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PITTSBURG. SATURDAY, JAN. 25. 189a
AH TJNWAEBANTED HEGLECT.
The failure of the Snb-Committee on
Health, to meet and investigate the com
plaint of the Southside with regard to its
water supply, is neglect of duty that onght
not to occur. The subject is one which in
volves tha hones: performance of the city's
obligations to the citizens, and the failure
of the committee to come together exhibits
an unjustifiable forgetfulness of the public
welfare.
We can hardly believe that there is any
thing in the intimation quoted elsewhere
that politics have something to do with it;
because it is the poorest possible politics to
ignore complaints of this kind. Not only
will such neglects create an opposition on
the Southside, but it will alienate the sup
port of thinking people in other parts of the
city who recognize the need that the city
shall fulfil its duty in all sections. If the
city can disregard its obligations to one
part of the city, it may do so to another.
The Southside has the right to demand
an ample supply of pure water. When
complaints are made that this is not done,
it is the first duty of Councils to investigate
the matter, and if the complaint is well
founded, to remedy it.
A HEEDED TJHTOH".
The convention of the representatives of
both miners' organizations, at Columbus,
has made successful progress toward a plan
of union which appears to contain the ele
ments of success. This is done by leaving
the tnmary unions undisturbed in their
feal'y, but effecting tbe union under a gen
eral organization which shall represent both
the Progressive Union and the K. of L.
Some of the details in the amalgamation re
main to be settled; but tbe union of both
orders under such a plan is practically ac
complished. This is a much-needed stepfor
the interests of the miners. A great share
of the troubles of that hard-working and
ill-paid class has arisen out of the inevitable
rivalries of the two labor organizations. The
consolidation will do away with these and
permit the miners to act in unison where the
welfare of their industry is at stake.
DO YOU WANT SHOW!
It seems we are not to have enough snow
to make sleighing a possibility. The Signal
Service is lavish with promises of snow
storms, but the only snow that accumulates
here is in the hair of those who pin their
faith to General Greeley's weather bulle
tins. A cold comfort may be found in con
templating the news from the West, where
blizzard chases blizzard, and the scared mer
cury crawls away below zero and thirty feet
drifts of snow.
There are a good many young people who
seriously regret the absence of snow; who
sigh for the cuddlesome cutter and the
promiscuous joys or the straw ride. They
deserve some pity, these disappointed
youths, but their case is not so very hard
after all. To the young so many avenues of
pleasures are open. That of merely living
is not among tbe least But tbe absence of
snow to tbe poor, to the old and infirm, and
to a great many men and women of health
'and strength who cannot give their days or
sights to pleasure, means very much of a
blessing. It is always the way with the
affairs of this world if we will but look at
them rightly. What one man wants another
man does not, and to please both at the same
time is impossible.
ABATJJTtr TEE BUBQLAEIES.
The plea of guilty entered by a couple of
prisoners, charged with the burglaries in
"Wilkinsburg and vicinity nearly a year
ago, permits the hope that a part at least of
the professional thieves who have been in
festing this vicinity, are put out of the way
of further harm. The men are evidently of
tbe professional criminal class, and the bur
glary which formed the principal charge
against them, and in which they shot Mr.
lire BtMcfj.
St, Clair, of Wilkinsburg, was an especially
bold proceeding. The periodical outbreaks
of robbery in the vicinity of the city show
that sharp police work is needed to convince
the criminal class that they cannot plunder
the public with impunity. This has not al
ways been done, which makes it all the
more satisfactory that in one case the rob
bers have been detected and will be placed
where they can do no more robbing for a
long time.
THE TODEEGBOUND SOLUTION.
The account which is given elsewhere of
the sewer which is being built from Thirty
third street to East Liberty is not only of
interest as showing the progress of an im
portant drainage work, but it is even more
timely as indicating the proper solution of
the condnit question for electricity as well
as a proper method to be used ior all un
derground construction.
As will be seen by the article referred to,
a sewer, from seven feet in diameter down,
is being constructed for more than two miles
nnder hills, houses, railroad track, runs
and even other sewers, without the slightest
disturbance. It is all done by tunneling;
and when the work of tearing up and re
pairing streets is taken into consideration,
we understand the cost to be practi
cally no greater than the usual one
of excavating and leaving the streets in an
impassible condition while the work is
going on. It is plain that a practical
demonstration of this sort furnishes the
solution of the underground conduit ques
tion. That solution does cot involve merely
a conduit for electricity, but underground
passages of adequate size to furnish a sewer
at the bottom with room at the top for water
and gas pipes, and electrical wires properly
insulated, all easily accessible for repairs
and replacements.
Of coarse it is not meant that such con
duits can be provided at once, or that the
overhead wires must stay where they are
until they are provided. The wires can be
buried by temporary and inexpensive con
duits, for the present. But in the future,
when sewers need reconstruction, or gas or
water pipes to be relaid, the way to do it
without disturbing the traffic of the streets,
and so as to provide ample facilities for
putting everything nnder ground that
shonld be there, is made clear by the suc
cessful prosecution of this work.
THE ULITEEATE VOTES.
One point that is very suggestive sticks
out between the lines of all the discussions
about ballot reform. It is that the illiterate
voter must have his ballot prepared for him
either by the election officers or by some
chosen friend, geuerallv the ward politician
who controls and sells his vote.
Another equally suggestive point is that
for this reason, among others, the ignorant
voter as a class presents the weak spot of
our electoral system.
Does nof this suggest the very pertinent
idea that the most thorough way to reform
the ballot is to get rid of the ignorant voter,
either by education or exclusion, or both?
PAETISAH HOH-PAETISAHSHIP.
The ladies who were prominent in object
ing to the connection of leading the Repub
lican office holders, with the new con
partisan Women's Christian Temperance
Alliance, are nndonbtedly right in asserting
that their organization must steer clear of
Republican alliances in order to preserve
its character of con-partisanship. To make
the organization a tender to the Bepnblican
party, would make it more distinctly
partisan than the organization which is at
tached to the third party movement. The
separation is decidedly necessary, in view
of the fact that claims for the patronage of
the present administration have been made
on the basis of the services of some of the
non-partisans in keeping the prohibition
ist vote down. A non-partisan organ
ization run in behalf of the Bepnblican
party would be more partisan than the
third party Prohibitionists.
VESTS UHEVEff SEASONING.
Senator Vest's speech as to the cause of
agricultural depression developed a peculiar
facility to twist the logic of the argument
to his own purposes. The depression of the
agricultural interests in this country can
not be dne to the operation of the tariff", the
Senator says, because a similar depression
exists among farmers of England. There
fore, he concludes, the depression in this
country is due to the resumption of specie
payment
The premise of the Senator, so far as the
tariff is concerned, seems to be impregnable;
but his conclusion exhibits a remarkable
case of false deduction. The depression, ac
cording to his own showing, exists equally
in Europe as in this country. But tnere
has been no resumption of specie payments
in Europe, and the prosperity with which
the depression in both countries is compared
existed in the old country upon the specie
basis, which has been undisturbed there
during the present century. Consequently
the same process of exclusion which the Sen
ator employs so accurately in the case of the
tariff applies equally well to the case of
specie payments.
