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Kndyard Kipling', first crrial commences in NEXT SUNDAY'S DIS I'ATCH. eml in orders early. CHANGE OF MILLS. Tbe post-mortem into the causes of what happened Tuesday is beginning to grow wearisome in the eitreme length and variety of press opinions. Having tolerably well defined notions of its own, tbe public mind is now turning with curious speculation to ike probable use the Democrats will niaka of their big Congressional victory. It is xio! too cheering for the party that Koger Q. Stills already shows up to the front, booted and spurred, as a leading entry for the Speakership race. The last experience of the Democrats with Mr. Mills in the saddle was not fortunate. His plan of battle on nnti-protection platform was a signal fail tire. Those who think the free-traders and the snti-protecUou people are going to Lave everything their owd way in Congress snd in the Democratic party are likely mistaken. There are tome Democratic authorities "which will probably stand up for tbe pro tection policy, among them the New York Aim and a portion of the press of the South, where local industrhs arc thriving. What length these organs of the party will go in iavorof protection may not be determined just yet but they have already repudiated the advanced anti-tariff school of ex-President Cleveland, Mills and Carlisle as most dangerous to Democratic success. The fun at the Republican expense will soon give place to a vociferous and halcyon xanc in getting that big Congressional ma jority into working shape upon lines that will not threaten a repetition of the mistake of the Democratic leaders in 'SS. TOO TENDER rEELlNGS. Some discreet and cool-headed friends of Senator Quay and Postmaster General "Wanamaker should suggest to them that the let way to restore political harmony, to coaTince the public of the disinterestedness f their leadership, and to turn the North west of its auti-tarifl heresies, is not in the Oircction of visiting the weight ol their wrath upon a fi.iu.tle employe of the Wash ington jiOitcfiirc who was so indiscreet as to repeat a thoughtless jest on the Senator's recent deleat within the hearing of his son. The friends of both might well urge upon then that it is i.ot particularly wise to re vcage wounded feelings upon such slight jvorwrtion as in this instance. The remark that tli Senator's mail was sent to the Dead Lrfer Office was flippant; but considering lax badinage which is customary at election periods, it is rather small to inflict loss of employment upon the young woman who thoughtlessly indulged it. A V1CTOKY WITIIOCT C1SED1T. In summing up the names of tne Repub lican Congressional leaders who wentdown in t'.c storm of Tuesday, the name of William McKinley naturally appears first, as Chair raan ot the Committee of Ways and Means. JJut this prominence of his name in the cat egory of the missing calls attention to the fact that his deleat is the one that confers lio credit on the Democratic party. Beyond that is the iact that the means which the Democrats took to secure it robbed it of nny of the significance which attaches to the olh'ir changes. If the district which had elected Major 31cKinley before had defeated him this time, or even reduced his majority, the Democrats would have been fairly entitled to claim Out it increased the number of those cbnt.pti which at present indicate a verdict ngainst the class of tanfl legislation of which he is the exponent. But the Demo crat" could not trust to any such test in that case Tne spirit of partisanship was so bit ter against one who has really been the fair est among tbe Republican leaders that they were resolved to beat him anyhow.and so the Democratic Legislature adopted the simple Method to secure that result of taking him out of a I'epubiican district and putting him into a Democratic one. Leaving out ol the question tne general matter of gerryman ders, in which the Democrats are only a little worse than the Republicans, it is a matter fcr public recognition thtt McKinley was beaten only be cause a Democratic Legislature chose to enitct that he must confront a Democratic majority in hie district, instead of a Repub lican ruajcritv as in tbe last apportionment, cr a vcrj doubtful vote, as in the apportion ment before that. And tbe fact that Mc Kinley actually reduced the majority Mje Bigpaftq. against him mates his defeat a real vindi cation of his popularity. Thus it appears as a salutary lesson that the gratification of partisan spite against one of the most honorable and conscientious of the Republican leaders, not only takes away from the case of McKinley the signifi cance which attaches to most of the other Democratic victories, but really diminishes the Democratic triumph below what it would have been if they had given Major McKinley a fair chance, and yet show a reversal of the political character in the next House. Their own action, too, has probably made McKinley the next candi date for Governor of Ohio, with a decided Presidents! possibility for him in the future. AS A ritESIDENTAL rOSSIBrLITT. Ot course Governor Pattison's second vic tory has evoked the enthusiasm of PresU dental boomers, who have commenced put tins him in nomination as the Democratic candidate for 1893. Such action is prema ture for two reasons. First, it is still two years to the Prcsidental year, and candi dates who are boomed two seasons ahead generally get the bloom taken off their chances before tbe decisive season arrives. Second, Governor Pattison's present duties do not concern a possible Presidency at the close of 1892, but a certain Governorship at the beginning of 1891. A Democratic leader who has been four times a candidate before strongly Repub lican constituencies and has been elected every time; who has gone through two hotly contested State campaigns and never made a mistake; and whose official record is marked by the high characteristics that are shown in his record as Governor, cer tainly possesses attractive qualities for Prcsidental timber. If personal character istics were all that were taken into con sideration in tbe nomination of Presidents, Governor Pattison would stand near tbe head of the list. But the practical poli ticians among the Democrats will be apt to point out one consideration which has arisen to the dignity of a canon, and which is likely to prove a decided obstacle to making him a leading Prcsidental candi date That is the Democratic principle of nominating a candidate who has at least a fair chance of carrying his own State. That rule, although it would not be respected in an ideal condition of politics and is per haps based on an imaginary necessity, has .at least the excuse that as far back as the memory can go no President has been elected who was unable to secure the Electoral vote of his own State. In discussing Governor Pattison as a Presidental candidate, tbe first thine that has to be recognized is that he could not fulfill that requirement, and if he should win success, it would be as an exception to the rule. He has carried Pennsylvania twice as a candidate for Governor; but he has only done so because State issues, in his