THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 12, 1890. '
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PITTSBURG, WEDNESDAY. NOV. 12, 1S90.
MERELY A STOCK rLURRY.
That the agitation in the stock markets
Iirecipitated so violently by the selling
movement of Monday has not yet wholly
subsided is not to be wondered at But
there is confidence everywhere that the
effects of the flurry will be confined to purely
speculative circles. The industries of the
country and the general mercantile business
are in nowise involved.
The truth is that one of the reasons of the
"Wall street slump is because the bulk of the
snare money of the public has tor a long
while been signally employed in the lines of
commercial and manufacturing enterprises.
Every one with .'unds to spare, and good
judgment to back them, has been able to
find opportunities for safe and profitable in
vestment without going into partnership
with the Goulds, the Villards, the Vander
bilts or the Trust magnates in the manage
ment and manipulation of the big schemes
which are floated in the speculative waters
cf the East.
It is, doubtless, in no small measure be
cause of the absence of the outside public as
buyers of the various shares listed at New
York that the slump has now come. But
this only furnishes renewed assurance that
the effects of the flurry will not be wide
spread, protracted or serious, except within
the limited circle of stock operations.
l'OOB TAItJIS PAST AND FUTURE.
The l'oor Farm question is finally settled
by the ruling of the Supreme Court affirming
the decision of the lower court The city can
therefore accept the Jarge sum coming to it
from the sale of the old .arm, but will have
to look over the county for a new tract of
land on which to locate ns buildings.
The general verdict will be that this is the
most satisfactory settlement ol the question.
However individual opinions may differ,the
average judgment will be that the price of
the old property is a very good one as
Chief Elliot puts it, 432,000 for a tract
which cost but 510,000 to the city. On the
other hand, beyond the doubtful question
whether the price to be paid for the new
property was not a decidedly large one, the
location of such an establishment outside
of the county was a feature of the most
questionable character. There is very little
doubt that plenty of agricultural land can
he found within the county which will serve
the purposes of a Poor Farm just as well,
and can be bought for considerably less
money.
In addition to that point the entire sub
ject is still open whether there is any need
for the Department of Charities to go into
farming business on a scale that requires
several hundred acres of land. Enough
land to provide plenty of room for the build
ings is undoubtedly necessary, and gardens
with a few field will nnt be amiss. But
"when a large farm requiring an investment
of three to five hundred dollars per acre is
operated by pauper labor, it remains a
matter to be demonstrated by the figures
whether all the supplies raised on that plan
will not cost the city more than they would
if bought on Liberty street
It is worth discussion whether fifty or a
hundred acres of land will not furnish
all that is necessary to accommodate
creditable buildings, with the hospital for
insane paupers completely separated and
Tinder distinct management from the alms
liouse. That would leave a large fund to be
used in the erection of the best class of
buildings.
A NEW SPECULATION.
One of the exhibitions of the tendencies of
the day toward turning business operations
into methods of speculation is furnished by
the report that a cumber of brokers in New
York have under consideration a scheme for
establishing an exchange to facilitate spec
ulation in raw sugars. The set is the same
which has for a. few years maintained an ex
change fur gambling on the price of coffee,
where twoor three corners in thatcommodity
have been so successful in bedeviling the le
gitimate trade and disgusting the public that
there is no louger much to be done in that
line.
Tie circumstances ef the sugar trade re
veal the fact that the proposed institution
would be a place for pure business gam
bling. If there were one or two hundred
purchasers of raw sugar, an exchange where
they could meet importers and buy their
supplies would serve a legitimate purpose.
This is the proper function of itock, cotton
and grain exchanges, however those institu-"
tions may be perverted by speculation on a
liferent basis, and was until the petroleum
.-lining business was monopolized, the ren
in for the existence ot the Petroleum Ex
liauges. But the fact that at the most
there will not be more than half a dozen
purchasers of raw sugar for actual use shows
that not only whoever operates on the pro
posed exchange will do so for the exclusive
purpose of betting on the fluctuations of the
market but that the unwary outsider will
be extremely liable to be fleeced by the ma
nipulations of the one or two great powers
in that trade.
This feature brings out another point of
importance. It is not likely that such a
proposition arises from any demand from the
public for any increase of speculative facili
ties, but from the desire of certain parties to
create a new sort of speculation in order that
ihey may share the profits of manipulating
it The average man is very well aware
that if he wants to chance his money he has
ubuudaut opportunities to do so by opera
tions either in trust stocks, grain or railway
shares. The public understanding of these
speculative institutions is becoming so gen
eral that the recent project of establishing a
speculative business in pig iron warrants,
from which Pittsburg wisely kept clear, has
hardly been heard from since it went into
operation. The motive of schemes to get np
new methods of fleecing lambs is based on
the idea that while the public is capable of
learning by experience that it is bled by the
manipulations of a given staple, it is not
able to perceive that the same methods trans
ferred to another staple will produce the
same result
This belief may be justified by the facility
with which the public after it found railway
stocks unprofitable, turned to grain and
petroleum speculation, and alter making the
same discovery there bit eagerly at the bait
ot trust certificates. But it is not likely that
the new speculative market will reach a
great success before its character is fully un
derstood. THE DISPUTING EXPLORERS.
