EHE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, TUESDAY. NOVEMBER '4, 1890. iaMj. ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 8, 1MB. Yol.4 No."D. Katertd at Pittsburg FostoElce, Sot either 1. lSST, as teconu-class matter. Business Office Corner Smithfield and Diamond Streets. News Booms and Publishing House 75, 77 and 79 Diamond Street EASTEKN ADVERTISING OTFK'F, ROOM 21, rKlHbNk XUII.DING, NET YOltK. herc vompfete files t I'llT DISPATCH can alwajsbe found. Foreign advertisers appreciate Vie ccn vem-n?e. HowieacAertiscrs E':d friends of THE DISPATCH, while In Xisw ork, are a!so made welcome. THE DISPATCH ss rcaulciJu on sale at -Brenlimo's. S Vnicn Squire. JVeir York, aid 17 jtie.le CCpe-a, .Prtivs. I-ancr. where anyone tba has ttcrfi disappointed at a. hotel neus stand can obain it. TEltMS OF T1IK DISPATCH. POSTAGE FREE IV THE UNITED STATUS. XU1LT DifPATCi. OneTicar f 6 CO IAH.r Dis PiTcn, IVrQuarter : 00 ItXlVT DISPATCH. Oni -Month 70 DULY DlsriTCn. Including t-uurtav, 1 year. 10 CO DitLT DlfPATCIt, tnri:i'llucnnla,3ln'ths 2 50 DULY Uiipatcu. inciudinjr Mrauii, 1 m'th 95 fcsrJAY Inst ktcu. One er - 50 "V.EEELT DISPATCH. One H.' Ill T.tE Daily InsrATru ide'ivered by carriers at 35 cents per svee, tr InciuCiug unda edition, at (' rents pe- wee. P'TISIHUG. TUESDAY, OV. 4. 1S9C. extra edition f the dispatch containing the ory litest ELECTION ISETTKN-J-nillLe Usm'd after the mails art supplied on "Wetliieilaj morning. They can bo -.erured at the publication office or from new lto h. THE SILENT YOTI- The public appear to have taken a deep Red intelligent interest in the choice of "Stale candidates set before them to-day. "Whatever the result, it cannot be but help ful that the public hare taken this interest. When attention is thus evidenced, the effect upon politics cannot be but beneficial. As for the conflicting claims of majorities they of course crow in intensity and dimen sions, and will continue until some definite indications are had to-day of the actual re sults. But we see no reason to chance the llie;'tbat the contest has altogether too many as yet unmeasured elements to war rant positive predictions in any quarter. "While the leaders and active workers on both sides are clamorous and exuberant as to their expectations, it is the silent voter who will turn the scales. It is largely anions the silent voters that the supporter" of Pattison count upon draw ing the strength which, added to his party Vote, may decide the day in his favor. The Independent Republicans who have joined lis canvass are seeming v making neither Sets nor predictions but are none the less earnest or confident for all that Whether victory or de'eat comes, the voter who casts his ballot according to his best intelligence and judgment will be in a position to regard the resul' withequal com Jxrenre. This is probably the happiest as it Sb undoubtedly the most philosophic mood. pertinent advice vindicated. The esteemed New Yoik iun quotes some ines which apreared in last 'Wednesday's DISPATCH asking candidates what they iiav in store to add to the uproar and ad vising them not to explode it with a bang lest it prove a boomerang. The New York luminary applies it to the candidate on the other side of its municipal fight, where it raay or may not be apposite. The advice is generally applicable to the average political aspirant at the c'oe pi any campaign; but it Is necessary to remark that it was in tended to have an especial bearing on our State campaign. The pertinence of such advice is appar ent when we consider the events of the last week. It the political managers who have been booming Mr. Delamater and his fortunes had but appreciated the apothegm of The Dispatch ryhniester that "In the closing days you mustn't be too brash," they would have rescued themselves from the dis agreeable duty of firing no less than three missiles at the enemy and presently under going a stunning blow on the noddle from each of them as it turns out to be a boom erang. The advice properly pondered would have saved them from starting a charge against Pattison, which was so base less that the organ which published it had to back down in four days; which only called attention to his defense ot the Con stitution against corporate encroachments, and the neglect ot the same duty byalte jwblicnn administration. It might have kept lhem lroni attempting to luij sec tarian iEsues into the canvass by appeal ing to the prejudices of two opposing de aosiinations at one and the same time. It might have held them back from trying to htias pressure to bear on the employes of a great corporation to coerce their votes, and baring the attempt exposed and rendered fntile. Bat our friends were too deeply in the legnlar rut of politics to appreciate the per tinence of The Dispatch minstrel, and the consequence is that they have been hoist with no less than three of their own petards. But the philosophy will be as good in fu ture years as in the present; and we hope Jor their own profit they will take to heart the ad rice. "Don't explode it with a bang, it tear pruve a boomerang In the closing das, you musn'tbc too brash." A GREAT DISCREPANCY. Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, in a re cent speech avowed a political principle which, if it were cquallv and impartially applied, would be unexceptionable. Sena tor Koar declared: "I am tired of having, under this Constitution, a man count for one in South Carolina and Mississippi, and but a fifth of one in Massachusetts." Under this avowal of principle it plainly lipcomes Mr. Hoar's duty to prevent such inequalities in cases where his vote as a Sen ator has a clear constitutional application. But that duty makes him peculiarly open to the retort of his opponents that this fatigue did not prevent him from voting for the ad mission ol Idaho and Wyoming, with 120, 000 inhabitants, with t ice as much power in the Senate as the two millions or more in Massachusetts. The same comparison will apply to some of our Pennsylvania states men. The 120,000 inhabitants of those States have six votes in the Electoral Col leges. The same numberof people in Penn sylvania have a little over eleven-twentieths of one vote in the Electoral College. It thus appears that while it tires the Ee publican statesmen to have a vote in the Southern States, for which they have no re sponsibility, count, as alleged, five times as heavily as one in Pennsylvania or Massa chusetts it not does wear them out to consti tute new States in which each votehas nearly twelve times the power of a vote in these same States. The conclusion is somewhat obvions thai their objection is not to the in equality, but only to the inequality as it works against thtir party, while they Tote for the same inequality, highly exaggerated, when their side will gain by it. This peculi arity is heightened by the fact that the apocryphal quintuple power of a vote in the South as compared with one in the North which is leally about double, is due to con ditions which are not within their constitu tional control; while the establishment of tw el ve times the power for a voter in "Wyom ing over that ot a voter in Pennsylvania was secured by their party vote during the pres ent year. This is a very striking illustration of what is becoming quite prominent in politics nowadr.ys, namely, that the avowed princi ples of politicians do not run against their own party, but are only applicable to the opposition. A CAMPAIGN- OF DISCUSSIONS One feature of the campaign just closed deserves notice as an evidence of progress It is the fact that, more than any campaign for manv years, the method of political work took tbe line of discussing the politi cal issues involved, and the principles at stake, in