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PITTSBURG, SCDNAY, NOV. 9, lSPO.
CRITICISM WITHOUT TRLVL.
A nervous, livelr interest in the plan of
tattle for 1693 has quickly succeeded to the
eraetkiES produced by the contest of Tues
day. When everybody with an idea about
jKilitics fancies that me mantle of a prophet
has (ellerj npou h's shoulders, a bewilder
ing lt f nonsense finds copious cxpres
aiea. Most of this nonsense is about the
Sari
It is true enough that the issue be'weeu
fee Republicans and Democrats in 1S92 will
be the tariff unless one thins occurs to pre
Tent. A Quae possible tirruuistaiice which
would effectually rcmoie the tariff from the
3eiiJeB of the main point in dispute would
1 the success of the JUcKinley bill. 'Xhe
DISPATCH has been at pains to show that
ihe greater part of the condemnation and
prejudice against the MeKinlcv bill
results not frcm its actual workings
bat from the general attempt to
increase prices on the pretext or suppo
eitien that the bill itself would necessarily
csll for such an increase. But whether it
will or not has to he tested. An atom of re
coeetkm ainst convince any one who thinks
werth while to reflect at all that the forces
f coeipetition w.'l Mica correct unfair ad
Tauces in the metcantile markets, as well as
extravagant or extortionate profits amonp the
Siaaalacturers. That is to say, if American
BHtnuXflcturers take advantage of the exclu
sion of foreign poods by high duties to run
up the prices of their own rroductstoa point
t which greedy rrcfit ensue to them, cap
ital, which is ever alert for opportunities,
'trill soon invade the inviting field, and the
last state ol the over-greedv will be woree
than their first. Is it not true that the actual
peration 1 high protective tariff has been
ia the end greatly to reduce the cost of many
of t&t staple product to which it has been
applied, in place of mcrcasing them? This
lias been signally our experience in tteel
rails, plate glass paper and a dozen other
CMSHiodities lhat n.ight be named.
If wisdom, courage and consistency can
be expected from the ltepublican majority
in the United States S'-nate that majority
will resist to the last any attempt to alter
the McKiolev bill until the bill has had a
fair trial. The Democrats in the House may
Bttempt to get up a law of their own, as
they did m '6S. but the Republican Senate
13 tke power to ensure two years trial for
(the McKinley bilL If those two years be
yearsef prospentv, of expanded industries
ts meet the enlarged demand of the home
siarket, in chort, of fair satisfaction with
the tariff schedule which is cow being criti
cised, but not yet tried, the Democrats will
hsr&ly lepeat their lolly of 'SS by making in
93 again a square issue against the pro
tective system.
I'laleetion or a tar.ff for revenue only sig
nifies a Etrictly business question. It is to
be determined bv tbc laws of trade and by
ibc circumstances of the country, and not in
the least by emotional politic A popular
vete Eiay retard or promote the final solu
tion aR to the policy which tLe interests of
the country demands, but it cannot make
mi table that thich ts unsuitable, or t ice
tw$a. Thus tar the trials have resulted in
favor of protection. Better wait for a trial
oi the McKtnlcy bill before condemning itl
A ItECOjnrEKDATIOX AS TO rCNEUALS.
The State Board of Health is undertaking
an excellent work in the direction of sani
tary reform by addressing a circular to
jihysicians urging them to dUcPurage fu
nerals to which friends and kindred are
generally admitted, where the death has
been caused by contagious disease. The
dread of certain classes of contagious disease,
such as cholera, siuall-prx, typhus and yel
low fever, has resulted In preventing large
attendance at the funerals in such cases.
3ut tne State Eoarl urges that there is also
danger in cases where death has been caused
by scarlet fever, dmuthersa or measles, and
asserts lhat the public is to-day as much in
seed of education with regard to these dis
eases as it was concerning small-pox two
iiHndred years ago.
This is :i subject concerning which the
State Board ot nealth can speak with
authority. Its statement that there is a
anger to the public in widely attended fu
rerals of bdeh cases should be sufficient to
cause general attention to its recommend
ations. There are many things about our
fUHerals which call for reform, the most
patent beug devices for making them need
lessly expensive. But if either silly cus
t9Hi or misdirected sentiment mak" it neces
sary for people of limned means to impov
erish themselves in committing the bodies
of their dead to the grave, that is a mnch
less serious matter then when the same
mtom or sentiment exposes a community to
Tread of contagious and fatal disease-
One is a matter for private taste or Judg
ment. The other is a subject in which the
welfare and safety of the public are con
cerned. In lact, the statement of the danger, as
made by the State Board of Health, would
warrant legislation to restrict the attend
ance at funerals, where diseases are conta
gious, and to prescribe regulations for
guarding against the spread of the "disease
by obituary honors. That is as clearly
within the province of legislation ai other
methods of protecting the community
against the spread of such diseases, either
by quarantine or isolation. Probably, how
ever, when the matter is understood, the
public instinct of selipreservation will be
sufficient to work the reform that is recom
mended by the Board.
roLrncAi, superstitions.
One of the most gratifying aspects of the
late election, in this as in other States, is
the blow that it gives to certain theories
which have been sedulously cultivated as to
the surest way to carry elections. It war
rants the opinion which The Dispatch
has often urged, that the ideas which the
practical politicians inculcate as to the
uecessitv for certa'n things in politics are
wholly factitious.except as they accrue to the
benefit of the politicians themselves.
The first lesson that is to be drawn from
this last one of a series of elections is the
actual absence of any advantage in the pos
session of patronage. Nearly every im
portant political fight for the past decade re
peats this lesson. In 1SS2, the Republicans
had the patronage both of this State and the
nation; and the Democratic tidal wave
which swept all over the country was not
more emphatic in disclosing the worth
lesancs of patronage against popu
lar convictions than by the elec
tion of Patticon with 40 000 plurality.
In 1834, the Republican possession of
patronage could not save Blaine or defeat
Cleveland. In 18S3, the Democrats had
both the State and national patronage, but
Beaver wis elected. In 18S8, the Demo
cratic officeholders were nowerless to defeat
Harrison. Finally, in 1890, although Re
publican officeholders were summoned alike
from England and Oklahoma to work for
Republican rucccss.the landslide took place
with crushing effect, both in Pennsylvania
and throughout the nation. Indeed, the
amazing record of defeat for the party that
has tue pationage and the victory for the
one that has not should show our political
lricnds that patronage used as spoils is a
burder to any party.
Hardly a less crushing blow is dealt tD the
other theory tnat elections can be carried by
immense campaign funds. It is true lhat
there may be particular localities where
money can influence votes so as to control a
local goverument, or rcrhaps turn a pivotal
contest. But the late election shows that,
against general popular opinion money is
powerless. This lesson is most significantly
taught in the State election. There is no
question that the financial resources in the
contest were on the Republican side. In
deed there are undercurrents of talk in Re
publican circles to the effect that Republican
Congressmen from other States are com
plaining that the bulk of the national cam
paign fund was turned into the Pennsyl
vania State campaign, leaving the other
States rather bare. But the result shows
that the moucy made no difference. It may
have diminished Democratic votes in a few
localities; but whether in this State or else
where it was powerless to check the turn of
popular opinion.
