THE TCTTSBim& DISPATCH. MONDAY. NOVEMBER' 10,' 189a
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PITTSBURG. MONDAY', OV. 10, 1894
THE SOUTHSIDITS WArEIS.
The reappearance, at the fire on the South
side last night, of the familiar trouble of in
sufficient water pressureemphasizes anew the
duty of Councils. Fortunately this partic
ular fire was not of a character to cause
serious damage; but the reflection is a cogent
one, that if the flames had started where
they had an onportunity to spread a heavy
loss might have been caused by the inability
of the firemen to secure waterata time when
it is most important to have it.
The Dispatch has olten pointed out the
risbt of the Southside to hare a constant
and adequate supply of water for all pur
poses, on an equality with other sections ol
the city. The right is indisputable. The
Southside pays taxes for the maintenance of
the water service and for fire protection on
the same basis as the rest of the city. If
taxation without representation is tyranny,
taxation without a fair return of the public
services which the taxes are intended to pay
tor must be equally bad. It is clearly the
duty of the city govsmment to provide jnst
as good water facilities for the people ot the
Southside as for the dwellers on this side of
the river.
This duty is ail the more plain because,
if our recollection is not at ianlt, the agree
ment between the city and theMonongahela
"Water Company, by which agitation ot this
question was settled a few years ago, laid
down the course which the city was to take
in case the water company failed to furnish
a lull and pure supply of water. If the re
ports of low pressure and filthy water which
constantly come from that populous section
are not complete fabrications, it is the duty
ot the city to take the action contemplated
by the agreement and furnish the Southside
-with water from its mains on this side of the
river.
Beyond question, in view of the constant
complaints, if is the duty of the city to give
the subject a thorough investigation, with a
clear understanding that if the lacts are as
stated, a prompt and decisive remedy will
be furnished from this side of the river.
mE V. 31. C. A.'S WOKK.
The work and growth ol the YbungMen's
Christian Association was the subject pre
sented to two large meetings last night,
owing to the public interest which attracted
too large a gathering to be accommodated at
a single meeting. This organization for
Christian and unsectarian work has been
liberally supported by the wealth of Pitts
iburg; and the reports presented yesterday
show that the investment yields the best re
turns in the work that it has accomplished.
Its membership during the last two decades
Has been multiplied by three. Its present
buildings and accommodations are such as
would have seemed almost beyond belief in
ita early davs : and the constant attendance
to the full capacity of its reading rooms,
gymnasium and other attractions prove
that all the expenditure to furnish these
things is more than justified. The good
work done by the Y. M. C. A. will insure
a continuance of the liberal support which
lias been accorded to it in the past.
A CHANCE FOIt IMPARTIALITY.
An indorsement of the position of The
Dispatch and a suggestion for non-partisan
legislation are both contained in the
practical agreement of Republican leaders
since the election that, after all, they will
not insist on passing the Federal elections
bill.
The corroboration is of The Dispatch's
assertion with regard to that measure that
its sole purpose was to secure by legislation
the return of enough Republican members
to maintain a majority, as well as of its
lurtber prediction in the same connection
that legislation based on such a motive
would be sure to lose more seats than it
would gain. Such a motive is an improper
one for legislation, and a measure inspired
by it is practically certain to be unfair.
The fact that before the election the Repub
lican leaders were declaring that the Federal
elections bill would be passed, and sfnee
then have completely abandoned that idea,
fixes that character to the bill. Not only
the public verdict against such measures,
but the possibility that the power created by
the bill would fall into the hands of a Dem
ocratic administration, causes them to drop
it as if they bad premonitions of getting
bold of the hot end of the poker.
If the measure were framed solely to se
cure fair and untrammeled elections' Korth
and South, without regard to party advan
tage, there would be no reason why the bill
should not be passed at the second session of
the present Congress.with confidence that its
wisdom would be demonstrated, even under
a future Democratic administration or be
fore a future Democratic Congress. This
suggests what the Republicans can do
with such a measure so as to confer credit
on themselves and benefit on the country.
Suppose they were to go to the Democratic
leaders with a proposition like this: "What
ever may have been the purposes of this
bill, we desire to shape it so as to meet the
approval of all men who honestly desire fair
elections, whether North or South. "We are
ready to join with you in making any
change that will provide an impartial and
unquestionable regulation of elections, so as
to insure that either in our own States or in
yonrs, votes can be cast without intimida
tion and will be counted without manipula
tion; whatever features in the bill are un
fair, we will strike out; whatever sugges
tions you can make to add to the safeguards
of a free and honest ballot, we are ready to
accept. In short, we ask your co-operation
to frame a bill lor impartial and non-partisan
regulation which will commend itself
bv its practical operation, whether the J
future ascendency rests with your party or
ours."
An ofler of that sort, frankly and sincerely
made, would put the responsibility on the
party that refused it It, is an important
thought that measures to preserve the free
dom and purity of elections, as well to pro
vide ior fair and non-partisan appointments,
would be highly beneficial if they could be
framed without partisan bias, and kept free
from the hope of partisan advantage. The
coming session is a good opportunity for the
Republicans to invite the Democrats, as the
rising power of the next Congress, to join in
an effort to pass measures of this class
which will command the approval of both
parties.
SIGNS OF OUTLAWKY.
The case of horse-stealing which is re
ported to have taken place near Bradford,
with the probability that the crime has been
increased by either murder or kidnaping, is
calculated to arouse serious thoughts as to the
adequacy of the protection afforded the
citizens in the less thickly populated re
gions of the State.
Of late years the public recognition of the
necessity ot respect for law and individual
rights has been relied upon to protect the
public in regions where an effective guar
dianship by police would be difficult, if not
impossible. Rut such crimes as those of the
Nicely gang in Somerset, the McClelland
town robbers in Fayette, the Bald Moun
tain outlaws ia the Eastern part of the State,
and this last indication of highway robbery,
justify the belief that organized bands of
robbers have taken advantage of the general
security to enter upon systematic depreda
tions which will not stick at murder.
"When such evidences of lawlessness ap
pear, it is certain that urgent measures are
required to hunt down and punish the crim
inals. If civilization in the nineteenth cen
tury cannot guarantee security to life and
property, it must turn back to the methods
of a less advanced stage and make each lo
cality responsible for crimes committed in
its midst Before this is resorted to, how
ever, the officers of the law ia every section
where such crimes are committed should
make au earnest effort to prove that they can
fulfill the purpose for which their offices ex
ist, in the arrest and punishment of the
criminals.
"While this is being done, there seems to
be a necessity in both city and country for
law-abiding men to learn to shoot straight
and promptly in defense of their lives and
property.
COMING DOWN TO FACT.
It is somewhat satisfactory to observe that
the esteemed Philadelphia Press is some
what tardily, but still correctly, trying to
put the recent State election in its proper
light In its issue of Saturday it declares
that Pattison's election is not a Democratic
victory, but "must be attributed to the de
sire of many thousands of Republicans to
correct the bad methods in their party man
agement which had become too offensive.
That was the issue made by Mr. Pattison's
supporters, and they are sticking to it about
as well since election as they did before."