Perhaps when the Senator has applied
this logical process impartially and
thoroughly, he will discover that the one
condition which exists both here and abroad
is the establishment of commercial and so
cial privileges, which give one class, or form
of capital, peculiar advantages over tbe
masses in the acquisition of wealth.
ABOLISH USELESS COINS!
If clean, convenient bills are not to be
had nobody of course would object to being
loaded down with good United States coin
in the one dollar cold pieces,or nickel three
cent pieces. But with the choice ot any other
form of money before him what sane man
would take either of these ridiculous coins.
Tbe three cent nickel is an unadulterated
abomination. It has absolutely nothing to
recommend it except that it can be ex
changed for three good pennies. A three
cent piece has no place in a decimal coin
age; it is among our coins what a legless dog
would be in a pack of fox-hounds. The de
testable little thing is always causing trou
ble by its likeness to a silver dime. Our
experience is, however, that the three-cent
piece is only like a dime when somebody
gives it to ns for ten cents. When we offer
it to others its value is clear enough. Some
people may say that it is at least a capi
tal coin to drop in the contribution box.
The man who descends to meanness in the
hope of obtaining seven cents more reputa
tion than is due, is not worth considering.
Hypocrites on such a microscopic scale are
beneath contempt even. The three-cent
piece is a nuisance and a fraud and it ought
to go.
Congressman McKenna will present a bill
to Congress shortly which proposes to dis
continue the coinage of the nickel three
cent piece, and the one dollar and three
dollar gold pieces. The gold pieces are
practically useless; they ornament ladies
bangles or sneak away into corners of
pocketbooks as keepsakes. The great desti
ny of the dollar gold piece, however, is to
get lost Everybody has lost a dollar gold
piece, or spent it as a cent some time or
other. Abolish all these coins, gentlemen
of Congress, and then while you are about
obliging your masters; the people, kindly
call in the clumsy silver dollar, for which,
stored in the Treasury.certificates might just
as well be issued.
A Philadelphia lawyer is quoted as
authority for tbe statement that there are be
tween 4,000 and 5,000 speak-easies in that city.
This makes mince-meat ot the theory that tha
reason why speak-easies flourish in Pittsburgh
that the number ot licenses was so ruthlessly
cut down last spring. When Philadelphia,
where license was granted more liberally, has
as many illicit liquor saloons as Pittsburg, in
proportion to population, it begins to create a
doubt whether high license is any more success
ful in regulating the liquor traffic than pro
hibition is.
The persistent way in which the weather
continues to copper the predictions of the
Signal Service warrants tbe Presbyterian mem
bers of that organization in insisting that the
revision of the creed cannot Ignore the exist
ence of a personal d L
The Yale students who intoxicated a
tame bear on champagne have been rivaled
out in Texas by a couple of men who filled up two
cinnamon bears on sweetened whisky. One of
them is likely to abstain from Buch amusements
in the future, inasmuch as the intoxicated
bear killed him. The demonstration is adequate-
that in nature as well as in speculation,
when the bears get all tbe stimulation they
want, they are likely to tear things to pieces.
AND now we are informed that Connt
llltkiewicz is to rise like the Phoenix from its
ashes, Chinese banking scheme, railway con
cession and all as good as new. Tbe Count's en
terprise appears to be as nnconqnerable as his
name.
The annual day which all the Scots unite
in celebrating was observed list night by
Scotch-Americans of Pittsburg with a banquet
at the Hotel Duquesne. The haggis, songs and
speeches properly set forth the fame of Burns
and the glory of Scotland, and the occasion
proved that cone know better than the hard
headed Scotchmen how to have a good time
when they set about It.
The report that "Old Hutch's" settling
boys have swindled him out of $100,000 proves
that young America is apt to learn the lessons
taught by their elders. Hutchinson's instruc
tion returns to plague tho inventor.
The Southside people want bigger build
ings for their trade and better water for house
hold use. The first it Is their business to furnish
for themselves, the second It is the city's business
to furnish for them; and if it does not do so
promptly the Southside people wlUbe justi
fied in making it a distinct issue in future mu
nicipal politics.
The New York Trtoune intimates that
the January thaw may not be so much of a
sinecure as some people thought It cannot be
too much of a sinecure to suit the majority.
Better no thaw than all thaw.
A laege variety of cold waves, snow
storms and blizzards are now reported to be
hovering in various quarters of the continent
ready to swosp down on us. Tbe fact that we
have had one touch of winter brings out a crop
of prognostications so thick: that the rule of
contraries will scare off any more cold weather.
The grim humor of Satan rebuking sin
has been turned into dull common-place by the
attack of the Chicago Board of Trade on the
evil of gambling.
The report that Mexican silver dollars
are being coined and issued by a Mexican
bank for use in trade on the Texan frontier
may be possible, but it is improbable. The
Mexican dollar has five cents less inflation in
it than the Yankee dollar of the daddies; but
the story is probably all inflation.
Three days from San Francisco to Chi
cago, as Nellie Blys record, proves that Pitts
burgers can be very fast when they get away
from home.
The dissatisfaction of the German press
on tbe Samoan treaty. Is too outspoken and too
uniform. If there is any reality in the dissat
isfaction of the Germans because they are not
to be permitted to rule cverythlug at Samoa,
the Bismarckian policy wonld take care that
they did notgive voice to it
Wht that fire engine test does not ma
terialize is a question which the public may be
gin asking very urgently before long.
Befobis of cholera in the Oriental coun
tries are calling out the usual advice to clean
up. Tbe advice is always good; but modern
science appears to have reached the much
preferable perfection of stopping tho disease
on tho shores of the Mediterranean.
The amendments to the administrative
customs bill do not go; but the bill does as
stated.
Senator Delamater regards an inde
pendent bolt against his candidacy as impossible
this year, because Senator Stewart who led the
bolt In 1882 is for him. The Senator seems to for
get the fact that there were Kings after Aga
memnon as well as before.
PEOPLE OP PROMINENCE.
Mark Twain's wife has written a book nn
der a fictitious name.
Jakes G. Blaine. Jr., has been appointed
clerk to the House Committee on Foreign
Affairs.
Mrs. Russell Harrison is expected at the
White House in a few days, to remain through
out the season.
Senator Sheesian, who has been confined
to his borne for some time, suffering from in
fluenza, was at the Capitol yesterday, quite re
covered. M. Eiffel has come down from his tower to
occupy a residence in l'aris, which was the
propertv of Baron Hober. It cost the cele
brated engineer $400,000, which is about half ot
what he made by building the tower.
Queen Victoria's usual dinner beverage
is pale sberry, and she drinks it from a beauti
ful gold cup, which has come down to her from
her predecessor. Queen Anne. The tablets
always lighted with candles placed in golden
candelabra.
Clara Morris is a great lover ot birds, and,
in fact, has a regular aviary, filled with bright
plumaged specimens from all parts of tbe
globe. They all know her, and manifest their
delight upon her approach by shrill chirrups,
or by breaking into silvery songs.