The results also show that, beside the
broad and high view of earning public ap
proval by honest and careful policy, the
organization of campaign work by the most
skillful politicians is of slight value. The
Republicans had the most skillful aud per
fectly trained organization, certified to be
so by success in 1838, and the unanimous
declaration of party experts. This organiza
tion had the support of the office-holders of
the Government; and in this State the two
organ.zations were carefully blended into
one. The Democratic organization in this
State wis hastily made, while the Demo
cratic national organization was principally
conspicuous by the remarks of Democratic
newspapers on its ability to do nothing. Yet
with this contrast of perfect organization on
the Republican side, and of very little
organization on the Democratic side, the
result was a sweeping Democratic victory.
These facts point to the conclusion that
the necessity of pitronage, of big campaign
funds and of expensive political organiza
tions, are mere fetiches. The one suie way
of carrying elections is to take a course
that will earn the popular approval, to ad
minister government in the iuterest of the
people and to show an honest and sincere
adherence to real principles.
CENSLS COMPARISONS.
In discussing the criticisms thathavebeen
made ot the eleventh census, the New York
Press amplifies Mr. Porter's argument with
regard to the inadequacy of the census of
1870 in the Southern States, and the result,
which, he claims, that it destroys the ac
curacy of any comparison of the ratio
of growth with either the succeed
ing or preceding decades. The gist of the
argument is presented as follows:
The real causo of the Southern States railing
to reach an jili lug like tlio rato of increase,
shown in lESO may be found in the following
somewhat startling table, whichsuop-s the rates
of increa?e dunrg tho last three decades in
these Spates, and illustrates tho imperfcctious
of tho census of 1S70 in a marked manner:
Per Ct. In. Per Ct. In. Per Ct. In.
STATES. 1SG310 1S7G. lSIOtolSS). J8o0tolS90.
Virjriin.1 .... 4.4 23 S S.O
. Uirollui.. 7.9 10.6 15 5
S-. Carolina... 0.3 41.1 15 3
(.crjrli 12.0 30.2 18.
Aljlj una 2.4 31.5 19 4
MlSfcl-olppi .. 4 0 3.7 13 5
l.ouis ana.... 2.7 2). 3 18.S
Keutucky.... 14.3 14.8 12.S
'ieniiest.ee.... 13.4 22.5 14.1
Of this the Pies: says: "No fair-minded
man can study the above table and say that
I the census of 1870 was correct." The asser
tion is measurably true; and is evidently
justified of such States as South Carolina
and Louisiana. That the ratio of growth
during the decade of the war in the South
was more seriously checked than anywhere
else in the country is beyond dispute; but it
is also probably true that the ratios given iu
the above table for most of the Southern
States was below the actual growth, and
consequently increased the ratios shown at
the close of the succeeding decade. But
the supnorters of this census do not see that
this argument works both ways. They
seem to imagine that because the faulty
census of 1870 vitiates the ratios of gain for
both the preceding and succeeding decades,
therefore no comparison at all can be made
with the census taken at the close of the
third decade In this tbey are entirely mis
taken. No comparison can be made with
the ratio of either of the previous decades
taken by itself; but a very fair comparison
can be made with the average ratios.
The whole argument recognizes the accur
acy of the euumerations of 1SC0 and 1880.
That fact being established, a simple illus
tration will show how the comparison of
ratios is affected. Take a community which
had in I860 an even million inhabitants and
which had 1,200,000 population in 1870 and
1,500,000 in 1880. In that case the correct
proportion of gain was 20 per cent for the
first decade and 25 per cent for the second.
But if the census of 1870 omitted 50,000 of
the population, it would reduce the ratio for
the previous decade to 15 per cent and raise
the second to slightly more than 30 per cent.
The fractional percentages would vary
slightly, but not enough to vitiate for pur
poses of comparison, the fact that the aver
age ratio of growth will be very close to half
of the sum of the two ratios.
Now let us see how this method of com
parison affects the showing of growth for
the Southern States. Taking the average of
the ratios for the two decades, from I860 to
1880, we find that they compare with the
ratios disclosed by the last census, for the
decade between 18S0 and 1890, as follows:
Average or Percent
two decades. 15s0 to 1890.
Vlrpinia 13 9 9.0
S. Carolina 19.2 15 5
S.Carolina 22.0 15.2
Ueoreia 21.1 1S.9
Alabama 15.0 19.4
Wisl-sippi 20 6 H.5
I.ouislani 16.0 18.8
Kentucky 19.5 12.5
Tennessee 17.9 M.4
In other words, this comparison shows in
every case but two a decrease of from one
tenth up to over one-third in the ratio of
growth, and in five of the nine States the de
crease in the ratio of growth is over a quar
ter. When we take into consideration the
fact that the decade showiug the smaller ra
tios of growth his been the most prosperous
period the South has known for thirty years,
while in the two decades from which the av
erage is taken, one-fifth of the period was
occupied by a war that left that section in
complete ruin, this result is wholly beyond
intelligent belief. It would be surprising to
learn that the ratio of increase iu the South
was not moie during the list decade than
the average for the two decades that include
the Civil "War. If the showing were that
the ratios had slightly decreased by from a
tenth to a twentieth, the task of believing it
would be more difficult. But when we are
told that the ratio during the prosperous pe
riod Ins fallen off at such rates as a quarter
or a third, it entirely discredits the enumer
ation on which the later ratios are based.
This is the legitimate conclusion from the
comparisons which the defenders of the cen
sus have invoked. Extended to the totals
for the whole nation, and emphasized by the
increasing ratio oi immigration, it leaves lit
tle escape from the conclusion that the cen
sus of this year is not an adequate and fair
enumeration of our population.
THE CIVlIi SERVICE TAWS.
Mr. Harrison's administration has shown
pretty plainly that it does not lie awake of
nights thinking how it can secure a stringent
application of the civil service laws. The
latitude allowed for the assessment of clerks,
and the stimulation to partisan activity in
the late elections, reminded the beholder of
the Jay Huhbell era. The only offensive
partisan who has been subjected to the awful
displeasure and discipline of the adminis
tration is the unhappy young lady clerk at
"Washington postoffice who chanced to repeat
the indiscreet jest about Senator Quay's
mail going to the dead-letter office.
But the Democrats will now have a
chance to discover whether they are any
more sincere than the Republican adminis
tration in their civil service pledges. They
will have some patronage to bestow not a
vast lot, but enough to show their temper.
It will demonstrate whether ornot they have
yet outgrown the Jacksoman idea that pub
lic offices are spoils.