It then goes on to show conclusively that
Pattison's election had no bearing on the
tariff. That is well established, although it
would have had somewhat more pertinence
if the Press had made that avowal before
the election. Beyond that it does not quite
cover the ground. If the esteemed Press
had confessed, in addition, that the Repub
lican organs and orators who unsuccessfully
tried to make the public believe that the
tariff issue was to be decided by the election
of a Governor for Pennsylvania'were in
dulging in very shallow misrepresentations,
it would have said about all that the occa
sion seems to call for.
THE SUGAR TRUST'S PROFITS.
Commenting on the figures given in the
statement of the Sugar Trust to the effect
that its profits have been 810,000,000 per
annum, or at the rate of 20 per cent on a
capital of 550,000,000, a Wall street financial
journal says: "Thus, it is understood, all
this profit except an inconsiderable fraction
was due to a manufacturing monopoly.
The intrinsic value of the plant
before the trust was Jormed was estimated
at about fifteen millions. On this basis the
profit was at the rate of 63 per cent per an
num, after paying interest on the ten mill
ions of working capital that they borrowed."
Besides this showing of the remarkable
success of this combination, in forcing the
public to pay for dividends on wholly
fictitious capital, another very salient point
sticks out of these figures. That is the ex
treme degree to which these irresponsible
forms of organization carry the abuse to
which great corporations are widely subject,
namely, that the profits do not all reach the
stockholders. It the profits of the trust
thus far in its existence have not averaged
more than ?10,000,000 per annum, it must
have made no profit at all during late
years. This appears very plainly from the
fact that an extra charge of one cent on
the sugar consumption of the country
amounts to $30,000,000 annually. Duringits
early existence, the Sugar Trust was so
successful in its monopolistic purposes as to
enhance the price of sugar to consumers
fully 2 cents. As outside competition has
been stimulated by these immense profits
the margin has doubtless been cut down;
but it is not difficult to perceive tbat the av
erage increase of the charge ior refining and
distribution, with the actual cost of the op
erations virtually unchanged, has beeu more
than the third of a cent represented by the
Trust's statement. The disclosures made as
to the management of other Trusts, and the
total absence of accountability in that form
of organization, points to the conclusion that
the $10,000,000 ot acknowledged annual
profit means that nearly as much more has
been distributed among the insiders, in the
shape of brokerages and agencies, not to
speak of the profits drawn from manipula
tion of the market for Trust certificates.
The building of competing refineries has
already cut down these heavy profits to a
great degree, and the reduction of the pro
tection on refined sugar to half a cent per
pound will complete the work. The Sugar
Trust will probably earn moderate profits,
but its ability to make the public pay divi
dends on wholly fiat values in its stock will
be very much restricted for the future, even
if the New York courts do not succeed in
making it obey the law and abandon its il
legal attempt to create a monopoly.
A POINT FOR STANLEY.
In contrasting some of Stanley's accusers
with himself, in weighing the merits and
defects or the principals, it will further
justice for us to remember and apply Car
lyle's suggestive remark that '.'it two ships
come into port equally damaged we should
inquire, before visiting judgment upon
them, whether one may not have circum
navigated the globe and the other only the
Isle of Does."
TTscle Jebky Ritsk is said by an ex
change to claim credit for the improved
weather in October. As the improved weather
in October was mainly a minus quantity, it still
leaves us free to take the view that what Im
provement there was in tbe weather last week
was due to the clearing of the atmosphere by
the elections.
It is satisfactory to observe that the Inde
pendent and Democratic organizations in
Philadelphia are not showing any signs of
diminishing their activity In punishing election
frauds in that city. As Judge Gresbamhas
said: "Those who spend money in corrupting
voters and bribing election officers are more
dangerous enemies to the Republic than were
the men who engaged in unsuccessful rebellion
against It." The duty of hunting down such
public enemies is so plain that tbe Republican
papers ot Philadelphia, if they have any
respect for public decency, will lend prompt
and efficient support to the work of detecting
all corruption and securing its punishment,
without regard to party.
The Republican organs of other States
which are calling for Senator Quay's resigna
tion ot tbe position of Chairman of the Na
tional Republican Committee are evidently of
the opinion that the sins Of their party can bs
atoned by a scapegoat
Speaking of the notice which Mr.
Greevy, of Altoona, has given for a contest in
the Twentieth Congressional district the Har
risburg Call says: "To be sure. Mr. Scull has
only 4S1 majority, but there will bo but little
trouble getting rid of that number of votes if
the majority in Congress are anxioas to add to
their numbers." Surely enough, the record of
the last session shows that a little majority of
1S1 Is a slight thing for a committee on contested
seats to overcome. But If the Democrats aro
wise they will pay a little more attention to do
cent fairness than their predecessors.
The prompt decision that an extra ses
sion was not necessary indicates that the
President has been impressed by Senator Alli
son's intermittent way of looking at things and
has come to tbe conclusion tbat the conditions
have changed.
"Thiety-theee millions of people
either walked or were driven over tho Brook
lyn bridge In the year ending October 1, and
yet that wicked Mr. Porter would not count
them In the Brooklyn census." It is astonish
ing to find in the Philadelphia Press, which has
heretofore been a Porter organ, this assertion
that thirty-three million of people were left out
of Porter's census. We had not supposed that
the total of omissions would amount to more
than eight or ten millions.
That campaign picture circulated by the
Republicans showing the empty benches on the
Democratic side of the House seems to have
done its work. The country evidently came to
the conclusion that the empty seats must be
filled up.
We are glad to learn that Mr. Robert T.
Lincoln has no desire to discuss further the
questions raised by his letter to a person by the
name of Andrews, who recently occupied a po
sition of temporary prominence in the State
of Pennsylvania, if Mr. Lincoln had devel
oped that absence of desire soon enough to
prevent Mr. Andrews from misleading him
into writing tbat letter tho result would have
been much more satisfactory for Mr. Lincoln.
Amid the wreck of matter and the crash
of worlds the country has been in danger of
letting the important fact escape it that Texas
and Arkansas went Democratic
After the September election there was
a delusion to the effect that the big man from
Maine was Thomas B. Reed. But tho Novem
ber elections have reduced that colossal figure
to ruin, and establish as beyond dispute that
the only man from Maine towers up in the fa
miliar, if somewhat kaleidoscopic, figure of
James G. Blaine.
INTERESTING PERSONALS.
Cabtelar says the rumor of his approach
ing marriage with Mme. do Rute is untrue.
SUSAX B. ANTHONY is sitting for her por
trait to a Boston artist, and strange to say it is
ber first portrait
Lord Tennyson is going to tho Mediterra
nean this winter. Possibly he will yet give us
another book of poems.
Rochefoht has fought 2S duels during his
career as a pamphleteer and editor, having
been wounded in seven of them and escaped
unhurt in the remaining IS.
Rider Haggard has gone to Palenquo to
got up another of his extraordinary romances.
AtFalenque there is a temple prominontly
decorated with the symbol ot the cross. How
the cross got there before it was uplifted at
Calvary is a problem that has puzzled genera
tions of explorers and commentators.