The outcome of the disputation between
Stanley and his dissatisfied lieutenants has
been such as to fully confirm The Dis
patch's opinion, expressed a week ago,
that the dispute is one which a discreet
course would have avoided, and which has
been carried to lengths that both sides mutt
regret
As to the main point at issue, namely,
the responsibility for the lailnre of the rear
column to carry out Stanley's orders, the
most remarkable corroboration of Stanley's
position is the alleged answer of Troup
published yesterday. Troup is one of the
assailants ot the explorer. Yet, considering
that the entire explosion is produced by the
assertions of Major Barttelot's brother 'that
Stanley did that officer injustice, and that
the important issue is whether his
course wrecked the expedition, it is de
cisive to find Troup fully confirming
Stanley's assertions. He agrees that Bartte
lot was cruel, and that a better leader
"could have brought the expedition back to
the coast," which indicates that Mr. Troup's
tendency is to prefer the retrograde rather
than advance. But he indicts Stanley for
the responsibility of selecting Barttelot as
the commander of the rear column, and thus
puts the onus of the whole failure upon
him!
That Stanley had the responsibility which
attaches to any leader who assigns a subor
dinate to duty and afterward discovers that
he is unfit for it, did not require the asser
tion of Troup to establish it. It appeared
very plainly from Stanley's first statement
But, in view of the fact, that Stanley's
material assertions are fully borne out by
Troup's concessions, it is clear enough that
the expressions which the explorer published
in his book concerning that chapter of in
competence were very mild and forbearing.
The people who have challenged those asser
tions and rushed to the front with accusa
tions ot Stanley in return, will, when they
recover their equilibrium, perceive that it
would have been much wiser to let that very
charitable expression of disappointment and
surprise pass without dispute.
TVith regard to the assertion against
Jameson of provoking cannibalism, it is
possible to regard the charge as one which
has been brought out by the heat of the dis
cussion; but it might have been left alone
on account of the doubt as to its truth.
Neither a live man nor a dead one should be
charged with such a shocking act of barbar
ity excepting on the most conclusive testi
mony, and the tact that practically the
same evidence which Stanley and Bouuy
have was already discredited by an official
investigation, should have suggested to any
man not carried away by unjust attacks the
wisdom of leaving the old story undisturbed.
No doubt both Stanley and Bonny believe
that the evidence is sufficient; but with the
fact that the only witness against Jameson
on this score has retracted his evidence be
fore an official inquiry it will be easier to
believe that the half-civilized witness lied
than that a civilized and educated man of
standing could take the responsibility for
an act of.the lowest degree ol barbarism.
This is an instance of the length to which
such bitter controversy can be carried. It
is not material to the main issue the con
duct of the expedition on which point Stan
ley is the only man who comes out credita
bly. MR. rOWDEKLrS ADDRESS.
Mr. Powderly's annual address to the
Knights of Labor, which we publish to-day,
contains a good deal of interesting matter.
A clearer explanation ot the New York Cen
tral strike would have been desirable, and it
is plainly to be seen that Mr. Powderly ad
mits that that ill-timed and unfortunate
movement was a blunder whieh should not
be repeated. If Mr. Powderly's suggestions
are regarded by the order the position of the
Knights of Labor as to strikes, and upon the
economic problems involved in the general
terms protection and free trade are likely
to be more clear! v defined.
CHICAGO'S MUSICAL AMBITION.
The arrangements to locate Theodore
Thomas and the musical cult which he
typifies as a permanent feature of Chicago
formed a bit of news that was in danger of
being snowed under in company with many
other things by the political avalanche.
The fact is rescued from the ruins, however,
that fifty of Chicago's leading citizens have
subscribed $1,000 each as an annual guar
antee fund to keep up the steam of Wagne
rian renditions in Chicago, and that Mr.
Thomas has closed with the offer so promptly
as to confirm the idea previously enter
tained that the eminent musician is able to
recognize a good thins when it confronts
him.
The arrangement is one whieh justifies
Sir Joseph Porter's treatment, and we con
gratulate both. Mr. Thomas and Chicago.
No doubt that eminent musician's leader
ship can be made to contribute to the
attractions of the "World's Pair, if due care
is taken to avoid certain stumbling blocks.
In a spirit of friendliness, therefore, it
is wise to warn Mr. Thomas that
Chicago subscriptions are not to be
too implicitly relied upon. It is hardly
a year since Chicago announced to the
world that she had an $8,000,000 guarantee
fund to the "World's Fair subscribed; and
yet the last issue of the Tribune received
prior to tbis writing contains an editorial
asserting that an expenditure of $6,000,000
in filling up its precious Lake Front and
putting up buildings will land Chicago in
the throes of financial embarrassment In
order that the spirit of Art may not be
dragged down by struggling with the indis
position of Mammon to give op its dross, it
is enough to hint to Mr. Thomas the advisa
bility of having the gnarantee fnnd take
the form of certified checks.