candidacy, could be and were sharply sep arated from national ones. The best illus tration of this can be taken from a rough analysis of his majority Tbe change of nearly 100,000 from the Republican major ity of 1888, means that some 50,000 Repub licans voted for him as a representative of clean State administration and the mainte nance of the State Constitution. But if he were running for President, to secure the electoral vote of Pennsylvania would re quire that nearly 45,000 of those 50,000 should give their votes to him again. With the tarifl as the leading issue, which it will certainly be in 189?, it is safe to say that no such vote would be given to Governor Pat tison for President. It would require a phenomenally bad nominatioj on the part of the Republicans to induce any consider able number to throw the tariff overboard, even to vote for such a man as Pattison. One condition of affairs might make Gov ernor Pattison a Presidental possibility. If the contest between Cleveland and Hill in New York should make that State ques tionabl . he might be taken as a compro mise candidate, whose integrity and strong record would euable him to accomplish in doubtful States what h- could not in Penn sylvania. Even this is a very remote con tingency, and the best way for him to strengthen his position in that respect is to devote himself to carrying out in State ad ministration the principles on which he was elected without lying awake of nights about the Presidency. If he puts in a year and a half of hard work, maintaining the su premacy of the Constitution above the cor porations, insisting upon an upright and economical administration at Harrisburg, preventing jobs and upholding the prin ciples of a free ballot, he will do tbe best thing for himself and the people, whether considered solely as Governor or partly as a Presidental possibility. The Governor's friends, if they are wise, will let the Presidental question rest until 1892 has begun. If the conditions make PattiEon a factor in that year, he will be stronger for having attended quietly and exclusively to the interests ol the State than if any amount of booming were done for him by his immediate supporters. AGITATE FOR BETTER KOADS. It is a good sign that as soon as the politi cal storm has passed over the agitation for improved roads in the country, and better streets in the city, is renewed with vigor. There is nothing like pounding away in a case like this, and between now and the assembling of the State Legislature public opinion upon tbe road question ought to take on a very positive and aggressive form. The recent convulsions in grander politics will have the effect of making legislators more than usually attentive to the voice of tbe people, and the prospects of sensible and prompt legislation in the way of road making reforms are unusually good. But the people will lose nothing by keeping the road topic uppermost from now on. It is the most practicable as well as one of the most necessary of the reforms now upon the slate. The settlement of the salesmens' strike by an honorable compromise is a satisfactory termination to what threatened to be a vexa tious and difficult dispute. No one will dissent to the effort of tbe salesmen to obtain better hours of work for themselves; but at tbe same time every one will see that In making such changes the conditions and necessities of trade most be recognized. The settlement is one which tbe agreement of both parties shows to take both sides into consideration. Both em ployers and salesmen are to be congratulated on having brought their dispute to an early termination, and on the prospect that they will now enjoy their respective shares of prosperous trafhc LiVEKrooL has 250 miles of the best paved streets in the world, and it costs but $10,000 a year to keep them in repair. It may be taken for granted that Liverpool does not allow a street paved ono year to be torn up the next year, in order to allow pipes to bo laid that could have been laid just as well at first Tun extent to which the tariff was in volved in the Stato campaign Is succinctly and conclusively stated by the impartial Phila delphia Ledger. That conservative journal de clares that the Independents succeeded in their declared intention of rebuking tbe State man agement without endangering national inter ests. "If," says the Ledger, "two or three Congressmen were sacrificed It was not by the Independents, but through the efforts of the regulars' to savo their candidate for Gov ernor." This statement holds good at both ends of tbe State, and is a complete answer to the people who were shouting before election that Pattison would smash the tariff. One of the features of the Democratic, tidal wave is that Bad Boy Peck and his opposi tion to English education arc riding on tbe top of the wave. If the Democrats give tbe country enough of Peck before lSt2, they will succeed in breaking their own necks. A BEroBT from the new sewerage system of Worcester, Massachusetts, states that it is a decided success. The sewerage is collected in large tanks, and when tlio work of chemical precipitation has Dcen done, the water which passes off is so pure that, accordine to the chemists, it can be drunk with safety. This carries out the general testimony concerning tbe system in European cities where it has been in operation longenougb to establish its efficiency and economy. The numerous cities which are wasting hundreds of thousands of dollars worth ot fertility, and contaminating their streams at the same time, should profit by tbe example. With the indication of the recent elec tions further distributions of Government po sitions may be graphically described in sporting parlance as consolation stakes. The case of Mr. Blount, a lawyer of Indi ana, who recently died in the insane asylum at Richmond, Ind., shows the necesrity of constant supervision of such institutions to guard against the abuse of patients. Mr. Blount was buried without any suspicion of ill-treatment. But the story of a fellow patient caused the remains to be taken up, and several ribs were found to be broken. Such a discovery calls for stringent measures. Insane asylums cannot be kept up to permit brutal or passionate attendants to as sault or maltreat patients. Me. Reed will return to the floor of the House, and there is also reason to expect that be will flop back to his old principles about the rights of the minority. We believe that before the election the Assistant Field Marshal of tbe Republican campaign, Mr. Thomas Von Moltke Cooper, described himself as no longer "red-headed and hopeful," but as "bald-headed and cer tain." The election may have failed to work any remedial effect on his bald-hcadcdncss, but now that bis certainty is gone we may conclude that Mr, Cooper will still cling to his aureole of hope even if the hope confines itself to his own full restoration to the position of State Chairman. If Bynum should be elected Speaker, Reed might before the session was over be brought to the expression of some unparlia mentary remarks. Chicago voted on Tuesday to make the guarantee fund for tho World's Fair $10,000,000. This is, at last, progress in the direction