the various contests. It has often been the subject of humorous and sarcastic comment that campaigns of late years made little appeal to the reason ing powers of the people. In many of them the resort to argument was reduced to a minimum, and it seemed to be regarded as a conclusive argument if one side could hire -the most men to disguise themselves in oil cloth capes, and bear tin torchlights in pro cession over muddy streets. What bearing upon questions of tariQ or administration it had, that one political party could induce more till men to bear wooden axes, or ob tain a large number of men to display parti colored umbrellas in the various cities of the land, was never made manifest. The fact that we have had a minimum of that sort of thing this year permits the conclu sion that perhaps our political managers have begun to observe the fact that votes among thinking people are not made in that way. This year the appeal has been made almost exclusively to the thinking powers of the peo ple. Of course, the campaign arguments have been disfigured by the usual amount of sophistry, appeals to prejudice, and even rank misrepresentation; which will be neces sary accompaniments of politics until we approach closer to the millennial stage than we are now. Even in this respect an ameli oration is noticeable in the fact that one side brought forward its charges against the op posing candidate at an early stage, avowedly for the purpose of giving full opportunity for reply or refutation; while the personal attack on the other side, though made late in the day, was frankly abandoned when its baselessness was shown. The main part of tbe State campaign has been "made on the line of discussing questions of State admin istration and national legislation; and in that respect presents a marked advance on its predecessors. In the Congressional elections tbe same satisfactory feature presents itself. There probably has not been a campaign in the present generation when the various as pects of the tariff question have been so fully discussed as in this one. Of course, in this discussion there was a vast amount of special pleading and appeal to sectional interest or prejudice, but still it was argu ment and an appeal to reason. It is a very gratifying thing to have had a campaign which was conducted on the plan of arguing the C3se before the people. This is the tra ditional and typical American method of letting each party make the best case it can, in the press and on the stump, and then leave the decision to the people. "When that policy is adhered to, no matter how much the arguments may be diluted by sophistry and appeals to ignorant preju dices or selfish interest, there is the best hope that the right decision will be reached in the end. It is rather too early to say whether a similar amendment can be alleged with re gard to another bad tendency in our poli ties, namely, the influencing of votes with money. But the tenor of the reports would make it hazardous to affirm that there has been anything liKe so palpable an improve ment in this lespect. The efforts taken to check this grave evil of nullifying and preventing the honest expression of the voters wishes will have the effect ultimately of asdecided an improvementin that respect as the gratifying one we have noted. TO-MORKOW. To-morrowis not always desirable. "When to-day is pleasant we are apt to be oblivious of the morrow. "When the present is un comfortable we do not seek refnge in the past; it is to-morrow that holds our hopes and fears. Of all to-morrows the one which follows election day is the most generally desired. For weeks the cry has been: "Wait till Tuesday, November 41" and there being no othes course open to us v. e have waited. But the real haven is to morrow; the day alter the die is cast, the day when this man is a hero aud that man a dead horse, when the prophets on one side are crowned with laurel and the prophets on the other side wearily crawl into their holes; when the philosopher says, "I told you so" with painful iteration, and the enthusiastic but injudicious paint the town red. This is the to-morrow which can now almost be touched, and great is the longing for it in many hearts A BLOAY TO THE TKUSTS. The magnates of the Sugar Trust appear to be in a fair way to learn that when the courts declare their organization illegal, it means something. The decision of Judge Pratt, as announced yesterday, deciding that a receiver must be appointed and the prop erty of the trnst distributed among the certificate holders, is equivalent to the service of notice upon the trusts that when the illegality of the combinations is declared, the law requires them to be wound up, and their business to be restored to the methods of legitimate business. The logic of the decision to that effect is unquestionable. As the trust has been de clared to be illegal, and the agreements by which it obtained control of the property in its hands are void, the Trustees are clearly the custodians of property belonging toother people and which the courts must see re turned to its proper owner. To let the Trustees continue to hold the property or to transfer the control which tbey have ob tained by illegal methods would be mani festly improper, and "would subject the corporations composing the trust to forfeit ure of their charters Consequently the court holds that the only possible course is the appointment of a receiver to dispose of the property and distribute the proceeds. The logic of the case might carry the con clusion much further than that. The de cision of the Court of Appeals that the trust was illegal and all the agreements by which it was formed void, is a snake-bite that extends through every transfer of prop erty to every certificate of the trust. Every step in the organization being void, the cer tificates are void also, and represent, not shares in the property which is held by vir- tueof illegal acts, but only shares in. the I general control now declared to be entirely void. Consequently the various sugar re fineries held by the trust belong to the original and several owners from whom the trust obtained them, and all that the cer tificate holders can expect in equity would be tho return of the money or consideration originally paid for the properties. Settle ment upon this plan would be an almost endless task, which is probably the reason why the plan of settlement indicated by the courts will be the easier but less logical one of retnrning to the different corporations their respective properties, and of selling the other assets of the trust and distributing among the certificate holders. This decision places before the country the plain method by which the common law will take possession of and wind up the modern organizations for stifling compe tition. The process may bo very slow. The deliberation of the courts and the ability of high-priced lawyers in the line of interpos ing dilatory proceedings may extend the strutrgle lor years. But though the judicial mills grind slowly, they grind exceeding fuie. Until the power of these concen trated masses of capital reaches to the ex tent of inducing judges to deny the funda mental principles of law, it is shown in this case that when the illegality ot one of these combinations is declared, it leads inevitably to the result of putting it in the hands of receiver and distributing its property. That fact will make it necessary for the trusts either to own the courts or to abaudon their efforts at stifling competition. Of course all tbe resources of the trusts will be applied to theattempt to discover some means of dodging the force of this decision. One of the methods which they may try might be to obtain the offering for sale of all the assets and property controlled by the trust in a single lurnp, in which case no buyer would be likely to appear, except the great corporation contemplated to take the place ot tbe trust and perpetuate its illegal purpose. But this can hardly be done ex cept by the grossest collusion and if it was done, what would be accomplished? Under the trust decisions the new corporation would be tainted by the same illegality as the original trust, and would be subject to the judicial penalty of sale and distribution. "With the late decisions against the trusts given their legitimate force aud meaning, the day of trusts is ended. The attempt will donbtless be continued to evade the provis ions of law; but after one or two of these combinations have been through tbe receiver ship mill, their popularity will be wofully damaged. 