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SECOND PART.
TRIUMPH FOR ERIN,
Significant Victory Won for the
Irish Question by the
Eccles Election,
WORK OF MR. GLADSTONE
Famine Stricken Peasantry Visited
by Mr. Balfour in a Fly-
ins
Jannting Car.
HIS PAKACEA FOE DISTRESS.
The Fund Started by the National Liberal
Clab Said to be Nothing hut a
Folitica! Scheme.
SO GENEEAL ELECTION THIS IEAR.
UgU Etei Upca Ktry Dk Peats la Toy Djplcnwy
ud BUtesaissbp by iWctkPwn
Iziitvtizg'iTa.
,LOBD 8ALISEURT ANNOYED BT THE BOOK
;bt CABLE TO the ptsrATcn.l
LoMON. October 25. Copyright
The weeE has been one of the pleasantest
spent by the Liberals si oce the Tories went
into office oTer four years ago. Their grand
old chief has been traveling and making
tpeeches at a rate and in a manner which
proves him to be as strong physically and
intellectually as he was at the commence
ment of the struggle; and on "Wednesday
was Yonchsafed to them what Cromwell
would have called the crowning mercy of
Eccles.
A fortnight ago it looked as though the
election would tura as much on the labor
quest.oias upo'i homo rule, and the Tories
for a time did their best to strengthen that
impression. But it soon became apparent
that the miners had mads up their minds to
Tote strictly on party lines, irrespective of
the eight-hour bill, and from that moment
Liberals and Tories alike, put home rule at
the top of the programme.
righting the Homo Kale Issue.
The latter are now making absurd efforts
to prove that the Irish question has little, if
anything, to do with a result so disastrous
and unexpected to them, but they have
been convicted of lying out of the mouth of
their own leaders. Lord Bartington, for
instance, upon the very eve of election, sent
this telegram to ths Conservative candidate:
"Notwithstanding tho side issues which
have been raised, union as against separa
tion is the vital issue before the electors."
Eccles is in truth the most significant
triumph for home rule won since that ques
tion was put in the forefront of the political
I., tit. Mfrat of the preceding victories
were due to the return to the Liberal fold of
the electoral sheep who went away in '86;
but Eccles not only confirms the conversion
of the dissentient Liberals, but proves that
three-fourths of the new voters are also home
rulers.
Kesult Unsatisfactory.
In one respect a victory so emphatic as
this is unsatisfactory, because the Tory
Government will be more than ever inclined
to hold fast to office for the full lecal term,
which will not expire for two years to come.
But Eccles, on the other, hand, will confirm
the Liberal leaders in thei' resolve to taake
Government legislation the next session im
possible, and so compel an appeal to the
country. On the whole there is no reason to
modity the belief that a general election
will take place some time next year.
Sir. Balfour has tardily gone on a tour
through some of the districts in Ireland
threatened with dire distress by the failure
of the potato crop. He is accompanied by
a select assortment of Dublin Castle officers
and preceded and followed by magistrates
and policemen. The latter are common ob
jects in any Irish landscape, but a Chief
Secretary is a very rare bird, especially in
Connemara.
Balfour's Investigation.
But the gaunt peasantry are now being
doubly blessed, for Mr. Balfour is accom
panied by his sister, and both have conde
scended to show themselves to the common
people and to travel on common jaunting
cars. If all the world did not know that Mr.
Balfonr is a very serious person, one might
suppose that he is endeavoring -to establish
a racing record. Before he is back in Dub
lin again he will have covered more ground
in a given time than John Morleyor any
of his predecessors in the work of investi
gation. But Mr. Balfour's flying trip will not be
marked by much investigation. The men
who accompany Inm are responsible for re
ports lurmshed him as to the absurdity of
all the statements about a threatened famine
or unusual distress, and they are not likely
to let him see or hear more than they can
help ot matters which must falsify their
arguments. The trip has been undertaken
chiefly to appease the public feeling which
has been roused by the speeches of John
Morley and Mr. Gladstone.
Projected Cures for Distress.
The same spur has moved Balfour to give
the world an idea of his light railway
panacea for Irish distress. Not one of
these works has yet been commenced, but
those projected are'from Galway to Clifden,
from Bjllina to Killala, from "Westport to
Mulvany, from Donegal to Killybegs, from
Stramrlar to Glenties, from Downpatrick
to Ardglass, from Skibbereen to Baltimore,
from Renmore to Headford and from ECillor
glin to Valentia. If these works be started
within a reasonable time no famine or even
very serious distress need be apprehended
in the districts covered by them, but several
of the most sadly stricken regions lie out
side of the scheme and apparently are to
shift for themselves.
The fund which has been started by the
National Liberal Club is not for the relief
of distressed peasants, but is avowedlv a
political affair, as its name "British Fund
in Aid of the Irish National Straggle" im
plies. It amounts already to over 5 000
and its promoters say they will not close it
until it shall hsve reached a total of at
least 20.000.
Light on Tory Diplomacy.
A remarkable work has been published
this week, made up of selections edited by
Andrew Lang from the letters and diaries
ef tho late Lord Iddesleigh, better knotra as
hjlli Z-A, jL iimllmx
LITTLE JACK HORNER HAS PULLED OUT A PLUM.
The result of the elections at Eccles has filled Farnell and the Home Rulers-with joy.
The Grand Old Man has a lead that looks like disaster for Salisbury and Balfour.
S;r Stafford Northcote. That amiable poli
tician died suddenly in Downing street in
1886, and his death was undeniably hastened
by worries caused by the shameful manner
in which he was hustled out of the Govern
ment by the intrigues of Churchill and the
perfidy and desertion of his friend and chief,
Lord Salisbury.