AS AGE Or CANAI&
This is an age which is remarkable for the
number of canals which it is projecting and
building. And cow the news comes of
another gigantic scheme, which, by canal
or ship railway, or both, American, En
glish, and Montreal capitalists are planning
to connect Chicago and the Northwest,
via the Great Lakes and Georgian
Bay with the Atlantic Ocean, and thus
open up direct and speedy through
traffic with the interior of this continent
and Europe. Then there is our own Beaver
"Valley canal from the Ohio to the lakes.
Also the canal from the upper Hudson to
Lake Champlain, for which preliminary
surveys ate now being made. The work
which has been done on the Isthmus indi
cates that the waters of those two great
oceans will one of these diys pave the way
lor the commerce of the nations.
The push which characterizes these under
takings in the New World is also bestirring
the capitals and commercial centers of the
Old. It was recently announced that Paris
is to build a snip canal to the Atlantic, by
which she hopes to again be a seaport and a
mistress of the seas. But among the most
interesting enterprises of this nature may
be mentioned the project now on foot
to connect Rome with the Mediterranean
by means of a ship canal to start from St.
Paul's, outside the walls, and be built in a
direct line to the sea. It will be 12J miles
long and terminate about 34 miles from the
mouth of the Tiber. According to our Con
sul General, that part nearest the sea will
constitute an outer port about 1,300 feet iu
breadth, and will be formed by two jetties,
at the extremity of one of which will be a
lighthouse, visible 17 miles at sea. The
depth of this harbor will be about 3G
feet. The port proper will be about 4,600
feet long by about 2,000 feet wide, with a uni
form depth of about 33 feet. The cost is esti
mated at about $19,300,000. No aid is to be
asked from the Government until the canal
ts completed, when it is to take possession at
cost upon the pavment of interest at 5 per
cent and 1 per cent amortization during
forty years. It will then become state
property.
TITANTSSGrATXG.
Thanksgiving Day is approaching and the
President's proclamatiou, which appears to
day, put the official seal upon the fate of
innumerable turkeys. The President finds
that the nation has abundant reason for
thanksgiving, and nobody will be inclined
to differ with him. Even though dis
appointment has come with November to
some, yet the returns show that the majority
are iu a position to rejoice, and iu this
country the majority rules even in the giv
ing of thanks. By Thanksgiving Day a
happy and united nation will be able to
show its gratitude iu all the decorous and
pleasant ways our Chief Magistrate has
pointed out.
Tnn Philadelphia Press has been study
ing tho returns from tho Northwestern counties
of Erie, Crawford, Mercer, Venango and War
ren, and finding there a Republican loss of
6,831 as compared with lSiO, and 10.7S7 as com
pared with 1S5S, begins to doubt whetber tho
sol.d demand ot tho delegates at those counties
forJIr. Delamater's nomination represented
the popular wish. When the Press adds to that
loss the items ofl.943 in McKean. 2,015 in But
ler, and smaller slumps in Forest, Clarion and
Armstrong, making a total loss of 16.C76 in the
countios named, it may bo pardoned for having
doubts whetber the candidate's success in car
rying the primaries should have been so con
clusive of the desirability of his candidacy.
The question whether the city has the
THE PITTSBime DISPATCH,
right to put up poles for overhead wires In
Iront of tho Govtrnment building, makes an In
teresting fitrht. As to whether poles can go in
front of pnvato property, that never seems
worth fighting about.
As iuiportint question is agitating
social circles in England, and has already occu
pied considerablo space in tho sporting jour
nals. It has reference to tho spread ot the
great American i;ame and is as follows: Does a
straight beat throe of a kimlT The American
public will hasten to assure their English
cousins that it does, with exceptions. Thus,
when tho three oi a kind is composed of three
5 professional card-sharpers, and the straight is
of the description known to slangas "a straight
sucker," the threa of a kind are pretty sure to
win.
It is pleasant to observe that Mr. Green
B. Raum's attempt to revengo himself on Con
gressman Cooper, of Indiana, by trying to work
tho pensioners against the lattcr'a re-election
has been buried out of eight underneath the
recent tidal wave.
The Democratic party is disposed to util
ize tho present opportunity to discipline the
traders and wire pollers of thelrparty in Phila
dclphia, who shoved their readmes3 to sell out
I'attison for theii own local advantage. Trying
to expel McMnllen and Monroe in Philadelphia
may land the Democrats in some snch diloinma
as tho Republican attempt to got rid of tho
wicked Gibbs in Ifew York City. The best way
is to leave thera alone, with a clear upderstand
ing that they aro not to be depended on for
anything in the ltiturc.
In the inquirj as to what produced the
Republican defeats it is not wise to ignore the
fact that the principal cause was tho Repub
lican leadership.
noN. John M. Langston is deter
mined to afford tho nation an extreme illus
tration of thofotco of hibvc He was beaten
again for Congress in the Petersburg district
last Tuesdty and las again given notice of a
contest. It is nut too great a reliance upon
human nature to predict that Langston will
not win in tho coutest for a scat in the next
House of Representatives.
Perhaps the farmers of Kansas wish
Mr. Ingalls to understand that after all the Ten
Commandments have a place in politics.
In view of Jecent constructions of the
lottery law, as well as the disposition of the
Posttl DeptrtmcDt to gnard tho tender suscep
tibilities of its friends from injury, it is strange
that it does not. exclude from the mails the
newspapers which arc publishing tho long list
of prizes and blanks just drawn in the lottery
of politics.
TnERE was an intimation, yesterday,
that, after all, hanging may not be played out
In Allegheny county.
Kerr for cleik of the next House would
bo a strong and civditablo candidate, and as be
seems to W'Sb, (.ho place, the Democrats of
Pennsylvaniashonld givo him their unanimous
support. But it seems as if a man who had
maJohis :ood re ord for tho past two years
might aim a little higher.
ME1V AHD WOflTES'.
MR.BATmnTT Wmdhll, the novelist, who
is also assistant professor of English at Har
vard, has been dnvotinghis summer sojourn at
Newcastle. N. Tit., to work on a biography of
Cotton Mather,
Rev. Dr. Parker, of London, knows the
best way to deal with anonymous letters. The
first tiling he loo'cs for in a letter is the signa
ture; if thero be none, he does not read one
solitary word of the epistle.
Tub historian of the Protestant Eniscopal
Church in America is B shop William Stevens
Perry, of lowi. Ho edits tho journals of tho
conventions of the church, and is the author of
several volumes of church history.
Miss Eliza Birra Peabody, who fir3t intro
duced into this country from Germany the kin
dergarten method of teaching tho children, is
still living in Bolton at the ago of b7 years, and
retains much interest in educational matters.