4 ESTHETIC POSTAL CARDS. Postal cards of dainty colors are to be sold by the Postoffice Department soon, and it is said society is pleasurably fluttered at the idea. The nn-sesthetic and jaundiced card now in use is to give place to pretty little oblong tablets of all the subdued tints in rose, blue aud old gold. The sup position is that these precious slabs of paper will come into general use for fashionable correspondence. Maidens of high degree are supposed to be longing for such deli cate vehicles for the outpourings of their souls and pens. The postmasters and mail carriers will have much pleasanter reading matter if the expectations of the department as to the popularity of the new postal cards is fulfilled. The reform carries with it much sweetness and light, and it is a daring imagination that could conceive of making tbe postal card a thing of beauty, and a courier for tender epistles. If the' same genins.will devise a method for making in visible the writing on postal cards, he will bring them into universal use. Unless he can do this we fear that the most delicious of tints will not overcome the drawback of publicity. ItATHER DOCBTFUE METHODS. The re-sale of Millet's "Angelus" for 5150,000, an advance of $40,000 upon the price paid by the American Art Mission, brings to a successful close a grand specula tion in art. The French Government, pre sumably, intends to hold the picture as a national heirloom, and there is happily little chance now of soaps or patent medi cines securing its advertising services. Great authorities in art differ as to the real value of "The Angelus." but few pretend that it is worth anything like the second or even the first price alleged to have been paid for it There seems to be a stiong probability indeed that the figures in both cases are fictitious. The reported sale of the picture last year for $110,000 was a capital advertisement for the exhibition tour through this country, and the re-sale of the picture on paper is again alleged in certain quarter to be intended to excite public interest in the farewell appearance of Millet's masterpiece. If it were a sea serpent such methods of advertising would be quite in keeping, but in connection with a work of art they are not in place. Now the sewer-pipe manufacturers are going to form another combination. As it Is about sixty days since tbe last one was an nounced. It will be seen that this impending combine is fully due. ANOTHEB remarkable view of a famous enactment is presented by the allegation that tha inter-State commerce law is involved in the case ot a book agent who was arrested at Union City, Erie county, for taking orders for books published in other States, with out a license. As that law contains no provision which by tbe utmost stretch of Imagination can come within speaking dis tauce of such a case, it is pertinent to remark that under tbe present theories of construc tion, the inter-State commerce clause of the Constitution might bo stretched to cover such a case. Elsewhere it may be kept up, but in this State it is noticeable at the end of the cam paign that the rule ot claiming everything with confidence is more honored in the breach than in the observance. Me. Piekre Lorillabd gave a dinner to tbe leading racing owners of the country the other day for the purpose of consulting as to the means of reforming tho turf. The object is a laudable one; but the condition of the turf at present is such that any thorough re form will haTe to be based on tbe same plan as the proverbial one with regard to trimming the dog's tall by cutting it off just behind the ears. When the turf is completely reformed there will not bo enough ,of it left to warrant any further proceedings The weather and the indications yester day promised that a cold day was in prepara tion for some one to-dayi A cold wave will strike the politicians on one side or the other to-night. It is noticeable that the instructions to the captain of tho Government steamer Wal cott, with rt-g&ro to stopping seal poachinc at the islands only called for the seizure of the depredating vessels "if they are taking seals on land at -the islands" This indicates that the Government official, like common people, is able to learn something trom the progress of events The advance in the price of gas blows good to the coal dealer who now contemplates that long-looked-for and come-at-last return of an active local demand. The Secretary of tha Treasnrv has nD- proved tha appointment of 115 lady managers of the World's Fair. Now if these 115 ladles can induce the masculine clement to cease what may bo inelegantly described a3 monkey work and get down to the business of working up a nrst-class fair, the aptitude of women will bo once more vindicated. FonGEKlES and roorbacks may now be expected to take a well-earned rest until about this time in 1892. The Supreme Court once more declares that tbe learned Judges of the license courts have full discretion to grant or refuse licenses to sell liquor at retail, according to their own views of the public necessity, . PH0MINENT PERSONALS. It is stated that James Russell Lowell is en gaged npon a life of Hawthorne. The Bradley-Martins, of New York, have set a fashion which will possibly find imitators among other rich Americans. Instead of spend ing the winter in New York or Florida they have secured a palace in Cairo and will give some sumptuous entertainments in true Orien tal splendor. A YEitr interesting book will shortly appear. It is Fanny Kemble's "Last Records," a sequel to "Recollections of My Girlhood," which most persons have read and enjoyed. Mrs. Kemble must be over SO now, but her memory is still unclouded, her intellect clear, and she is full of anecdotes of the interesting persons she has known. Mrs. Burnett is said to stand at tbe head of our authors just now in her literary earnings. The London Daily JXews says that she has re ceived for her American rights oft the play or "Little Lord Fauntleroy" no less than 17.000 (583,000), and that if wo were tofadd her similai profits in England on "enormous sales" of this novel, the amount earned out of the book would be "quite startling." Mr. William Steinway. of New York, who got home from Europe on Friday, did not lose his interest in rapid transit during his res idence abroad. He regards the Berlin system as pretty near perfection. This consists of a viaduct road built of stone and iron. It is 20 feet higb, and has four tracks. Trains of ten cars are run, and the? make as little noise, Mr. Steinway says, as an ordinary horse car. Olive Thorne Miller has completed two new books, both on subjects in the treatment of which she is happiest one on out-door studies of birds; tho other studies of pet ani mals in tbe house. The bird lover maintains a regular bird room in her cozy Brooklyn home, and this is Mrs. Miller's study, where she often sitB quietly for hours watching her birds and gathering material for