The manner in which the selections have
been made indicate that the book has been
published by his family as a vindication of
his personal and political probity, and that
it was not submitted before publication to
the Queen and tbe Prime Minister. It sheds
light upon many dark points in Tory diplo
macy and statesmanship, and has intensely
annoyed Lord Salisbury in particular and
tbe Tories and Unionists in general. The
latter, for instance, are pondering uneasily
and with misgivings as to their applicabil
ity to the present political situation the fol
lowing words spoken to Northcote by Lord
Beaconsfield shortlv before that cynical old
Tory's death: "We must above all avoid
putting our Whig friends into any difficulty
by making them appear to be playing a Tory
game." The Whig friends referred to were
Hartington, Goschen and others, now known
as Unionists, who are undeniably playing a
Tory game.
PICTURES FROM LIFE.
ARTIST COOPER GIVES REMINISCENCES IN
HIS NEW BOOK.
Dally Habits of the Well-Known Fainter
LastDays of Sir Edwin LandseerTouched
On Queen Victoria Figures as a Joker-
Royal Repartee.
IBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH 1
London, October 25. The most enter
taining book recently1 published is "The
Beminiscences of Sidney Cooper, Fainter
and Boyal Academician." Cooper is 87
years of age, but still paints well, has ex
cellent health and strong sight, all of which
every
day; now I only do three or four, but these
regularly. At the same hour I always go
to my painting room, at 7 o'clock in the
morning in summer, half an hour later in
winter, and set my palette and paint till
breakfast is ready at 8 o'clock. For this I
eat oatmeal porridge and some bread and
drink about half a pint of milk just warm
from my own cons. I have not tasted a cup
of tea or coffee for 36 years. I find porridge
very sustaining and at the same time very
provocative of appetite, while it keeps the
head clear for the morning's work. Then I
return to my Study and paint till lunch at
12 o'clock, when I eat well and drink but
little, alter which I paint again till
3. Then I clean up my palette
ior the day and go out for my walk, return
ing in time to wa.sh and prepare for a 6
o'clock dinner, which I enjoy without my
glass of port, for I have quite given that up
and every other kind of wine since my last
severe illness. After this I read my news
paper. At 9 o'clock I smoke my cigar and
at 10 o'clock I am off to bed."
Cooper draws a sad picture of the closing
days of the great animal painter, Sir Edwin
Landseer.
"I was shocked," says Cooper, "when I
saw him so changed. He was always cry
ing ont for more drink; was to ail appear
ances halt out of his mind. He said to me,
'OhCooper; you do not know how ill I
have been and still am, and they don't care
anything about me. They leave me alone
and tbey do nothing to help me. They will
not even give me anything to drink when I
am dying of thirst "
In Cooper's book Queen Victoria figures
probably for the first time in her life as a
joker. Here is the royal joke in all its
splendor. Cooper was down at Osborne
painting some royal cattle before the Queen
and her consort. " The artist bad been de
fending the presence of some dock
leaves in the foreground of his
composition. "Well," said the Prince.
jocosely, "they are beautifully painted
and doubtless assist tne composition,
but they do not give evidence of pood farm
ing." Her Majesty smiled appreciatively
and, shaking her finger at the Prince, said:
"Howabout the little pool of water in which
said His Boyal "Highness, laughing, "I
think it is a beautiful, artistic idea and
gives a stamp of nature to the scene."
"Yes, Albert," said the Queen, "and I like
its introduction much; hut it is not evidence
of good training." Upon this they both
laughed heartily.
TABU? EXCITEMEHT COOUNG DOWN.
Effect of the BIcKihleyBill on German Trade
Not So Bad After AIL
Berlin, October 25. Official circles are
skeptical as to any German reprisals upon
American trade. Th,e reports thus far re
ceived at the Ministry of the Interior tend
to dissipate the feeling ot alarm
created by the Americad tariff. American
orders in the leading commercial centers do
not appreciably diminish. However, Ger
many will not be driven into concerted re
prisals with Anstria by a sudden collapse in
the American trade.
The reports emanating from Paris and
Vienna attributing the initiatory retaliation
for the passage of the McKinley bill to the
Berlin Government, are utterly untrue.
Since M. Bibot'a overtures looking to such
action were rejected no communication has
passed between the French and German
Governments on the subjects.
SABA'S TERSE AHSWEB.
What Bernhardt Had to"Say About Langtry's
Performance.
rBT VVftLXT'B CABLJt COHPAItT.J
Paeis, October 25. Sara Bernhardt
was terse and sympathetic when a reporter
asked her to say what she thought or Mrs.
Langtry's attempt to play "Cleopatra."
The Bernhardt said: "Landry? Je
connais pas?" and refused to ear more,
he attributes b . thejenrity HsJir rp'rfyaAewhat-pKspeei'thereMfeir VWSS ?, """"""ty or "fel
which he thnsdescribes: " finding new channels for "the merchandise Iowshlp. Under'their various denomina
ted to walk five or six miles every affected by the American tariff. The' Com- tional forms, rf organization the young
THE PITT
IMITATING AMERICA.
THE GERMAN TARIFF WILL BE THE
HIGHEST IN EUROPE.
Trying to Ascertain the Effects of the Mc
Klnley Bill, and Looking Out for New
Markets Prospects for a Government
Majority Rather Uncertain.
COPYBIQHT, ISM. BY THK SEW Y0EK ASSOCIATED
FIlESS.2
Beelin, October 25. The Commission of
the Reichstag to which was referred the
labor bills will resume its sittings Novem
ber 4. Time will thus be given for a com
plete discussion of the measure before the
reassembling of the Reichstag in the first
week of December. The ultimate shape and
fate of the bill depends largely upon tbe
Government's tact in securing a majority.
The Center party continues to make the
abolition of the proscription of religious
orders an absolute condition of its support
of the Emperor's social reforms. The old
Cartellists resist the abolition. A section
of the Progressists and all the Social
ists, considering the proscription con
trary to the principles of a free
people, will vote with the Centerists. Herr
Wmdthorst reckons that thus there will be
240 votes cast for the repeal of the law. If
the Government accepts the gage of peace
offered by the Center party and accords the
abolitions desired, a strong majority will be
assured for tbe labor and other social
measures.