Vice President Morton's every-day
lucb, whicb he takes In the Senate restaurant,
is a bowl of bread and milk, accompanied occa
sionally by a bottle of beer. Senator Edmunds,
who is one of tbe good livers of tbe Senate,
usually flavors his lunch with a pint of cham
pagne. Senator Stanford is said to be a warm
advocate of tho political rights of women, and
he has just given $500 to Susan B. Anthony to
ward printing and distributing pamphlets on
the subject. Five thousand will be sent to
South Dakota to aid in tbe elections which will
beheld there next fall to decide the question
of woman's rights.
Democratic Sentiment for Paulson.
from the Fottsvllle Miners' Journal.'
Tbe Pattlson boom for Governor seems to be
a taking thing among the Pennsylvania Demo
crats. Tbo Wilkesbarre Newt-Dealer, com
menting upon the action nf Lawrence county
In instructing her delegates for tbe ex-Governor,
frankly says it would be glad to see Lu
zerne follow In tbe wake of Lawrence, and it
takes occasion to say some very flattering
things of the present head of the Philadelphia
banking corporation. Up in Lackawanna the
delegates are said to be tor him, too. while Al
legheny is not averse to his candidacy. If tbe
ex-Governor goes into tbe fight, but doetu'tf
get into it too far, be will stand as good a
chance as any of hit competitors for tbe nomi
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
A Rose With Every Goblet Dodges to
Catch Your Ear and Fame Fair Florida
Made Fan of Ornngei and Bear's
Grease,
'"There is no doubt about it Pittsburg is
dipping into restheticism.
Yesterday an esteemed citizen, who met me
on Fifth avenue, sported in tbe buttonhole of
his heavy ulster a red, red rose. The conjunc
tion of the flower and tho midwinter garb was
enongh to excite remark, and, moreover, this
citizen is not wont to wear bouquets.
'Where did you get It?' ' 1 asked.
"It was banded me on a china dish just now,"
said he. "You see tbe frigidity of the atmos
phere and the weakness of my flesh conspired to
leadmeintoagorgeous saloon downtown. After
I had made away with a small dose of tincture of
rye tho bartender handed me a strawberry and
a glass of cream. It took my breath away, bnt
the bartender who saw my astonishment said:
That's nothingl Jobnf he added to a colored
man, who immediately retired and returned
with three rosebuds on a costly china dish, and
a silver pincushion. The rosebud you see m
my buttonhole was one of those three."
V
You have read a long article in a newspaper
and have had your interest excited only to
find at tbe end some bald puff for a patent medi
cine It is aggravating, isn't it? Well, that's
nothing to the torture of allowing a man to talk
away an hour or two of your busiest time only
to discover that be wants to Insure your life or
to sell you a new kind of gas stove. Such an
occurrence is no new thing, of course. You
have had tbe experience and so have L
But last night I heard of a rather sublime
case of this sort. A few years ago a certain
exalted person of this State who had served
his State in the highest offices was announced
as a visitor to Pittsburg. The newspapers
spread the news of his arrival, and it was un
derstood that he expected to boldaBortof
levee, at which he hoped to see all his friends.
A great many distinguished Plttsburgers did
call to see him, and the great man received
every one of them graciously. But ho also
asked each guest to take out an insurance
policy in a great company of which be bad ob
tained the agency. One of those gentlemen
had not recovered from the shock yesterday.
V
'THIS is the time of year when our fortunate
friends who have the leisure and gold to
wander away to the sunny South write home to
us about the lovely orange groves of Florida.
Tbe picture is always enchanting and always
about the same. But when you receive an ad
vice from the South to stay North and be con
tent it's somewhat of a surprise. That was the
tenor of a letter which it has been my privilege
to receive.
"Stay in Pittsburg and rejoice that yon have
a home there. There is nothing but the ell
mato here, and the people wouldn't have it if
they had to work for it," a7s tbe letter, and
much more 'a great deal too, personal to be
printed.
I showed the letter to a Fittsburger who used
to spend all his winters In the Sontb, and he
told mo a story.
V
SAID he: "It was some little while after the
close of the war, and my wife and I were on
our way to Jacksonville by boat. Among our
fellow passengers were Mrs. Harriet Beecher
Btowe, William Cullen Bryant and his family.
The newspapers were full just at that time of
stories about tbe immense income Mrs. Btowe
was deriving from her orange groves on the St.
John's river. So when I became acquainted
with Mrs. Stowe I asked her whether she con
sidered orange plantations profitable.
" 'Well,' Mrs. Stowe replied, I don't know
how it may be with other people, but I know
that Pd be glad to get back the money that I
put into my little grove.'
"Tbe fact is the talk about tbe prodigious
delights and profits of orange groves is very
largely bunkum. It reminds me of the time
when bear's grease was the correct thing to use
on the hair. There was more grease warranted
to come from bears than all the bruins on the
continent could have supplied."
M'LEOD KILLED HORSES.
A Peculiar Madness Attncks a Lumberman
In the Maine Forests.
Bangor, Me., January 24. Murtagh Mc
Leod. a lumberman who has been in the woods
for some time, was brought to this city in irons
last night by a deputy sheriff. The cause of
bis arrest was the development of insanity,
which led him to attack and try to kill horses.
He was sitting on a log landing sharpening a
long knife some days ago when a splendid team
of horses was driven up by a teamster. At the
Eight of them McLeod uttered a wild cry and
jumped from bis seat to tbe horses ana killed
one of them before he could be stopped, Tbe
workmen around him secured him just as
he was about to make an attack on tbe other
horse. He only made a slight resistance.
Tbe man was bound band and toot and kept
in camp until a team was ready to start for
civilization, when he was loaded aboard and
given to a deputy sheriff. He seems to be par
ticularly violent at the sight of animals, but
since be has been confined he has acted in a
perfectly rational manner. The physicians re
gard his case as an exceedingly peculiar one
and are watching it closely.
PATIENCE NEEDED TO WIN.
Senator Ingnlli' Advice to the Negro Repub
licans of Louisiana.
Washington, January 24. Senator Ingalls
to-day received a visit from a delegation of
Louisiana Republicans, wbo presented to him
a resolntion adopted at a meeting held this
morning, thanking the Senator for "the able
and patriotic speech" delivered by him in the
Senate yesterday.
Senator Ingails responded briefly. He said
that be could not have been so patient as the
negroes of Louisiana had been. He urged them
to continue to be patient, and said mat with
patience he felt Bure tbey would win.
Buckeyes Tote for Chicago.
Columbus, January 24. The Ohio Legis
lature has adopted in both branches a joint
resolution instructing their Senators and re
questing their Representatives In Congress to
vote for the location of the World's Fair In 1892
in Chicago. The resolution was offered by
Renresentative Hodge, of Cleveland, and it mot
with no opposition.
Atlantic City's New Proposed Promenade.
Atlantic Crnr, January 24, The first regu
lar session ot tbe Board of Commissioners ap
pointed at the last terin of Atlantic County
Courts to condemn and appraise lands and ad
just damages along the route of the mw board
walk in this city was held in tbe City Hall, and
it is believed the walk will soon be built.
DEATHS OP A DAY.
Mrs. Plainer.