Lady BitooKn, who was as Miss Maynard
known as one of tho greatest of English hcir
ess"e, has perfected a scheme ior teaching sew
ing to the children in her district, which would
bear inspection from other intending philan
thropist'. The Hon-. J. W. Losolet, Attorney Gen
eral of No a Scotia, sajs that reciprocal trade
with the United States is the most important
and vital issue between tho Canadian parties
and upon whicn their next general election,
taking place on year hence, will be fought
The death of Lord Ellenborough recalls tho
rumors current years ago of his attachment to
tho then unmaiTied Queen of England. She
was said to return bis affection, and to bo desi
rous of making bim her consort. His rank was
not considered high enough lor this, and he
was senttoIndU, where ho nasatterwaidniade
Governor General.
ALnioNSE liABS, tho novelist, whose death
at bu Raphael, on tho Mediterranean, has re
cently been chronicled, was an enthusiastic
florist and horticulturist- Over his door ho had
written, "Alphonso ICarr, Gardener," and for
the last 40 yearn he had almost ceased to write.
Many of his experiences as a horticulturist
were embodied in his Voyage autour de mon
J a) dm.
When President Hirrison, tho Rev. David
Swing and Dr. John Trembly, of Ohio, were
Etudents iu MHim College, Oxford, O., Pro
fessor Stoddard's ram gauge was poured full of
water one night, in a storm, greatly to the as
tonishment of that instructor next day. The
Chicago Times declares that while tho other
tw o conspirators hero named stood guard, tho
grandson of "Tippecanoe" was on the roof ex
ecuting this little project. Before tho task was
linished thero was an alarm, and bwing and
Trembly fled, while Mr. Harrison, so the story
goes, flattened himself against a chimney and
staed there until morning.
CLEEGYHXK'S SALARIES,
As ninstrated by 1'romlnont Example! in
New York and Itrooltlyn.
From the M ew ork baturday Review. ;
Dr. Morgin Dix, rector of Old Trinity, has
$15,000. His assistant has 5G.000. Of the chapels
belonging to the parish. Trinity Chapel paid
S,003 to the late Dr. Swope, and tho. assistants
in charge of the others have $1,000. Dr.
Huntington, rector of Grace Church, has $15,000
and a house, whoso rental is worth at least
55,000 more. fct. Bartholomew pays $19,000 to its
rector. Dr. Greer, who, being wealthy, retains
nothing lor himself. Dr. Brown, of St. Thomas',
rece.vcs $15,000. Dr. Ralnstord, of St. Goorge's,
has $10,000, and, being well to do, gives it all
away. A dozen other Episcopal i Irishes in
tho city pay from $4,003 to $3,000 a year. The
Bishop receivos $15000.
Among the Piesbyterians. Dr. John nail
draws SU50O; Dr. Paxton receives $12,500; Dr.
Parkhurst, $S,00C; Dr. Taylor gets tho equiva
lent of $15,01)0 Rev. Robert Collyer, Unitariau.
has $10.0u0. 1 he pastor of tho largest Methodist
Ohurch has $5,000 and parsonage; the Methodist
Bishop also has $5,000. In Brooklyn, Dr.
Talmage receives S12.U0U, and makes almost s
mucn again out of his lectures books and
newspaper pay. Dr. Abbott. $8,0C0. In Dr.
Faxton's choir one soprano singer receives at
least $4,000.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
Alexander K. Nlmlck.
Mr. Alexander Kenncdv Nlinick, Jr., formerly
of thU clt, died yesterdav at his homo in Stam
ford. Conn., at the age or 27 years. He was a son
or the lite William It. Nlmlet. Mr. Mraick
was married a few years ago to Miss Flora Cole
man, who, with one child, survives him.
J. II. Brnuthoover.
SCOTTDALE, Novfcinber8. J. XI. liranthoover, a
well-known resident of this place, died at bis
residence to-day of linght's dls-ase. lie was
formerly proprietor of a hotel at liradford, and
was well known alloer rayette and Westmore
land counties.
Hal Dulauoy.
Alexavdhi, Va , Iovembcr8. Mr. nal Du
lamy died to-day of consumption at his father's
residence, Melbourne, in London county. Mr.
Dulaner Is s.id to be the wealthiest man in Vir
ginia and was well known lu dillerent parts of the
United States.
Don rrederico Vollo,
Washivotov, November 8 Don Frederlco
Vollo, Charge d'Aflalres of the Costa Itlcan Lega
tion, and actios Minister for some months past,
died suddenly at his room in the Klsmerc to-day
of pneumonia, after an Illness ot five days.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9,
THE TOPICAL TALKER,
"Widows Only Need Apply.
A youko married woman went into an Intel
ligcnce office the other day to biro a cook,
If sbo could. Theie was only one cmnrcsson
the market, so to speak a tall, strapping, determined-looking
maiden ot some forty sum
mers. With considerable fear and trembling
the young housekeeper asked tho lono domes
tic if she would condescend to rule the roast
for a suitable consideration.
"How many is there in the family!" the
elderly party demanded fiercely.
"Only two my husband and myself," said
Madam Timidity.
"OI that's too many!"
"O-o-o-ohl"
I'm willin to live with a widow, l'vo lived
with several," the grim female added but her
victim had fled.
Poor Little llabes.
QB another occasion a man visited the same
intelligence office. Ho possessed wonder
ful courage, it is needless to say. Chaperoned
by tho proprietress ot the establishment, ho
interviewed, or rather was examined by several
ladies who admitted their desire to rule kitch
ens and regulate households. One "of them
asked him the usual question as to the size of
his household and he admitted with brazen
effrontery thathe had a wife and four children.
"I object to tho children," she said.
"Oh! that's easily settled," said he; "if you'll
consent to cook for us we'll hangthe children!"
And he said it so seriously that under the cover
of her amazement he beat a retreat in safety.
Her Objections Overruled.
Vate In an awful form overtook one of these
handmaidens who have such a horror ot
children.
She had made it a point to avoid families
where there wore any children, and on several
occasions when Dabie3 arrived she had left
good quarters at very short notice. The lady
from whom she had parted on this account
some 15 years ago in Allegheny met her tho
other day in the market.
"Well, Mary, how's the world been using you
all these years?" she asked.
"Ot very well, ma'am I'm married now, you
know," thocr8twhile Fervitor replied.
"Is that so, Mary? Have you got over your
objection to children?"
"I suppose so, ma'am. I've fourteen ol my
own, four of 'oni twin:! '
One of Our Rulers.
J told her thit sho had my heart,
I promised her a store
Of geld and diamonds and things
That women all adore.
Bnt she turned up her pretty nose;
She said: "My empire, sir.
Cannot be bought with gauds or gold
So don't aspire, sir.
"My word is law," she further said,
"I bow the knee to none.
I bo your wife? With tr.fling, sir,
I beg of you have dune!
And so I left the haughty girl, i
Without a word or look;
And she still rules a noble house
Where she is hired to cook!
A Cry From the Remnant,
As tlio triumphant Democracy marched down
Fifth aienuolast night, with hands play
ing and rockets and cheers rending tho gloom
and qmetne33 of nlcht, a thin, angular youth
who was squeez"d against tho railing of the big
billiard room, lifted up a very squeaky voice
aud said: "Whit's this hero celebration for?"