of business. If the management will now lay aside previous foolishness and get don n to the work of organizing a splendid exhibition, tho Colum bian Exposition may be a great credit to Chicago. The Democratic danger now lies in the face they have got rope enouch to reach a proverbial end if they do not know how to use it better. PERSONAL MENTION. Captain Mackenzie, tho well-known American chess player, sailed from Liverpool yesterday on the Inman steamer City of Berlin. Mr. Gladstone does not smoke, and dis likes tobacco in every form. He has a pro found contempt for smart attire and a profound dislike for new clothes. Miss Grace Kino, the popular Louisiana novelist, is a young lady of 27, with brown hair and eyes, a stately figure, and attractive but rather striking features. Emperor William has sent to his humble little godson in Heligoland the first child and German recruit born there since the cession of the island to German a gold mug, bearing His Majesty's portrait on it. Lieutenant Fisk's idea of forming a corps or battalion of electricians, who shall be regu larly drilled and made available for activo service in case of war, has been most entbusi asticall: roceivedby the electricians of New York. Riioda Brouqhton the novelist. Is a gray haired, bright-eyed, profoundly intelligent looking woman, and lives with her sister in one of the most picturesque old houses in Oxford; her age is 50, and she has been novel writing lor 23 years, during which period she has turned out only ten novels. Stanley's traveling In America will not be surrounded by the same hardships as was his journey through Central Africa. He is to have a private car especially constructed for his use, in which he will live during the tour. In addition he will receive So. 000 for the first lec ture and 500 for every subsequent address de livered by him during the coming season. It seems likely that Barrett will return to the romantic drama as soon as he concludes his present provincial tour and returns to London to take possession of tbe new theater that is being constructed for him. The opening will take place about the middle of December, and on that occasion a drama written by Mr. Bar rett and Victor Widnell will be produced. Mrs. Blaine lacks the personal magnetism which her husband has in such a striking de gree, and does not know how to make her call ers always at home. The stiff bearing which she has at times comes largely from diffidence and from the unfavorable criticisms which she has received. She is a woman of strong do mestic tastes, and she has a wonderful talent for making "tho homo beautiful." The Duchesse D'Uzes, tho generous patron of General Boulanger, is a fervent Roman Catholic andanenthuslasticphllanthropist. Yet she is fond of society, and is a famous conversa tionalist. Her saloon has been one of the most celebrated in France. She is a splendid horse woman, and in season devotes most ot her time to hunting at Bonnelles, near Rambonlllet, where for 2,500 a year she has rented tbe priv ilege of shooting in the royal forest. Edith Thomas, though born in Ohio, comes of the truest, bluest New England blood. The elder of a widow's two daughters, her bringing up was of the simplest, bat nowhere in all the land will you find a woman with more of fine ness and cbarm of manner. She is tall and slight, with a longisb, oval face, bright, dark eyes that see visions and dream dreams, a pale, clear skin and jet black hair. She Is a close student, a very bard worker, and under all her fame as a poet, keeps the fresh heart of a child. AMATEUK PHOTOGRAPHERS should get TIIE DISPATCH to-morrow. It will contain an article giving; many useful hints for the use of the camera. One hundred and ninety-tno columns. DEATHS OP A DAY. William Hopkins. Mr. William Hopkins, an old and respected cit izen of Apollo, died yesterday at the aire of 74 years. The funeral will ccur to-dnv from the residence of bis daughter, Mrs. 1. .K". Davis, at Apollo. Patrick Shevlin. l'atrlck Shevlin, of Fifteenth and Sarah streets, Eouthslde, and an old and respected resident of the cltv. died yesterday. Mr. shevlin was a member of Colonel l'attison Post 151. G. A. K. James W. Verner. Mr. James V. Verner, a well-known Alle ghenlan, died yesterday at bis home on Lacock street, at the age or 82 years. His luueral will oc cur Monday, at 10 a. m. Ex-Governor Edward A. O'Neal. Montgomery, Ala., November 7. News has been received here of the death of ez-GoTernor iMward A. O'.Neal, at his home In Florence, this morning. Mrs. Christina Jamison. Mrs. Christina Jamison died yesterday In her 61st year. Tbe funeral n ill take place to-day from the residence of her son-in-law. F. K. Nesbitt, at Coraopolls. Jobn Haner, Mr. John Bauer died at hU home, 1915 ilary street, yesterday, at the age or 67 years. His funeral will occur Monday, at 9. A. SI.' SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON. Don't trifle with u friend or taunt an enemy. Both are liable to turn. Now we're getting down to business, aren't weT No more nonsense tor along tlmo to come not until the Presidental year, at all events. By that time wo will be hankering font, won't we. But just now we can rest and meditate. No more hurrahing, no more guessing, no more waiting for the coming of the little jokers and tbe figures which make and unmako our fellows, To business all back to shop, office, bench and tools. We're jnst at the edgo of wlntor, too. Though the sun shines by day tbe chill creeps through the night and makes good restful weather. Atidwe need it. Kor haven't our nerves been ovei wrought by the long strain, though our frame and limbs are seemingly fresh as ever T So wo neet! rest and quiet. Both are on the free list, too. But the fellows who keep up tbe shouting the mourners and the roysters of the community who live on the crumbs dropped in the campaign, and upon uhoso shoulders seemingly rests the responsi bilities of government will refuse the quiet which comes after the echoes of the battle roll away. But we should not permit thorn to dis turb our slumbers or draw us away from the duty of the hour. By ignoring them wo aid In restoring perfect peace, and soon get the good old world back oucbe rails again. It is not wrecked, you know, only shaken up a bit in the collision of tbe conflicting elements. Just move along as if noth ing had happened. Of course, once In a while you will he disturbed by the discord that stretches from the event gone to the event coming; but all you have to do is to turn over, readjust your pillow and go to sleep again. Really life is all the better for being made lively, isn't ltT It lifts us oat of the rut, you know. We change our thought as easily as we change our clothes. Ir, too, gets shiny. But we shoulan't wear the nap off. It don't pay. Ccfid is the king at hearts. Patient people are those who are never in a hurry and aro never tired. They get there just the same, however. This is an off year. Perhaps this is tbe rea son why the political prophets were decidedly off. THE HONEST GRANGER'S VIEWS. "I see." said Farmer Briar, "they're now talkin' 'bout tho cause Uv the lively rakia' an' the shakin' t'other day; An' fellers who