Several official movements point to the
probability of tariff questions engaging the
attention of the Reichstag, rendering all the
more necessary a careful nursing of tbe
Ministerial majority. Thus, one commis
sion, comprising 20 members, has been ap
pointed under the Ministry of the Interior
to inqnire into the Austfo-Hungary com
mercial relations with a view to reciprocal
diminution of tariffs. Communications
from the Ministry of tbe Interior have been
sent to leading firms in Hamburg, Bremen,
Breslan and other trade centers, asking
them to report on ths effects of the Mc-
Kinley bill in their lines of trade. Tbey
mission on Foreign Tariff further has to con
sider the new Russian protective measure.
Of the recent raising of the import duties
imposed by Bussia, 20 per cent was merely
provisional, pending the fixing of a new
rate.
A Tariff Commission, drawn from the
public departments of .the chief commercial
centers of Bussia, and presided over by the
Finance Minister, will begin its sittings
next week for the purpose of deciding npon
the details of the new tariff, which tbe
Xoioe Vremya declares will be the highest
in Europe. .
VICE CONSUL CHANGED.
Arrival
in London of Hitt, Successor of
Johnson, TTho Resigned.
TBT CABLE TO TUB DISPATCH.'.
LODON, October 25. Consul General New
arrived in London on Thursday, accom
panied by the new Vice Consul George C.
Hitt, of Indianapolis, who is to take the
place of Oliver R. Johnson, resigned.
Another consul and vice consul, in the re
spective persons of Dr. Edward Bedfoe, of
Philadelphia, and W. E. S. Bales, of New
York, whose destination is Amoy, were fel
low passengers with New and Hitt on the
City of New York. It is related that the
Clover Club punch, constructed oy Dr.
Bedloe in the smoking room of the steamer,
dispelled all the gloom of the voyage and
constituted him a public benefactor in the
minds of all intelligent passenger..
Other news with regard to the consular
service is that Philip Carrolifof New York,
consul at Palermb, who became unpopular
with the Italian Government by reason of
his report concerning the brigandage indus
try in that country, is to be removed to Ot
tawa. His place will be taken by Horace
C. P,ugh, of Terre Haute, the present Con
sul at Newcastle.
THE ATJJATTCE STUMBLING BLOCK.
Intrigues at Vienna in Favor of the Pope
Endangers the Compact.
Berlin, October 25. Chancellor von
Caprivi will meet Signor Crispi,
tbe Italian Prime Minister at Monza,
November 8, and will present King
Humbert with an autograph letter
from Emperor William. The in
terview, besides aiming at the
establishment ot personal relations between
General Von Caprivi and Signor Crispi,
will concern the settlement of the intrigue
in the Austrian Court in favor of the
Vatican against the Italian Government
Signor Crispi declares that Italy's con
tinuance as a member of the triple alliance
is menaced by the cabal of prominent mem
bers of the imperial family oi Austria,
whose emissaries at the Vatican encourage
the belief that the overthrow of Connt Knl-
noky or the death of Emperor Francis Jo
seph will be tbe signal for a rupture of tbe
Austro-Italian Alliance, which would re
sult in an effort to restore the temporal
power of the Pope.
Thornton Bros, Allegheny.
We appeal to the ladies of both cities for
their opinion about our $1 25 silk warp.
Come and see if you don't decide it's the
identical one being advertised iu both cities
at $2. Save $6 on your dress. Eight
qualities in black sils warps at the Cash
Store.
This fs the 14th year that Mr. Murphy
has played Kerry Gow, and the demand for
it is greater each season,for it is the greatest
of them alL
Fall and Winter Opening.
Nobby suits and overcoating at Dickson
ths Tailor's.corner FittS ave. and Wood St..
second floor. Telephone 1558.
K. Schauer, Tailor,
407 Wood St., makes fine clothes at low
prices,
SBURG
PITTSBURG, SUNDAY,
THE Y.P.S.C.E. COMING.
Pittsburg Gets the State Convention
of tbe Big Society.
ITS OKIGIN AHD ITS PRINCIPLES.
How It Has Grown in Ten Tears to a Body
of a Million Members.
THE EPWORTH LEAGDE AS A BIYAL
The assembling of the Stale Convention of
the Societies of Christian Endeavor in this
city November 5-7 brings into local
prominence an organization in the churches
which is fast taking chief rank among the
undenominational religious bodies of the
day. At its last national convention, in St.
Louis, in June, its members numbered over
700,000 and was then growing at the rate of
17,000 a month, giving it close to 1,000,000
members at the present time.
What is it, anyway? As a special train
bearing delegates to the St. Louis Conven
tion passed through Cleveland, one railroad
man said to another: "What does this here
Y. P. S. C. E., mean, anyhow?"
"Oh," said the other man, "it means, You
Poor Sinners Come Early."
He couldn't have fait the nail more
squarely on the head if he had tried. The
precise object of the organization is to cause
the young, who make "poor sinners" when
their religious education and training are
neglected, to "come early" into working re
lations with the church and each other; in
other words it means the cultivation of de
votional and practical Christianity among
yonng people. Someone has styled" it a
"patent coupler" between the young and
the church and between the young of vari
ous churches.
OBIGIN OF THE SOCIETY.
Since all the Christian world is interested
in the Christian Endeavor movement, which
has been pronounced ''the greatest religious
movement since tbe days ot Luther, Knox,
Calvin and Wesley." Some interesting
facts about it will be in place. Almost
everybody knows already that the move
ment was Btarted by the Rev. F.
E. Clarke, a Congregational minister
of Maine, about ten years ago. Dr.
Clarke is still at the head of the organiza
tion, and is affectionately hailed by his loyal
followers as "Father Endeavor Clarke,"
which sobriquet was bestowed by Postmas
ter General John Wanamaker, who is an
enthusiastic "Endeavor."