Another point to be insisted upon is that
the innovating Chicago spirit shall not be
allowed to indicate the direction which
musical effort shall take. It is easy to see
where the original and enterprising Chicago
mind would lead the labors of Mr. Thomas
if it were permitted. The practice of de
scriptive music having received classical
sanction, it is obvious that the Chicago am
bition if unrestrained would require Mr.
Thomas as soon as he had been able to
master Jbic subject to celebrate the stockyards
with a "Wagnerian symphony descriptive of
pork packing. Mr. Thomas would be re
quired to make his allegro reproduce the
rumble of the railroad trains, bringing the
live animals ot the "West to contribute to
the magnitude of Chicago's business; the
andante mast describe the growing ot cotton
in order that cottonseed oil may inflate the
total of Chicago's porcine product A scherzo
would be typical of that fabulous celerity with
which a hog goes in at one end of a pork
packing establishment emitting his last
squeals, and comes out in a few minutes at
the other end in the shape of hams, bacon
and lard; while the grand finale would rep
resent the great tragedy of universal slaugh
ter of animal life working out gradually into
the purposes of food for the sustenance of
other life, and the swelling of Chicago bank
accounts.
These would be new musical ideas, in
spired by the unconventionally of the
broad and untamed "West; but we must ad
vise Mr. Thomas to place a baiter on them
early in the day. There is no telling where
they may lead to, and if a start should once
be made Mr. Thomas might find himself in
the end brought down to the difficult task
of composing a rondo gavotte on the attrac
tions of bulling July wheat, a triumphal
march over the victory of the Lake Front
or a fugue descriptive of the attractions of
the Hennepin Canal. If he should object
to the difficulty of these themes there is the
still greater danger that his artistic soul
would be wounded by the suggestion that,
with slight adaptations, almost any of the
existing Wagnerian compositions could be
made to fit one or the other of these sub
jects. The purpose of pointing out these diffi
culties and dangers is that the musical
career of Mr. Thomas in Chicago may avoid
the strained relations with which it was
surrounded in Cincinnati. If the Chicago
Guarantees are brought up to the standard
of realism, and the Chicago exuberance of
originality is kept out of the domain of
music, there is little doubt that Mr. Thomas'
sojourn in that city will be abundantly en
riched by harmony.
THE BASEBALL SITUATION.
The consolidation of the Players' and Na
tional League Baseball clubs in this city,
which is nearly if not quite accomplished, is
the best thing that could happen for every
body concerned. It is a melancholy fact
that the attitude of the public of
late toward baseball has been
that of a coroner viewing a corpse.
But the inquest may be suspended if
baseball revives, and the only way for it to
revive is to end the ridiculous yet deadly
fight between the leagues. There is nothing
sentimental about the game oi baseball as it
is played by professionals. The players are
out for the money, the capitalists who fur
nish the clubs with backing are looking for
dividends, and the public pay for
the privilege of seeing the game,
asking only in return that the
players shall be competent As The
Dispatch has consistently maintained
whenever it has commented upon the strug
gle between the leagues, the game of base
ball has been lost sight of in the scramble
for dollars. If the fight continues the only
difference will be that there will be very
tew dollars to fight for. By the consolida
tion of the two clubs in Pittsburg and other
cities baseball may be made profitable, not
only to the capitalists but to the players,
and to such people as think it is profitable
to witness a game of baseball between pro
fessionals. A paragraph announces that the canal
through Mussel shoals, Tennessee river, has
been completed so as to open navigation from
Chattanooga to the Ohio. This is a matter of
especial interest to Pittsburg, as it will enable
pig Iron from the Southern district to be
shipped to this city, cheaply if the necessary
quality can bo produced there. It is also
likely that the opening of a cheap route which
lessens the cost of getting the products of that
field to the market, will modify the exceed
ingly low figures of production that have been
reported thence by rendering it possible to pay
higher wages.
With the London Times and Wm. L.
Scott urging that Mr. Cleveland be once more
made the Democratic candidate for the Presi
dency the ex-President would be justified in
putting up an earnest prayer to be rescued
from his friends.
It is time for some one to hint to Secre
tary Noble that be has not taken a course in
deciding that New York application for a re
count calculated to increase the public respect
for the census. While it may be a legal maxi
mum for the defendant's counsel, when In a
tight place to abuse the plaintiffs attorney,
tbero is no good authority in favor of the
J udge's doing so.
Ax Austrian baroness is reported to have
been arrested for theft. Is it possible that
Austria is so far behind the times as not to
understand the tine distinction between theft
and kleptomania?
The experience of a telegraph operator
at a lonely station up in Northern Pennsylva
nia in being attacked by bears and wild cats
attracted the editorial attention of the New
York Herald on Monday. Bat before Monday
was ended. Wall street had to sustain a siege
from bears and wild cats that made the tele,
graph operator's experience seem like a picnic-
Bar silver is down to $1 02 per ounce
again. The principal result of that silver bill
so far seems to have been recorded in the en
larged bank accounts of that Congressional
syndicate.