wers counted out are workin' hard their jaws A tryin' to explain how wa voters went astray. Wall, lot :em talk an prophesy, they can't do any harm. Nor keep the croys from yieldin' well on Uuclo Barn's big farm. "Some uv 'em say that tariff law 'Squire Bill McKinley's bill Has riz tho price of brandy as well as lino cigars; An' so, you see, them city chaps who fizzy liquors swill Went square agin' the very men who have put up tho bars. Goll durn 'em. wo tin raise wine grapes an' make the fizzy stuff. An' grow tcrbacker fur cigars as well as granny's snuff. "Some uv 'em say that Tom Reed driv good cattle from tbe clover. An' then run in young stockers by crack uv party whip; Perhaps be wouldn't be S3 fast if he had to do it over. An' we uns can't bj badly blamed fur gtvln' him the tip. When men who run fur Congress git tbe votes to send 'em there They have a right to legislate, an' should be treated fair. "Some uv 'em say Ben Harrison has treated Jim Blaine bad. An' 'lowed a few rjlick fellers to run the ship of State; An', I swow. It looks to me, arter all, as if he had, As he 'pear'd to shut both eyes to what they'd legislate. Ben seems to have tin bankin' on tho name bis gran'dad bore. An' hid bis reputation In the hat the old chap wore. "Wall, now, I'll give you my own views on the unsettlin votes Which hev turned the nation's sod and planted a new crop. While I'm not a politician, I've Den quietly takin' notes. An' I think I understand why they've made such a flop. I'll not attempt to thrash the load an' separate the grain. An' use highfalutln' argyment instead of language pla'.n: "Them fellers down to Washington keptsittin' nigh a year. An' acted more like loafers than real hard workin' men; Some of their speechlfyin' tbe wimmen blushed to hear. An' fellers on the papers just made 'a with the pen; Fur the words the used debatin' would not be used to cows. An' drinkin' men are seldom teen in more dis graceful rows. "There wur millions in the treas'ry Uncle Sam my runs, An' this they milked effoctu'lly until it just went dry; Vn' then they tried to pass a law which meant that loaded gnns Would play a part in politics, to scare us by-an'-by. An' there they cussedand jangled until the peo ple tired: Now this is why so many hev quietly ben fired. "They acted just as if ns folks had nutbln' more to say. An' fixed the bills an' laws up to suit their politics; But I reckon in tbe future they'll work Instead of play, Au not trifle with the people, or cut up any tricks. I think this Is the reason why us people revo- luted: An' we'll just keep on doln' it nntil we all are suited." Sarah Bernuardt's son has vindicated bis ma's honor on the field of honor. Of course he lives to tell us all about it. The man who bet the money he bad saved up for an overcoat and landed on tbe wrong side now bunts the sunny side of tbe street. A liar would require omnlscence to guard all points and prevent discovery. Conoressmen should realize by this time that tho people do not judge of their work by tbe revised record presented through their official organ, Stanley holds the log book of tbe rear guard, and is loaded for his jealous traducers. He will undoubtedly come out of the African jungle with flying colors. If hell was robbed of all its horrors the world would be full of sinners. The Democratic organsare shouting "Steal!" already. They want the earth now. Another Philadelphia campaign liar has humbly apologized. The surprises of the past campaign are growing as fast as the licmo cratic majority in Congress. Reed seems to have rnled himself out. If Barttclot struck a woman the Arab who shot him is the hero. There are more wildcats than coons In this section this year, thanks to the oil men and the Independent. The only mud slingers in the country now are the rival baseball cranks. Clarkson doubtless believes by this time that the people can work tho guillotine as well as he can. Ireland has lots of sympathy, but she wants bread. The would-be Speakers of the next House Say nothing, gentle- A whale carrying a 60-year-old harpoon has been caught. It takes the old salts to spin fish stories. If the women were in politics we would never hear tho last echo of the battle. The undertakers as well as the consump tives are watching Prof. Koch's experiments with creat interest. Loss coughing, tenor coffins, you know, TUEkicker crop is far above the average all over the country this year, especially in Penn sylvania and Kansas. Cannon went out on a foul mouth. A great many people are now longing for 1892, This has been a great year for cyclones and surprise parties. The practical politicians now have a better opinion of the Declaration of Independence, - Willie Winkle. THE SITUATION. Boston Herald (Dem.): This triumph In Pennsylvania is one far above party. New York Star (Dem.): The hour of vic tory is tho hour of danger. That Is particu larly true ot political parties, and with respect to tbcm it is olten the case that the greater the victory the greater the danger. Toronto Umpire; When ihe results are known more definitely the significance of the contests will become more apparent, but on the whole the tariff issuo can hardly be said to have been effectually pronounced upon. Brooklyn Citizen (Bern.): And it should be a proof to all, that there is no evil which the people of this country have not the power to re dress by means which the Constitution has placed at their disposal. St. Paul Pioneer-Press (Rep.)' This elec tion decides nothing for 1S92. 'the Republican party has it In Its power to win back all and more than it has lost. Tbe nation believes in protoction. and It will support a reasonable pro tective policy against Democratic free trade. Bpringfield Republican (Ind.): There Is still a conscience in tho Keystone State; and the Independent Republicans faavo demon strated their sensitiveness to its quickening touch at a peculiarly trying timo But no one, not even the Democrats, will claim that tho result in Pennsylvania was deter mined by the tariff issue. Brooklyn Citizen (Dem.): The truth is, however, that it is too early to talk ot the Speakership in the House of the Fifty-second Congress, and the subject ought to bo left tor the present, with tho understanding that when the time to talk of It does arrive, some better reason than that now suggested will be offered for the choice of a Speaker from tbe Demo cratic ranks. Brooklyn Eagle (Dem.): Yet the victory, sweeping as it may be, cannot be altogether re garded with feelings of exaltation. It carries with it vast responsibilities, and the weight of the burden is wonderfully increased by reason of the fact that in the name of Democracy cer tain agrarians and iconoclasts have been re turned, more especially from tbe Southern and Western States. There is no telling to what measures of madness these men may seek to commit tho Democratic party. WILD BEASTS TOR THE STAGE, What Acts Lions Aro Trained to Perform at Niblo'g) Garden. New York, November 7. Pasha, Leo, Tom and Sultan are tbe names of tbe performing Nubian lions that are seen in tbe third act of "Claudius Nero" in a large circular cage on the stage at Niblo's Garden. They had a dress re hearsal