ber delightful books and magazine articles. Eugene Field tells this story in ono of his London letters: Mr. Gladstone ran into town from Hawarden early tbe other morning, and feeline uncommonly hungry he dropped in abont 8 o'clock at the Raleigh Club for ajquiet breakfast. He looked so red-eyed that no one would have suspected that he was the grandest of grand old men. The sagacious waiter mis took him for a "rounder" one of the boys "What have you got to eat?" demanded tbe old gentleman. "I beg your pardon, sir," an swered the waiter, haughtily, "but we don't serve suppers after i a. it. If Mrs. Bernard-Beero comes over next year there will be an exhibition of all-round acting, which will recall the palmy days of Clara Morris. Mrs. Bcrnard-Beere is long, slim, mus cular, sinewy, intense, thick-lipped, heavy-eyed, intelligent and versatile. She is known as the English Bernhardt, and she has achieved a unique and pointed degree of prominence on the English stage because she is the only woman of fame who does not wear corsets. In England, where it is the controlling desire of one woman to look like all her sisters, this species of originality is valuable. Mrs. Bernard Beere's years are probably 10. OUR MAIL POUCH. A Card From J. B. Corey. To the Editor of The Dispatch: I have received from Chairman Andrews an importunate letter asking me for a prompt and liberal contribntion to the lteoublican cam paign fund, saying they are badly in need of funds, and from tbe deep interest and support which I had previously given to tho Republican party, he telt sure I would aid tbem In this emergency. I want to inform Mr. Andrews and all my old friends in the Republican party, that I am going to vote and support Robert E. Pattison, Deraocrat.for Governor.and John Dal zell Republican for Congress, for the reasons I formerly supported the Republican party, to wit: clean politics and an honest administra tion of our State and national affairs. Tbe best possible security we can have for that is' to elect a man who has proved himself honest, as Robert E. Pattison has done when in office. I submit the following figures to show why I prefer Mr Pattison to the man who is now re ceiving not less than $6,000 annually on State funds deposited in his bank in violation of tbe State Constitution. Remembering that on November 1, 18S9, tbere was, in violation ot law, 2.117,277 sinking fund money in S5 pet banks, instead of earning money for tbe people's government bonds. We rind that Governor Heaver has invested in State and United States bonds $2,957,875; saving interest of $860,400; Gov ernor Pattison invested in State and United States Government bonds, S7.5J2.479; saving in terest of $1,817,862. With such figures as above, I am at a loss to know how any man who has the w elfare of the Republican party,to say noth ing of the interest of our Commonwealth, at heart, can vote the Republican nomination. Pittsburg, November 3. J. B. Corey. A Plea for the Newsboys. To the Editor of The Dispatch: In tbe opinion of myself and numerous other daily passengers on the horse car lines between Pittsburg and Allegheny it is tho perfection of meanness on the part of the directors of said public conveyances to exclude the newsboys Irom their useful trade on tbe cars. To hun dreds f people who do not have their papers delivered at their house tho selfish ordinance of these Draconic gentlemen is a great incon venience. It is, undoubtedly, also a great draw back for the poor and perhaps often breakfast less little traders. I have traveled in most civil ized countries on the globe, but was never be fore compelled to leave a car (aud take the next one) in order to buy a newsnaper. It is to be hoped that you will use your influence toget this eccentricity eorrected. A. C. eT. Allegheny, November 8, 1890. Less Force at the Bottom. To the Editor of The Dispatch : In answer to "Readr" I will say that it will take more power to force the water into a tank over the top. than at tbe bottom, forthe reason that there is always a higher column of water to raise outside of tbe tank than can be inside. Allegheny, November 1, 1890. P. R. Worth 20 Cents if in Good Condition. To the Editor or The Dispatch: Please inform me through your paper the value of a silver 20-cent piece and if any partic ular date and oblige. v Constant Reader. Homestead, Pa., November 3, 1890. Allegheny tho Banner County. To the Editor of The Dispatch: To decide a bet, please state which was the banner Republican county in Pennsylvania in the Harrison-Cleveland campaign. Voter. Pittsburg. November 3. HELEN GLADSTONE. A Boston Girl "Writes of Her Big Nature and Splendid Vitality. From the Chlcaito Herald. ,. ' A private letter received in Boston from a lady who has been studying the life at Newn ham College, in Cambridge, England, elves an interesting sketch of one of the most note worthy women in Eugland to-day. Miss Helen Gladstone, daughter of the statesman and Vice President of Sidgwick Hall. We are al lowed to copy: "Miss Gladstone is an exceedingly original person. lu looks she resembles her father, and she has, I fancy, his vitality. She is always laughing, joking, telling stories Sne keeps tbe high table in a roar, indeed. Whenover I hear any commotion, I turn to seo if Miss Gladstone is not about, and she generally is. She is utterly regardless of dress, comes down to 7 o'clock dinner in a gingham, and for lunches and gar den parties gets herself up to look like the strong-minded, practical wife of a country min ister. "She seems frank, sympathetic, kindly and has great magnetism," continues th'e writer. "Streams of power flow odt of her eyes. It amuses mo to think what a shock she would bo to many Boston people. If she wore intro duced as 'Miss Brown, of Chicago, they would pronounce ber 'shocking,' 'the typical Western woman,' a person who must be sat upon and sllGnccd at all costs. But for big nature and splendid vitality would drown their little crlti-. cisms, and when thoy found her to be Miss Gladstone they would pronounce her "a erlorlons creature.1' i i SNAP SHOTS, IN SEASON. Now, give us a fair count, an early count and a count all together. Do you ever have the blues? Or are you sunny always, sour, grumpy, morose, evactine, irritable never 1 Some time or other you have fallen out with the world, now haven't you? And then how miserable you are, and bow mis erable you make those about you, too. Peevish, fretful, exacting nothing goes right, every thing goes wrong. You see a black spot on the sun, a dusty streak instead ot its bright ray, or else it is too dazzling and too warm. A laugh sounds like a shriek, and a smile on theiface of a friend merely contorts his. features. You kick the dog and frighten the cat. You lay violent hands upon the chairs and long to smash the furniture. You cannot relish tho breakfast and feel like cursinc the cook. Your coffee is dishwater, your toast is burnt, your eggs are stale, your plate is cold. And bow cross wife fs, too. The baby well, it's simply unbearable. And in this mood you start off to the mill loaded with your grist of grievances. You bowl alous without greet ing tnend or dodging foe. Your mind only holds one picture, and that is a black one, to be sure. And you keep looking at it, don't yon? Yes, you have the blues out of joint with your self and all belonging to you. What a mind miring, gruesome, cbeerless state you're in, to be sure. But not for keeps, after all. A clond gathered somehow or other, and passed away as mysteriously as it came. Then you call your self a bear, a brute, a monster. O, how you long to pat the dog you kicked, rub the cat you frightened, kiss the baby you scowled at. And then you langh a sort of hollow, graveyard guffaw, to be sure, but a laugh