The reports that Secretary Blaine takes
the Republican defeats in'a good humor, owing
to the slaughter of Presldental candidates, in
dicates a forgetfolness that tbis is the wrong
season to plant a Presldental boom. Two periods
of frost intervene between the present time
and the date when a Presldental crop must be
harvested. i
An ordinary observation of the course of
financial cycles would have justified the expec
tatlon that it was about time for the Villara
bubble to undergo Its decennial explosion.
Mr. Breckinridge, of Kentucky, takes
a sensible view of the Speakership contest for
the next House and his own connection there
with by saying that it will be ample time to
consider that subject a year hence. The effort
to cross a bridge a year before you come to it is
liable to result in having to do the job over
again. .
The intimation that the Wisconsin Dem
ocrats have a Presldental quantity on hand In
the shape ot Bad Boy Peck, is enough to raise
a tidal wave in the other direction.
Ik speaking ot the "crank parties" the
Philadelphia Times refers by an evident slip of
the types to Edward Bellamy's cnlt as the
' 'Rationalist party." This is giving that school
of opinion alittle that can only be justified on
the principle of lucits a non lucendo.
Without, prejudice to BIrchall the pub
lic will have reason to approve of the act
wblch chokes off the present steady flood of
Birchall literature.
Protestant Episcopal Church Congress.
Philadelphia, November 1L Tbe Thir
teenth Church Congress of the Protestant
Episcopal Church of the United States was in
augurated this morning. The inaugural ad
dress was delivered by Bishop Whlttaker, who
presides over the Congress.
SNAP SHOTSJN SEASON.
The Sugcr Trust lias simply raised cane in
Wall street
Do you evei long for peace? Does the noiso
and bustle of the world In which you circulate
grow deafening and tiresome? Is tbe perpet
ual motion irksome? librae time or other have
you not hankered aft ox a quiet place beyond
tbe tread of busy tost, tbe rattle of heavy
wheels, tbe clanging ot the bells, the scrsech
Ingof the whistles, tbe clashing or themyrlad
tongned ctty? Then you have closed your eyes
and drawn a picture of tbe paradise you long
for. What was it? A cabin in the dense wood,
a home beside the bill-hid lake, a
spot washed by a summer sea. a place wbere
nature reigns and her voices alone are heard.
What a castle you build then. No tramping,
no clanging there bird song and sunshine,
wind and wave, perfect peace. How you roam
amid the silence, timless, restful. Of the
earth not earthy, ot the, world yet worldlesg, in
life bat lifeless. Wei, such dreams are not
hurtful, are they? We have a perfect right to
draw the picture and jraze upon it It is rest
ful. Perhaps the shadow is better than the
substance, too. Amid tbe earth's
millions bow few tbe hermits. Life
calls 'Tor action, companionship, watchfulness
and wakefulness. Tbu dreamers even have
to bustle between napl, and tbe sleepers are
disturbed by tbe discoid. Rest without tiring
toil becomes laborious, no matter what the sar
rounding:. After we sweat we sleep; after we
work we play; after we Jream wo grasp the real
ity. Let your grip be firm, too. Onr ears grow
used to tbe noises, our eyes grow accustomed
to the glare and glitter, our feet Brow familiar
with the paths, our haiids grow friendly to the
tools. Tbe peace that would shut oat tbe
noises and banish tha toil would soon grow
burdensome. It's all very well to dream about,
of course. But f ortuna tely we cannot do as we
dream.
A city must pay its debts, and the taxpayers
are the taxmakers.
Clergymen,, as well as newspaper men,
should fully investigate before indorsing or
assailing persons or things.
AVhen you are looking for work don't forget
to ask for it
Time can be measured by the tasks we have
to perform. It is fast if we are playing and
slow if we are toiling. But tbe end is tbe same
distance away under all circumstances.
Jay Gould rattled Wall street and got what
be wanted. Daring the operation a man was
killed, but his murderers will not be pursued.
AT last a society actress has made a first night
hit in New York. There's more trouble ahead
for some husbands.
Cleveland keeps on asserting that tbe
tariff defeated Republican Congressmen. It
uudoubtedly defeated Grover a few years ago.
He jumps, ha boxes, casts the stone.
He's wiry and gymnastic
A monument to flesh and bone
Propelled by foot elastic.
He eats rare beef, drinks bitter ale,
And when in active training
He even wants bis bread served stale,
From all rich focd refraining.
He rubs and scrubs his giant frame.
He strivos to increase muscle;
He takes a hand in every game.
Or rough-and-tumble tussle.
He is the pet of college grand.
The professors on him beam;
All sound his praites through the land.
For he leads the football team.
When Jay Gould takes a whirl In Wall
street he simply handles the brokers like jays.
If we must compromise with the women who
want to meddle in public affairs how would it
do to allow them to porform jury duty?
When the State Legislature meets next
winter would it not be a wise proceeding to re
peal some of tbe old laws beforo framing any
new ones? Think this over, gentlemen.
It was the silent vote that caused all the
noise.
With the advent of the concert and lecture
season comes the cry for a pnblic hall, roomy
and comfortable. Pittsburg needs one badly.