The snake chosen by Sarah Bernhardt to
serve as her executioner is the "blind-worm"
species, and is known in France as an orvet. It
is a pretty creature, which may be often found
on the tops of old walls sunning itself. The
back is dark green, with metallic hues that are
in certain lights irridesceut. barah's snake is
called by her Iris.
Mlle. Boxheur's love and loving study of
animals have given her strange control over
them. It is now some years since she gave to
tbe Jardin des Flantes a beautiful lion and
lioness, which to this day recognize her if she
approaches their cage, and thrust their heads
against the bars for the touch of her sympa
thetic little fingers.
Not even in the wildest flights ot his imagina
tion can Mark Twain have ever dreamed that
the portion of his "Tramp in Europe" devoted
to the discussion of the insect which lie so
amusingly describes as a chamois would one
day be read aleud in a legislative assembly and
become the subject of a parliamentary debate.
And yet this Is precisely what has just occurred
in New Zealand.
Mr. Gladstone boldly admits that tbe
overwhelming majority of the "educated
classes" are against home rule for Ireland. This
admission he makes in his "Appeal to tbe Tory
Householder" in the new quarterly. Subjects
of the Day, and. having made it, he proceeds
to urge that the ceneral hostility of educated
opinion against bis proposal is not a strong
argument against it
Two of the seven ladies in waiting of Queen
Margaret of Italy are New York girls the
Princess Vicovaro, who was Miss Eleanor
Lonllard Spencer, and tbe Princess Brancac
cio. who was Miss Hickson Field. The Prince
Vicovaro is a Cenci, and still owns tbe stately
palace which belonged to Lucrezia Pctroni,
the stepmother of Beatrice Cenci, together
with many memorials of the ill-fated beauty.
Miss Mattie Thompson, daughter of ex
Congressman Pbil Thompson, is accounted one
of the exceptionally pretty clrls of tho Blue
grass region. Miss Thompson was selected as
the Queen of Beauty at tbe celebration of the
Satellites of Mercury, held at Louisville, but
chose rather to be one of the maids of honor,
who are selected from among the prettiest
girls ot tbe different towns throughout the
State.
WHAT TEE SOCIALISTS SAY.
Their Opinions on the Results of the Recent
Elections.
Chicago, November 9. This afternoon there
was a large attendance at tbe meeting of the
Socialists. The proceedings began with "a de
bate upon tbe question of economical distribu
tion of wealth and labor. Thomas Morgan, ex
Alderman Conners and others took part in the
discnsslon, and upon its conclnsion a resolu
tion was off ered by Mr. Morgan stating that
the meeting was satisfied with the results of
the recent election in so far as It will manifest
the discontent of the great mass of tho people
with existing conditions.
Ex-Alderman Connors spoke vehemently
against those whom he characterized as bogus
labor reformers.
Mr. Phelps In the Adlrondacks.
Plattsburg, N. Y.. November 9. Ex-MIn.
ister to England E. J. Phelps and Mrs. Phelps,
accompanied by Dr. Loomis, of Burlington, ar
rived at Saranac Lake, and are quartered at the
Hotel Apersand. Mrs. Phelps is in very poor
health, and will probably remain in the Adiron
dacks the coming winter. Mr. Phelps will re
turn Monday or Tuesday.
A Body Petrified In Throe Years.
Sunbury, November 9. In removing the
body of Miss Ella Sew ell, who was burled In
October, 1837, from one cemetery to another,
the body ana the flowers placed in the coffin at
the time of tbe funeral were f onnd in a com
plete state- of petrification. "The hair had be
come snow-white.
SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON.
God gavejis shape und machinery, but the
devil seems to have a hand in the running ar
rangement Dototj always look out of your window
upon returning to earth from tbe Land of Nod?
Aren't you anxious t get a glimpse of Day
after tbe journey through the Nightllgbt
alter the darkness, suii after the cloud? And,
morn after morn, do you look out upon pre
cisely the same set scene? Of course you don't,
even If you do peep through the same window
pane year in and year ont. Here is one of life's
monotonies which is not monotonous. No mat
ter what tbe prospect tree and flower studded
lawn or bare wall, quiet lane or noisy street,
green grass or bleak back yard, pounding surf
or rolling hills, mountain or meadow, forest or
stream, earth or sky orer tbe same, ever shift
ing, never eye-tiring nor memory-clouding. To
be sure, the same trees, hills, waters,
fields, houses, streets, alleys are
there everymoming, tiSu or shine. But these
grow familiar throng!) long friendship, and
over, above, beyond the eve and-tbe braln
wlnged mind wander. iBomathing new between
the earth below and the sky above Is surely
found. Perhaps a rain drop or a sunbeam; per
haps a flying bird or a fleecy cloud: perhaps a
snowflake or a hailstonie a something ever old
yet alwavs new. :Ther. to tbe street, the lawn,
the sea, the field, the bleak walls or the grimy
back yard. New noisei falling on tbe ear draw
tbe eye to a new sight. He was not tbere yes
ter morn, neither was she. Tbe flowers are
fresher this morning than the morn before
tbe grass seems taller, fresher or dryer, the
trees greener, browner or barer. There's a
strange sail on the sea and the surf beats dif
fer from those of the morn that's gone. Wind,
wave, weather, sound, life, earth, sky, all have
shifted while you dwtilt in Dreamland, and
your eye and your thoughts dwell on what Is,
not what Was. Refreshing sleep, com
forting awaking! Only the slnmberless.
conscience-disturbed, melancholy, ill, peev
ish mortals see the changeless birth of
day. Life from the dawn to the dark is to
tbem a shiftless monotone. Blind and deaf ate
they to the ever changeful sights and sounds
which accompany the wiling away of the night
and tbe unfolding of th day. They do not look
np. down, across, but straight ahead, right Into
the eye of day, with its monotonons grind.
Don't do that Let us add to slnmber's sweet
cup a dash of the dew every morning. It is
restful, uplifting a splendid eye and mind
opener. The mixture, unlike medicine long
administered, does not taste tbe same at all
times nor cloy. There i I monotony in tbe day
of life. In the morn tho change that breaks it;
in tbe night the rest that givos us strength to
bear it
You are more apt to hear the abuse of your
enemies than the praise of your friends.
The man who can real Nature is never at a
loss for literary entertainment
Those who were unfortunate enough to be
thrown in contact with Herbert Ward and his
valet during his viilt to Pittsburg believe tbat
Stanley has "sized him up" correctly. Herby
seemed to them to have brought his manners
from Africa.
ALL BUT LOVE.
The ladies. Heaven bless theml how we fondle
and caress tbem,
Give them freely of the stores we have laid
by;
Call them fascinating creatures, praise their
hands, tbelr eyes and features,
Then if they do not stnilo on us we sigh.
We take them to tho seaaide, we treat them to
a sleigh ride.
When the sun shines or the suow is on the
ground.
We like fools are always acting to supply their
wants exacting.
And when they apply for pennies give a
pound.
We lollow them like poodles; we alwdys will
be noodles
While trying to persuade a pretty Miss:
Andwben.Bbe has relented, ber papa has con
sented. We revel In the depths of sweetest bliss!
Then comes the merry wedding; it's really
smooth sledding 1
Adown the path where love our Sett hath led.