all the same a laugh that breaks through the cloud and tickles you back to your old self. So there you aro again, a man and a brother. Tho sunbeam dances and the people are really gay, aren't they? Then you brighten up and completely brush tbe cloud off your mind. Only the memory lingers long enough to permit you to square up with your household gods, and then it vanishes. When the blues come again it may haunt you. If it does you are panoplied for resisting them. Your foot may miss the dog and the cat won't scare, nor the baby cry when you scowl if you nso the memory of the first attack to chase off tbe second. Tbe blues to you now are like tbe bogies were then. They are ghosts that can be exorcised by cheerfulness and guarded against by temper. A smile will keep them at bay and a laugh will frighten them away. The fellow who is satisfied to float with the tide should not expect to have a life-preserver thrown to him when he gets caught in the un dertow. The politicians have played all their cards and It's now tbe people's turn to trump the trick. The American citizen will soon be called on to knock the stuffing out of the Thanksgiving turkey. the day's doings. The heeler cold. The peeler bold, Are hanging round the wickets; The workers spry, The voters sly Are depositing the tickets. The candidates Defy the Fates, And gaily skip abont; From poll to poll They swiftly roll. And smile, but do not shout But soon we'll hear, 'Mid awful cheer From many a motley group, Who won the fight This Tuesday night And who is in the soupl About the only thing the searchers for the North Pole get is a monument. It's not worth anything to them, either, as they don't live to look at it. A vote in tho box is worth several in the hands of the stay-at-homes. To-night you will find out whether you are booked for Salt River or not. Even old maids have boas in winter time. The man who has no overcoat Is lonesome: "Who is without a dollar note Is lonesome; Who barely manages to float, And cannot board Salt River's boat Because he could not cast a vote Is lonesome, awfully lonesome. Dressmakers should make clever naviga tors, because they are good at rounding capes. People will marry and be given in marriago just as long as girls continue to be born, the Tolstois to tbe contrary notwithstanding. Tins is tho day somebody is sure to get left. We hope it will be the right one. Don't rub cranky people the wrong way. They're all right if you know how to handle them. The Steve Collins joke is Iiabio to canse as great a commotion as the Tom Collins joker. The fellow who figured on tbe majorities yesterday will cut a sorry figure to-morrow, Geioiany doesn't like our pork, but it loves the Rhine. Here's cold comfort for the Methodist sisters who want to vote in the Conference. Ten churches in Maine stand 209 for to 11 against. You might as well give it up, girls Sextons are the architects who plan and con struct our last homes. The shirtmakers collar and cuff us with im punity. It was quiet, chilly and clear last night, and tho stranger within our gates would not dream that a large number of people really believed that the country was going to the demnition bow wows if tbe result to-day did not go their way. ALL the theaters were full to the doors last night. It's refreshing to see so many hunting amusement outside of politics, especially on the eve of battle. Some of the fellows who shook hands with you this morning will give ypu the cold shake before another sunrise. It was too fine and cool to rain last night, so it snowed a little. Don't try to voto more than once to-day. The President baa no more rights at the polls to-day than the commonest citizen. This is a great country, isn't it? President Hatouson most, be lonesome. He is going to call ivn extra session of Congress. The Force Bill wOl be the next National dis turber. A fair day and a fair count is all the truly good citizen asks for now. The blizzard will soon sweep across the plains. The frost will soon bagin to paint the panes; Tramps will soon stand shivering at our doors. And beg lor clothes, Dut will not ask for chores. Will the rooster ciow or the coon smile on Wednesday morning? It's no harm to try and guess this, but don't bet on it. Lovers seldom indulge in arguments, as tbey agree on all points. After marriage, how ever, they are liable to differ. Man is a free agent, hut the practical politi cian does not seem to think so. v If you are bulldozed at the polls to-day make it warm for the buIldo::er. Sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander, you know. It's about timo for tbo police to take a hand in tbe Hallow'een nonsense In the cities . STJLLlVAN.would malos a good undertaker. He's a clever layer out, you know. The snako hisses Sarah Bernhardt every time she plavs "Cleopatra." V '.-t, . -W1M.E3 YYtKKLE. lU - . - . ... i WHEflE LADIES REIGN. , Arrangements for the First National Con vention of the Non-Partisan W.C.T.U. Committees Appointed Doings Among the People of Society. Abont 30 ladies gathered in one of the meet ing rooms of the Fourth U. P. Church, Mont gomery avenue and Arch streets, Allegheny, yesterday afternoon, to make arrangements for entertaining tbe 200 delegates to the first Na tional Convention of tho Non-Partisan W. C.T. U. Tho convention will be held November 19, 20 and 21 in the North Avenue M. E. Church, Allegheny. Mrs. H. C. Campbell occupied tbe chair, and Miss Etta Beacom, of Sbarpsburg, and Mrs. J. L. Anderson, of Beaver, acted as secretaries. Following are tbe committees: Entertainment Airs. Mattie Patterson, Chairman; Sirs. John Corbus. Mrs. William Bricker and Mrs. N. B. Long, of Heaver Falls: Mrs. J. R. Harrah, Mrs. R. A. Patterson and Mrs. J. C. Whitla, Beaver: Mrs. L. R. Speer, Mrs. R. D. Bowman, Mrs. James Harrop. Mrs H. Critchflpld and Mrs. L. Guthrie. Braddock; Mrs. J. A. BoSwoll, Mrs. Agnes McDonald. Mrs. William Miller, Miss Jennie Leitch and Mrs. A. P. Smith, Allegheny; Mrs. A. P. Burchfield, Mrs. W. C. Hodge, Mrs. William McKeown, Mrs W. P. Price and Mrs T. N. Eaton, East End. Hospitality Mrs H. C. Campbell, Chairman; Miss Emma Mahon and Mrs. J. F. Neely Sec ond U. P. Church; Mrs. Samuel Long and Mrs. A. K. Duff. Third U. P. Church; Mrs. R. P. Wallace and Miss Etta Clark, Fourth U. P. Church; Mrs. Dr. Campbell and Mrs. S. McEl heny. Fifth U. P. Church: Miss Eula Shaw and Mrs. Robert Knox. Sixth U. P. Church; Mrs. S. C. Grossman and Mrs. Emma Temme, Seventh U. P. Church; Mrs. Robert Wilsom and Mrs. Dr.'McNaugher, Eighth U. P. Church: Mrs. R. S. Robb, Mrs. Dr. Kennedy and Mrs. Dr. O. L. Miller, Westminster PreBbyterian Church: Miss Sarah Mahon, Mrs. J. S. Collins, Mrs. F. H. Hutchlns, Miss Lizzie Chambers. Miss Tirza Morton and Mrs. K. Holden, Allegheny; Mis3 Amelia Gilchrist, Mrs. Samuel Hamilton, Mrs. F. Dinger and Mrs. Abraham Reese. East End; Mrs. Mary Fritz and Mrs Eliza 1C. Reed, Pitts burg. Finance Mrs Ellen M. Watson. Chairman; Sirs. "W-V. Hughes, Mrs. J. D. Weeks and Airs. Frank Dinger, East End; Mrs. George B. Hill. Mrs N. W. Stevenson, Mrs. J. W. Drape and Mrs Ada Benners. Allegheny; Mrs. R, D. Bow man. Braddock; Mrs. E. E. Stoup, Natrona; Mrs. A. Rndgers.Talley Cavey; Mrs. 31. L. Har rison. McKeesport; Mrs. J. L. Anderson, Beaver, and Mrs. George Sands, city. Mrs. Ellen Watson was appointed Chairman of tho Decorating Committee, with power to appoint the members of the committee. Miss Etta Beacom, of Sharpsburg, was made Chairman of the Committee on Pages and Ush ers. A partial list of the young ladies, her as sistants, follows: Tho Misses Hetty Harper, Lily Morton, Mary Chambers, Ella Temme, Hattie Knox, Maud Monroe, Ada Hill, Josie McHenry, Nellie Mevay. Blanche Frasier and Jessie Leitch. of Allegheny, and Nellie Watson, of the East