Indian summer weather seems to be disap
pearing as fast as ths Indians.
The Wall street gamblers can smash each
other without involving legitimate lookers-on.
It's a bad business, for all that
There are only a few royal roads to riches
remaining in tbe world, and these are monopo
lized by tbe reigning families.
Will the ghost of the dead broker haunt Jay
Gould, or is the little wizard conscience proof?
THEStanley-Troup-Bouny-Barttelot-Jameson
controversy has cone far enough. Let the
dead rest and draw the veil of charity over the
records of the rear guard.
The country thai has grown rich and great
under protection is not going to give it np
without a struggle.
Every labor-saving device lightens and
lengthens life and draws ns closer to tbe mil
lennium. Heart diseased, nervous and excitable men
should keep out oil Wall street
A blind man must get very little satisfac
tion out of the present theatrical performances.
Deaf men, however, can enjoy them.
The pnblic will bardly put their trust in
trust stocks again.
Woman was not made especially for tha
kitchen. She can be dispensed with there, but
must not neglect the nursery.
It is better for the people to govern the
politicians than for tho politicians to govern
the people.
The question of the hour in labor circles is
work.
If all the laws on the statute hooks were
rigidly enforced the obnoxious and unneces
sary ones would be wiped out and tbe good ones
more greatly respected than at present
A church will not be injured if its shadow
mingles with that cast by a distillery. The
school will be.
Women will not secure the reforms they
clamor for until men advocate them.
Athletes practice at the bar.
A big Treasury surplus is a temptation to
statesmen. A Government should bo run on
business principles.
If tbe banks keep outside the speculative
circle and loan to legitimate dealers on good
security panics will bo confined to brokers'
offices.
A reform cannot be talked to death. It
must be tested.
Every assassination committed in the name
of liberty only adds another link to the chalcs
the oppressed carry.
The hindsight of a great many political lead
ers seems to be far superior to their foresight
Statesmanship cannot be elevated so long
as politics keeps in the slums.
A banana peel Is not a respector of persons.
4
When you doubt a friend you might as well
dissolve tbe partnership.
The World's Fair should not be wholly Chi
ago's affair. The whole country is interested
and should prod up the commissioners.
The higher the society the lower the dresess.
At all events Stanley has secured a first-class
advertisement fbroucu the remnant of the
rear guard.
The ballot box needs tbe highest kind' of
protection.
IT ode man possesses the -power to turn tho
financial world upside down it is about time to
think about It
If you want to bear something about the
growth of the city talk to ths casual visitor.
The man who kills himself in tho pursuit of
wealth only secures decent burial.
THE bleats of the (horn lambs should not
disturb the strictly business community.
Willie Winkle.
TIMELY PEBS0HAL8.
President Harrison is at work on his an
nual message to Congress.
The German Geographical Society has be
stowed the Humboldt medal upon tbe Norwe
gian explorer Nauson.
Dr. Grekfell Baker, who was physician
to the late Sir Richard Burton, is engaged on a
biography ot the distinguished traveler.
The report that Minister Lincoln was to visit
Washington for tbe purpose of tendering bis
resignation proves to be entirely without foun
dation. Edwin Booth will soon present a portrait
of himself to the town of Belair, Md.. in which
place be made his debut as an actor. Thursday
of tbis week will be the next birthday anniver
sary of Mr. Booth.
By a carious coincidence Henry M. Stanley
and George Kennan are both lecturing in New
York tbis week one on Africa, tbe other on
Kamchatka. One can take his choice between
a hot or cold lecture as he desires.
Justin H. McCarthy, M. P.. is Just 30 years
old. He has published 11 book and seven plays.
He is tall and tbin, with a very small head. lie
has traveled much in Persia, and has an inti
mate acquaintance with tbe literature of that
country.
Judge Earl, re-elected to tbe New York
Court of Appeals, has filed a statement that be
did not spend a cent in aid of bis election. This
breaks tbe celebrated record of Prof. Seelye,
whose election to Congress in Massachusetts
cost him 3 cents tbe price arice of tbe postage
stamp which carried bis letter of acceptance.
It Is now stated that Frederick E. Ives, a
photographer of Philadelphia, has dlcovered a
method of taking photographs in colors. If
tbis is so. Mr. Ives will at once become rich as
well as famous, but old photographers always
smile incredulously when ths subject of photo
graphing in colors is mentioned, for they be
lieve it can't be done.
Colonel Ingersoll predicted ten years
ago that by this time two theaters would be
built for one church. Chaplain McCabe, of the
Methodist persuasion, reminded him of it the
other day.saying: "The time is up. Tho Metho
distsare now building four churches every day
one every six hours. Please venture another
prediction for the year 1900."
Lucy Hooper has been to see Bernhardt in
tbe new play and her description of the death
scene is interesting: "Cleopatra's action and
gestures in tbis scene are of an unimpeachable
modesty. She not open her tunic, but slips tbe
snake into it from above, pressing her hands
upon the imprisoned reptile as she calls upon
it to 'bite bite again bits harder and one gets
cold chills down one's tack while com
templatiug her. Then, when she dies, she falls
upon her back, so as not to hurt the hidden
serpent"
TBOTTBLE IN A SECEET SOCIETY.