The origin of the society has been erro
neously attributed to Edward Eggleston, on
the ground that he was once pastor of a
church known as "The Church ot Christian
Endeavor." The good effects of this first
little society were so apparent that others
sprung un in imitation of it until iu 1882
six societies, all in Maine, met by repre
sentatives and organized "The United Soci
ey." There were just 481 members then,
hut tbe next year there were over 2,600; the
next, 6,400; the next, 14,892, and so on up
to the, million mark, which it is last ap-
proacning.
ITS CAEDINAL ?BINCIPLEB.
The features that win seem to be the
pledge of covenant. The idea is that if you
want to get the best out of a man you must
put him under some special sense of obliga
tion. The Christian Endeavor Societv has
what has been called "an iron clad ple'dge,"
binding all its member to dally prayer and
Bible reading and to public contession of
Christ, attendance on church services and
support ot the cause.
Christians were like the State militia, each
infected with its own local pride and preju
dices and full of petty rivalries, but in the
Christian Endeavor Societv thev are like
the Grand Army of tho Republic, marching'
unaer one panner with sectional jealousies
all buried in the one grand common pur
pose. Then, the prestige of numbers gives
an esprit du corps which separate organiza
tions never could. Another thing which
has contributed much to the success of this
movement, is the fact that it asks for no
contributions of monev, nor the right to
"boss" anyone, as conditions of affiliation.
HOW IT IS SUPPOETED.
The Society of Christian Endeavor is sup
ported wholly by the profits of its publish
ing house and such voluntary contribntions
as are made. Last year it cost over $7,000
to run it. TheGolden Rule is the organ of
the society and has a circulation of over
50,000. Besides, there are numerous tracts,
books, pamphlets and leaflets issued and
supplied by the hundreds of thousands to
the 11,000 local societies. It may be said to
"run itself."
Tneu, there are no bosses in it It does
not seek to interfere in any way with each
denomination controlling and training its
young according to its own notion, provided
the pledge and the name are accepted, and
these bring them into-affiliations with the
great army of Christian Endeavorers, and
nothing more. Still, the organization
has not always had smooth sledding.
Soon after the thing had demonstrated
itself a success in the Congregational
churches and began to spread into, other de
nominations, some of the narrow-gauge fel
lows began to get fidgety about it, notwith
standing it was pronouncedly interdenom
inational. RIVALS NIPPED IN THE BUD.
There was at one time talk in the Presby
terian circles of having a "Westminster
League," but the brother to whom was dele
gated the task of initiating it consulted
with his brethren, and was advised by the
element enthusiastic for tbe Christian En
deavor movement to go on if he "wanted to
lose his head." He still bas his head, and
there is no Westminster League. There has
been similar agitation among Baptists, but
a writer in the Examiner lately declared
that they hadno wish togo into the "league
ma feing'business."
The Methodist Episcopal Church, how
ever, by the force of its centralized organi
zation, has succeeded in getting a majority
of iu young people organized into
"The Epworth League," notwithstanding
the dissent of some of its most prominent
ministers, like Drs. Leech, Tiffany, Farrar,
McGrew and others. This organization now
numbers 250,000, with its own organ; and as
the process of "making over" good Christian
Endeavor societies into Epworth Leagues
has, it is claimed and admitted, been going
on at a pretty lively rate, there is music
in tbe camps.
there's boom foe both.
The respective organs charge and counter
charge, but there is plenty of room for both,
and the Methodist Episcopal Church cer
tainly has a right to a purely sectarian or
ganization if it wants it. Tbe plan of the
Unitpd Brethren, Disciples and some others
is to organize denominationally on a basis
broad enough to take in Christian Endeavor
and all other similar societies without de
stroying their affiliations with other young
people outside denominational, lines. The
United Presbyterian and the Methodist
Church of Canada have followed the exam
ple of the Methodist Episcopal, the latter
adopting the "Epworth" title.
New York leads the States in the number
,of societies and members, having i;709 or
ganizations and over 100,000 members. The
balance of the upward of 1,000,000 are dis
tributed among 49 States and Territories
and 9 British provinces. There is a society
in Oklahoma, one in the Wisconsin State
prison, and one on the United States man-of-war
Pensacola.
.Pennsylvania has over 800 societies with
a membership of 40.000 in round numbers.
It is the representatives of these 40,000 who
imeet in Stale convention, "here, GeaeralductionofTcr a suit can be obtained,
OCTOBER 26, 1890.
Secretary Baer will be present, but Presi
dent Clarke regrets his inability to come.
Distinguished speakers will address the
meeting. j
YOUNG MISSIONARIES.
Presbyterian Children Celebrate the Firth
Anniversary of Their Assembly Work
in Alaska and on India's Coral Strand
An Interesting Occasion.
Between 800 and 900 children of this city
and Allegheny of Presbyterian parentage
yesterday forgot all about tbe position given
them in the creed and enjoyed themselves to
the full. It was the occasion of the fifth
annual missionary assembly for children
and young people's bands of tbe Presby
terian churches, and exercises were held in
the East Liberty Presbyterian Cburcb, Miss
Kate McKnigtit presiding and opening de
votional services.
The rollcall showed the Happer Band,
Eait Liberty Church; Mary Farmnd Band,
Southside Presbyterian Church; Emsworth
Band, Emsworth Church; Bovs' Brigade,
East Liberty Chnrch; Chalfant B3nd,Park
Avenue Church; Kumler Band, East LiBerty
Church; Earnest Workers,' Band, Wilklns
burg Church; Willing Workers' Band,
Thirty-ninth Street Presbyterian Church,
and Park Place Mission Band, of Wilkins
burg. Short reports were made by each of these
bands showing that the membership of each
was constantly increasing and all' working
enthusiastically for the 4Hsionary cause. A
pleasing exercise was givep by the Mary
Farrand Band, of the Southside. The per
formers numbered about 30, and all were
dressed in picturesque costumes; some little
girls as fairies and little boys as knights of
the fifteenth century, fighting for the cause
of Christianity. When theyhad mounted
the platform thev recited in concert a few
short verses, entitled-"The Heathen's
Request."