Mrs. Clara M. Plumer. nee Bradley, daughter of
Mr. Alex. Bradley, died yesterday morning after a
very brief Illness. She was apparently In perrect
health up to the time of the attack. Dr. Her was
summoned, and on his first visit failed to discover
any alarming symptoms. An hour later he called,
but all efforts to save ber proved futile, fane died
at II o'clock X. M. No cause of death has been
assigned, bnt It Is believed to be attributable to
heart disease. Mr. Plumer Is quite 111.
Famoel Cnmpbell.
Bamuel Campbell, a prominent citizen of Elnhln
wlld, died very suddenly yesterdav of pneumonia.
Mr. Campbell was taken lek last Monday. He
was 60 yars old, was born In the neighborhood of
Elphlnwlld, and has always lived there. At his
death he was living in retirement. Mr. Campbell
was well known In Pittsburg, and was prominent
In Church matters and political circles. One or
his daughters Is the wife of Dr. McKee, of Olen
shaw. Mrs. Phebe A. Phillips.
Mrs. Phebe A. Phllllos, widow of the late
Robert B. Phillips, dltd at her residence on Squir
rel Hill. Twenty-second ward, yesterday after
noon. Mrs. Phillips bad many warm friends and
acquaintances In this city who appreciated her
many sterling qnalltles.
Dlnry Canon.
Mary 8. Canon, the 15-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Canon, died or heart failure yes
terday morning. Mollle, as she was familiarly
called by her associates, was or an exceedingly
bright and happy disposition, and was esteemed
by all who knew her.
Henry S. Pierce.
CANANDAionA. N. Y., January H. -Henry 8.
Pierce, ex-Colleetor or Internal Revenue ror the
District or Western Hew York, died last night,
aged 84 years. His death was caused by Inflam
matory rheumatism following Influenza.
Prof. Johnston T. Plnlt.
New Haven, Conn , January 24. Prof. Johns
ton T. Piatt of the Tale Law School, died here
yesterday of paralysis, atthe age of years.
Colonel X L. Carrlngtoo.
Richmond, Va., January 24. Colonel J. L.
Carrlngton. proprietor of the Ballard House and
the Exchange Hotel, died here this morning.
THE ASSEMBLY BALL.
The Pltubnr Club Home Handsomely
Decorated With Ferm and Flowers
Many People Enjoyed the Dance.
Freshly crashed was every room and hallway
in the Pittsburg Club Honse, yesterday after
noon, and profusely decorated, which had a
sort of elixlr-of-life effect on the rather an
tiquated furnishings of tbe bachelor domain
a renewal of apparent youthf ulness for the as
sembly ball last evening.
The club bouse was closed to members after
the midday lunch and became a private man
sion, then the process of transformation began,
and by 6 o'clock everything was in readiness
for the dance.
The side entrance was used, of course, as it is
on all state occasions, thus leaving the main
hall free for occupancy by a second orchestra,
Tbe entire club house was thrown open to the
guests. Handsome tropical productions graced
eacn room, toe reception room anu reading
room on tbe first floor, and the dining r6om
also presented quite a brilliant appearance.
Tbd massive pier glass that adorns
tho reception room was very
prettily trimmed with graceful ferns
and numerous harrisl lilies, all of whicb was
doubled by tbe reflection in the mirror. Man
tels were ladened witn exquisite plants and
ferns, brightened and beautified by the appear
ance of the pure, transparent lily, which, by
tbe way, was tbe recognized flower of the dec
orations. In tbe hallway an immense forest, seemingly,
of foliage and other plants screened one por
tion of Toerge Bros.1 orchestra, from which
sweet strains of mneic lssned during tbe entire
evening. The remaining portion of tbe orches
tra was on the stage in the assembly hall, and
just as heavily screened, but the Inspiriting
music pUrced the denseness of the foliage, and
as usual, gave great zest to tbe enjoyments of
the evening. The billiard room, pool room and
libraries were all furnished with a mag
nificent adornment of nature's beauties, and
when peopled with the boudoir ladies and
knights of the carpet left notbingto be desired.
At tho usual time the guests began to arrive,
and tbe dusky maidens In the ladles' dressing
room were in active and continued demand for
a couple of hours attending to the wants of the
fair belles and matrons.
The ball was much more largely attended
than the previous one this Season, and the
dancing more enjoyable as a consequence. The
supper was unusually elaborate, and served in
a faultless manner. The costumes worn by tbe
ladles were lavishingly Dretty, and some ot the
bouquets carried were rarely beautiful.
AX AFTERNOON TEA.
Mrs, James H. Lindsay Entertains Her Lady
Friends.
Had Mrs. James H. Lindsay given an order
to Old Probabilities for a perfect day upon
which to have her afternoon tea, a more charm
ing result could cot have been obtained than
was granted her yesterday. Ridge avenue, in
the vicinity of the Lindsay mansion, was lined
with carnaees from 3 to 6 o'clock, and hosts of
handsomely attired ladies were received by tbe
entertaining hostess and her fascinating aids.
Tbe various rooms of the lovely home were
rich and fragrant with rare tropical plants and
freshly cut flowers, and Gernert's Orchestra,
screened by tell palms, sent delightful strains
of melody floating out through tho perfumed
air. The ladles who assisted Mr. Lindsay In
the drawing room were the Misses LIghthill,
Mrs. R.L.Orr, Mrs. M. L. Prestly, Wooster;Mrs
D.F.
xienry, mrs. j. is. Stevenson, Mrs. jonn
McCutcheon. Mrs. F. G. McCntcheon and Mm.
Elenor Collier.
Tbe ladies who presided over the delicacies
in the dining room that were provided by Ken
nedy, were Mrs. V. D. Henry and Misses Git
tings, Bounett, Whitney and Orr. Tbe ladies
were all attired in charming afternoon toilets,
and a most delightful time was the result of the
efforts of Mrs. 'Lindsay.
AN ENTERTAINING LECTDEE.
Rev. George Hodges Talks About tbo Popes
and tbe Emperors.
The Rev. George Hodges, rector of Calvary
Episcopal Church, delivered a very interesting
and instructing lecture, last evening, at Grace
Reformed Church. The lecture was delivered
nnder the auspices of the Brotherhood of An
drew and Philip, and the subject was "Tbe
Popes and tbe Emperors." In tbe gentleman's
characteristic entertaining manner of speaking
be reviewed briefly the history of the middle
ages. Taking first the era of tbe supremacy of
the emperors and following with tbe era ot the
papacy up to the era of the people, or tho pres
ent era. The audience was small, but gave the
speaker the most undivided attention.
THE WOMAN'S ASSOCIATION.
Their Regular Sleeting Was Held Oat Penn
Avenae Yesterday.
The regular meeting of the Woman's United
Presbyterian Association was held yesterday
afternoon in the Beventh U. P. Chnrcb, on
Forty-fonrth street. Mrs. H. C. Campbell,
President of tbe Association, was absent, but
ber place was filled by Mrs. Stevenson. Tbe
committee on tbe annual entertainment re
ported that 2,024 bad been realized by the en
tertainment held at Old City Hall in Decem
ber last. A letter was received from a lady in
Mercer county signifying her intention of con
tributing 125 for tbe establishment of tbe aged
Couples' Home. The next meeting will be held
February 23 in the Second Chnrcb, Allegheny.