Questions the Order of Woodmen, Now in
Session, Mutt Meet.
Springfield. III., November 1L The
biennial meeting of tbe Jead Camp of the
Order of Modern Woodmen, opened here
to-day. The organization has 44,000 members
in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and North and
South Dakota. Tbe order is considerably torn
up by tbe conflicting interests of some'of its
leaders, and has been involved in considerable
litigation.
A largely attended meeting was held at Des
Moines in August last at the instance of Head
Consul Joseph C. Root, which would have re
salted in the organization abandoning its Illi
nois charter and remorlne headquarters to
that city bad not an injunction been obtained
from the Chicago courts by Dr. McKInney and
otber members of the management Some
time ago, also, the head camp imposed special
and double assessments on all its local camps
and undertook to suspend members who did
not pay up. The claim was made by the mem
bers that the assessment was illegal, and two
Chicago courts have so decided and enjoined
the proposed suspensions.
THEY MUST PAY DOTY, TOO.
No Free Alcohol for Scientific or Educa
tional Institutions.
Washington, November 11. Tbe Treasury
Department has decided that pure alcohol is
dutiable at tbe rate ot 10 per cent ad valorem,
without regard to the use for whicb it is in
tended. Tbis will prevent tbe importation free
of duty of alcohol for the use of scientific or
educational institutions.
Christain Workers.
Hartford, November 1L At to-day's ses
sion of tbe Cbristian Workers' Convention,
Colonel George P. Clarke, of Chicago, read a
paper by Mrs. Clarke on work for prisoners in
that city, and the same kind of work in New
York Stats was described by Miss Coffin, of
Brooklyn,
THANKSGIVING COMMENTS.
Buffalo Times (Rep.): Democrats es
pecially have canse to be thankful and joyful.
Rochester Union and Advertiser (Dem.):
Over tbe joys of Thanksgiving-tide the hatchet
is always buried.
New York Press (Rep.): We Republicans
can be thankful that so many of us are alive
and that tbe political cyclone was no worse.
Philadelphia Times (Dem.):
The President notes Thanksgiving Day,
Just as tbe country wished.
For many a goose was cooked of late.
And many a duck's been dished.
Boston Globe (Dem.): President Harrison's
Thanksgiving proclamation is made np of
vague and far-away generalities this year. It
really reads as though that great and good
man had tried hard hut couldn't think of any
thing in particular to be thankful for.
Philadelphia Bulletin (Rep.): The Presi
dent's Thanksgiving proclamation, issued on
Saturday, makes no reference to politics,
though many ot his fellow-countrymen see
reason for devout tbankfnlness in that tbe
campaign is over; but it calls attention to the
fact that this country has a great deal to be
thankful for.
Boston Herald (Ind.): Doubtless there will
bs a disposition In some quarters to read be
tween the fervent lines of the President's
Thanksgiving proclamation, in view of recent
events, but everybody ought to be patriotic
enough to echo its sentiments and prepare for
tbe occasion. Blessings have been vouchsafed
to us in some form without distinction of party
or creed, and everybody likes turkey.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
Miss Carrie Mitchell. '
There are many who will regret to learn that
alias Carrie Mitchell, daughter of Judge Mitchell,
of Pnnxsutawney. died at about 4 o'clock yester
day afternoon. She had been a frequent visitor
at the home of ber ancle, G. H. Mundorft, 2203
Carson street at which place she died. She was
stricken Wednesday with malignant diphtheria,
and her robust physique and good constitution
were no match for Its fatal ravages. Miss Mitchell
was a beauttul girl or 25 years, well known In socl
etr circles throughout the State, and with a beauty
of'cbaracter that enhanced her outward charms.
Her parents were present at her deathbed, and
telegrams from hundreds orsympathlz.ng friends
helped to cheer her in her last moments. The re
mains wilt bo taken to Pnnxsutawney.thls morn
ing for Interment.
Hon. John A. Happer.
ISPECIAL T1CLIQHAM TO THX DISPATCH. 1
Monongattela City, Nbvembet 11. Hon.
John A. Happer, formerly member of tbe Leg
islature from Washington county, died at his
home in this city at the age or 75. years. He lived
on the Old Homestead farm, which was patented
by his grandfather May 19, 1737, and which has
been In tlie family ever since. He was an elder In
the Presbyterian church or Mingo, from which
place he will be burled Thursday, November IS.
Andrew, his brother, has been a missionary at
Canton. China, for 5f years. His son, of the same
name, was Adjutant of Colonel Dick Coulter's
regiment.
Alexander McCormlck.
The friends of Mr. Alexander McCormlck,
formerly a well-known resident of Allegheny,
were apprised yesterday ofbls death on last Sun
day, at his borne in Shenandoah. Iowa, where of
late years lie lias been a prosperous merchant.
He was a son of the late Captain McCormlck and
a brother-in-law or ex-Mayor Pearson and Robert
Patterson, of Allegheny.
