. Another Ocean Kecord Beaten. A cablegram to the Hamburg-American Packet Company to-day announced that the steamship Columbia, of their line, bad de creased the record between here and Hamburg byl hour and 10 minutes. The Columbia ar rived at Hamburg this coon, just S days. 18 hours and 10 minutes after passing Sandy Hook. Tbe Columbia's new record is but 3 hours and 20 minutes behind the best eastward record of the Inman liner City of Pans, and is 12 minutes better than the famous eastward record of the Cunarder TJmbrla, against which the Inman line fought so vainly until the Pans made ber appearance. THE BAfAKD-CLIMER HUPTIALS. Ex-Preildent Cleveland and Wife Present at the Muptlnls of the Ex-Secrctnry. Washington, November 7. The marriage of Hon. Thomas F. Bayard, ex-Secretary of State, and Miss May Clymer, took place at 1 o'clock this afternoon. For an event of such social and official Interest, the ceremony was conducted with a privacy that left no room for ostentation and display. Tbe scene of the ceremony was the Clymer residence, at the corner of Connecticut avenue and H street a square, old-fashioned bnck mansion. The rooms were decorated with the usual abund ance of ferns, growing plants and blooming flowers, the decorator's best efforts being be stowed on tbe rear parlor, where the marriage was solemnized. In this room and in the ad jacent hallway the invited guests bad as sembled. Ex-President Cleveland and Mrs. Cleveland were present and attracted a great deal of attention as they nodded to or shook bands with many of tbe company. Tbe bride was dressed in a superb gown of white crepe trimmed with jasmines, worn high In the neck. Pearls were tbe only ornaments. There were no brldemaids or other attendants. Rev. George William Douglass, tbe new rector of St John's Church and the successor of Bishop Leonard, of Ohio, was the officiating clergy man. A wedding breakfast and a reception followed the ceremony. Among the oersons present were ex-Secretary and Mrs. Fairchild, Mr. and Mrs. Don M. Dickinson, George L. Rives, ex AS3istant Secretary of State, and numerous relatives of the bride and groom. The Bayard family were represented by Tbomas F. Bayard, Jr., of New Haven; Miss Bayard. Miss Flor ence Bayard, Miss Ellen Bayard, Pbilip I. Bay ard, James Williams, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Nich olson, of DelawarejMr. and Mrs. J. D. Warren. oioston; Airs. o. u. warrca uuu riaMi war ren, of Boston. Mrs. Clymer. the mother of the bride, and Miss Mary Clymer, after whom she was named, a venerable lady, were the principal representatives of the Clymer family. The wedding present, which were displayed In a separate room, were numerous and all of them costly. Some family heirlooms are among tbe collection. At the conclusion of tbe recep tion Mr. and Mrs. Bayard left on their bridal tour, which will inclnde a trip toNew York and other places In tbe North. They will probably return to Washington for a short stay, and then go to Wilmington, where they will reside. TEI-STATE TRIFLES. The Mayor of London, O..got drunk, opened the jail door, and liberated a large number of offenders. His method may be said to be the "wide open" policy. A very dilapidated envelope, which had evi dently gone through a railroad wreck, was received at the West Chester postoffice a few days ago. Within its ragged embrace it held a ,000 check. Rice Boyd, of TTniontown, has been pastur ing his cattle on a $90,000 coal field, never sus pecting its value. He sold it to a sharp neigh bor a few days ago for $000. and the purchaser disposed ot it at once for S90,00UL Ex-Congressman Stephen F. Wilson, of Wcllsboro, has built for himself a granite tomb in shape of a log cabin. William Franklin, of Lancaster, has been arrested for stealing a bag of peanuts from Adam Ripple. The-rb hare been two springs discovered in BramweltW. Va., which are only about 15 feet apart the water of one of which is colder than ice, if possible, while the other almost reaches a boiling temperature. A confident supporter of Foraker, living at Akron, O.. bet a house and lot against a box of cigars that the Gevernor would be re elected. He says that he will stick to the agreement, CUBI0US C0BDESSATI0BS. A conscience wave is sweeping over tha land. The Secretary of the Treasury has Jus received a letter containing four 2-cent jampjf which, the writer says, is the amount, with in terest, of two stamps which he used twice. Swimming baths are becoming popular additions to English schools. The school board contends