yesterday afternoon, and Edward Darling, their trainer, put tbcm through some acts which have not been seen on tbe stage yet, but will be after to-day. Sultan, the oldest and most quarrelsome of the lot, showed his teeth, growled fiercely, and snapped at his trainer when told to come to a chariot to which two other lions were har nessed. Finally Darling caught biseye,ud the animal lay down at his feet and permitted himself to be harnessed. Then all jumped up. and a wild race began, the trainer driving Leo and Pasha at the pole of tbe chariot and Sultan ahead of them. Darling made Pasha push the bicycle yesterday for the first time. FOR THE NORTH POLE. Tho Elaborate Preparations Being Made for Another Attempt by Dr. Nansen, From the 1'hlladelphla Bulletin. Dr. Nansen is rapidly preparing for his ex pedition to tbe North Pole. He will start from Norway in February next, in the ship of 170 tons burden that has been specially built for him. The vessel is so constructed that she cannot be crushed by the ice, but. If nipped, the floes will simply force ber out of the water on top of the ice. Dr. Nansen is provisioning his vessel for five years, and a dozen men will go with him to share his good lnck or tragic fate. He thinks it will take about three years to drift from the islands of New Siberia across the North Pole and down the otherside to the sontbern end of Greenland, The expedition, which is carried out by the aid of King Oscar's Government and tbe munificence of Mr. Dick son, will cost over 100,000. IN SOUTHERN CXIUES. Well-Known Easterners Start for a Journey Through the South. Washington, November 7. Messrs Mc Clure and McLaughlin, of the Philadelphia Times, with Collector Cooper, of tbe Delaware American, and several others left Washington this morning in a private car, for a journey through the South. They will be in Atlanta to-morrow; go to Montgomery Sunday even ing, where Colonel McClure delivors his ad dress on Monday, which will bo "Press Day" at the exposition. On Tuesday they will go to Mobile, and thence go through to New Orleans. From New Orleans they will return through the leading industrial centers of tbe South, in cluding Birmingham and Chattanooga. CANADIAN ATLANTIC STEAMSHIP. Lord Hartington's Syndicate W1U Probably Receive the Contract. Ottawa, November 7. It is understood that the syndicate of which Lord Hartington is the head will receive tbe contract for the Canadian fast Atlantic steamship. The signing of the contract is contingent upon the acceptance by the tenderers of cer tain modifications In their offer, which tbe Government has suggested. Signs of the Times. From the Philadelphia Press.) When you meet a man whose head gear Is new and shiny, it is tolerably safo to set him down as a Democrat. JTKTNLETS DEFEAT. Philadelphia North American (Rep.): The defeat of Major McKinley is enough to Inspire a wish that here as in Franco It were tbe practice to nominate representative men of Major McKinley's standing for election from more than ono district. Philadelphia Inquirer (Rep.): Major MoKinley made a splendid battle, but tho odd3 were greatly against him, and tbe revised re turns indicate his defeat by a small majority. The Democrats of Ohio have nothing to be proud of In this victory. Philadelphia Jiecord (Rep.): The Amer ican people, who never fall to recognize the qualities of endurance, patience, courage and determination, will not withhold their meed of admiration from a man in whom are combined the elements ot the truest and the highest heroism. Philadelphia Call (Rep.): The result In Major McKinley's district must be regarded as a vindication of his course in Congress and an indorsement of him as an individual, even though he has been defeated. The 220 adverse majority in a district naturally Democratlo by nearly 3,000 cannot be regarded in any other light New York Tribune (Rep.): Majot McKin ley's election In tbe district made up with the sole and specific purpose of defeating blm would have been pheuomenal even in a year when the RepuDlIcans had made a clean sweep throughout the country. He made a magnificent fight, and deserved to win. We congratulate Major McKinley upon his able and brilliant canvass, and predict that Ohio will not long leave him to tho enjoyment of are all speaking at once, men, but saw wood. private life. THE TOPICAL TALKER. A New Explanation. A Hi" said tbe stout man with the silk hat, "this election will teach some people that even politicians have rights." "I don't see how you make that out," said the bartender. "You can't be expected to see everything, but I tell yon the politicians tbe boys who do the work wouldn't .stand that extra tax on cigars and wine the necessaries, my boy, the necessa ries of life 1" Realism on tho Stage. ii jT is popularly supposed," said a theatrical 1 manager yesterday, "that the unique and tho daring effects of realism on the stage have been i retty well exhausted, but there are some startling novelties In this line yet to come. Tbe realistic race scene, with the horses run ning neck and neck in the "County Fair' ill be discounted next season by the exact repre sentation of the ringand the performers, human and equine, in Tho Country Circus,' which Charles B. Jefferson and Charles Bernard, the author of 'The County Fair,' are writing for next season. The bottom of tho sea and the top thereof have been exhibited here this week at your principal theaters, but a more surpris ing marine spectacle will be incidental to tbe now farcical opera, 'Ship Ahoy, by Donnelly and Miller. In this new piece, which, by the way, is the first departure of Jlr. Donnelly In opera libretto, the public will be introduced to tho three latest additions, the steel cruisers, to Uncle Sam's Navy. "A melodrama which I understand Is to be put on the road next season will contain an exact representation of execution by electricity, as carried out upon Keinmlcr, and a farce comedy is being built about the last session of Congress, in which all the fearful scenes be tween Speaker Reed and tbe Democrats will be reproduced so far as it Is possible without over stepping the bounds of decency. In fact, realism on the stage has only just begun." Tobies ns Sleasureg. i'Tobies are useful as well as erateful and comforting." said a cheerful young man, who was making the air blue with toby smoke in a Fifth avenue cable car yesterday. "To undertakers?" suggested his neighbor. "Perhaps thouch I was not referring to the fellow who boxes you in tho last round. I know a carpenter who uses a Wheeling stogy in lieu of a foot rule, most of the time. Take 20 tobies and you'll find 19 of them measure exactly six inches." The accuracy of this statement was disputed, and to settle tho question, when they left the car they went to a cigar-storo and called for Wheeling tobies. Selectinc a handful, a score were measured and only two deviated from tho six-inch standard, and tho two exceptions lacked less than a sixteenth of an inch of hall afoot. He Liked Candy. Then the stream of travel was at its height on Sixth street yesterday afternoon, the loungers about the l'enn avenue corner enjoyed a novel exhibition. A young man, with very broad trousers