Count Maurice Esterhazy.
Vienna, November 11. Count Maurice Ester
btxy, formerly Austrian Minister to the Vatican,
is dead.
THE TOPICAL TALKER,
A Disappointment.
A gentleman who lives in the East End has
among his worldly possessions a horse that
dances to music with great grace and agility.
Tbis saltatory accomplishment is not appre
ciated very highly, however, by tbe driver of
tho beast tor the apparently good reason that
the dance usually winds up, as it does in Hun
garian circles, with a general smash up. He
has often driven a couple of blocks out of his
way to avoid a perambulating band.
A few days before the election tbe East
Ender drove into town and tied up his horse in
front of a shoe store, wblch be entered with a
view to getting shod. He was trying on a pair
of shoes, and had both of his own shoes off and
one new one on, when a boompitty, boompitty
boom, announcing the approach of a band, fell
upon bis ear.
"Great Scott 1 My hor-e'll bolt" he shouted
to the astonished salesman as be rushed to tbe
door, with but one shoe on. He sprang into
tbe buggy and caught the lines. It was not a
moment too soon, apparently, for tbe horse,
with ears pricked up. was already nervous. A
bystander loosed the hitching strap, but tbe
agitated gentleman in the buggy saw that it
was too late to attempt to turn around in the
narrow tboroughfare and flee from the ap
proachingTjand. It was confoundedly unpleas
ant, bat he braced his booted foot against tbe
dashboard, gripped tbe lines firmly, and pre
pared to face tbe music It was a brass band,
and they were playing something very noisy
and full of chances for the bass drum. To the
pallid driver in the doomed buggy it was the
most alarming "Invitation to the Dance" he
bad ever beard. Tbe horse was trembling
slightly a trick he bad beforo going into tbe
air.
Down tbe street came the big dram major,
making a holy show of himself as usual, and
behind him came a whirlwind of tarrarums and
boompitty booms. Then tho horse stood
stock still and looked calmly into a trombone
as it almost touched bis nose, as If brazen
music were tbe one soothing influence his
equine soul had ever known.
The East Ender declares, moreover, that as
he re-hitched the disappointing steed be de
tected a twinkle in bis left eye, and heard a
rumble in tbe beast's throat that might have
been taken for a horse laugh.
The Election Betting.
"Making doe allowance for blaster and
mere wind," said an extremely practical
politician of tbe First ward yesterday, "I be
lieve that more money changed hands in Pitts
burg over the election last week than ever be
foro in politics here. I have 15 or 16 years' ex
perience in election betting, and 1 never saw
more money put up in Pittsburg in a Presl
dental election than there was on Delamater
and Paulson. Why, within my own personal
observation bets amounting to at least $70,000
or 180,000 in the aggregate were made in this
city. There is one business man whose inter
ests and boms are in tbe East End who won
$30,000 at least by Paulson's election, and he
would bavs been stripped of every bit of prop
erty and every dollar be bad if Delamater had
won."
Too Much Water.
(('"There is more rheumatism about this fall
than I remember for years," said a doctor
of wide practice yesterday. "I find that com
plaints that can be attributed to tbe damp
weather exceed all tbe others put together.
The fact is, the climatic change which has oc
curred daring the last three years is not prop
erly appreciated by the pnblic at large. I am
speaking of tbis region only, but I believe it is
measureably true of the whole continent when
I say that for more than tbree years the atmos
phere has been .snperhumid to a remark
able degree. Neither extreme beat In
summer nor extremo cold in winter have
come to our rescue to dry out the air
and the earth charged with moisture. The
average humidity of tbe seasons for 3S months
past has been greater, I am certain, than for
any previous period of which records are ex
tant In consequence rheumatism, catarrhal
complaints and lung troubles are keeping tbs
doctors busy. I think a winter of the old
fashioned sort, hard frosts lasting several
weeks at a time, would be a blessing, in a sani
tary sense, that conld bardly be overrated. If
this winter proves to be like unto last year's I
look for an increased mortality in this city."
XBISHMEH FIND 170 FAULT.
They Understand Why Harrison and Blaine
Can't Attend Irish Meetings.
irnoM A staff coRBEsroxDEMT.1
Washington, November 1L Irishmen of
tbis city, who are at tbs front in making ar
rangements for the reception and "big meeting'
of Dillon and O'Brien, say in regard to the
rumors of tbe dissatisfaction of some members
of tbeir racs at tbe report that neither Secre
tary Blaine nor the President will attend ths
meeting nor show any attention to the distln
erulslied fugitives, that Irishmen of this city
understand the questions affecting such things
too well to find any fault on account of tha
absence of these high officials of tbe Govern
ment on tbe coming occasion.
It is said, however, tbat there can be no diplo
matic impropriety in members of the adminis
tration other than Blame and Harrison attend
ing tbe meeting if they see fit, and tbat tbe Cab
inet may possibly be represented by both Sec
retary Tracy and Secretary Husk.
Bad News for Excursionists.