Until she fussily expresses a wifch for tailor
fashioned dresses
And fincly-f eatherod bonnets for her head.
O, ladies, heaven bless yout tho' It costs a heap
to dress you.
To us you are like angels from above;
Tho' you make ui put ont paper to pay milliner
and draper,
You never can force us to bankrupt Lovel
The pupil of tho eye is incessantly lashed.
This is a bad year for figuring. New York
.. nMn... 9 l,o nnnnl.tiA n.,.1
Clamors lor iciuuu, w. im Wfutauuu auu
Philadelphia wants a recount of the votes cast
on election cay.
It pays to be honest and upright, even In
politics.
Don't let the honeymoon end with the trip,
ye newly mated. It should never end.
Tin as well as gold seems to have played an
important part in McKinley's election district.
The speculators who have uncovered the
gold beds of the Feather River have feathered
their nests.
The people have revised the list of contribu
tors to the Congressional Hecord.
Love laughs at marriage laws as well as
divorce courts.
The bottom facts will in the long run come to
tbe surface concerning every man. The public
can be deceived for a time, but as sure as the
sun shines the truth will triumph, and every
man will, like Judas, "go to his own place."
Between board bills and bill boards the
theatrical managers have a hard row to hoe.
Grass widows are not as green as the name
would indicate.
A circus parade draws a bigger crowd than
the performance. Some of the candidates who
swung around the circle after the farmers had
finished their fall plowing should bear this tact
in mind.
Lovers, like deaf and dumb folk, can talk
with their bands.
When the victors cry fraud the people are
inclined to think there Is something in it.
TnE Bay of Fundy should make a nice sum
mer resort for the humorists.
The hornet's nests are hanging high in the
trees, tbe farmers claim;
And by this sign they prophesy that winter
will be tame.
If they arigbt can read the signs, when Indian
summer goes,
A mild squaw winter will set in, and add to
ice men's woes.
It President Harrison had written his Thanks
givingproclamatlonbetore the elections it might
have been a little more cheerful.
Discuss the faults of others with yourself
and then you will not get anybody else into
trouble.
People who trust to .luck get very little
credit in this world.
The McKlnley bill made eggs dearer, but
roosters seem to be on tbe free list
George Washington was never licked
until he was placed on a postage stamp.
It Is much easier to lose friends than to find
them.
The rich need Christian charity, but the poor
need the other sort
The human eye can look into the grave, but
only the mind's eye can look beyond It
If blind people could open their eyes the
world would disappoint them.
We all have faults, but that's our own busi
ness. A Southside girl actually found a man
under her coucb. But the strangest part of
the sensation is the fact that she didn't scream.
Of course sho isn't an old maid.
Playwrights these days have to be good
millwrights, too.
.EARTH is truly a mother to the young mud
turtles. She hatches out tbe eggs deposited by
the parent and nurtures them until tbey can
skirmish for tnemselves. Tbe sun acts as wet
nurse. Some human beings envy the mud
turtle. While the scientists are working at the
problem tbe old reliable bill-making gas meter
keeps right along measuring heat and light.
John Wanamaker has a big store, 'but he
failed to deliver tbe goods last week.
Russell Harrison and Dick Quay are
specimens of tbe fruits of a paternal govern
ment Women who train for the stage nowadays do
most of their rehearsing in the dressing-room.
A great many old maids were coquettes in
their early days, alrls. Willie Winkle.
MARK TWAIN APPEALS.
He Objects to norse Car Conductors Swear
ing Injudiciously and Indiscriminately.
From tho New York San.
Doubtless you city people do not mind hav
ing your feelings hurt and your self-love blist
ered, for your horse car and elevated road ser
vice train you to patience ano humble-minded-ness.
but with us hayseed folk from the back
settlements tbe case Is different. We are so
delicate, so sensitive well, you would never be
able to imagine what it is like. An unkind
speech shrivels us all up and often makes us
cry. Now, the thing which happened to-day a
New Yorker would not miud in the least; but I
give you my word it almost made me want to
go away and be at rest in the cold grave.
I stepped aboard a red Sixth avenue horse
car No. VK at Sixth avenue and Forty-second
street at 1W5 this morning, bound down
town. Of course there was no seat there
never is; New Yorkers do not require a seat,
but only permission to stand up, and look
meek, and be thankful for such little rags ot
privilege as the good borse car company may
choose to allow them. I stood in the door, be
hind three ladies. After a moment, the con
ductor, desiring to pass through and see tbe
passengers, took me by the lappel and said to
rae, with that winning courtesy and politeness
which New Yorkers are accustomed to: "
1 what you want to load up the door for?
Git back here out ol tbe way!" Those ladies
shrank together under tbe shock, just tbe same
as I did; so I judged they were country people.
This conductor was a person about 30 years old,
I should say, 5 feet 9, with blue eyes, a small,
dim," unsuccessful mustache, and the general
expression of a chicken thief you may proba-
uiy nave seen mm.
I urged him to modify his language, I being
from tbe country and sensitive. He looked
upon me with cold and heartless scorn, thus
hurting me still more. I said I would report
him, and asked him for his number. He said,
in a tone which wonnded me more than I can
tell, "I'll give you a chew of tobacco."
Why, dear sir, if conductors were to talk to
us like that out in tbe country we could never,
never biar to ride with them, we are so sensi
tive. I went up to Sixth avenue and Forty
third street to report him, but tbere was no
body in the superintendent's office who seemed
to want to converse with me. A man with
"conductor" on his cap said it wouldn't be any
use to try to see the President at that time ol
day, and intimated, by bis manner, not his
words, that people with complaints were not
ponular there, any way.
So I have been obliged to come to you, you
see. What I wanted to say to tbe President of
the road was this and tbrongh him say it to
the President of the elevated roads that the
conductors ought to be instructed never to
swear at country people except when there are
no city ones to swear at and not even then ex
cept tor practice. Becauso the country people
are sensitive. Conductors need not make any
mistake; they can easily tell us from tbe city
people. Could you use your influence to get
this small and harmless distinction made in
our favor? Mark Twain.
Saturday, November 8.
CUBE FOE DIPHTHERIA.
Though. Many Centuries Old, It Is Neverthe
less Still Effective.
From the Boston Herald.
M. Lecerf recently read before the Societe de
Medicine Pratique of Pans a paper in which
he relates the study he has made of a treat
ment used by tbe Cbinesejphysicians for diph
theria, a treatment which has enabled the chief
physician of the colonial service in the Dutch
Kast Indies to have a mortality of 2 per cent in
this complaint
This treatment Is very popular In the East
where diphtheria Is very common. It was
made known over 300 years ago, but has since
remained the property of the Chinese phy
sicians, who try to keep it a secret.
It consists in: (1) A powder containing
borax, borneol. mercury, acetate of copper,
prunes, pulverized pearls and coptls tecta root;
(2) two decoctions of portions of different
plants, to be used as gargles and tisanes; (3) of
a hygenic regime.
After having given this general Information
Mr. Lecerf reported the analysis made by Dr.
Bettinck of the powder. lie then examined
the different elements used in this treatment,
and ended by relating tbecases reported by the
Dutch physicians after treatment by the Chi
nese method.