Somebody in the dense crowd in front told
him.
"I don't seo why them Democrats is sailin' so
all-fired high," continued the ancular young
man, "they didn't carry tho Nineteenth ward
nohow!"
A National Consequence.
iTynr.r.E shall I put the President's Thanks
giving proclimation?" asked the tele
graph editor.
"Oh! let it follow tho revised election ro
turnB," said the managing editor.
He Had Fortitude.
I"1 he orchestra was playing Tery fast and
loud.
"Tboj're playing too forte, aren't they?" she
sa-d.
"Yes 2:40 gait, I guess," said he.
Inartistic Stage Devices,
A New Yore correspondent calls attention
to a littlo blemish in the production of
"The Last Word" at Daly's Theatre. It is tho
mistake of making old Prof Mutherell play tho
piano while Ve a is telling the Sjcretaiy
about her little brother's death. It is not
likely that ho would do an) thing of tho
kinti in real life, but if he should do so,
he would at all events produce the muslo with
his own fingers. Mr. Wheatleigh does not even
disturb the keys of tho piano (which could
easily be muted), and although he endeavors
to keep somo sort of time with tho performer
behind tho scenes, the transparency of the
artifice, which is in itself lnnrtiatic and untrue,
is most exasperating. Nor is this all. On
Tuesday night iho piano behind tho scenes was
re-enforced by a violin, whoso notes gave tho
finishing touch of absurdity to the whole pro
ceediuir. A blunder of a more embarrassing sort once
befell an actor at Old Library Hall half a dozen
1 ears ago. If I remember rightly it was in
something Miss Minnio Maddern was produc
ing there, in a scene of which a young woman
was required to play on the piano for several
minutes.in order to heighten tho effect of tho
situation. Tho actress cast for this part could
not play and tho customary artifice of having
somo one off tho stago produco the music was
resorted to. It was a boxed in sot that is, the
scenery prevented the actors from being seen
from the wings.
The cue for the mnsic came, and the young
woman announced her intention of playing
"that dear old s jng." She sat down at the piano,
ran her fingers over the Leys without sound
ing a note, of course. Then she cougiied and
looked piteouslj at the heroine. There was no
help for her there. The confederate behind
the scenes had strayed away, and the young
woman bad to sit at the piano for fivo minutes
or so an awful wait for everybody till con
nections were restored. Hepburn Johns.
EYPODEEMIC BLUSH.
This Latest Weapon of tho Tnlr Sex is Dan
gerous to Trifle With.
Prom the London Illustrated News.
The "hypodermic blush" is tho latest new
weapon that has been added in the United
States to the armory of tho fair sex. The im
mediate effects are said to ba ravishing, and to
impart a surpassing beauty. Never were tho
gentler emotions of the human heart so grace
fully displayed, though it is only "coloring
matter inserted beneath the skin with tho point
of a syringe."
The after results are not so satisfactory. Tho
beautj-spot becomes a greenish yellow, and if
tho experiment 13 persisted in it bears a per
manent star; but while it lasts the attraction is
described as irresistible, and it lasts two hours.
This is time enouch for almost anything
certainly for a declaration of love. But this is
only one though, it is true, an important one
of the uses to which tho hypodermic blush
maybe applied.
Canadian Thanksgiving.
From tl o Toronto Mall.l
We, no donbt, draw our Idea of an annual
thanksgiving from the United States. It could
not have come fiom England, for there, whilo
the churches certainly tako cognizance of the
harvest home, and direct the pcoplo to express
their gratitude for tho gifts of Providence,
there is no universal or concerted observance.
Another Ship Canal.
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. 3
The Government engineers passed a steam
vessel through the Mussels Shoals Canal on
the Tennessee river a few days ago, and the
formal celehration ot the completion of this
great work will be held November 12. Tho
canal opens navigation from Chattanooga,
Tenn., to tho Ohio river.
There Aro Other Attractions.
Trom tho Minneapolis Tribnne.
Let us now return to a thoughtful considera
tion of tho Mormon problom, the homo rule
question, tho Chinese puzzle, Ward McAllis
ter's book and the Stanley scandal. They are
soothing subjects, and will not remind us of the
painful experienco of the past few days.
1890.
A SAHITARY DISGEACE.
Tho Shocking Hygienic Condition of Somo
Now York City Primary Schools.
From Harper's Weekly.
Dr. Chapm. a member of the Committee on
Hygiene of tho County Medical Society, has
recently mido a report upon tho sanitary con
dition of tho primary departments of many of
the public schools in the city of New York
which reveals very disagreeable face. He
found tho class rooms overcrowded, badly
lighted, badlv ventilated and full of foul odors.
In other words, he found precisely the state of
things that ought not to exist. He submitted
the following detailed statement:
"School 7, CO Chrystie street, 1,100 children.
This primary school is in three buildings, one
of which is an old rookery formerly a tenment,
and another is a part of an old factor) in Heater
street. The whole establishment is a disgrace
to any civilized community. The children come
from poor families; and they are given the
poorest and scantiest accommodations. On a
bright, sunshiny day 11 of tho stuffyciass rooms
were lighted by gas, which, with the poor
ventilation, made the atmosphere almost un
bearable. Foul air troin the boys' closets fands
access to the schoolroom through open windows
and passageways connecting tne closets with
tho room above. Three back rooms on this
floor have been condemned on account of the
fonl air and the general darkness, but the
o'her rooms connecting with them, and in sub
stantially the same condition, are crowded with
children."
Somebody is responsible for such a wrong as
the report discloses, and ultimately the bchool
Department of the city must ba held to ac
count. Thero is no public work in which
necessary money can be so ill-spared as the
Echools. Tbey should accommodate all the
children of school age, and their sanitary con
dition should be the best. That Mich a report
could be truthfully made of public schools i.i
New York is a disgrace to the city.
LBELAKD'S POTATOES.
Their Diseased Condition and the Govern
ment's Measures for Protection.
From the London Illustrated News.)
There is good causo to hope and believe that
tho diseased condition of the potatoes, conse
quent on wet autumn weather this jear, is
confined to certain northwestern districts of
Mayo, Donegal and Galway, whero it may oc
casion local distress. The Government relief
measures, including grants of food and of seed
potatoes, are accompanied by the publication
of a few simple agricultural instructions,
which has been put iu practice in some places
by official order, to serve as an example.
All deceased tuber-, old sets, decayed and de
caying stems, are removed from the ground and
burnt In heaps; the potatoes which are only
partly diseased are boiled, and while hot are
packed in barrels, or in otner tight vessels
rammed down tigut and covered witn earth to
exclude the air; tbey will keep as food for pigs.
The sound potatoes ae to be kept dry, In small
quantities together, carefully separated from
the soil in which the bad potatoes have grown.
Seed of a different variety should be chosen for
the new planting, which should be done in dry
land early in February, or even January, while
low lands and bogs should be laid in ridges to
drain and become dry.