End. A number of young men will also be placed on this committee. Another meeting will be held at the same church nextMonday afternoon at 220 o'clock,to make arrangements for the refreshment service during the session of the convention. A LEGAL DECISION That it is Best for a Man to Wed and Have a Home. The marriace of Miss Crissie McKelrey, daughter of Mr. John McKelvey, of Negley avenue, and Mr. Jesse T. Lazear. the well known and popnlar young Grant street attor ney, will be solemnized Tuesday, November 11, at tbe East End Presbyterian Church. The pastor, Rev. Dr. Kumler, will officiate. After the marriage a reception will be tendered the relatives at tbe home of the bride's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Lazear will occupy a pleasant home on one of the principal residence streets of the East End. Saturday Afternoon Reception. Mrs M. K. Moorhead gave a most pleasant reception Saturday afternoo i to a large party of her friends at her eleeant home in Shady side. A splendid luncheon was served. The reception and dmingrooms were very tastefully decorated, chiefly with chrysanthemums Social Chatter. The Executive Board of tbe Western Penn sylvania Christian Missionary Society met at theY. M. C. A. building yesterday afternoon. With the exception of Snaking out the appro priation list for the coming three months noth ing but routine business was transacted. Rev. W. S. Williams will lecture from the subject "Jack and Jill" at Curry University Hall this evening under the auspices of the Y. P. M. A. of Christ Church, Universalis!. Re freshments will be served. The lecture is an invitation affair. The dancing class of Mrs. E.V. Bridge, which holds forth in Cyclorama Hall. Alle gheny, gave a reception dance to their friends last evening. It proved a most pleasant affair. A TIMELY HHYME In "Which Readers of The Dispatch Should be Interested. A few verses in our esteemed cotemporary, the Saturday ltevlew, are of timely importance: "Falling loud on our tympanum, fearful as the crack o1 doom: Speeding westward, awful, thund'ring; 'tis the ltudyard Kipling boom. Rudyard Kipling, sifted stripling, praise and glory to his name. Prosing, rhyming, bravely climbing to the pin nacle of Fame. " This graceful recognition of a new develop ment in tho literary world is especially inter esting owing to the fact that the biggest gun that Mr. Kipling has yet loaded will be heard in The Dispatch on November 9 through tho beginning of his first serial, "The Light that Failed." THE STCAK TRUST CASE. A Receivership is Deemed Necessary by the Court and Two "Will ho Appointed. New York, November 3. In the Supreme Court, Brooklyn, to-day Judge Pratt handed J down his decision in tbe Sugar Trust case, which is a voluminous one. He holds that a receiversliin is proper and necessary, and that two receivers should be appointed The re ceivers to be appointed will take possession ot all the properties and monojsof the trust. It is understood that no person identified directly with the trust will be appointed. Judge Pratt gives the two parties to tbe suit until Thursday to agree upon the two persons to be appointed receivers. Tho Judge justifies tbo original injunction re straining the plan of reorganization, but says that it has been superseded by tbe publication of the plan under consent of both parties, and the object or tbe tiust baring failed, each certificate holder has a right to demand that the affairs of the trust shall be wound up and that he have his share of tbo joint property. IN THE CAENEGLS LLBKAEY. Rare Books That Bear Upon the History of Pennsylvania. The Carnegie Free Library has been fortu nate in the reception of a large number of books relating to tho history of Pennsylvania, and especially of Pittsburg. The latest addi tion is that ot a copy of "Tho Western Farmers' Magazine and Almanac, for the year of Oar Lord 1829, calculated by the Rev. James Taylor." This magazine was printed In Pitts bur" in tho vear named and is tho gift of Mrs J. S. Liegett of 3015 Locust street. Philadel phia. The book is well worn, but will be put in such condition that visitors to tho library may be able to scan its pages. Yesterday there were about 100 volumes of German books received at tbo library, chiefly books of general literature and fiction. Tho Canse of Humanity. From the Baltimore News. If Pope were living in tho present age of the world he would probably reconsider his famous line regarding man's inhumanity to man and qualify the general sentiment intimated. Thero never was a period m the world's history when so many minds were busy with plans for tbe improvement of tbe condition of the human race. , This is Raillery. From the Louisville Courier-Journal. Tho Pennsylvania practice of running a train of cars through a hotel occasionally is a great convenience and ought to be encouraged. Too mqcb money is paid out for transportation from stations to hotels. Indiscriminate Abuse. From the Boston Traveller. J The holder of railroad stocks has too long been the subject of indiscriminate abuse, and it is well to remember that he has rights which should be respected. November. From the Boston Traveller. No rustling leaves upon tbe trees No zephyrs and no pleasant breeze. No birds, no flowers, no honey-bees No-vembnrJ SPECTACLE TRIUMPHANT. The Bottom or the Sea The Great Metropo lisWoman Against Woman Hyde's Specialties Hungarian Music Little Trlxie. If the drama which was played for tbe first timo here at tbe Bijou Tbeater last night could have been given to us in the torrid days of August there were one or two it would have been something of a solace to those who sighed for the seashore and could not get there. "Tbe Bottom of the Sea" is the name of the marine spectacle dug from the French by William A. Brady, but it has quite as much to do with the bosom of old ocean as his bed, and the series of scenes on board ship, among the billows and in the caves and sandy forests of tho great deep which it presents are unique in variety. In its spectacular side is the strength of the drama. For a first night the scenes moved smoothly last night, altbougb the effectiveness of the shipwreck at the very start of the play was marred bvtbe accidental eruption of anupe from tbe seething trough of the sea. The yacht which comes to tbe rescne In this sceno has a most realistic appearance, and tbe later scene upon the quarter deck of a French man-of-war, with the machinery for laying a subma rine cable in operation, had equal truth. As to tbe truth of the supremely sensational scene beneath tho waves, very few living men are qualified to speak, nut the illusion of water in motion, of a liquid body, was well contrived, and the fish darting about, the extremely un pleasant cuttlo fish or octopus, and the divers with their odd dress and electric-lit helmets certainly made a weird and unusual oicture. Of course, with such scenes it is not out of keeping that the story which they illustrated should be full of glaring impossibilities, but the plot Is interesting, if hero and there obscure, ust as Jules Verne's ingenious novel on similar lines is amazing and amusing. Last night the audience followed the twisting and untwisting of the plot with close attention, and the play could have hardly bad a warmer reception. And for this the really good work of the com pany as a whole was undoubtedly responsible in no small measure. The picturesque villainv of George W. Barnnm asBanalli, tbelrish buinor of Eugene O'Rourke as Barney Doyle, the manliness of Mr. Karrinston's James Jforlon, the engaging beauty of Miss Lillian Lee and her spngbtliness as a French maid, mav be men tioned a3 factors in this melodramatic success. The audience was of the immense order, and as regards the gallery, not