tbat It is quite as important for a boy to learn to swim as for a girl to leam the art of cookery, and claims that tbe swimming bath adds to the comfort of the scholars and assists in the work of education. A swindler sold a Clinton county, Mich., farmer a recipe for making his wheat weigh twice as much as it ought to, and signed a contract to divide the money gained by tna extra weight with tbe scientific swindle. Tbe "contract" eventually turned no as a promis sory note and the farmer paid J3C0 for it and didn't advertise the matter with a brass band, either. The salt industry in Southern Kansas! is assuming majestic proportions. It Is said that the salt taken up at Wellington, in that State, is the purest in tbe world. A dozen great salt plants are already in operation, and others will soon be established, in a few years all the salt used for ordinary purposes west of the Mississippi river will probably be supplied by Kansas. The tin mines in the Black Hills are attracting a great deal of interest Within tha last year a company of foreign capitalists has been organized, with a heavy capital, to de velop what are known as the Harney peak properties, located in Pennington and Custer counties. It is tbe opinion of experts, tbe Gov ernor says, that these mines contain the largest and most valuable aggregation of tin veins ever brought to the attention of the world. The most profitable book ever printed, at least in this country, was Webster's Spelling Book. More than 50,000,000 copies of this pro duction have been issued, and could Dr. Web ster and his heirs hare enjoyed the royalties from it they would have found it more valuable than the cave of Monte Cristo. Yet Dr. Web ster wrote It that he might procure the means to support himself while engaged in other work, notably his dictionary, which was really on elaboration of the spelling book. The National Prison Congress will meet in Nashville November 16-20. Tbe objects of this organization are three-fold. First the amelioration of tbe laws in relation of publio offenses and offenders, and of the way in which they are enlorced; second, the improvement of the prison systems of the country; third, the providlug of suitable employment for dis charged prisoners. Ex-President Hayes is President of the congress, and ex-Governor Bullock, of Georgia, is one of the Vice Presi dents. Probably the courts do not afford a mora curious case than this : In 1839 Mme. Hardouin, of Paris, bought three tickets in a lottery, the) capital prize of which was 100.000 francs. By presentiment she chose the number 40,631, put ting the ticket away among her husband's effects. He became bankrupt and all ot his books were seized. Tbe lottery was drawn in 1S61, and 40,631 won tho prize. Since then Mme. Hardonin has been accumulating evidence to show tbat she was the person who bought the ticket and cow expects the judgment in he favor every moment. A small boy at Marshall, I1L, has voiced a sentiment which would be a good thing for general adoption. He was a very tough urchin, and, together with bis little brother, got so bad that the townspeople de cided to send him to a reform school, so he was arrested on an old charge of theft and advised to plead guilty. The little fellow stoutly main tained his innocence of this particular crime, and while acknowledging that be onght to go to the reform school, declined to plead guilty to something he had not done. He won the sym pathy of both the spectators and the court and was finally discharged. The King of Siam is a magnificent ob ject in state attire. He glistens from head to foot with jewels worth more than 82,000,000. Is is commonly reported in Bangkok that be has WO wives and 87 children, though tbe exact figures hare never been given to his subjects. He was a father at the age ot 12, and is now only 36 years old. If he lives a few years more he will be able to assume the title of "father of his country." Tbe King is a good tellow, fond of a reasonable number of his children and very kind to his 300 wives. He is very pro gressive and has done a great deal of good to Siam. A young Englishman who landed in New York a few days ago has started out to "beat hs way" across America and around tha world in the space of four months wlthoutcasli output. From San Francisco be will stow him self away or work his passage to New Zealand. thence ship for some Chinese port, and journey through tbe Balkan Pass to Russia, thence to Germany, down the English channel to En gland, acdsbip from tbsra to SewYorkCIty H tbe