Tbe plants used are quite active; the captis,
in particular, is a species of hellebore and con
tains berberlne. This method of treatment
seems to me to owe its success to the incessant
washing of the throat and to tbe direct appli
cations to the Ialse membranes, which prevent
iuo ueveiopment oi microoes. ana, consequent
ly, the secondary infections which are the true
danger of diphtheria.
A WOLF FIGHT.
The Trusty Dog Appeared Just In Time to
Save His Master's Life.
From tbe Klamath, Wash.. Star.
Bob Dodson, Stanf. Wilson and bis father
nave returned from tbe headwaters of tbe
Umpqua, and Bob's deliverance from a fright
ful death is tho sensational item of tbe news
they brought in.
Bob had laid his trusty rifle against a large
pine and walked a little distance away from it
when a tremendous gray wolf appeared be
tween him and the weapon of defense. Upon
tbe neck of this mighty wolf the hair bristled
ominously, in his mouth a row of sharp, white
teeth glimmered and in his eyes tbe entire
spirit of Satan seemed to be nursing murder in
tho first degree.
Oh, how Bob wished for that gun. but the
wolf was coming, and there was no time to
waste on wishing. Hastily picking up a club,
just as the lupine liver-eater sprang toward
him, he delivered &. glancing blow along the
animal's body. The enraged wolf sprang again
at Bob's throat and was about to open the pic
nic when Bob's ferocious and terrible bear dog
luckily dropped into the festivity. With dog
and club tbe wolt was fnrre'd back into the
brush. Tbe dog was badly chewed and torn,
but he saved the life of his master tbat time.
Religious Persecution.
From the Boston Traveller.
It seems almost incredible tbat the Czar of
Russia is disposed to act upon the advice given
him by a high church dignitary, and banish all
missionaries from the country and forbid all
forms of worship save those of the Greek
church, but stranger things have happened in
Russian history. Should the Czar undertake
to carry out the policy, however, it would be
necessary for him to proceed with caution if
serious complications with powers whose sub
jects are now missionaries on Russian soil are
to be' avoided.
CONGRESSIONAL OUTLOOK.
New York World (Dem.): The fight for re
form will be in tbe Senate.
New York Bun (Dem.): Tbe Senate Is a
safer bar against tbe passage of tbe force bill,
and it is iu tbe Senate that tbe fight will come.
Boston Herald (Dem.): Wise leadership
consists in the ability to take advantage of
seemingly adverse conditions, and tbe Repub
lican party has four months of grace in which
to demonstrate whether it bas among its
leaders men equal to the occasion.
New York Star (Dem.): The grand resnltof
the elections is tbe obliteration of the sectional
plea in American politics. In tbe Fifty-second
Congress the Democrats are to have a majority
of tbe Representatives of Northern States.
Not a single vote from the South would be
needed to carry a Democratic measure over
Republican opposition.
New York TForM (Dem.): In selecting a
Speaker tbe Democrat should not consider
sectional linen. There is no occasion for it
There is no patriotism In it On tbe contrary,
it would be eminently unpatriotic if the honor
should be refused ts tbe best man on tbe
ground tbat be comes from the Soutb. If tbe
South has the best man for Speaker, the Demo
crats should -elect him, '
HERE AND THERE IN LONDON.
REV. GEORGE HODGES AGAIN WRITES OF
THE BIG CITY.
Boasted Palaces Which Prove to be Only
Plain, Ugly Buildings The Last Argu
ment of Kings How the European
Soldier Is Trained.
'V'HERE are several big buildings in London
which are called palaces. There Is Buck
ingham Palace, and St. James' Palace, and
Lambeth Palace. These buildings are very
large and old, but not handsome. After you
have seen them, you conclude that tho title
"palace.' like "cathedrals," Is taken rather
from the importance of tbe Inhabitant of tbe
house than from tbe grandeur of tbe house it
self. These "palaces" are plain, ugly build
ings, some are built of mere commonplace
brick, and are dingy as dingy can be.
London houses are generally plain. There
may be "Queen Anne" houses discoverable
tbere somewhere, but 1 did not see any not in
London, nor anywhere else in England. There
are 20 houses in the East End, along the line of
the Fifth Avenue Traction road, finer than
any that I saw in tbe West End or London.
Buckingham Palace is in the midst of SO
acres uf fair gardens. So that the Queen is not
troubled by the roar of the London streets.
Lambeth Palace, too, has a fine surrounding of
lawns and trees. I wandered about in tbe Lam
beth Palace gardens one morning; it was like
being in the heart of the country. And yet be
side the palace runs the Thames, and across
tbe river is the busiest neighborhood in Lon
don. Presently the Archbishop of Canterbury
came to the door, and got Into his carriage, and
rode away an erect, dignified man, with the
strong, kindly face which you see in tbe pic
tures. He gets but little leisure to enjoy his
beautitul gardens.
A Good Place for Ghosts.
'J'here ought to be ghosts in Lambeth Pal
ace. The Archbishops of Canterbury have
lived In that old brick house for now these 600
years. That goes back a long way Into English
history. More than one of these good prelates,
whose faces look down upon you out of ancient
canvasses in the dining room, have had tbelr
venerable heads taken off in the troubles which
these six centuries have seen. Beside the
chancel of tho chapel are the rooms where
Cranmer worked atthe revision and translation
ot tne i-rayer Hook. Along the chapel aisle are
tiles which were laid there in the days of Land.
Here he walked as we do, and knelt to pray
yonder. But there are no ghosts not even in
the grim rooms of the Lollard's prison.
I was interested to learn from His Grace's
chaplain, who showed me the beauties aud
curiosities of tbe place, that the clergy who
officiate in the Lambeth Palace Chapel wear
black stoles. Tbe English clergy in general do
not manifest the f ondness.which I had been led
to expect, for decking themselves out with
colored ribbons. Archbishop Laud one day re
moved his residence from the palace to the
tower. Aqood many have gone to the tower
from palaces and never returned again. Land
?ever Jooked again upon the walls ol Lambeth.
It is likely tbat tbe Archbishop made the
Journey by water. You can go either way, by
water or by land. You can board one of the
crowd of boats which ply unceasingly up and
d?7n l5e Thames, and got to tbe great castle
ol London, passing under the great bridges.
London Bridge, famous in children's rhymes,
does not show any signs of "falling down." It
will be some years yet before the ruins of St.
.Faul s will be sketched from its broken arches.
A Magnificent Walk.