All of the children united in singing the
hymn "Christ lor the World We Sins."
The ladies of the East Liberty Church
had prepared lunch, and after it was eaten
the children sang several hvmns, and Rev.
Richard S. Holmes, D. D., 'prayed. Short
recitations by all the bands present
were delivered; some being made
in unison by the different bands
and others by individual members of the
bands. Little Morrison Jones, of the Kum
ler Band, received an ovation for a recital
entitled : "Give the Little Boys a Chance."
Rev. Mr. Holmes made a short address
telling the children what good their
work was doing; how happy the
poor people were to receive the
Bibles which were sent to them, and how
grateful the Indians of tbe West were ior
boxes sent He said that if the children or
all the bands in the ,two cities should lay
aside 1 cent each Sunday it would amount
at the end of the year to over 512,000. He
concluded by complimenting them on the
good work they had already done, and said
it would prove to the world that it was
never too early to begin good work.
The election of officers was held. Miss
Mary Lyons was elected President;
Miss McKnight, First Vice President;
Mrs, W. P. Magee, Second Vicey President;
Mrs. W. R. Farrand, Third Vice-President;
Miss F. Cooper, Recording Secretary; Miss
M. Parke, Treasurer; Miss Kinnmer, Miss
May Beech, Miss Josephine Kelly and Miss
Launitz, Corresponding Secretaries.
The ladies of the East Liberty Church
were voted thanks for the entertainment,
and all present sang "From Greenland's Icy
Mountains" and the exercises terminated.
The next meeting will beheld at Wilkins
burg next October.
ETJDYAItD KIPLING has written a fasci
nating Serial. TUB DISPATCH has secured
the rights for this territory. Publication be
gins Sunday, November O.
sAItaOAILBEQPXE OTIDEB ABMS.-
A Dlspnted Crossing Protected by Miners
With Winchesters.
Denver, October 25. The Burlington
people stole a march on 'the Union Pacific
last Wednesday night, that may cause some
trouble before it is settled. The Burlington
sent a large force of workmen, who began
work at midnight, and before day
light Thursday morning they had
completed about a mile of track leading
from their main line into the Simpson coal
mine. In doing this they had to cross the
Union Pacific tracks, and this is the point
in dispute. The coal miners are all ip favor
of the Burlington, for tbe reasoir'tnat the
Union Pacific does not haul the coal away
fast enough to keep the miners working full
time.
The Union Pacific management was
furious, of course. Fearing trouble, the
Burlington armed the miners and section
men to'the teeth and set a watch on the dis
puted switch. They were rewarded Friday
night by the appearance of a Union
Pacific work train and a large force
of men sent to tear up the Burlington
tracks. Tbey were ordered not to touch the
new rails, and they wisely withdrew after a
war of words only.
- WABBIHG OVEB A DOG.
Colored Itcsidcnts of Garfield File Charges
Against Each Other.
An inoffensive-looking dog has developed
a deluge of bad blood among some colored
residents of Garfield, on the eastern side of
the Allegheny Cemetery. It is not
exactly known how the trouble originated,
but Thursday night, it is claimed, Edward
and James Braaks went to Green Eaton's
residence, where an excited altercation took
place. Eaton ordered the Braaks to leave,
and when they refused he fired his revolver
over their heads to Bcaie them. The ruse
was successful, and the two men left hastily.
Yesterday James Braaks entered a charge
of felonious shooting before Magistrate
Hyndman, of the East End, against Eaton,
and Eaton entered a charge or disorderly
conduct before Alderman Kerr, of the Fif
teenth ward, against the two Braakses.
Eaton gave bail for a hearing this evening,
and the Braakses entered a recognizance for
their appearance at Alderman Kerr's office
Tuesday.
' AH EXPLOSION EXPLAINED.
The Coroner's Jury Advances a Theory for
the Locomotive Disaster.
The coroner's jury investigating the ex
plosion of a locomotive on the connecting
railroad at Soho, last week, which caused
the death of several men, yesterday returned
a verdict to the effect that tbe explosion was
caused by the instantaneous evaporation of
the water in the boiler.
In descending from the incline the water
rushed to one end of the boiler, while the
other end became superheated. On reach
ing level ground the water again covered the
superheated part and was converted into
steam, causing tbe explosion.
WKKIaHQ OF GEADFATES.
College Alnmlnm in Session in the Windy
City.
Chicago, October 25. The Association
of Collegiate Alnmnaj to-day elected Mrs.
Bessie Bradwell Helmer, of Chicago, Presi
dent, and Miss Marion Talbot, of Boston,
Secretary.
There was a tie vote on the question
whether the next meeting should be at Bos
ton or Washington, and tbe decision was
referred to the Executive Committee.
Neat Uniforms for Police.
Chief Brown is endeavoring to effect an
arrangement whereby the police officers will
have their uniforms made to measure by one
tailor.
Tbe Chief believes the men will
look neater in well. fitting nlntlies. and hv
all PUrchasillff At nnn Vilan Vtn tfiinlra A T-p.
dispatch;
SUCCESS AT THE BAR.
V
Congressman Dalzell Points Oat the
Chief Requisites.
A LEGAL HIND ISN'T ENOUGH.
Great Victories Always Bear the Smell of
Midnight Oil.
THIS IS AN AGE OF LAEGE FEES
IWniTTEN TOB TUX DISFATCn.1
No man ought to stndy law who has not
a genuine love for the profession. It is
true, generally, that men are successful
only In those callings or pursuits upon
which they enter and in which they continue
from choice; bnt it is especially true, I
think, in the case of the law. Success
therein means hard work under even the
most favorable circumstances, oftentimes
indeed, almost always it means also a
long probation.