and a narrow forehead, accom panied by a pretty girl, with baby-blue eyes and a lot ot golden bair, arranged in something like a Psycho knot, came to a halt in the shadow of the Hotel Anderson. She had a paper bag, and into it she dipped a gloved band, drawing forth a large chunk of candy, and then, without the least de mur on his part, she popped the solid sweetmeat Into her knight's mouth. This operation she repeated a half-dozen times, to tho great amuse ment of tho passers-by. The pair seemed to be totally unconscious of tho attention they at tracted, and balf tho candy had disappeared when tbe pair boarded au Allegheny car. THE AUSTRALIAN BALLOT. New York Sun (Dem.): Give us back the old system of voting with improvements, it you please but the old system. New York Herald (Ind.): Tho now ballot system is a success, except in certain minor details, which can be easily remedied. New York Evening Post (Mugwump): After yesterday's trials there is likely to be little further opposition to ballot reform in any part of the country. Syracuse Herald (Rep.): It is the general agreement that the new ballot in this State worked even better than its friends had antic ipated on its first trial. Detroit News (Rep.): With some slight amendments, which should give the voter a still further protection, the law will prove much better than anyone hoped. Baltimore Sun (Dem.): The advantaees of the Australian ballot system were amply dem onstrated by tbe test of Tuesday's elections in this city and in the 11 counties of the State in which It was in opcratiou. Indianapolis Sentinel (Dem.): The friends of the law anticipated that on actual trial de fects would be developed which would be re quired to be remedied. We shared tbis expec tation, but we must say that it was not realized. New York Commercial Advertiser (Ind.): A remarkable degree of success attended the first trial of tbe new ballot law in this cltv. In almost every district there was a smoothness in tbe workings of the law tbat surprised even its best friends. Boston Herald (Dem.): The new ballot law appears to have worked well in New York. Tho only people who are reported to have failed to prepare their ballots in strictly legal form, and who had to be sent back to tbe vot ing booths to rearrange their tickets, were ex Mayor Hewitt, Chauncey M. Depew, Colonel Elliott F. Shepard and Frederick K. Coudert. The hard-handed laboring men, on the other hand, took to tbe new way of voting like a duck to water. Baltimore Herald (Rep.): Tuesday's elec tions seem to have settled several things effect ually, but nothing more so than the utility of tbe Australian ballot. This system of voting was used in 10 different States, and in six of them for the first time in a general election. It was put to the test under a variety of forms, but tbe essential features of an official ballot given to the voter in tbe polling room and se crecy In casting it being maintained, the new departure in elections met with great satisfac tion everywhere. NEW BOOKS RECEIVED By the Pittsburg Library at Its Rooms on Penn Avenue. The following new books have been received at the Pittsburg Library: "society As I Have Found It," Ward Mc Allister; "A Cigarette Maker's Romance," F. Marion Crawford: "When We Were Bovs," William O'Brien, M. P.; "O.Tbou, My Anstria," Asslp Lchupln; "Throckmorton," Jl. E. Sea well; "The Abbe Constantly," LudorieHalevy; "Happy Days of Marie Louise." "Marie Louise or the Decadence of the Empire." "Marie Antoinette and the End of tbe Old Regime," 'Citizeners Bonaparte." four Interesting biographies by Imbert de St. Amand, "With the Best Intentions," Marion Harland: "The Seat of Authority in Religion," James Mar tineau. SUPPER AND BAZAAR. Entertainment to be Given for the Benefit of St. John's P. E. Church. A supper and bazaar will be given next Thursday evening in Patterson's Hall, Butler street, for the benefit of the St. John's P. E. Church under the auspices of tbe Ladies' Aid Society. The fancy table will be under the management of Mhs Ann Tomlinson and Mrs. John bawyer. The Misses Seaman and Walton will conduct the tea room. Mrs. C. C. Kelly and Mrs. H. Verner the supper table, and Miss Katie Tay lor and Miss Hancock the homemade candy table. A VALUABLE RELIC. The Rebel Flag Which Floated Over Ander son ville Is Now in Ohio. From the SteubeuvlUe Herald, Arie Van Wie, of this place, has the rebel flag which floated over Andersonville prison. vhen tbat infamous place was deserted by the guards who fled on the approach of the Union forces, one of Mr. Van Wie'i comrades secured the flag, and afterward sent it to him, as he had been an inmate there. The flag is the three regulation bars, with tbe stars In a circle on a muddy looking field. It is a most valuable and interesting relic. It Works Doth Ways. From the Philadelphia Press.l The Democrats kicked down the doori of the House during the last session, but tbey are now engaged in kicking down the Republican fences to'get In. SOCIAL AMUSEMENTS, Interesting Meeting of the Academy of Science and Art Two Well-Attended Concerts Given by the Strauss Orchestra A Charming Card Party. Avery interesting meeting of the Academy of Scienco'and Art was held last evening at the Academy House on Fifth street. The feature of tbe evening was tbe paper rcaa by Prof. Gustavo Gnttenberg, of the Pittsburg High School, on "Some Thoughts Suggested by the Allegheny Conservatory." Preceding the paper the constitution was discussed, and the committee authorized to make some unim portant changes. In the preparation of his paper Prof. Gntten berg confined himself to the Palm House and Aquarium Department of the conservatory, dwelling especially upon food plants and those affording material for the manufacturing of uselul fabrics and articles. Tbe date palm, co coanut and banana tree each received a share of attention, and their characteristics apparent to the country in which they grow were made a subject ot diicussion also. Prof. Gnttenberg referred, during his remarks, to the fact that in earlier years tho people inhabiting the torrid regions were much more highly civ ilized, intellectual and energetic than at pres ent, but aOvanced no theory for the defenera tion. The earliest period in the world's his tory at which people could live from food afforded by plants was traced back by Prof. Gnttenberg. and proved very Interesting. Stereoptician views were a plea'ing accom paniment to the instructive remarks made by the speaker, and some very beautiful pictures wero shown, illustrative of the various plants that formed tho subject matter ot the dis- EPW0ETH LEAGUE MEETING. An Idea That Brought Many Young People Out Last livening. An idea that was what brought so many young people to the lecture room of tbe "Old Brimstone Corner" church last cvenlnr, tbo occasion being an open meeting of the Epworth League of tbe Smithfleld M. E. Church, ot which Rev. Charles E. Locke is President and Joseph L. Cooper is leader, and to just such gatherings Is it due that this congregation is so popular with all classes. An interesting programme was provided for the entertainment, and to those who con tributed to the evening's enjoyment erateful