An Enjoyable Dinner.
"From 1 o'clock to 5 yesterday afternoon, in
a private dining room at the Hotel Duquesne,
a feast of reason and a flow of soul, accom
panied with more substantial commodities, was
enjoved by the Mutual Benefit Life Workers.
The banquet was given by Mr. F. T. Lusk, tbe
State agent of tbe association. Toasts and
addresses were in order from all In attendance.
For the Hospltnl.
The arrangements for the Allegheny General
Hospital entertainment, at the new Carnegie
building in Allegheny, will be completed
within a few days and announced through the
newspapers. It will be well worthy the mag
nificent building in whicb it will be held, and,
being for so worthy a cause, ought to be well
patronized.
Social Cbntter.
Invitations and programmes are out for
the twenty-fourth anniversary of tbe St. Vin
cent's Literary Association, to be given at
Birmingham Turner Hall, Tuesday evening,
February 4, 1890. Fart first of the programme
is composed of vocal solos and recitations, and
part second of a romantic drama entitled "The
Mineral!," by H. G. Plunkitt,
TnE second annual lecture, under the
auspices of St. Vincent de Paul Conference of
St. Mary's Church by Rev. J. F. Regis Can
evin, will be given Sunday in the church at
Forty-sixth street. Tho subject, "The Chris
tian Family;" lecture to begin at 7:30p. it.
Me. Harvey Sellers, nf Cassatt street.
left yesterday morning for Lancaster, where
he will claim as his bride Miss Chrisman, of
Indianapolis. Their home will be in Pitts
burg. On Thursday last Miss Agnes M. Warnock
and Mr. William H. Luckock were married at
tbe residence of tbe bride's mother, on Bed
ford avenue, by Rav, J. E. Harsbaw.
The fifth anniversary reception of tbe J. K.
Moorhead Conclave No. 82, L O. H., will be
given Monday evening, February 17, at Central
Turner Hall, Forbes avenue.
The monthly musical and literary occupied
the evening at the Pittsburg Femalo College,
last night, and delighted a very pleasing audi,
ence.
Mns. Harbt B. Hates gave a progressive
eucbre party yesterday afternoon, which was a
very enjoyable affair. .
HUSI0 HATH CHABM8.
John Ellas Engages a Bugler and Is Ar
rested ns a Knlsanee.
New York. January 24. "If music be the
food of love, play on," said Assistant District
Attorney Jerome, quoting from tho late
lamented William Bbakespeare, as be yester
day moved for the dismissal of an indictment
tbat bad boen found against Mr. William Elias,
a dealer in fancy goods at No. 69 West Twenty
third street.
It appeared by tbe papers that the defendant
bad employed a bugler about tbe holiday times
to play in the second story window of the build
ing for the pnrpose ot attracting customers.
Mr. Samuel W. Richards, of No. 69 West
Twenty-tbud street, and other neighbors com
plained of it as a nuisance, and caused tbe
arrest of Ellas.
There was but slight evidence tbat the play
ing had been particularly objectionable. The
cornetlst had only played "White Wings" once,
Sweet VioIets'f only occasionally, "Where
Did You Get That Hat" only by request, and
"Down WentMcGinty" never.
This good record saved the defendant, and he
was discharged by Judge Fitzgerald.
Where la Wlgglnsf
From the Philadelphia Record, j
Other profits may vaunt themselves, but the
dead silence ot Stone Wiggins amid all these
weathers Is surely not least amid tha winter's
phenomena,
THE STROLLER'S STORIES,
Odd Opinions and Quaint Observations Gath
ered From Curb and Corridor.
Qnb hundred and thirty-one years ago
to-day, by actual measurement, Robert
Burns was born. His friends insist that ha
was not to blame, as he had, at the time, not
reached the age of discretion. After having
lived some years he freely acknowledged his
mistake. Although he was an entirely invol
untary actor In that event, his friends Insist in
setting apart this day for his praise. Personally
be has cot enjoyed any birthdays for 94 years,
but his friends have enjoyed plenty of them.
They seem even to have a better time at it
than Robert himself when he was doing the
celebrating. Mr.Burns committed a very serious
indiscretion in being born poor. This seemed
to weigh heavily on bis mind, and drove him
to writing poetry. Had be been rich he might
cot have accumulated so much fame, but be
would have bad more fun. Mr. Burns, how
ever, was a scholar, a gentleman and a judge of
good Scotch whisky. As he never tasted
Monongahela rye, many citizens of this region
consider that his life was largely wasted.
J C. Daelet, of Portland, Ore., is at the
Hotel Duquesne. He is a pleasant look
ing gentleman, who sports a Boulanger beard
and has been across the continent almost as
many times as there are gray hairs in his bead.
He is interested in one of tbe two blast furnaces
on tbe Pacific slope, and came East" about a
month ago to confer with iron manufacturers in
tins city relative to opening up the mines west
of the Sierras. He went to Virginia several
weeks ago and has jnst returned from that
locality, where, he says. Eastern capitalists are
actively engaged in operating the iron mines of
that place. Mr. Darley has just been ap
pointed Superintendent of Construction for J.
P. Witberow A Co., and now has six furnaces
under construction and at least three in con
templation. J Ludlow, representing tbe Choctaw Coal
' MiningCompany.isat the Hotel Duqnesne.
He came to this city to purchase machinery
and to secure miners to open up the coal mines
in the Indian Territory. He has secured the
machinery necessary and also a number ot
miners, who will accompany him to the West.
He has secured an option for a company in
which be Is Interested on all tbe coal lands in
tbe Indian Territory. Mr. Ludlow, although a
young man, is a gentleman of nerve and judg
ment. He achieved considerable reputation
in tbe campaign of 1888, by boldly going among
the Democratic politicians who haunt tbe Hoff
man Honse bar, in New York, and offering to
bet 1,000, cash displayed, on the election of
Harrison.
A DisTiNGTrrsHED party of gentlemen passed
throngh the city last evening on their way
to Washington. They were three chiefs of the
Otoe Nation, from Redfork, Ind. T., wbo are
going to Washington to see the Commissioner
of Indian Affairs, and the President, if neces
sary. About eight years ago 160.000 acres of
land belonging to that nation, located in Gage
county, Kan., were sold to private purchasers
through a Government agent. For three years
the interest was paid, bnt since that time the
Nation has been unable to obtain any informa
tion concerning either principal or interest.
They are anxious to get upon the trail of the
interest, at least. The members of the party
were: George Arkeketab, bead chief of the
Nation; Big Bear, Second Chief; James White
water, Talking Chief, and Battiste Deroln,
Interpreter. Tbe gentlemen are broad should
ered, husky-looking men, resembling, in build
and apparent mnscnlar configuration, William
Mnldoon. Tbe principal chiefs wore broad
brimmed hats, long, braided hair, and had their
heavy, livery-stable blankets pulled up above
their ears.