More than a mere knowledge of legal
principles, more than talent, or genius
even, is requisite to the successful practice
of law. The young man who is eager to be
gin at the top and all ambitious young men
are so eager soon discovers that it is tbe
part of wisdom to go slowly, that creeping
comes before walking, and that after all the
something is not to be found in books, nor
to be learned from tbe lips of a mentor, that
is to say, experience, is an essential factor
in working out the problem of snecess.
SUCCESS FINANCIALLY,
If a man have a love for his profession,
fair talents, industry and perseverance he
ought to succeed; though even with these
qualifications he may not. Success in the
law depends on so many contingencies, has
been attaine'd by men nnder such diverse
circumstances, that it is impossible to lay
down any strict rules upon the subject. I
am making use of the word success now to
indicate a large practice and a correspond
ingly liberal income. What constitutes
true success as a lawyer, in a larger sense,
wonld furnish a subject by itself for qnite a
comprehensive talk.
When I say fair talents I mean the kind
of talents that adapt themselves to the study
and practice of law. We often say such a
man has a legal mind. That is to say, he
has a mind which naturally absorbs legal
principles, and sees and recognizes the
justice of nice distinctions. A man may
have a legal mind and enjoy the study of
law, the indulgence in nice distinctions,
and have in addition a knowledge of de
cided cases, and yet not be capable of be
coming a successiui lawyer in practice.
THEORY AND PRACTICE.
I have known men who were well up in
the book learning of the profession, but
were unsuccessful lawyers notwithstanding,
because they lacked th'e faculty of applying
what they knew to (acts when presented to
them. Their law was all theory; it was in
their heads and wouldn't come out at the
proper time and place. I have known a
man who, when talking to a brother lawyer
about a principle of law, could cite him to a
case on all foura and yet, if within half an
honr a client presented himself with such a
case tbe same lawyer would fail to find any
analogy between tbe real case presented and
the case in the books. He failed to make
connection, that is all.
So vou see mbie than a legal mind and
legal knowledge are necessary. You must
have also practical faculties, such as fit
book learning to facts. The well equipped
vonng lawyer, well read and practically ant.
'must still iraait-bis -opportunity. It may
come to'hlm or he may make it, but oppor
tunity ne must nave, it avails a man noth
ing thaf he has tbe ability to distinguish
himself, for instance, in the trial of a case.
if he have not the opportunity to try the
case.
OPPOBTONITY"AND EXPEEIENCE.
Men are slow to trust their lives, their
fortunes and their sacred honor to a yonng
man fresh from his books. Opportunities
undoubtedly come to some men sooner than
to others, but opportunity is nothing unless
the man to whom it conies is ready to mas
ter it. Opportunity is only1 a chance for
success. If the chance be not taken ad
vantage Of it had better not have come. If
talent be wanting opportunity will prove
wasted.
And the man of opportunity must have
staying qualities, so as to make other oppor
tunities nntil his reputation shall haye be
come fixed. I have heard it said of a suc
cessful man at the bar, "Ob, yes, it was an
eas'y thing for him; he succeeded to so and
so's practice." Bnt, mark you, he would
not have succeeded to "so and so's" prac
tice had not "so an so's" clients agreed, and
and if he had succeeded to the practice he
would not have held it, had he not proved
himself eqnal to the task. The man fated
to be successful will make opportunities.
He will be fonnd on hand fully equipped
just when somebody expected has failed to
put in an appearance, and a pressing demand
existsjfor the right man in the right place.
HOW OPPOBTUNITIES COME.
For instance a great case is for trial and
the senior on one side is absent for some
reason, sick, detained; anyhow not on hand.
The case mnst go on. Th'e junior takes his
place perforce, against his will, and against
his client's will. But the young fellow is
up on the case; he is ready for tbe fray, but
so timid mat ne would never nave entered
it save under pressure. He is proficient in
the law; he knows all the facts; he handles
witness and jury with a masterly skill and
in the end the verdict is his.
Thereupon he has his hand on the ladder,
thencelorth it is with him to stand or to
climb. That rare opportunity has for him
tbe doorway to fortune; but the opportunity
would have availed him nothing had he not
been ready to seize it. Once seized his
triumph will be fleeting if he have not the
persistency, the industry, the dash to make
it but the first step in a series, the end of
which shall be conquest.
Success at the bar means as I have already
intimated, hard work. It 'means not only
days but nights, too, of toil, unremitting
toil.
THE SMELI. OF THE LAMP.
The successful lawyer is the man who
burns tbe midnight oil. I have often heard
it said sneeringly: "Ob, yes, that was a fine
speech, but it smells of the lamp." But I
have noticed, too, that the smell of the lamp
and favorable verdicts are very apt to be
found in close conjunction. The men who
make close legal arguments to the Court,
and eloquent and persuasive speeches to
juries on the inspiration of the, moment, ex
ist only in the imagination of boasters; they
are not to be found in real life. There is no
genius like indnstry. The successful law
yer, like Aladdin, traces his wealth to his
lamp.
Once in the swim the tide that carries the
successful lawyer is pitiless. Clients mul
tiply, they are pertinacious, merciless; they
will have the successful man's service.
Ambition, pecuniary reward tempt him; he
cannot halt; he must go on, and soon he is
the slave of his profession. But it is a
glorious servitude. What other profession
(I exclude none) so noble?
THE lawyeb's BESPONSIBILITY.
In tbe lawyer's keeping are the issues of
life with all its fascinations, allurements,
enjovments. Honor and reputation, dearer
even than life are his to defend. His the
secrets of the individual, of the home, of
his fellow-men from the cradle to the',grave.
Domestic affairs, protected by the law from
unwilling divulgence-nay," made secret
even as against the willing witness, on the
ground of public policy are his in confi
dence. He holds in his keeping the inter
ests of the living and, oftentimes, a trnst
for the dead.