Qk you can go by land, part of the way on tbe
earth and part of the way under the earthl
You walk along the fine Victoria embankment,
which reaches along the river from the Houses
of Parliament to Blackfriars' bridge, abroad
walk, with shady trees and benches for the
weary. Here and there are statues of men
eminent in History, xne most interesting
monument along the wayis the great obelisk,
companion to the one which stands In Central
Park. The three foremost cities of the modern
world London, Paris and New York have
each of them one of these memorials of old
Egypt, What a story this old stone could tell
if it bad a tongue! Erected by a Phaarob at
Hellopolis. where Moses and Plato studied be
neath its shadow; brought by tbe Greeks to
Alexandria in the days of Cleopatra; given by
an Arab Governor to an English Queen; lost in
a storm in the Spanish Bay ot Hiscay, and
standing now beside tbe Thames from the
Nile to tho Thames what a significant trans
fer! At Blackfriars Bridge you can take the un
derground railway the "Metropolitan," tbey
call it and get out at the Mark Lane station,
close beside the Tower. You buy your ticket
upstairs. If you simply ask for a ticket the
man at the booking-office will give you a third
class ticket That, I believe, is also the way at
tho ordinary railway stations. Then you go
down into tbe cellar. You como out into a
smoky place where four or five lines of track
run between two stations, ona on each side. Tbe
arrangement is like tbat on tbe "elevated"
roads in New-York. If yon are going down
town you go to the station on the down
town side. Tbe stations are covered
with advertisements, and the sides of the road,
wherever there is any light to read by. are
plastered over with great signs. Indeed,
there are so many posters, in so many colors,
tbat the name of tbe station is lost among
tbem. You have to look pretty carefully to
find it. The train comes, and in you got not
quite so expeditiously as in New York; nobody
is in much of a hurry over here and off you go.
It is a journey in a tunnel. There is a dim light
over your bead; there are places now and then
where tbe road runs through deep cuttings,
with the dull sky above. Most of the time you
are In the stuffiest sootiest and smokiest dark
ness. It is not likely tbat anybody rides under
ground tor pleasure.
Approaching the Tower.
A nd then the guard cries "Mark Lane," and
you open your door and escape. You give
up your ticket as you go out, aud stand once
more upon the face of tbe earth. And here is
the Tower. The approach i3 by the TowerHilI,
where they used to have the gallows in the
"good old times." Here they beheaded Thomas
More and William Laud, and a hundred other
wise and brave gentlemen, who were too good
for their generation. There is a park there
now. and a paved place in the grass to mark the
spot.
Visitors enter the Tower bv the Lions' fJ.itn
The kings of England kept a menagerie here
long ago, before the age of Barnuin anu Bailey.
And people who visited London were taken "to
see tbe lions," a phrase which still survives.
In yon go by tbo Lion's Gate, and over tbe
bridge which crosses tbe old moat, and so into
the Tower. You find tbat this old castle and
prison is a small town, with a population of
red-coated soldiers, all setabout with the thick
est kind of walls. There are outer walls, with
great towers at tbe angles as big as forte; and
there are inner walls again, with still more
numerous and formidable towers for stout de
fense; and finally, in tbe midst of all. with
tbese two bnge barriers about it, is the Tower
itself, the "White Tower" which William the
Conquerer built and lived in.
You see the archway in tbe outer wall, with
stone steps leading down to the water of the
river, and you remember bow those green iron
gates have opened and closed again opening
und closing chapters in English history some-
times ana nave given entrance to great peo
ple. Here came those unfortunate ladies, Anrra
Bolevn and. Katberine Howard, wives of the
sovereign with the tender conscience! Here
caraj Jane Gray. You can see a mark iu the
grais of the courtyard where she knelt to be
beheaded. Here they brought, perhaps, the
two young princes whose bones tbey found at a
turn in the stone stairway leading to the chapel
in the white tower.
A Peep at the Crown Jewels.
Tverybody who visits the town goes to see
tbe crown jewels. They are in astone cham
ber in tbe Wakefield tower, under a heavy cage
of Iron and attended by "beefeaters." Here is
the crown of Queen Victoria, set with several
thousand diamonds, having in it the ruby which
Henry V. wore in his helmet at tbe battle of
Agincourt a very pretty crown, but not com
fortable enough, it would seem, to make one de
sire to wear it every day. i
Here is tbe royal sceptre, of gold set with
precious stones. And the great gold saltcellar
used at coronation banquets,and marking rank
according to the position of tbe guests above or
below tbe salt. And the collar of tbe Order
of the Garter, and a whole Jewelry store ot other"
sparkling and shining things which, I suopose
have tbelr due share in the government of the
English Empire.
Tbe Norman chapel and the armory are In
the White Tower. The White Tower is black.
Six hundred years ago they whitewashed the
old walls, and the name they gave it then bas
staid by it But it is black enough, with walls
of flint- A great, square, solid building, with
turrets at the four corners.
You can see the chapel which tbe Conqueror
had set among the sleeping rooms and the 60
rooms of bis strong bouse, lbereis an upper
gallery, where he sat with bis family in stately
seclusion when be came to church.
Ancient Artillery.
"There is an old brass cannon on the parade
ground, which Louis XIV. once owned
and upon which he had inscribed a significant
motto. Ultima ratio regum, you read "The
last argument of Kings." Often the first argu
ment too, and the only one, in the days when
there was more war than there is now! There
ate plenty of these "arguments," of all shapes
and sizes and degrees of convincingness in
tbe great rooms ot tho armory. There are
guns taken to pieces and made into wall orna
ments, and swords arranged into shoaves of
wheat wonderfully done. And tbere are suit
of armor in long lines, displayed on.wooden
Linen and wooden horses, which were worn once
atflne tournaments some of tbem, possioly,
in fierce battlns. Here you can see it au. This
is tbe dress which men were proud to wear
and afraid not to wear In tbe days of bows and
arrows, and before it was found ont tbat bullets
.are sharper than lances. Up and down tbe
long room are set tbese martial ngures oi
squires on foot and knights on horseback.
There are some queer things in tbe Armory.
Tbere is a figure ot Queen Elizabeth, dreaded
in tho costume of tbe lime, with as big a ruff as
you see In the pictures; she is on horseback,
with a page at the bridle, on her way to church
to give tbanks for tbe great storm which de
feated the Armada. And tbe uniform which
the Duke of Wellington wore when he was
constable of tho Tower. And the cloak on which
Wolfe died on the taking of Quebec. And a tine
suitof clothes (made of steel) which tbe Em
peror Maximilian gave to Henry VIIL as a wed
ding gift when be married Catherine of Arra
gon, with true-lover's knots engraved on it
and inlaid with gold! And an interesting im
plement of murder called a "boly-water
sprinkler,' consisting of a short and stout abaft
of steel, with a chain at tho end, and at tbe
other end of tbe chain a big solid steel ball
with sharp spikes set all over it. You take a
good hold of the staff, swing tbat steel ball two
or three times around your head, and then
bring it down upon somebody else's hoad! Tbat
is a "holv-water sprinkler." One is reminded
of that queer verse fn the Psalter, "But let not
tbelr precious balms break my bead." Another
of the "arguments of kings."
Training the Soldiers.
Qut on the parade ground beside tbat grim
old piison, the "Beancbamp Tower," where
you read the inscription cut in the walls by
men for whom death was better than life and
beneath the windows of tbe Armory, two or
three lines of red-coated soldiers, with the
lightest jackets and tbe most ridiculous little
round caps hung on one corner of their skulls
and strapped across their chins, were being
taught tbe most approved methods of shooting
an imaginary enemy. They appeared to en
joy it.
That sort of thing is going on every day all
over Europe. Tbe German soldiers in Munich
are trained in gymnasiums, and set at vaulting
bars and sand-bags as men train for a boat
race. All these stout, good-looking fellows,
who might be occupied in some labor which
might be of use to the human race, are dre-sed
up in red or green, and taught the gentle art of
fighting.