recollections were but partial payment. The piano number by Hiss Adah Manchester, the vocal solos by Miss Mamio Eckcrt and Miss Ella Scmple, tho ducts by Misses Weeden and JIcKelvoy, and tho recitations by JINs Lillie K. .Agnur. Miss Bessie Askcn. and Miss Nellie Brown were liberally and deservedly applauded. The singing of tbe Amplnon Quartet and of Messrs. Kenrv Gfrding, W. Steveuson. J. A. Hibbord. and E. h Harris, as well as John A. Hibbord's cornet solo, were especially well re ceived. STRAUSS' MAGIC. His Famous Orchestra Charms Two Im mense Audiences. Eduard Strauss and his remarkable or chestra appeared In Pittsburg a second time yeaterday, and repeated to some extent their first success. In tho afternoon a very large audlenco gathered at tbe Grand Opera House, and in the evening every seat was taken for tho performance in Old City Half. The pro gramme on both occasions was arranged, as it was when Strauss first visited Pittsburg, so as to allow tha Strauss dance music to predomi nate. In tho waltzes and polkas the orchestra left nothing to be desired, and Strauss con ducted with ail his well-known vigor and eccentric sensibility. The audiences were liberal with applause, and Strauss was equally liberal with responses to encores, so that the programmo at both performances was practi cally doubled. A SUCCESSFUL RUSE Employed to Surprise Miss Maggie Weltz, on the Occasion of Her Birthday. About 7:43 last evening the attention or Miss Maggie Weltz. 1016 Sidney street, Southsiile, was attracted to the ftoat of tho house by a number of her friends who serenaded her. While sho vtas listening to the music, all un conscious of its significance, a host of her friends who wero in hiding near the rear en trance, stealthily entered the house and had taken full possession before Miss Maggio was awakened from her reverie. Her friends then informed her tbat they were aware that it was her birthday, and had de cided to celebrate it with her. A very pleasant evening with pastimes only snch as young folks can thoroughly enjov, was all but too short, and the birthday will doubtless bo a memorable one to many beside Miss Maggie. LECTURES IN FRENCH To ho Given In the Parlors of Mrs. H. K. Porter. Mr. Charles Fayes, who is to deliver two lec tures In French, next week, in the parlors of Mrs. H. K. Porter, Oakland, is a highly edu cated gentleman who, durinj; his life has been tutor to several of tho sprigs of nobility. Com bining bis knowledge acqmred from Dooks with that trained from extensive travels the gentleman is well able to interest and instruct. And it might be added could do so In almost every known language. The first lecture will be given at 11 A. H. Monday. The subjects chosen ate "Victor Hugo and His Works" and "Sahara and French Algiers." SCOTTISH RITE MASONS. Third Organ Recital of a Series to he Given on November 11. "Organ recital No. 3, the third of a series of entertainments under the auspices of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Kite, will be held in the Preceptory Freemasons' Hall on Friday, November 11. at 8 o'clock. Yourself and ladies fraternally invited to be present." Thus reads the invitations just issued by the commitee for tbe enjoyable affair. One of the features of the evening will be singing by a quartet consisting of Dr. English, Mr. John Bebout, Miss Benbam and Miss Fraser. A CHARMING CAHD PARTY Given Last Evening, by Mrs. James A. Chambers, of Allegheny Mrs. James A. Chambers as a hostess is counted one of the most charming in the city, and last evening she assumed that role to a limited number of friends wh6, in response to Invitations issued, assemblod in the luxurious home on Ridge avenue for a friendly game of cards. Supplementary to the spirited contest was a delicious supper that encouraged the char, tbat skilled card placing prohibits, and alto gether, the evening was thoroughly enjoyed. A GENUINE THANKSGIVING To be Celebrated by at Least One Young Gentleman in Allegheny. Mr. Ed Means, the son of the well-known North avenue druegist, will celebrate Thanks giving Day in a practical as well as a senti mental manner by taking unto himself a bride. Miss Seamon, a cbarmine young lady of Allegheny, being the selected one. The wedding will take place in the North Avenue M. E. Church, and a bevy of bride maids and several of tbe sterner sex. In the capacity of ushers and best man, will attend tbe bridal couple to the altar. Social Chatter. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Robinson, the bride and groom, were tendered a reception from 3 to 6 yesterday afternoon by the groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Robinson. The beautiful home of the Robinsons in tho Quaker Valley was filled with guests. Arrangements are in older for a Grand Army entertainment to be given next Friday evening on Sit Washington. Prominent musi cal talent and popular elocutionists will con tribute to tbe pleasure of the evening. At the Ames JL E. Church. Hazelwood, an enjoyable concert was given last evening at which Mrs. Emma Bingler Wolf, Mrs. T. J. Leak, Miss Braun, Mrs. 1. Pendleton, Mrs. Steel and Mrs. Carnthers appeared. Next Thursday evening an entertainment will be eiven in the Cumberland Presbyterian Chnrch, the elaborate preparations for which warrant a grand success and an enjoyable evenimr. "Modern School Days" was the subject of a lecture given last evening by Rev. A. A. Mealy, in the Central Presbyterian Church, Alle gheny. TnE ladles of tho Eighth U. P. Church held a sunper and a social at the residence ot Mrs. Fritz, Bluff street, last evening. A reception and dance will be given by the Pittsburg Commandery, January 29. THE DISPATCH contains special cables from all the European Capitals. To-morrow's 24-page issue will be a hummer. Don't fall to secure copy. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. Woodchucfcs have the same greeting as cats, but louder and more emphatic There are 208,749 railroad bridges in the United Stites, spanning 3,213 miles. The British census of April 5 ueit will be the largest and most elaborate ever taken m England. Seventeen head of cattle, standing near a wire fence at Col!insvilIc.Tex.. during a rain storm, were killed by an electric current a few days ago. Seven years ago there was one brass band in the Salvation Army. It was composed ofafatherand his sons. Since then8,550 other bands have been formed. When the chickens first begin to move In the egg. just before hatchinjr, the mother hon sings to them a low crooning song, very sweet, and never heard at any other time. Steel trinkets are likely to be the rage next winter. An artificer of steel jewelry named Le Long has made a hit with coronets, brooches, necklaces and garlands of steel bands mixed with artificial pearls. There are but two ways by which one can hear animals really converse. One is to listen to them when they are not aware of your pres ence, always a difficult felt; the uther Is to win their entire love and confidence. Among the many cases of saving life from drowning which have recently been re ported to the British Royal Humane Society tor recognition, there are 13 in which the ages of the heroes ranged from