J3 ev. Father Bernard, of St Michael's
parish, Southside, and Iter. Father Sebas
tian, of the Passionlst Fathers, departed last
night for Baltimore. Father Sebastian was
formerly in ebarge of St. Michael's parish, but
is at present located in New Jersey. In tbe
work of his order be annually visits his old
ecclesiastical home. The clerical gentlemen,
while going to Baltimore on minor business,
expect to visit His Eminence, tbe Cardinal.
The Stroller,
THE CHINESE POLL TAX.
Residents of British Colombia Want Canada
to Inrrenao It.
Ottawa, Ontaeio, January 24. British
Columbians are waging war vigorously against
the Chinese. They want tbe poll tax levied on
tbe Chinamen doubled. Mr. Mara, member of
Parliament for Yale, to-day presented a peti
tion on this subject In the House of Commons.
The petition Is signed by several thousand of
the leading business men and employers of
labor in the Province. Tbe petitioners set
forth that the present tax of 50, owing to the
great restrictions Imposed by the United States
and neighboring countries, is far too low. It
furnishes littlepractlcal protection to the white
laborer against a competition as unfriendly as
it is degrading.
Abundauce of Chinese labor, says tbe peti
tion, means a scarcity of wbite labor, a condi
tion of things calamitous to the public Tbo
Chinaman's presence in Canada Is a source of
constant irritation to tbe wbite laborer, and
tends to create a breach which ought never to
exist between labor and capital. The China
man does not add to the prosperity of tbe coun
try, while the white laborer becomes tbe em
ployer of labor in time. His children are edu
cated and become loyal citizens, ever ready to
defend the common weal.
The interests of British Columbia and Canada,
say tbe petitioners, generally will bo greativ
conserved by the imposition of the additional
tax.
It is very likely, on account of these strong
repre entations made by tbe petitioners, tbat
the poll tax on Chinese before the present ses
sion is over will be S100.
KNIGHTS AND FARMERS.
Belief That Tbey Will Unite and Control
Politics in Alnbmna.
BntMiNOnAM, January 24. Specials and
private telegrams from the State Convention
of Knights of Labor, now in session at Mobile,
intimate that tbe third party question will be
pushed to the front and aoted npon at this
session. Many prominent Knights openly ad
vocate a combination with tbe Farmers' Alli
ance and making a fight in the approaching
State campaign with a straight labor ticket.
The members of tbe Alliance, it Is claimed, are
willing to enter Into the movement. The mat
ter has been quietly discussed In organized
labor circles for some time, and tbe prevailing
opinion seems to be that tbe time has come to
cut loose from the o'd parties.
Tbe Jjaoor Advocate, or this city the organ
of the Trades' Council organized here last
summer, In Its last issue says tbat tbe working,
men need expect nothing from the old parties,
and tbey must elect men enough from their
own ranks to secure the legislation they need.
The action oi tneimignts or Laoor conven
tion is awaited with no little interest by Demo
cratic politicians all over tbe State. Captain
R. F. Kolb, State Commissioner of Agricult
ure, is a candidate for the Democratio nomina.
tiob for Governor. He is a prominent Alliance
man and the candidate of the Alliance. If a
third party movement is made Captain Kolb
will hare to choose between the new party and
Democracy or withdraw from the race.
AT HOME ON HORSEBACK.
A Texas Congressman Wbo Rides as Well
as a Cowboy.
Prom the Atlanta Constitution.!
Colonel Kllgore. of Texas, althongh over 50
years of age, is yet as active as a Texas cow
boy. He often rides horseback on pleasant
afternoons, and Invariably selects the most
vicious and treacherous animal he can find. It
matters not whether the horse be a buckeror
a pitcher, Colonel Kllgore cannot be removed
from a dignified poise. Indeed, be sits in a
saddle like be had been there every day of his
lire.
On a recent ride, tome distance in the coun
try, he was bantered by a colleague tbat he
could not pick a stone from the ground while
his horse was In a sweeping gallop, as do tha
cowboy in the various wild west shows. Kll
gore could not stand such a challenge, and,
with his horse in a foil run, leaned down and
gathered up stone after stone, which be took
occasion to chuck back at bis companion.
Insanity In Massaehnsetts.
From the Hew York Sun.
What is tbe cause of this increase of insanity
in Massachusetts? Is it crankism, new-fangled
religion, philosophy, tbeosnphy, or a monotony
of cheap culture, tbe decline of marriage, the
Inheritance ot a morbid and decayed Puritan
Ism? Or is it only an additional symptom of
the deterioration of a racer A man bas to be
pretty crazy to be considered crazy in Massa
chusetts. But why is Massachusetts going
crasyr Will some of her still considerable
collection of sane persons take the trouble to
try and explain!
ME. PEUDEN'S LITTLE MISTAKE.
The Only One on Record That the Execu
tive Clerk Ever Made.
yrom the Washington Post.
Executive Clerk Pruden, who has acted as
assistant to the private secretary of tbe Presi
dent for many years, is a model of discretion.
He never made but one mistake, so far as the
Poll knows, and that one so slight and so swiftly
repaired as not to be of account.
Mr. Pruden has, among other things, the im
portant duty of copying tbe President's list of
nominations and communicating tbe same to
the Senate. Tbe importunate newspaper man
Is ever in pursuit of him, bu without avail,
except npon the day of the mishap in question.
Upon that day Mr. Pruden was just entering
the Senate chamber with some important
nominations nominations in a fight of national
scope. At the Senate threshold he encountered
a correspondent for an Eastern evening paper,
apparently frantic to get tho news in time.
Mr. Pruden, conscious that the next two min
utes would make the whole matter public prop
erty, told tbe names and offices to tbe anxious
correspondent, Upon that instant the Sen
ate adjourned from the day, Thursday, to Mon
day, i
Here was a "kettle of fish" for Mr. Pruden,
to be sure. Government business, half
tiansacted, advertised by him to the country.
He overtook tbe correspondent and found what
he had not observed before, that the representa
tive of the press was, as was the occasional
practice of tbe profession in that old time, in
dulging in a drink. With the volubility of a
tipsy man tbe lucky correspondent turned, as
soon as be was told the nominations, from his
thirst for news to bis thirst for the bottle, and
while scuttling along toward the telegraph
omce naa neen uiveriea into a Barroom.
Mr. Pruden's sharp and anxious cross-examination
of tho correspondent satisfied him
that the happy fellow had entirely forgotten
the nominations, and such proved the fact. So,
while it is often the proud privilege of the press
to exploit its professors for their numerous
feats in enlightening the world, here is one at
least in which the confession is forced, that the
news was delayed by tbe weakness of the mer
cury, QUA! SEEKS EETEXGE.
Alleged to be Interfering With Mclilnley la
His Own District.
Canton, O., January 24. United States Sen
ator Quay, not content with his position as the
sole patronage broker in Pennsylvania, has
crossed tbe line into Ohio and Is taking a hand
in the Canton postmastershlp contest. This is
tbe home of Major William McElnley and it
bad been presumed that the distinguished Re
publican would be conceded tbe honor of
earning the man. Bnt Major McElnley nearly
a year ago offended Mr. Quay, who not only
fought him for Speaker, but has not forgiven
bim for the part be took In the Alonzo Hart
affair.