railway officials observe his proclamation- -' and have him "spotted," be is liable tolengthen his schedule ot running time. He may get marooned at some way station for a fortnight An old farmer in the Granite State one) Sunday morning started to wind up his great silver watch, and found tbat tbe key was filled with dirt. Being nnable to dig the matter ous with a pin the farmer drilled a hole in the key, and with a single breath blew all the dust out. Then he sat down to think, and within a month, had patented that hole. To-day in Lebanon, N. H., there is a large factory running by electric power wherein are manufactured dally thousands and thousands of watch kevsof every possible size, shape and design. Each one of these kevs contains the bole which has been patented by the farmer. The latter has already made a fortune. No romantic tale ever had so many in cidents as that of a young woman: of Buko wina. She was very beautiful, and all the young men who were in tbe district fell in love with ber. She had a hundred offers of marriage before she was 20 and before she accepted the one hundred and first. Then her troubles be gan. Her first fiance died suddenly from an accident; tbe second was taken away with the army, likewise the third and fourth; tbe fifth and sixth were drowned; the seventh and eighth broke off on learning of the smallness of ber fortune; the ninth got drunk on bis be trothal day and tried to beat the young woman, so she broke it off ; the tenth seemed promising in every way, but as the marriage was about to take place it was learned that he bad a wife and children in Bessarabia. Tbe wedding was fixed, for tbe eleventh, but he decamped for some un known reason, and thereupon the voung woman gave it up and poisoned herself. The new census of India gives the pop ulation in March, 1888, as 269,477,728, of which 60,684,378 belonged to the native States. Dis tributed according to religion, in round num bers, the Hindoo population, in millions, is about 190, tbe Mobamedans 81, "aboriginals" 6K. Buddhists 3K. Christians nearly 2. Sikhs nearly 2, Jains 1. while Parsees, Jews and others are comparatively very few. Tha Church of England has nearly 300,000 members, other Episcopalian churches 20,000. the Church ot Scotland the same number, "other Protest ants" 133,000, Roman Catholics nearly 1,000.000, and Syrians, Armenians and Greeks over 300, 000. About IUO.000,000 males and 111.000,000 fe males are neither under instruction cor abla to read or write. Details are given of 109 dif ferent languages spoken. Hindustani comes first with over 82,000.000. then Bengali with nearly 40, Telogu with 17, Mahratti also 17, Punjabi 16, Tamil 13. Guzrati. C3narese, Ooriya,t Maylayalum, aindl, Burmese. Hindi, Assamese, Knl, Southali and Gondi come next in order. Next to Calcutta. Bombay and Madras, Hyderabad is the most populous city in India, Lucknow coming next. SAID TO BE FUNNY. The man who boasted that he was as "reg ular as the sun" forgot that tbat luminary rises only twice In the year at the same time. Pack. Politically biased. Sunday School Teach erTommy, who were the publicans and sinners mentioned in the lesson? Tommy Bepublicans and Democrats. Drakt'M Magaiin. Some months ago the edict was sent forth, The bustle mustg-o!" From the graceful, glid ing, sideling movementwithwhlchladles sitdown in a car to-day, it looks as If the bustle Is still going. Fuck. "WhatBroke the Cable. Managing Edi torThe cable news was scarce this morning. Telegraph Kditor X es, sir. The man at the other end tried to send the names of some Servian offi cials, and the cable broke In two. Drake's Maga zine. No Mean Temperature There. Kecenl Arrival (at anewEocky Mountain summer re sort, to hotel clerk) What was tha mean temper ature here for last month? Hotel Clerk We don't havenomean temp'ature hyur: It's all good. Harper's Bazar. Too Strong for Her. "Seir-denial," said a traveling man to another. '1 a trait tbatwUl bo found in nearly every woman. It seems to be an , essential part of her nature. Bbe Is equal to almost every self-denial.' , "And yet" was the rejoinder, "how few cf them are equal to a sealskin sack-rlilee., Jftr chant Trawler. Counsel Assigned. Mr. Rising Briefly How's that case of Bill Jenkins getting along. I see you've taken charge of It. Mr. Snap Oamraon-Oh. Urst-rate; I Just got 30 out of him, and he's to give me another fifty in the moraine. . Mr. KlJlng Brlefly-That's good; but Where's Bin? . i , Mr. Snao Gammon-Bill? Oh, he's all right,' He'slnJaU.-Puek, r'-fti 4 i I i ,