S years to 16. In every teaspoonful of human blood there are about 15,000,000,000 red corpuscles, but only 00.000.000 white ones. The blood of clam;, lobsters and nearly all other inverte brates contains no red cells but only white. During October 23 steamships went to sea from Galveston, Tex., carrying across the sea 128,330 bales of cotton, and 17 steamships sailed for coastwise ports, carrying 67,553 bales more; tbe cargoes aggregating in value 510, 759,000. Or 20 pedestrians injured on the streets of Cincinnati in one month, 25 owed their in juries to tho carelessness of female drivers, and as a renlt there Is a call for an ordinance t" prevent any woman from driving horses in that city. The productions of the Ferrara weavers are noted for tne importance bestowed upon the decorative element. Grace, lightness and imagination supersede pretensions of style, and they are now much sought after by modern collectors. A monster grape vine at Athens, Ga., which covers more than a quarter ot an acre, has been known to produce enough of grapes in a single year to make 11)0 gallons of wine. It was planted by Prof. Rutherford about 32 years ago. Fowls have undoubtedly a larger vo cabulary than any of tho other domestic ani mals; yet in halt a day you will probably hear from them all the souuds tbat they use in ordi nary life. But anything out of the ordinary is instantly expressed in unusual sounds. A French doctor has recently been col lecting statistics ruth regard to those of his patients who complain of nervous affections, with the result that he has come to tbe con clusion that the prime cause of all the evil is tbe practice of reading in tbe train. The feat of carrying the mails from New York to London in seven days has just been performed, aud already there is talk of reducing tbe time to six days. People will not be satisfied, however, until a pneumatic tube is laid across the Atlantic, which will carry the mail Dags from one continent to the other in an hour or two. The SO largest libraries in Germany possess about 12,700,OM volumes, against En gland with about (vijO.OOP. and North America with about 6,100,000 volumes. With each Iibrarv i3 given, besides the number of volumes, the available amount for purchases, and other special features supplied for this purpose by the different librarians. Electricity has not been practically ap plied in the art ot music heretofore, except, perhaps. In the operating machamsm of church organs. Geoige Breed, of the United States Navy, has devised a method Dy which the passage of a broken current over a conductor in a mognetic field produces musical tones of varying pitch and volume. A maternity hospital has recently been opened at Marseilles which differs from the general run. It is divided into two sections one where children prematurely born are reared like chickens in artificial foster mothers" (eouveuses). gratis this is for tbe benefit of the poorer classe?. another is for families In better clrcumttauces who are able to pay. All domestic animals, living a life of routine, dependent on the care of human beings, and often, as in the case ot cows and horses, with little chance to communicate with others of their own kind, uso a very limited vocabulary In their cver-day life; but any un usual circumstances produces new words, easily distinguished by any one at all familiar vith their ordinary speech. The Freihaus, in a suburb of Vienna, is tbe most spacious building on the globe. Within its walls a whole city of human beincs live and work, eat and sleep. It contains in all between 1.200 and 1.500 rooms, divided into up ward of 100 dwelling apartments of from four to six rooms each. This immense bouse has 13 courtyards five open and eight covered and' a largo garden within its walls. M. Maseart, of the Academy of Sci ences, has strung a pendulum to the second platform of the Eitfel towor, the ball of which is within six fept of tbe ground. This gives it a length or 377 feet. The ball is of steel, and weighs 212 pounds. The Ioncest pendulum known hitherto, was that of Foucault, in the Pantheon, abont 70 years ago. and it afforded a new demonstration of the earth's motion, but it was only about 1U0 feet long. The Archseological Society of Athens has determined to establish a local museum at Tanagra. in Bcctia. whence the well-known figurines come. The mnseum is intended to house tbe great number of inscriptions found of late years, which are of much importance for Bcetian onomatology. Of tbe terracottas tbe best and most important that belong to the society are at Athens. In Its antiquarian at the polytecnnic, in tbe room next to tbe relics from Mycenaj. A patent has been granted for an elect trical drill for oil wells. The device so consists of a series of motors In tendem. connected in such a way as to make one motor. The design has been to get the power witbm a six-inch diameter, so mat the entire mechanism, wbicb much roseniblcs a common boiler, can be lowered In tbe well, aud tho power can be ap plied at the bottom. Tbe drill bits are firmly fastened on the rod, which Is worked rapidly in and out of a cylinder, after tbe manner of a piston rod. JOKES FOE JOKERS. The elevator boy is a perpetual instance of saspenued animation. St. 'Joseph Hews. From the mannish dress of the girl of the period it would seem that we have passed the period of tbe girl. Puck. "How good of yon to come, doctor. I didn't expect you this mornlnjr." "No. but 1 was called to yonroppostte neighbor, poor Mrs. Brown, and thought I might as well kill two birds with one stone." Punch. The Duchess of Shamcoddy Our English girls are more attractive to men than your-Amerl-can girls. illss Manhattan-How Is H then that your men sei-m to prefer American wives? The Uucness-The explanation la those excep tional cases is simply that the Borneo needs money. Miss Manhattan Then how Is it that American millionaire don't marry some of your Englim Juliets? Judge. Miss Frostique I never try to break men's hearts. .Miss Canstlqne No. You are old enough M know better.l presume Munsey't Ketlcly. Firt Rector "Is your congregation go lnjt to raise your salary the comlnc year?" Second Itector "Well, 1 don't know; they haven't finished raising my last year's salary yet. "Spare Moments. Patron What's the use of an old fossil like that taking boxing lessons? Instructor That's tbe Hon. Ellhu Grass. Con gressman from the Waynauito district- He ex pects the next session Is going to be one of the liveliest on record, audhewanta to be able to hold his own. Puck. Charlie "That Miss Watkini is a sweet girl." Krank "Yes, but she's not a safe rlfl in society." Charlie "Why not. I'd like to know?" Kaank 'Well, I never called upon her when she bad less than five pins stuck In her drass." Spare Moments. "I thonzht I'd just drop in, dear boy, knowing that you were having a few friends to dinner and hearing that there were Just 13. You know your wife Is so snperltltlons about tbat number." "Quite a mistake, my dear fellow; we are last IX" "Well, I'll stay any way. if .only to laugh ycf wife out of her whim, "Judge. I atattjiM f$?. l.JA&4r it.&rlv && WJ
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