Major McEinley wants his personal and
political friend, W. K. Miller, for postmaster
here, but m view of the Democratic Legisla
ture's Intention of changing this Congressional
district, he had decided to postpone the ap
pointment until toward election day next fall,
and then name the man wbo could do him the
most good. Now, however, one George Mell
inger has entered tbe field and wants the office
without delay. He has the banking of National
Chairman Quay, and says he thinks ho will win.
Years ago Mellinger was in the railway mail
service, and resided in the same town with
Quay, at Beaver, Pa. His next door neighbor
was State Senator James S. Rntan.tben Qnay's
cht f lieutenant. A strong political friendship
sprung up between Mellinger and Quav, and
the latter has given assurances of his earnest
support.
Tbe discovery of this fact has caused consid
erable ill feeling among Republicans here.
Tbey consider it a qneer state of affairs when
the Chairman of the chief committee of tbe
House shall not have the privilege of naming
bis own postmaster. But Mr. Quay has never
let an opportunity pass to remind Senator
Sherman and Major McKinley of the Alonzo
Hart appointment of last spring, and this is
a part ot his scheme of revenge.
SMAET SPECULATORS CAUGHT.
Some
Chicago Men Who Tried to Work
Westsldo Cable Stock Fall.
Chicago, January 24. Some weeks ago a lit
tle party of local speculators, whose operations
have heretofore been confined chiefly to Board
of Trade deals, began a raid on Westside Cable
stock. Tbey invaded tbe Chicago Stock Ex
change and made large sales of tbe cable com
pany's securities. To give color to the report
tbat the sales were made by bona fide owners
of the stock in Philadelphia, who wanted to get
out ano-put their money in other enterprises,
tbe clique borrowed the Westside company's
stock in that city and exhibited tbe certificates
on tho Exchange here. By these tactics they
got the price down to 90 cents and then pre
pared a shrewd move by which they hoped to
bear it still more.
Tbe Supreme Court decision annihilating the
Gas Trust was applicable, thev bad been told
by lawyers, to tbe Westside Cable Company. It
was then arranged that application should be
made to Attorney General Hunt to begin quo
warranto proceedings against the company, in
the belief that when this was made public there
would be another big drop in prices. It has
leaked out that the quo warranto proceedings
were never instituted, as it was found at the
last moment tbat there Is too wide a difference
in tbe organization and objects of tbe cable
company and the Gas Trust to make any mere
of tbat kind successful. Tbe result is that the
schemers are In an unenviable position. In
stead of making a lot of money some pretty lit
tle fortunes will probably be lost.
AN ENGLISH INDIGNITI.
Tbe Warship Enterprise Asked to Par for
Ancborngo Privileges.
London, January 24. Another International
episode between England and the United
States has just been discovered. The
American man-of-war Enterprise visited
the beautiful Dartmouth harbor a few days ago
and was taken by tbe pilot to the usual moor
ing buov. A day or two later, when the warship
was about to depart, the town harbor authori
ties presented a small bill for anchorage privi
leges. The captain indignantly refused to pay
the bill and sailed away.
Yesterday the ship returned to the same har
bor with tbe embalmed body of ex-Minister
Pendleton on board. The bill was again pre
sented, and tbe captain again became indig
nant; but the authorities Insisted, and tbe cap
tain sent tbe bill to Minister Lincoln, wbo sus
tained tbe captain in his action. The affair is
creating much talk in American circles. A rich
Pbiladelphian became angry and offered to my
the bill himself, but the captain refused. lie
said the bill was improper and illeeal and
should not be paid. Tbe Foreign Office will
probably have to settle the matter.
A B0TTLEES' CLEARING HOUSE.
How tbe Men Who Ship Goods Id Glass
Are Protected.
NewYoek, December 24. The American
Bottlers' Protective Association, which has
been in convention at Nilsson Hall, has fin
ished its business and adjourned to meet
in Newark on the second Tuesday
in October. Tbo principal discussion
arose over tbe vexed question of the
exchange of bottles and siphons. As
the law now stands no person has a right to
have In bis possession any bottle or siphon
without the owner's permission. Tbe efforts of
tbe association have resulted In the seizure of
20,000 bottles Illegally held, since December 27.
A part of tho work of the Protective Associa
tion in the different cities has been to establish
a sort of clearing bouse for bottles. Tbe ques
tion arose wnetber bottles belonging to bottlers
who are not members of the association should
be returned when recovered, and the conven
tion, by a large majority, refused to recognize
non-members.
ORIGINALS AND COUNTERFEITS.
A Sals of Rare Coins la Nrtv York, Soma of
Them Qaeer Ones.
Nbw Yoek, January 24. The prices of the
Davis coin sale were good. Colonial issues
reached the highest figures. A New York
doubloon of 1767 brought 450, a set of three
Maryland coIns,asbilIing,asixpenceandagroat,
one of which bore the bust of Lord Baltimore,
39 each; a New England shilling of Massachu
setts. 143 6a A half-dime of 1802 sold for 8170.
The collectors and some dealers attending
the sals were indignant at the threatened seiz
ure by tbe secret service authorities of some
counterfeits of rare colonial coins. Tbe origin
als of these coins, they say, are not now redeem
able by any Government, and the counterfeits
were only struck for scientific purposes, and are
of value only to numismatists.
To Open CUms for a Wager.
Bukungton, N. J., January 24. William
Wlnfleld, of Burlington, and George H. Wright,
of Philadelphia, will have a clam opening con
test In tbe Opera House at Burlington on Mon
day night for S50 and a gold medaL A great
deal ot money Is wagered on the contest.
CUKI0US C0HDEHST10K8.
Orange City, Fix, boasts of a head of
lettuce nearly six feet in circumference.
New England merchants are beginning
to organize to secure legislative protection
against tbe "fire" and "bankrupt sale" com
panies that tour that section.
Even snow drifts 20 feet deep and
packed as boys pack snowballs are compelled
to yield to tbe rotary plow. These modern an.
pliances mean business when they get to work-
Prince Bismarck was on one occasion
challenged to fight a duel by tbe Austrian
statesman Count Recbberg. Both were at tbe
time Ambassadors to the German Diet at
Frankfort.
Miss Kennedy, a San Francisco school
ma'am who was dismissed by the school com
mittee in 1887 without any assigned cause, has
been reinstated by a decision of the Supreme
Court, with 35,000 for pay in the Interval.
Charles Villiers is now the oldest mem
ber of the British House of Commons. He is
87 years old, and bas sat continuously for
Wolverhampton since 183a. He was associated
with Cobden and Bright in the reform agita
tion. The two confirmed bachelors of the
diplomatic corps at Washington are the French
Minister, Theodore Houston, and the Chevalier
von Tavera, the Austrian Minister. M. Rous
tan is fond of society, but Von Tavera is a re
cluse. Three thousand Portuguese citizens
have left their cards atthe French and Span
ish Legations in Lisbon to show their appre
ciation of the sympathy with Portugal shown
by the French and Spanish in the Anglo-Portuguese
dispute.