You turn your back upon It, and make an
other journey through the smoke ot the under
ground railway, and you come out at a station
where you see upon one side tbe Immense
building which is occupied by The Times news
paper, where they print a score of thousands of
copies in a single hour, and next door to it is
another immense building which is the head
quarters Of the British and Foreign Bible Soci
ety, where they print four millions of Bibles in
a single year.
Tbe guns may be the "arguments of kings,"
but the newspapers and the Bibles are the argu
ments of the people. Tbe Tower and The Times,
tbe swords and tbe Scriptures, the past and tbe
future! G, H.
INCREASE IN VALUES SHOWN.
The Secretary of Agriculture Presents His
Annual Report.
Washington, November 9. The Secretary
of Agricultnre has nresented his annual report
to the President. By comparing prices at Chi
cago for October IS, of 1S90, and of 1SS9, he
showi a marked increase in the values of agri
cultural products, .especially of cereals. A
tabular statement of agricultural Imports of
tbe last fiscal year, including live animals,
barley, bay, potatoes, hops, cheese, eggs, flax,
wool, tobacco, wines, etc., the old and new
tariff rates being given for each, indicates a
material increase in tho import duties on tbese
articles and shows each to have been Imported
in considerable qualities. Tbe Secretary asserts
tbat without ignoring the effects of natural
causes in enhancing values, it is evident that
the economic legislation of tbe last session ot
Congress has directly benefited tbe farmers:
tbe Improved value of cereals, as he believes,
being largely due to tbe silver legislation,
which, moreover, has lessened tbe influence of
Russia and India over competitors in British
markets.
.The Secretary announces the establishment
of tbree natural sugar experiment stations, de
voted one each to cane, sorghum and beet
sugar. In the provisions of the tariff bill. Sec
retary Rusk finds what he regards as some
glaring inconsistencies in that it gives entire
control of sugar manufacturing and bounty
payments to a subordinate officer of the Treas
ury Department in spite of the fact that here
tofore tbe Department ot Agriculture has been
charged with the general supervision of tbe
sngar industry both in its cultural and manu
facturing phases.
UNSETTLED IN WALL STREET.
Affairs Among the Bulls and Bears Con
tinue to Vacillate.
SPECIAL TELEGRA1I TO TILE DISfATCIM
New York. November 9. Henry Clews fe
Co. says: "Affairs in Wall street still remain
unsettled. The principal support to the stock
market during the week, has been a partial
renewal of buying by London early In tbe week,
and a hope that current efforts at joint action
among certain leading railroad capitalists and
an eminent banker may lead to better rates on
Western freight. Tbese facts, though possess
ing an unquestioned importance, have not
materially affected tbe still weak and vacillat
ing tone of the market The bears find it
possible to depress price, and are now confin
ing their attention to certain exposed stocss,
by which they manage to keep down the whole
list.
"The remarkable result of the elections can
hardlr be said to have so far had any important
effect'on tbe market. It aopears to be gener
ally conceded tbat Tuesday's vote foreshadows
a coming modification of tbe commercial policy
of the country: yet the immediate importance
of that probability is qualified by tbe fact tbat
an interval of two or three years and possibly
more is likely to elapse before any actual
changes are enacted. Moreover, sweeping
changes of popular opinion are apt to bo fol
lowed by partial reactions; and In this case it is
not yet very clear what exact form or extent of
change is desired. In any event a change,
whatever its nature or extent, cannot be ex
pected within three years: which is a period
long enough to admit of gradual preparation
and to mature policies with ample deliber
ation." A BHOBT COUBTSHIP.
The Young Lady Faltered at the Altar and
the Bridemald Took Her Place.
Recently in Toronto a middle-aged working
man, who was partially crippled and unable
to get a living in tbe city, left it to seek his
fortune In tbo country. He mot with a
young woman who was foolish enough to
agree to marry him, although be was a
perfect stranger, and it was apparent tbat he
could with difficulty work at his trade. A
marriage license was procured and the names
filled in, but when they go: before the minis
ter the girl's friends managed to get common
sense into her bead arguing that it was mad
ness to marry a man of whom she knew noth
ing, and who was evidently ill-adapted for
working at his trade.
So. in the presence of tbo minister, she said
she bad altered her mind, but to console the
disappointed bridegroom she observed, "per
hap Mary" (the bridemald, whom he bad
never seen before) "will take my place." So he
immediately asked 11 she would, and sho agreed
to do so. The name of the would-be bride was
accordingly scratched out of the marriage
license and the bndemaid's name substituted,
and the ceremony was then and there per
formed, RACING AFTER A BEAR.
A B. & O. Freight Train Chases the Animal
a Quarter of a Mile.
rSPZCTAL TELKGEAM TO Tni DISPATCH. 1
Keyser, W. Va.. November 9. Yesterday,
while a Baltimore Jand Ohio freight train was
near Dobbins station, the engineer saw an am.
maiontbe track whijh he took for a dog.
After a race of a quarter of a mile, the engine
struck and killed it, when it was found to be a
140-pound bear.
A Suit Because of Bad Gas.
Philadelphia. November 9. Miss Marie
Tempest tho prima donna of "The Red Hus
sar" Company, who bas been very ill for several
days, was advised yesterday to sue the city,
her illness having been caused by the sulphur
ous fumes emitted from the city's illuminat
ing gas several nights of last week. The au
tboritles have admitted that tbe fumes were
due to the use of improper coal and the city is
likely to have several other suits besides Miss
Tempest's on its bands. Two doctors yester
day found the gas free from sulphur.
C. L. Mogee Meets Governor Fattlson.
ITrom the I'hiladelphla Record.)
Mr. Christopher Magee. of Pittsburg, stopped
over in the city yesterday on his way to New
York. While walking down Chestnut street he
met Governor-elect Pattlson, and tbe two In
dulged In a very friendly chat about the result
It was'the first time they had met since the
election. Mr. Magee felt quite proud of the
result In Allegheny county, and particularly in
the city of Pittsburg.
Sherman Says'the Women Did It
Washington, November 9, Senator John
Sherman to-day accounted for Tuesday's Dem
ocratic tidal wave by saying: "The women did
it They found the prices higher when they
went shopping, and tbe men had to vote against
the tariff bill."
CUK1003 CONDENSATIONS.
The State geologist says that the iron.
ore fields of Eastern Texas will yield i00O.C0O
tons to the square mile.
A little salt sprinkled over the surface
of a mustard plaster will enable the patient to
keep it on for hours without much suffering.
The highest individual score at cricket
was made by A. E. 8toddart, in the match
Hampstead against Stoics, played in 1886. Tho
total score was 4S5.
An Osage City, Kan., man has started
a new kind of lubch counter. He serves only
one dish ground pop corn and cream, which he
sells at 10 cents a bowl.
The people of Northern Europe consume
more alcohol, per capita, than their neighbors
in the Sontb. for the reason that relatively,
tbey are not so well-fed.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is 183 feet
high, and is. If the cornice be included, 13 feet
8 Inches out of the perpendicular. The wallsat
the base are 13 feet thick.