the most orderly in tbe world. Grand Opera House. The second title of tbe play that was pro duced at tbe Grand Opera House last night tells its story best, namely, "The Life-Savers of Sandy Hook." It is with the noble fellows who stand ready upon tbe verge of the robber sea to succor shipwrecked mariners that the play deals. There is no good reason why it should be called "The Great Metropolis." Tho interest centers in Act IV., which brings the audience, after approaching the sea through the previous scenes, right upon tho shore ol that treacherous low spit of land, known as Sandy Hook, and sbows a ship going to pieces in a storm, whilo the life-savers rescue the crew by means of the mortar and life-line. The realism of this scene is wonderfully tbrilline.and tbe audience hailed the salvation of each in dividual as he was dragged ashore in the life can with great applause. There are other scenes in tbe play ot considerable beauty, that of Sandy Hook beach after sunset notably, although tbe moon did not behave as well 33 she might last nieht. The story of the play is not essentially novel, and it is burdened with atieist one act full of superfluous, pomtleS3 talk and attitudinizing. Without the second act the play would be a great deal more interesting. The dramatic power of the third act was a surprise after the staleness and twaddle that preceded it. The work of Mr. Henry Weaver as Will Webster, and Miss Carrie Jackson as Gertrude Savernale, made this climax of tho play very telling, and indeed tbe naturalness and intensity of their impersonation are the brightest feat ures lof tbe whole performance. The combi nation of amateurishness and general stolidity in most of their associates made much of the play very flat in spite of the spectacular epi sodes. The heroic figure cut by Mr. Charles Canfield as Jack Soil was strongly reminiscent of John I Sullivan, and tbe reckless profanity of much of tbe language used by several of tbe characters heightened the suggestion of the prize ring. Harry Williams' Academy. They say milestones are the most unsociabla things in the world, becanse you never find two of them together: but the show at the vaudeville .homo this week is as far re moved from the blues as tbe Pres idency is from Belva Lockwood. It is a spmphony in smiles. Hyde's Specialty Company includes in its list artists who can please an audience without falling from the clouds. Last night tho grotesque) dancine of Harry Edwards and Daisy Kernell, and Lillle Western's rare musical skill on a number of instruments were well received. So was Belle Clifton's skipping rope dance. Fantastic aerial contortions by Smith aud Lord, and Sam Dearin's popular .tunes on his picked-before-ripe instruments won applause. Tbe threo Felix sUiters are very graceful dancers. One song from Helene Mora was not enough, and the singer bad to render sev eral selections to satisfy her enthusiastic lis teners. La Petit Freddy, the clever boy artist, spoke and sang in half a dozen different lan guages. Japanese fantasts executed impossi ble feats. Harris' Theater. "Woman Against Woman" was not seen yes terday for the first timo in Pittsburg by any means, but it was nevertheless greeted by two very large audiences at Harris' Theater. It i3 a play that appeals to the sympathies of such an audience as usually fills this family resort. Its touches of pathos and comedy are suffi ciently well mingled to concentrate interest in the plot and characters throughout tho entire performance. As for the company now present ing it here, a word of praise can be given. It is falrlr strong, certainly well balanced, and the ladies have beauty and grace rnouzh to in terest all in their troubles and difficulties tbrntigbout tbe unwinding of the plot. Tbe domestic supper scene in tbe second act is very natural and true to life, an 3 Mis3 Moretta therein proves herself as good a cook as she is clever actress. Davis' rifth Avenue Museum. Harry Davis got back from New York yester day wearing a smile and leading a band. The two looked very well together, for the band was tbo Royal Hungarian Gipsy Band, which he had succeeded in engaging only after a deal of wire-pulling and a little promise-to-pay In volving 8500 every six days. As not one of tbe members can speak a word of English, he had a merry time of it, so the smile was becoming. The baud has been the big card of tbe Eden Musee of New York for a year, and previous to that played In the royal household of Hungary at Buda-Pestb. This is the first time it ever ap peared in a museum, and after tho Pittsburg engagement it goes back to the metropolis. That its mnsic yesterday aTternoon and even ing was charming goes without saying, and its novel costumes and odd instruments make it the best attraction ever seen here under a similar management. Alfred Pilgrim, a lad who has neither hands nor feet; Count Ornoff. a Circassian chief; bamson. who snaps chains as if tbey were twine and bends bars as if they were lead, and the features of the Curio balls and the stage attractions are above the aver age, including a troupe of trained dogs 'The Coming Strauss Concerts. Tbe tremendous success of tbe Strauss con certs in this country is such that they could be continued almost indefinitely in any large city yet vhited. One tour was made early this sea son, and every place then visited will be revis ited by special request. The music is every where praised, its icndition lauded with every known adjective and the performances at tended by crowds that tested tbe capacity of the houses. Some such result may be antici pated here, for already the coming concerts are the theme that engrosses talk. The two con certs are to be given on Friday next at Grand Opera House and Olu City Hall. The list of subscribers Is already laige. and the reserved seat sale is in progress at Hamilton's. The World's 3Iueum. The musical comedy. "Little Trixie," in which Miss May RoDbins and a fair company appeared yesterday at this bouse, is a bright little piece, and Miss Bobbins is quite clever. In the cuno hall tbe following are among tbe features: Mr. Cbauneey Morlan, ago IS years, weigting 540 pounds, the circumference of whoso arm is 24 inches, chest CO inches and waist 72 inches and who wears a No. 22 collar. He is said to be the heaviest boy in the world. Miss Lizzie Stur geon, who uses her toes to sow and do the finest ktnd of embroidery: Miss Annie Nelson, the charming little lady songstress: Mi-s Nina Ran dall and her den of snakes of all kinds, and manv others. DEATHS OF A DAY. non. A. W. McCoy. Kochestik. Pa., Novembers. A. V. McCoy died at 11:30 o'clock this mornlne from typhoid fever. He had been sick about a month. Mr. McCoy bad been a practicing attorney in this section Tor a number ot yean. He was also prominent In politics, btlnjr a member or the Ke publlcan State Committee, and an active worker lor Major Phillips In the Congressional struggle In this district. John Getty. Tbedeatb of Mr. John Getty, a prominent citi zen of Allegheny, was announced last evening. Mr. Hetty's home was in tbe Ninth ward. lie was weu w m u uusiac cucies o now cine. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. A party of expert oil drillers has just sailed from New York for India, where they, are wanted to search for oil. The Hindoos consider flesh food as de filing a man, a vegetarian diet being tho first essential ol their religious life. The knot, or nautical rclle, is 0,086.7 feet, while the statute mile, which is employed in measuring distances on land, is 5.2S0 feet Buffalo has a firm named Irish & En glish. What is equally curious Mr. English U an Irishman and Mr. Irish is an Englishman. Nearly 14,000 horses are annually con sumed as food In Paris. In Vienna and Berlin tbe annual consumption is about 6,000 horses each. Tjje highest price ever paid for a book, it is said, was $50,000. It was for a vellum mis sal which was presented to King Henry VHL by Pope Leo X. Simplicity in living strengthens not only the body, giving it great muscular power and endurance, but purifies the mind, enabling vital force to be accumulated. The total length of tho streets, avenues, boulevards, bridges, quays, and thoroughfares of Pari3 is set down at 600 miles of which nearly 200 are planted with trees. Pennsylvania's claim to be a great State is borne aut by the fact that strawberries are being picked In Sullivan county, while snow has been falling only ten miles away. The slave popnlation of the country was 2.0C9.043 in 1830, 2,437,355 in 1840, 3.204.313 in 1850, and 3,953.760 in 1860. Missouri had 25.091 slaves in 1830, 53,240 in 1S10, 87,422 in 1830, and H4,931 in I860. In man the lower jaw has much freedom of lateral movement, which aids In grinding food between the molars; the jaws of carnivora admit of only tbe upward and downward move ments The increaseof abonf- 1,000,000 people in 13 years In Spain is attributed in a great measure to the success that has attended the changes in the hygienic condition of the cities and large towns. The Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, which was organized in 1878 with a mem bership of 700, has now 17.000 circles located in all parts of the the world, including a branch at the Cape of Good Hope. A Williamston, Mich., man, whose well ran dry. found that the roots of a willow had grown a distance of 24 feet, colled up on the bottom in a solid mass, and were carrying all the water into the foliage. It is stated that there is a negro king on the west coast of Africa who rejoices in the un pronounceable name of Hagabahahasmadasa-b3lanarahltaragaradalammasakalafarhamahm-ahtalaladalabsatanthnamahazabaha. Dispatches received at New Bedford, Mass., give the latest reports from the Arctic fleet of whaling vessels, and state that the fleet has taken, to October 6. 93 whales, or nearly twice as many as were taken last year. Aroostook's potato crop this year is es timated as worth at least 81,200,000, many claiming that the Maine farmers will receive even mora than this for it. The Aroostook starch factories will grind un about $400,000 worth of potatoes this fall. The Siamese have great regard for odd numbers, and insist on having an odd number of windows, doors and rooms ill their honse3 and temples. There must bo an odd number of steps in the stairs and an odd number of feet in the height of all steeples and minarets. A vegetarian recommends as a day's food for an adult, three pounds of ripe fresh fruit, one pjund of dried fruit (figs, dates, prunes, raisirs or sultanas), half 3 pound of almonds or nnu (walnuts. Brazils, filberts, etc. ). four egz3, and quarter to half a pound of cheese (Dutch or U'uyere). Apropos of the educational progress of women In England, it it worthy of note that at Birmingham there arj 41 women and only three men candidates for the Cambridge higher local examinations: at Bradford. 24 women, one man; Leeds, 35 women, two men; at Manchester, 42 women, one man; a: Liver pool, 59 women, one man, What is stated to be an improved method of etching glass has been patented in England. It differs from tbe older methods in the fact that etching is accomplished by a cold process with the aid of rnbber stamps the vivuiui: ui &uuu unifies as oomes, lamp glasses, glass plates and similar objects being consid ered accelerated, and the cost of treatment re duced. Eighty-two per cent of all public school teachers are women. Men hold the chief offices, however, in the National Educational Association, though this year, for the first time, women's names appear in the list of vice presidents. They aro also on the Board of Directors, but not among the trustee. They ought to be everywhere, and will be one of these times. In the Church of St. John, at Pisa, Italy, there Is a piece of stone heavily marked with red, blue and yellow spar, ihe lines repre senting an old man with heavy white beard, with a Dell in his hand, seated Beside a small stream. To the worshipers at St. John's it is known as the St. Anthony stone, the picture upon it being a perfect likeness of that saint, even to the minor details of tunic and bell. "The holy carpet," says Galignani, which is now being brought bank to Cairo, where it will have to submit to the indignity of quarantine for 15 days, is one of thoso which are periodically taken to Mecca to be sancti fied, and is made of a thick sort of silk em broidered with letters of gold, each letter being 3 feet in length and 2 inches broad. It covers what is known as the Beat-Allah or inner sanctuary of tbe temple. An interesting historical relic has just changed owners in Scotland. "When James V. visited Loudoun Castle, 400 years ago, a hand some black oak chair was specially constructed for him. The "King's chair" was then re moved to Sorn Castle, and afterwards to Ca trine. where, by some mistake, it was put up for public sale, and bought by a Mrs. George Mair for a trifling sum. Tills lady at her deatb, which occurred recently, bequeathed it to her son. The Giffird gas gun, to the uninrSited, hardly differs from any ordinary rifle, except that a small tough steel tube runs from the lock alone tbe barrel for a distance of about nine inches. In this insignificant looking tube there iscontained a liquid strong as the strongest poison, for a single drop of it fs enougli to send forth the death-dealing bullet with a force equal to 500 pounds pressure on the square ln;ti. And this it accomplishes so silently, so entirely without outward and visible signs o( tho inner working, that If this gun is ever adopted as a weapon of war, the battles of the future will be as silent as were the attacks of tbe savages who know of no other weapon than the primitive bow and arrow. WIT tS SEASON. "I think I'll vote' for Harley. He has the Itch for office." "Precisely. That is why I Intend to scratch him." A'eio York Heraia. Maddox I suppose you call that politi cian "itazor" because he Is so sharp? Uazzam No; because he has a 'pull.' i'tic York Sun, How good a man is to his wife the first day after she has caupht him doing something wrong Jleadvitte Tribune. "Goodness gracious, how fast the time does pass! 1 Just cot out of Jail yesterday, and here lam In again. ''FhllaUelphia Times. A man can have only one past, but he it not limited in tbe matter of presents, and he can have all the futures he cau manage to buy. Jlochester Post-Express. The summer eirl has disappeared, The autumn girl Is here. And when the Ice nets on the streets The fall Ctrl wlU appear. Washington Star. "What brought the wrinkles in that man's face, papa?" Care." "Oh! What brought the wrinkle In his coat, papa?" "Want of care." "Oh!-SmttA. Gray&Co.U Jfon- lv. Hyde The ancient KSmaE mil to burn their dead relatives and preserve he ashes la urns. Parker-Then 1 suppose ra ily irs were quite coninon among them. Veirvi. H cs. Little drops of water, Little grains of sand. Make the mlUman wealthy And tho grocer grand. Sew York Sun. Mr. Van Neere Yon didn't brush the cobwebs off this bottle. Stinky! Stanley Axcnse me. eor, bnt I saw yez putting thlm on, and I wouldn't tek the liberty, uubld. Smith. Gray & Co.'s Monthly, "They say Turkish tobacco contains prussic add, doncher know, old fel', ' remarked Harry. "Why don't you smoke It then, instead of cigar ettes, chappie?" asfced Jack.-CAfcajo "Jafer Ocean. t- Bmks Been traveling is Europe eh? How did yoa find the hotels? Jinks Hired 'ch vvoa jiiws. Mii&.&Jt "&' .u&)t&lJ.di!t&mt ., t A . . N -ti mmmirtMMif
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