JX goes without saying -that the successful
lawyer must be a man of the most scrupu
lous honor. The ngtion 'so prevalent
among those who do not know any better,
that a lairyer is a trickster, and not to be
trusted, is a sadly mistaken one. Nothing
can be farther from the trnth. I do not be
lieve that in any calling, profession, trade
or pursuit there exists as fine a sense of
honor, as scrupulous a regard for the rules
of right living in the relations
BETWEEN MAN AND HI3 FELLOWS
as exists among the members of tbe bar.
Temptations to dishonesty surround them
on all hands and always, but examples of
lawyers' unfaithfulness to their trnst are
exceedingly rare. The nice distinctions
that appeal to the legal mind of the suc
cessful lawyer are not confined to principles
of mnnicipal law; they extend also to the
principles of the moral law.
The successful lawyer of the present day
is generally in the receipt of a generous in
come. He can command large fees and an
ample compensation for his services. It
will be found true, as a rule, that a few
lawyers in any given town or city monopo
lize the great bulk of the remunerative busi
ness. To them go all the great and im
portant cases.
In this busy age, in the midst of Amer
ican push and enterprise, where great money
interests are at atake and litigation neces
sarily follows, the bar, it may be believed,
is an open way to fortune to the lawyer of
brains, industry and honesty.
John Dalzell.
LOOKING FOB HER FATHER.
Mrs. Catherine Bagel Comes From Ken
tucky In Search of George Haselberger.
Mrs. Catherine Hagel who lives at No. 21
Lowery alley, Allegheny ciiy, called at the
headquarters of the Department of Charities
yesterday, iu search of her father Geo.
Haselberger, whom she has not heard from
for over eight years. Mrs. Hagel stated
that the last time she had heard from her
lather was when be was" living at Becks
Ran, and she with her husband and family
in a small town near Louisville, Kentucky.
Mrs. Hagel said she lived with her parents
until about 12 years ago when she married
and went to Kentncky to live with her hus
band. After being married about six years her
husband died leaving her with five small
children to take care of. Since the death
of her husband she has been making a
livelihood for her and her children by
washing for her neighbors. She had
managed to save enough money to bring
her and the children to Pittsburg and ar
rived in tbe city about six weeks ago in
search of her father. She first visited
Beck's run in hopes of finding him, but
learned that he bad not been living there
during the last seven years. Mrs. Hagel
says she has written to a number of her
father's old acquaintances but can find no
one who knows anything of his where
abouts. .
TRIALS OF FOREIGNERS.
How It Feels to be in a Land Where Ton
Can't Understand the Language.
An Italian woman was gesticulating vio
lently yesterday to a policeman on Smita
field street. The impassive officer looked at
her and then shook his bead.
"Poor woman," remarked a bright Ger
man, who was passing.
'What's tbe matter with her?" said a
companion. "Isn't she crazy?"
"No," the other answered, "but Bhe soon
will be. She is trying to make that officer
understand her and he can't. Oh, I know
what it is to be in a strange land, and be
unable to talk the language. One feels as
if he were a child, though a man, and
it is necessary to begin over again. I came
to America when I was 16 years old. 1
could speak French and German, but these
languages were"no good td me. My German
friends wonld speak English to worry me,
and I found myself unable to understand a
word that was said by anyone aronud me.
I nsed to feel as if I were lost, but that did
not discourage me. I played marbles with
the boys, got drnbbed frequently and
learned the slang of the language first, but
after awhile I began to get a little light,
and now I defy any man to sell me in En
glish." THE BISPATCH has secured Kudyard
Kipling's first Serial. The opening chapters
will appear Sunday, November 9.
VANDERBILT MAY BE IN IT.
Eallroad Men Think He is Behind a Big
Purchase of Beading.
New Yoek", October 25. At the office of
H. B. Hollins & Co., hankers and brokers,
it was said that it was true that a large
block of stock of the Reading Railroad Com
pany had been bought by that firm, but that
the firm had nothing to say as to tbe state
ment that H. B. Hollins had been made
a member of the Reading Railroad syndi
cate iu place of W. W. Gibbs, of Philadel
phia, and that the purchase of stock and
change in the personnel of the syndicate
representatives meant that the Vanderbilt
interest would now be represented in it.
Among well-informed railroad men in the
Stock Exchange it was said that there was
no doubt but tbat the purchase of tbe stock
means that the Vanderbilt interest would in
future be represented in the management of
the Reading road, and that while a controll
ing interest has not been secured, it was
sufficient to insure a continuance of the ex
isting satisfactory arrangements between the
Vanderbilt and Reading roads.
A COOTIICTniG DECISION.
An Iowa Judge Declares That Selling Orig
inal Packages lsaCrimel
Bloommeld, Ia., October 25. In his in
structions to the grand jury here, Judge
Leggett said tbat under the decision of the
United States Supreme Court it was not a
crime to sell liqnors imported from another
State in the original packages until the
Wilson bill was passed by Congress and be
came a law, but after tbat time it was a vio
lation of the laws of this State to sell any
liquor without a proper permit.
Judge Leggett declares that the action of
tbe inferior United states uourts in other
States on this subject was not binding on
the courts of this State, and that until the
question is finally,, settled by the higher
courts it is the duty of the grand jury to
considerer the law valid and to enforce it
against all violators, whether by original
package Bales or otherwise.
LOST IN THE WOODS.
Charles Pickering, a Maine Sheriff, Dies
From Exposure.
Banoob, October 25. Charles L. Pick
ering, a Sheriff of Lincoln, was fonnd dead
to-day in the woods, where he had gone to a
lumber camp after a witness.
The officer became lost and died from ex
posure. .
SWlll' SWINDLING.
A Stranger Beaten Before He Had Been
Thirty Minutes in Boston.