It is said that for more than 50 years
355, which was originally intended to be ap-
Elied to the education of slaves in Georgia, has
een lying in the Bank of Scotland.
As an instrument of tillage, the spade
costs four times as much as the plow. The
horse or tbe ox. as a motive power, is equally
at a disadvantage compared with steam.
Take in your hand a crystal of quartz,
a stick of deal, a daisy, an acorn, and you will
not find in tbem a single element of matter that
is not also found in your physical frame.
In 1820 Italylwas a land of beggars.
Tbe people were so poor that In a city of 20,000
inhabitants a traveler was unable to purchase
a pair of gloves, or, In one of 11,000, a cake of
soap.
The Italia and Lepanto, of the Italian
Navy, are two of tbe largest warships ever
built. They are 400 feet long, 74 feet broad, and
possess a mean draught of water exceeding
3D feet
A physician has compiled some very
elaborate statistics to demonstrate tbat men of
thought live, on an average, three years and a
balf longer than men in the ordinary vocations
of life,
Sheriff Alison is authority for the state
ment that, in tbe city of Glasgow alone, SO.OCO
people get drunk every Saturday night, and
crime has increased six times faster than popu
lation. In 1881 Belfast had 208,122 inhabitants;
Dublin. 219.C62; Cork, S0.121. In 1871 Belfast
stood at 171.412. Dublin at 316.326. The decrease
of the one and the increase of tbe other are re
markable. A recent survey has established the
number of glaciers in the Alpsat 1,135. of which
249 have a length of more than i miles. The
French Alps contain 144 glaciers, those of Italy
78, Switzerland 471, and Austria 462.
The distance traveled by Stanley in the
interior ot Africa is estimated by him at 5,400
miles, ot which all but 1,000 were on foot. The
expedition occupied three years, and rescued
300 persons, at a cost of less than 30.000.
In ancientJGreece a law of Pittacus
enacted tbat "he who commits a crime when
drunk shall receive a double punishment' one
for the crime itself, and the other for the In
ebriety which prompted him to commit it
In England one person out of every
6,250,000 people carried is killed. In France
one out ot every 2,000,000 passengers is killed.
In Belgium one out of every 9.000.000 is killed.
In Prussia only one out of 21,500,000 is killed.
The first water-mill ever built was
erected on the river Tiber at Rome A. D. 50.
Windmills were in original use in the twelfth
century. Tidemills were operated in Venice
about ITOtf. Sawmills are said to have been in
use at Augsberg. Germany, about 1332.
Slaves were sold publicly in Liverpool
in tbelatterbalf of the last century. Sir James
Picton. in his "Memorials of Liverpool," quotes
two advertisements of the sale of slaves in Liv
erpool, which appeared In Williamson's Liver
pool Advertiser in the years 1765 and 1766.
Careful experiments go to show that,
for the maximum efficiency of mind and body
of the working population in tbe northern coun
tries of Europe and in the United States, meat
or animal prodnctsof some kind should con
stitute at least two-thirds of the total supply.
Several attempts have been made to
establish the tack industry in the Soutb, but
tbey have failed from difficulties in handling
tne material. j.nis ornncn or tne iron traae is
in tbe bands of New England manufacturers,
and is practically confined to Massachusetts.
Tbe deepest mine in the world is be
lieved to be tbat of St. Andre da Poirier,
France. It produces 300,003 tons of coal in a
year, and is worked by means of two shafts,
one 900 and the other 940 meters deep. Tbo
latter is to be carried down to 1,200 meters
soon.
A species of porous terracotta tiling is
rapidly coming Into use. Sixty thousand dollars
worth of it was recently putinto one building in
New York City. Experts say. however, that as
far as fireproof floors are concerned alter
nate lavers of plank and cement form the most
impenetrable of constructions.
From a paper read before the Biological
Section of the British Association by Prof.
Newton, it appears that the native fauna of the
Sandwich Islands 11 now undergoing modifica
tion, and is in danger of extermination on ac
count of tbe changes which are taking place in
the vegetation of tbe islands.
The London Metropolitan Public Gar
dens Association has offered 100 a-piece to 20
metropolitan vestries and district boards to be
expended in planting plane trees in suitable
public thoroughfares in each district, on con
dition tbat the local authorities agree to main
tain tbo trees wben planted, replacing such as
may die.
A geological expedition, consisting of
Prof. Romanoffsky and three mining engineers,
has just returned to St. Petersburg from a geo
logical survey of tbe Kbirgblz steppes, Turkes
tan, and tbe southern portions of Siberia. The
expedition, which traversed over 12,000 miles,
Uiscovered in the district of Semertchinsk and
Akmolenskl rich deposits of silver, copper and
other valuable minerals.
It is a curious reflection on the intelli
gence of mankind that while animals easily
learn our language we make no advance at all
in learning theirs. One cannot help hoping
that some future generation of men maybe
sufficiently kind and patient and large-hearted
to believe tbat wbat these dependent creatures
have to say to us may sometimes be as im
portant as what we have to say to them and to
act accordingly.
ATTTC SALT.
Visitor Isn't jour mother afraid, Willie,
of eatchlnKcOld in those slippers?
Willie Hub, I jruess you don't know them slip
pers! Ma nses them to warm the whole family
-wlh. American. Grocer.
Kansas girls are immense as agricultur
ists. There should be many farmers' alliances
out there. -Sew Xort World.
Ethel How do yon manage to distinguish
the men who wish to marry for money from those
who really love you?
Maud Those who really love me make such
awful tools of themselves. ' York Herald.
"I hear your husband is quite a gallant
Do you ever find any letters In his pockets?"
"Only the oae3 1 gave bun to post." Spare
Moments.
"I want this tramp arrested."
What for?"
"He stole a dozen e;gs out of my kitchen."
"Sorry, ma'am, but poaching eggs ain't a
crime."-Jful' Weekly.
Said a matter-of-fact man to an esthetic
damsel who was taUtnganout "beautifying prop
erty" "Tbe most charming decoration for a
plate is a good piece of beef steak, with well
cooked potatoes, and just a sufficiency of gravy.
It will beat trailing vines or a sunflower any day
In tbe week. "SciecastU Chronicle.
One Profession Safe. First Worker
(gloomily) Women are crowding into every de
partment of Industry and lowering our wages.
Second Worker I ain't afraid of 'em.
First Worwr-l ou're not? What are you?
Second Worker A cook. Hew York Weekly.
Walker By the way, Weeks, I ran over
to Philadelphia last
Weeks What! Good gracious, Cholly, yoa
surely didn't keep the pace up after you struck
Broad street? American Oncer.
Sunday Tea Time. Mother (looking at
Johnny reproachfh11y)-Wbere have yoa been,
Johnny, this afternoon?
Jobnny (uneasily) Sunday schooL
Mother Why do yoa smell of flh and look it
wet?
Johnny (desperately) Teacher told us a story
of Jonah and the whale. Philadelphia Record.
The car was crowded to the doors,
They hung on by the straps.
And children andnlcbtd In the throng
hat on tbu women's lap.
Still tbo wild conductor took them on.
Till, crushed down in the brant
E'en as he died his last words were,
"Please move up there In front"
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