GLADSfONL'S AX.
The First Photograph of tho Statesman
With Ais Ax and Hard at Work.
From Spare Momcnts.1
A good many years ago, before Mr. Glad
stone's timber-felling propensities were at all
known to the public, I met tho correspondent
of an American journal in the Strand, who
was much excited over a copy of the first pho
tograph of Mr. Gladstone in his shirt sleeves,
with his 2.x in hand, in the attitudo of a wood
man, which is now almost as well known 3 his
pose in Parliament.
The American was anxious to send tho por
trait to New York for publication, hut thought
it was a boat, and was desirous to know if 1
could give him any certainty on themtttcr. I
suggested that he should get a magnifying
class, and see If the forefinger of the loft hand
was missing in observation which soon settled
his doubts.
The loss of that finger was the worst result of
Mr. Gladstone's eaily practice as afsportsman.
Chelate Lord Derby was, I think, the last of
our Pnmo Ministers who was a sportsman.
Lord Salisbury has. unfortunately for I113
health, no outdoor .amusement and is not fond
of walking. Even between Arlington street
and the foreign office he generally passes shut
up in his blue brougham.
Mr. Tiryce's Discontent.
From the .flew York bun. 3
We do not think that Mr. Bryco is justified In
asserting that tbre has been in the last SO
years, or In tho last 20 years since his first visit
to tho United States, a diminution of the
healthy and good-natured optimism with which
the people regard their Government and look
forward to the future.
European "War.
From the New York Mar. J
It is not altogether- encouraging to hopes for
European peace that the French Government
feels that it must increase the military strength
of the country on account of the addod arma
ment of Germany.
Peck Measures.
From the New York San.
The esteemed funny man of Milwaukee, hav
ing been elected Governor of Wisconsin, can
present his inaugural schemes for reform to the
Legislature under the general head of Peck
measures.
To the Point.
From tho New York "H orld.
The Penus) lvania Independent is a bad man
to fool with.
STANLEY'S REPLY.
Toledo Commercial: If Stanley tells the
truth Lieutenant Barttelot richly deserved the
death he met.
Nlw York Evening Post: The more one
hears of "the rear-column" trouble in the
Stanley expedition, the more regrettable it
seems that tho controversy cannot be fought
out beforo some competent tribunal.
New York rress: The 1'icsi is mighty
glad it waited to have Stanley's side of tho
Barttclot story. It presumed Stanley's inno
cence till he should be proved guilty, and now
that both sides havo been heard, the harden
of proof still rests on those who would blacken
tho character of the great explorer.
New York CommercialAdverliser: Mr. Henry
M. Stanley's explanation of tho Barttclot inci
dent, since his arrival on our shores, is not al
together satisfactory. But all these
statements make still more impressive the
question as to the responsiblity which rests
upon Stanley himself for leaving Barttelot in
autocratic command of tho rear guard.
New York Tioune. Mr. Stanley Is a man of
peace, but a haru lighter when attacked.
A most exacting commander, requiring abso
luto obedience from his swarthy followers and
the highest degree of intrepidity, pluck and
efficiency in his white companions, he is a just
and generous leader in dealing with all asso
ciated with him. He is a man of peace, gentle,
indulgent and conservative In his judg
ments of men; yet when ho is aroused he is a
lion In the path of traducers and carping
critics.
New York Star: Nothing Is likely to be
brought out that will detract seriously from
the reputation of Mr. Stanley. Tho great ex
plorer has his faults, and his methods would
not always bo approved, nor have they been
approved, by carpet critics. But whatever may
bo said of him, ho has pushed forward to in
variable success with an indomitable energy
that has brooked no obstacles. The ends that
ho sought have been accomplished, and of such
grandeur and paramount importance are they
that the world is oblivious to everything save
the fact of tho brilliant success.
PniLADrLPUlA Times: Stanley's arraign
ment of Barttelot is certainly terrible, but only
so because of Barttclot's offenses. That officer's
tyranny and cruelty, according to Stanley's
statement, almost exceed tho bounds of human
credulity. Now what is required is the whole
story supported by the proofs. It is easy
enough to understand tho motives of delicacy
that influenced Stanley's judgment when he
made tho mistake of passing over tho episodo
as lightly as possible in his book. Even then
he was thought to be severe. Now the whole
tale must bo told.
New York Evening Teleqram: The
interview with Mr. Stinley published
this morning will be read with great
attention in two worlds. The explorer
tells tho story of the roar column
not all, butjenough to show how dark the story
is and leaves tho unfortunato Major Bart
tclot's character 111 an unhappy light.
The whole truth Is what the world will demand,
and after Mr. Stanley has met the attack oa
him by telling all be knows of tho expedition,
those who would defend Major Barttelot should
como forward with proofs, and not confine
themselves to criticisms.
MURRAY'S MUSINGS.
now the Household Beat Gets on in Great
Gotham Confusion Over tho New Elec
tion Laws The Proposed Railroad Tun
nel The latest Fad.
trr.oit a staff cor.RESPONnEST.1
A oood many interesting stones have been
written about tramps. It the autobio
graphy of one of that peculiar type of tramp
indigenous here, the householding beat, could
be truthfully obtained it would probably dis
count any romance of the slums. Tho house
holding tramp Is the head of a family. He may
or may not bo employed in legitimate business.
It makes very little difference, as be is possessed
of infinite cheek and ample references. Un
like tho solitary wanderer of the streets, he
affectsgreat resources, and bis dash and as
surance quite takes the man off his feet who
would question his eminent respectability. In
fact, ho usually takes unquestioned that for
which an honest man mnst give bonds. I havo
seen one of thee individuals get the gas turned
on at bis flat without a deposit whero the com
pany required that security of me. The only
satisfaction I had was the ultimate laugh when
the company was stuck tor three months of
bills unpaid. Tho same man managed to get
three months' rent for one month's pay, and
aoont the same proportion of soraehing for
nothing from every tradesman in the neigh
borhood. Then he moved out with hU faimlv
into a Iresh field which can bo found in this
great city four or live blocks from the last
scene of operations.
This family of four persons changes neigh
borhoods about once in three months on the
average. They live with a fl uri3h. They pay
money onlv to make a snow and establish
credit- The tradesman or honQe owner who
has them for customera invanabl) gets left.
Perhaps on a year's living they pay for three or
fonr months' living, lh.ro is no law to catch
them not even tho law of false pretenses nor
the law to protect innkeepers. Their house
hold effects cannot be dis rained. Nothing can
be recovered by suit, lo get a judgment 11
sending good money after bad. Tnus they go
scot freo to work other confiding people of
fresh neighborhoods. This c.ty 13 full of such
people. The stones of landlords and house
agents concerning their operations would fill
volumes every year. No one 13 smart enough
to do business in Now York and escape these
householding beats.