Boston, October 25. George J. Fitzpat
rick, a young man from Seattle, arrived
here to-day and was swindled ont of $290 by
a confidence man before he had been in the
city 30 minutes.
Went Home With Her Father.
Miss Dean Wagner, who was brought to
the city by A.H. Bentley, under promise
of marriage, returned to her home in
Cooperstown with her athar. (The meeting
between parent and child was very affecting..
Political Prisoners Escape.
Panama, October 25. Bolivian advices
state that all the political prisoners have
succeeded iu escaping from the prison in
tjuere.
PAGES 9 TO 16.-
secrets sky,
Motions of the Stars Revealed
by the Big Telescope at
Lick Observatory.
MEASURING THE SPECTRA
From Which Speed in Space is Now
Accurately Calculated.
THE SOLAR SYSTEM'S MOVEMEHT
Toward the Great Universa of Worlds Will
Soon be Known.
GEEAT C0STEIBUT10NS TO ASTK0S0HT
fwuiTTES' roa Tira DisrATcn.
The great telescope of the Lick Observa
tory is arranged so that it is available for
three distinct kinds of astronomical research.
It can be used as a seeing instrument to ex
amine the features of a planet, etc., and to
measnre the distances from one star to an
other near it. It can also be nsed as a
gigantic photographic camera 60 feet in
length, to obtain the Impression of star
clusters and nebula; on sensitive plates, and
it can likewise be employed to collect and
concentrate the luster of planets, stars and
nebulae, so that their light may be advanta
geously examined by a powerful spectroscope.
Tbe spectroscope can be used for two quite
different purposes. By comparing the spec
trum of a star or planet with the spectra of
difierent terrestrial substances we can de
termine what terrestrial elements exist in ths
atmosphere of the celestial body; or again,
after having done this, the spectroscope can
be used to measure the velocity with which
the star is approaching the earth or receding
from it.
MOTION IN THE LINE OP SIGHT.
It is this latter problem that I wish io
speak of in order to describe some recent
discoveries made with the great telescope.
Tbe instrument has been used in tbe other
fields just mentioned with correspondingly
important results, but I am now concerned
with this latter field only.
Let me briefly explain how it is that the
motion of a star toward us is to be deter
termined by merely looking at its spec
trum. Light is composed ofmyraids of
waves moving with a constant velocity
through space in all directions from a
luminous body. We see the body by means
of these waves, which enter our eye and fall
upon the retina. If there are 500,000,000.
000,000 waves per second entering the eye
we call the color of the object red. If they are
750,000,000,000,000 waves we call the color
violet. If there are waves of various num
bers between 500,000,000,000,000 and 750,
000,000,000,000 all entering the eye at once
we call the object white.
WHAT THE SPECTEOSCOPE DOES.
The spectroscope spreads out the light
from the object into a colored band or rib
bon, with the red light all at one end, the
violet all at another, and with tbe colors
prange, yellow, green, blue and indigo ar
ranged in order between them. The white
light which we saw with the eye had been
analyzed by the spectroscope into its con
stituents colors. Suppose we should look iu
this way at a star which was always at the
same distance from us; and suppose farther
that we could draw a pencil line across the
ribbon of its spectrum at the middle of ths
violet, for instance. This pencil line wonld
mark the place the color which is formed
by light waves which reach us at the rate of
750,000,000,000,000 waves per second. Let
us suppose another pencil line drawn above
the first just outside the spectral ribbon,"
thus:
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The star Is at rest. B I
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bo s q cj :?
3 O T "
The long rectangle is the star's snectrnm
with its colors in order. A is a line which
always stays in the middle of the ravs which
form the violet. B is a line (a piece of fins
wire, for example) which we have put in
the spectroscope itself, so that A B is one
straight line.
CONDITIONS OP THE OBSERVATION.
We must imagine the jeal state of things
as follows: In the first place there is the
star in space, millions of miles away (but
always at the same distance from us), shin
ing to the eye with white light, that is
sending to us waves of all wave lengths, be
tween 500,000,000.000,000 and 750,000,000,
000.000 per second. The whole of space be
tween us and the star is filled with such
waves. When they come to the spectro
scope they are spread out into the colored
ribbon which we see.
Now, let us suppose that at a certain in
stant the star begins to move directly away
from the earth with a very great velocity
say at the rate of 50 miles per second or more.
Its physical condition is not changed. It con
tinues to send out rays of all wave lengths.
It is still a white star to the eye. Its spec
Uum will contain all the colors from violet
to red. But there will have been a change.
The particular rays from the star which (in
figure 1) formed the violet (with the pencil
line A. among tbem)wlll not form the violet
la w spectrum. Why? Tbey formed.
..... .U.D iuv,uw,uw,uw,uu0 of these?
rays came to tbe eye in a second.
EFFECT OF THB-BTAB's MOTION.
. But the star is movini? inr , ...
rapidly that these particular rays taka
longer to reach us f their velnA;t Xt
mission in space Is not changed) and fewer
of these rays come to the eye in a second.
The rays have not changed, bnt the sensa
tion of color (which is in nnr ... t.
changed. These particular rays no longer -
juiiu ub iiui uui. nave uiovea a own in tae
new spectrum, wuicu we see, toward the
aigo. Jngure a represents the new state oM
things. xtememDer that the line Bis fixed.
in the spectroscope and does not change, ft
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The star Is moving away B
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Evidently the faster the star moves away
from us the greater will be the distance be-
tween the lines A and B the displacement
of A If the star shonld be moving toward
us then A would be displaced on the other
side of B. The amount of the displacement
measures the velocity of the star's motion.
Now, we cannot draw a pencil line (A)
among a bundle of rays which comes from a
star; Bnt nature has done this ior us. The
spectra of stars are usually crossed bv five.
brack lines, which are dne to the absorption ,
of certain rays in the star s own atmosphere...
Nothing is more certain than these rays
1wht remain m fixed places in th itu
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