English syndicates have put $1,000,000
In Chicago breweries; $4,500,000 In New York
breweries, and $12,000,000 in St. Louis brewer
le. Whichever route tbe World's Fair may
take the syndicates are assured of a halcyon
and vociferous trade.
The French soldiers have been an army
of tea-dnckers during the prevalence of la
grippe. Whenever la grippe made its appear
ance in a regiment all the soldiers who re
mained free from tbo epidemic were given
between meals hot tea with sugar.
There has been placed in the Man
chester, Mass., Public Library a copy of tbe
Bible published in 1599. It is the gift of Miss
Ella Lee, daughter of tho late Charles Lee, to
the Manchester Historical Society. This rare
and valuable publication Is known as the
Bishop's Bible, and was first printed in 1563.
By way of shedding some light on the
inquiry as to when shad were first used for
food, Richard Wynkoop publishes a letter of
which be bas the original, showing that Wash
ington's soldiers ate them in 178L Tbat the
fish was even then held in proper esteem is in
dicated by the fact that it is spelled with a cap
ital S in the letter referred to.
An appropriation allows every Senator
not tbe chairman of a committee the service of
a clerk during tbe session of Congress at a com
pensation of $6 per day, Sunday and holidays
Included. A year or two ago Senator Reagan
caused nis wife to be sworn in and her name
placed on the pay-rolls in the Senate as his
clerk, and the has been reappointed at this
session.
In the shadowy nooks of the vestibules,
hallways and corridors of the modern mansion
may be seen great china jars ot foliage, giving
a decidedly unique and picturesque finish to
tbeir surroundings. Wavy tufts of palmas
gras3 in coral red rest against a background of
feathery brown grasses, while large palm leaves
are often added to improve the beauty of these
generous size bouquets.
Uncle Sam pays his 200,000 employes,
including soldiers and sailors, an average sal
ary of $325 apiece. The average earnings of
tbe plain every-day citizen, who gets pay in
proportion to tbe work be does, are about half
tbat much, probably. This state of affairs ex
plains, perhaps, why about 26,000,000 male
American citizens make a dead set for about
50,000 offices every four years.
A Topeka, Kas., preacher dressed him
self in rough clothing and started ont to see If
be could make a living as a common laborer.
He found he could cot and gave up the at
tempt after one day's trial, thus escaping the
abuse that wonld have been beaped upon him
when the horny-handed workingmen fonnd
that a mere preacher was trying to takeaway
their trade witbout having joined their union.
Everybody smokes in Japan. The pipes
bold a little wad of finecnt tobacco as big as a
pea. It is fired, and the smoker takes one long
whiff, blowing the smoke In a cloud from his
mouth and nose. The ladles have pipes with
longer stems than the men, and if one of them
wishes to show a gentleman a special mark
of favor, she lights her pipe, takes half a
whiff, hands It to him and lets bim finish out
the whiff.
The commissioners of the State Eeserva
tion at Niagara, in their annual report, oppose
all projects looking to utilizing the falls for
manufacturing purposes. In so doing they
doubtless reflect public sentiment. Last year
an attempt was made to get a bill through the
Legislature giving a business corporation cer
tain rights in connection with the falls, but it
fell dead as soon as the people's attention was
called to it,
The late Sig. Pietro Marcollini, who
begged at the portico of St. Peter's. Rome, was
a celebrity in bis way. He was tbe only person
authorized to beg at the west entrance of, the
Basilica. He received this permission from
Pius IX., who had taken a fancy to him. Pio
Nono also gave Marcollini an old cloak, for
which tbe beggar often received tempting offers
which he would never accent. Marcollini had
begged for years and found the occupation
profitable. On nis death be left $10,000 to his
nephew.
The grand jury is investigating the
charges of corruption made against certain
members ot the St. Louis Municipal Assembly.
One of the charges is the alleged distribution
of $15,000 among members cf the House of
Delegates for the passage of a bill to grant a
franchise to the Rapid Transit Railway Com
pany. It is claimed that one member took a
key to a safe deposit nonopened lt.and took the
15,000 which ne bad previously seen placed
there. There are a number of similar cases
awaiting action, ana a number of prominent
citizens have been notified to appear and tes
tify. There are four members of the United
States Senate who can never be candidates for
tbe Presidency of this Republic, under the
Constitution, because ot alien birth. Senator
Jones, of Nevada, was born in Herefordshire,
England: General McMillan, of Michigan, in
Hamilton. Ontario: Senator Beck, of Kentucky,
in Dumfriesshire. Scotland, and Senator Pasco,
of Florida, in London, England. While it is
tbe exception rather than otherwise tbat a
Senator as born in the State he represents,
sectional lines have been closely observed. Of
the Northern Senators only two were born in
the South Senator Cullora. of Illinois, in Ken
tucky, and Senator Hawley, or Connecticut, In
North Carolina. Not one Southern Senator is
of Northern ongio.
Seven ladies of politico-social emi
nence, styling themselves citizens, have pe
titioned: the Senate and House of Representa
tives not to forget womankind when legislating
for the orginlzation of tbe Board of Managers
of tbe Exposition of 1E92, "in view of tbe fact."
says tbe petition. tnat there will be tn said
exhibition a presentation uf the share taken by
women in tha industrial, artistic. Intellectual
and religions progress of tbe nation." The
ladles whose autographs are appended are
Rebecca H. Manderson, of Nebrasga; Ellen
Bayne,of Pennsylvania; Julia Cullom. of Illi
nois; Florence 8. Vance, of North Carolina;
Mary L. McMillan, of Michigan; Mary R.
Payne, of Ohio, and Mary L. Walthall, of Mis
sissippi. Tbe pleasant little missive was re
ferred to tbe Select Committee on the Quadri
CentenniaL COMIC CLIPPINGS.
The accordion skirt has gone out of style.
It was too loud. Chicago Timet.
Many a man has sacrificed his feelings by
footing a bill when his preferences lnellned to the
collector. Binghamton Leadtr.
There's nothing very doleful about it;
still when a maiden has sifted a kiss through an
lnelplentmnstacheshels apt to get down In tho
month. PMtadelpMa Prttt.
Miss Qushington Did yon ever attend, a
kissing bee, Doctor?
Dr. Sarah Jones (frigidly)-You seem t forget,
Miss Uushlngton, tbat ray practice Is not extend
ed to Insects l-S. r. Sun.
Newly-Accepted Suitor Well, Bobby,
you will have a new nncle soon. I am your Annt
Mary's choice for a husband.
Bobby (surprlsed)-Weil. that's strange. I
beard her tell mamma only yesterday that yon r
were nobson's choice. Z.
She You are very kind to invite me to
go sleighing, bnt-did your horse ever run awayf
He Often. You see 1 am careless about horses,
and often let the reins fall In tbe bottom ot that
sleigh and drive with my feet.
fche-1'11 go. -Via lor Wtttty.
"No, slree. I ain't a-going to put ray
name to every piece of paper I see around," said
stranger of tbe way-back type standing la front
of the register of one of tbe hotels. "Some fellers
1 know got took In that way onet, and had tsr nay
nuf lightning rod ter build a railroad, and I ain't
going ter sign nothln'." PMIadtlpMaBecoTdifc
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