A Feature of Swelldom.
p coxsriCLons feature of tho swell theaters
and hotels Is the gorgeous flunky whose
business it Is to open carriage doors. Somo of
the swell shopping places employ the man or
boy in buttons to perform this great act. The
individual is usually a big colored gentlemau
who wears bluo and gold and an air of owner
ship important enough to include a block on
Broadwav. The sight of one of these darkies
is enough to mako the ordinary man feel as it
the greatest mistake ho ever made was not
having been born to the buttons.
How Grover Got Registered.
d large man walked into one of the impro
vised polling booths in the Ticinity or
Madi3on avenue on the first day of registra
tiou. Four or five men sat around the tables
copying lists and preparing their books. They
paid no attention to the comer until he said,
after waiting patiently awhile: "I would like to
rcsistcr."
"Where do you live?" inquired one of tho
clerks rather gruffly. The rest looked at the
would-be voter "-atlier suspiciously.
"No. 81S Madi'on avenue," waa the reply,
"What's your name?"
"Grover Cleveland."
Tho roan started as if he were shot, no was
so excited that his hook fell on the floor, while
"de cang" rose to their feet and awkwardly ex
pressed their lonf usion by removing their bat-.
Meanwhile the ex-President of the Un.tcd
btates registered like any other citizen, and
walked away very much amused.
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The Latest Mourning Fad.
Qp all the fashionable fads cf th.s great
metropolis that accentuation of domestic
grief which shows itself in a black shirt, black
collar and cuffs and white studs, white cnlf
buttons and white necktie, 13 abont the most
ridiculous. Faslnonabln New York will soon
be dining at Delraocico's and promenading
Broadway with miniature coffins for jewelry
and artificial tears painted on the checks. It
is doubtful whether such peoplo cou'd really
shed any other kind but genuine Land-painted
tears. When women put their toddling children
in deep mourning and rode in the Park, with
their poodles decked with crape it seemed that
this sort of thing could go no further. Now
that men have taken to black shirts and cable
handkerchief, however, the onus of tomfoolery
is removed from tho shoulders of womankind.
Itisenoush to make the dead Tnrnoverin
their tombs and tear their shrouds to ribbons.
New York's New Election Law.
THE new election laws threw the city of New
York in a state of panic. From day to day
the newspapers published diagrams of how the
elector should exercise his right of franchise,
and these were accompanied by the most elab
orate instructions. Notwithstandingall of this,
the voters of every precinct were in great fear.
In the first place, thero were so many tickets in
the field that anybody but the most accom
plished politicians wcro apt to bo confused.
Nobody cauld tell just who his particular can
didates were. At the polling places were
erected booths, something like a bath-tub on
end, and from these booths, which were 150 feet
from the polling places, the representatives of
tho various tickets peddled the tickets of their
respective candidates. The sccno enacted 111
the vicinity of these precincts was often too
amusing and too nnoymg to satisfy local pod
cians. whatever may have been the effect on tho
general public As tho new system has been
adopted by several btates, it is unnecessary to
explain it here. But that it generally upset
the preconceived notions of tho average voter
who desired by his ballot to express his prefer
ence for one candidate over another, is now a
matter of history, borne fnend3 of mine in
sisted that I was in one of tho voting booths
over 15 minutes. I was ready to swear that I
had not been thus occupied more than two
minutes. How a less intelligent voter couli
get through the mill within less time and If In
less time, how much less time bothers me.
The system is probably the only system New
York ever had by which the electors misbt ex
press their pref erenco for their respective can
didates. Nobody kicks against the system,
The Big Railroad Tunnels.
'The great railroad problem of the future 13
being solved by two great enterprises so far
as New York is concerned the silent, steady
work of the company that U tunneling North
river, and tho contemplated work of the com
pany that is to boro a hole from Staten Island
to the city of Brooklyn. Very little is being
beard of the tunnel under tho nudson, but the
work is steadily progressing. Within two years
from now the thousands ot passengers who ar
rive daily on the Fonnsyltan.a Railroad on tho
Jersey shore to bo transferred to New York
City by boat, will be landi d directly upon Man
hattan Island. When this shail have been finally
accomplished peoplo will wonder how they en
dured the old order of things sa lore:.
That grand enterprise, the L'ro klyn bridge,
that simply shows how necessary it Is that we
should have another one. is not a greater boon
to-day than will bo thoNnr'hrivertunnel when
it shall have been completed. Very few people
who cross on the ferr) from Jer-cyCity daily
ever think of the work that a going on below
the bottom of the great river and pr .bahly few
of these same peoplo who do ever think ot the
value of such means of communication. We get
used to things. We once got along without the
Brooklyn bndgp, the elevated railways and tho
telephone to try to cct along without them to
day would throw business into chaos. So it will
be in a couple of jeirs when we havo tbeready
egress and ingress of tho under-the-water rail
ways. ClIAS. T. MCRRAT.
New York, November 8.
SET A CAT AFIBE.
A Reward of S10O Offered for the Discovery
of tho Criminal.
New YoRK.Novemher & Some evil-disposed
person in West Twenty-sixth street caught a
stray cat on the street last Wednesday night
took it into the back ard of one of the houses
betweeen Broadway and aixth avenue, poured
oil over it,and set fire to it. Neighbors notified
tbc Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals.
Agents were sent to Investigate, and report
that the cat was set on fire in tho hick yard of
one of the houses. Between S3 and 40 tenants
in these houses denied all knowledge of i:.
The officers or the society met and decided to
offer a reward $100 for any trustworthy infor
mation of the identity of the criminal.
Railway Crossings.
From the Toronto Mall.
The level railway crossing reform is waiting
for another victim to stir it into action. With
the darker nights and tho prospect of slippery
days, it should not be long before another
human sacrifice is dne. On tho whole, it would
probably be well for the community if some
person ot distinction were hurled from this
world to the next say an alderman.
It Would Stick In Its Crop.
From the New York Sun.
Imagine, if you please, a turkey writing a
s thanksgiving proclamation.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
In 2G0 years the population of the world
doubled itself.
Age for age, girls are tallest in Sweden,
and heaviest as well.
Wedgwood ware was first produced by
Josiah Wedgwood In 1752.
The English Channel at its smallest
breadth is 20t miles across.
Id Victoria, Australia, bricklayers and
masons work but 7JJ hours per day.
There are as many as 55G lighthouses
round tho coast of the United States.
There are more public holidays in Hon
olulu than In any other city in the world.
The new French tariff imposes duties on
ovpt 1,000 articles, while ours covers only about
i.0
Siam keeps up with the procession.
13 to have an electric railroad So miles
1. .'.
Canada has 53,500 miles of telegraph
v.b o. and did a business in !Ss3 of 4,027,551 dis
i itches.
The people of the United States con
sume. It is said, 200,000,000 bottlei ot pickles
annually.
The full strength of the military forces
in Ireland is 28.000 officers and men, cxclusiva
of the militia.
During the past 73 years the American
Bible Society has distributed over 52.736,000
copies of the Scripture.
A man died in the Maine State Prison
last week who had been about 50 years In prison
dur.nga life ot t years.
The expenditure for liquors and nar
cotics absorbs the net proceeds of one day's
work of the world per week.
Open canned fru'tau hour or two befors
it is needed for use. It is far richer when tho
oxygen is thus restored to it.
This season 121,000 head of cattle hava
been sent from .Montreal to Scotland and En
gland, as against 85,GWJ last year.
The largest factory in the world devoted
exclusively to rnbber shoeinakinc was dedi
cated in Woonsocket, It. I., last week.
Somebody with plenty of leisure time
has flcured if out that one journal 13 published
for every 85,100 individuals in the world.
The population of Quebec is about
1,500,000. of whom 1,200.000 at least are French
is blood, language, sentiment, and instincts.
At 3 vears of age we love our mothers;
at 6. our fathers; at 10, hoi days; at 16. tlres3;at
20, our sweethearts; at 25, our wives; at 40, our
children, at GO, uurselves.
Nearly every page in the history of the
human race Illustrates the fiercer instincts that
belong to tho keeper of flocks compared with
those of tho tdler of field3.
S A man being prosecuted by one of his
brothers and defended by another on a charge
of assault with a deadly weapon is the latest
legal novelty from the West.
Want of wholesome and adequate food
docks one quarter, one-third, or one-half from
the natural term of the industrial force for all
those who come to man's estate.
The horrible infant mortality of many
distr.cts is not accounted for solely by neglect
of sanitary precaution, but is largely due U
tho low diet of mothers and children.
The accumulation of wealth, estimated
at 14 per cent of the gross earnings of mank nd.
now aggregates $5 OCO.000.000 per annum, and is
increasing, relatively as well as absolute!) ,fioui
year to ) ear.
Hamburg drives what may be called a
roaring trade in wild beasts. Lions and tigers
can be ordered at 1.000 franc3 apiece. A good
rhinotcros. however, will fetcu from U.00J
francs to 23,000 francs.
The highest church spire in the world
has just been completed. It is that of tbj
Cathedral at Olm. Wurtemburg. and is 530 feet
bigb. Tho top of tho cross on the dome of St.
Fotcr's, Rome, Is 44S feet above the pavement.
There arc probably 100.000,000 of peo
ple in Europe to-day who do not at meat mora
thar once a week; and the number is not in
considerable it mnst bo reckoned in millions
who have that unyUege not oftcner than once
or twice a year.
In the most flourishing period of Eomi",
nnder Vespasian, about 70 A. 1)., it had a popu
lation of 1.3.0Q.CO0: in S35 A. D . it had 300,030: fn
1377 onlv 17,000; un-ler Leo X.. 41 "00; in 1537
ab. lit 23,000: in 1S71 it rose to 2t u-JSh in 1&S1.
300,00, and in 18SO more than 110,000.
Africa has now at work within her bor
ders ten American, 12 Bntish and 12 Continental
mis-ionary societies. There are more than 700
ordained missionaries and more than 7.UJ0 na
tive preachers. It is estimated tat there are,
both white and native, about 175,C0O communi
cants and 800.000 adherents.
The British Museum has secured from,
Thibet a copv of the "Jangvm," a monster en
cyclorsedia of Thibetan Buddhism. It com
prises 225 volumes, each of which 13 two f"et
org by six inches thick. Three thousand ru
pees formed he price fur tbo work, which was
formerly in thn possession of a Buddhist mo
nastery in Thibet.
Sugar was unknown to the ancient
Greeks and Romans, even as a medicine, and
not nntil tea and coffee and alcoholic beverages
created a popular demand for its ue, early in
tho eighteenth century, did if become an im
portant article of dit in Europe. The annual
consumption in England was then or,ly three
pounds per capita; it is now at tho rate of 0J
pounds.
There 13 really but one place in tha
world where violins are made extensively. That
place is Markncukirchcn, with its surroundinz
villages. Thero aro altogethar about 15.C00
people living there who do nothing else but
make violins. The inhabitants, from the little
nrchin to the old grai-h-aded man, the small
girl and the old grandmother, all are engaged
in making soine part of a fiddle.
In the early days ot the present genera
ation of business men, thero were, in popular
estimation, but five millionaires in this country.
They were William Gray, of Boston; John
Jacob Astor and Stephen Whitney, of New
York: Stephen Girard, of Philadelphia, and
Nicholas Lontrwortb, of CincmnatL There are
now atleast 500 in tne city of New York alone,
more than one of whom has an annual Income
equal to the combined fortunes of all the mill
ionaires of half a century ago.
PIQUANT AND SATJCY.
Tramps are a good deal like lawyers.
After they are admitted to the Bar you often Cod
them slumbering peacefully on the Bench Pact.
"My wife is getting to be too extravagant,"
growled Itodaers. "Here sne has cone and spent
X3fora new oonnet, when she knew I had ac
cepted an invitation to go driving with Pndjreri,
and It would cost mo at least iZ,Keiccaitll
Chronicle.
Little Walter had been put to bed and his
mamma had returned to the sitting room, when a,
stray cow began lowing near the house. Mam
mal mammal" called the small man, excitedly,
do you hear lhat cattle mewlns?" Xoutht'
Companion.
"Jennie," said a young lady, turning
away from the mirror and addressing a company
Ion, what would you do If you had a ma3tache
on rourllp?"
"If 1 liked him I would keepqulct," was tha de
mure reply. Spare JlomenU.
The nose of a small boy had been put out
of joint by the advent ofa baby brother with tre
mendous lung power. "Did utile brother comd
from Htaren, ma?" he asked.
es. dear."
lie lit ned to little brother's yells and said,
'I don't blame the auels far bouncing him. du
you, ma" loung H'enum' Journal.
Miss Rattler Well, Bobby, if yon are a
vcrv good boy, Santa Claus may bring you a new"
watch next Christmas.
Hobby (disgusted) New nothln'. I heard papa
tell mamma the other day that he'd let Santa
Claus have his old watch for we. He's the fello
that'll get a new onel Jewelers' Weekly.
Cousin Nell (inculcating generosity)
fciiprosing your chicken should lay a nice eg,
louuny; would you give It tome?
loaimy o. I'd sell It toBarnum. That chick's
3 rootcr. Judge.
M jor Crust So you refuse me, Miss
Fndant?
Miss F I am very sorry. Major Crust, but your
ion has Just proposed tome, and I accepted bun.
Major C. Good gracious! Yon don't mean to
say the boy has been such an zn.MiccatU
Vti omcle.
Badgering Attorney Insanity runs ia
your ramlly, I believe?
Long-suffering witness "W elk my grandfather
qnlt gathering rags to become a lawyer. Toroata
Hall.
"Say, old man, I've just bought a new
house on the Installment clan. You have to pay
10 a month."
'Have you paid the first Installment yet?"
"So. That's wfeas l wanted to see you about.
duo Xork fun.
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