New York, November 1L Tbe Trunk Line
Passenger Agents' Association to-day decided
to discontinue the selling of "tourist" or low
rate tickets. Tbis will increase tbe cost of tbs
regular winter excursions tbat are usually ad
vertised at tbis season of the year.
Portuguese Reinforcements From. Brazil.
Bio Janeiro, November It The French
steamer Bresil has sailed from here for Lisbon
with2U0 organized Portuguese patriots, who
bavs volunteered to reinforce tbe Portuguese
troops in East Africa.
CONDITION OP WALL STBEET.
Wall Street Dally News: It has been a
rich man's panic more tban anything else, for
tho decline does not seem to have developed
weakness in unexpected quarters, or indeed
any sufficient to cause any special anxiety.
Springfield Republican: But tbe thing
which weighs heaviest on tbe market is the
situation abroad. Europe has led and still
leads in tbe liquidation now in such marked
progress, and while it continues abroad, it will
go on here in greater or less degree.
Wall Street Daily Investor: Of course this
is a splendid time to buy stocks for those who
have tbe money and the nerve to do it, for in
tbe natnre of things the rebound must be very
great from ths unreasonable depression pro
duced by this manipulated panic.
Philadelphia Press: Ths market did not
act as if the liquidation was at an end, but the
street is hoping for tbe best. Comparatively
little money is borrowed on stocks, and the re
duction of the bull account has been gradual
enough to distribute the losses pretty thor
oughly. New York Times: There are legitimate
causes for lower prices in the heavy selling on
the London markets and in the amount of capi
tal withdrawn from stock operations by active
business enterprises, but there are no known
legitimate causes for any such sadden and ex-
treme fall as bas taken place since Friday last
New York Herald: It looks very much as
if money had been "locked up" in order to
temporarily advance the rata of interest and
make it difficult to cany stocks on" margin.
The Treasury Department evidently regards
yesterday's stringency as artificial, and it is sig
nificant that no important interest here bas
made any appeal to 'Secretary Windom for
relief.
New York Commercial Advertiser: There
are numerous explanations for the continued
and destructive fall in prices: none of them en
tirely satisfactory, and nons of tbem of such a
character as to givs ground for speaking confl.
dently.on tbe probable duration of tbe decline.
Tbe money question is foremost now, as it has
been in tho last threa weeks.
New York Star: The fact seems to be tbat
this country. In common with the rest of tbe
civilized world. Is suffering from a temporary
scarcity of capital consequent upon a period of
excessively rapid development The great and
valuable economic functions wblch the stock
markets perform in the financial organization
of ths country maks tbe appearance of dis
turbed conditions there a matter of consider
able moment. Reflecting as they do unhealthy
symptoms In the general trade and finances of
the country, they are more serious than care
less observers usually admit.
A BRILLIANT EVENT.
The Marriage of Mr. Jesse T. Lazear and
Miss Crissie McKelvy, In the East End
An Elegant Reception OFoUows A Day's
Social Happenings.
"Standing room only" might have been said
of tha wedding of Miss Christine McKelvy and
Mr. Jessie T. Lazear that took place in the
East Liberty Presbyterian Church at 8 o'clock
last evening. The assemblage that witnessed
tbe interesting ceremony and after
ward graced tbe magnificent home of
tbe McKelvys at tbe reception was
one of the most brilliant and fashionable of the
season. With Prof. Oittin;s at the organ the
notes of Lohengrin's Bridal Chorus annonnced
the bridal party. Ten ushers, Messrs Augustus
Murdoch, Howard Biowell, William Patrick.
William Faber. Jr.: George Lyon. Stewart
Johnston. James Hailman, Denniston Lyon,
Ralston McKelvy and Fred Wise, who had
previously seated the elegantly attired guests,
preceded the maid of honor. Miss May Lyon,
and tbe bride, who was escorted up the aisle by
her lather, Mr. John R. McKelvy. Tbe groom
and bis best man, Mr. Lyttleton Lazear, were
in waiting at tbe altar and the all-imnortant
words were spoken by Rev. Dr. Knmler, pastor
of the church.
The bride, a bright, attractive and beautltul
girl, whose propensity for making and retain
ing friends is almpst abnormal, was costumed
in an elegant white brocada of heavy rich silk,
fashioned with a long train and a bodice half
blgh. A veil of extreme length and cxquislto
texture enveloped ber graceful figure aud
a bonquet of the "Mrs. Hardy" chrysan
themnms gave tbe finishing touch tn .the
pretty apparition. The maid of honor was
golden a gown of golden crepe, glove, slip
pers and bouquet to correspond made ber
more bewitching tban ever, and she is always
bewitching to an uncomfortable degree for
some people.
Tbe reception that followed the church
services was an elaborate one. Tbe brown
stone mansion wherein tbe bride has spent ber
girlhood days was radiant with many lights,
magnificent palms and tropical plants, and
from behind a screen of massive palms cams
the entrancing strains of Toerge's Or
chestra as a welcome to tho guests
as they entered the hallway. In a room on tha
second floor the wedding presents were dis
played and formed an attraction dnring the en
tire evening, as there were so many, aud they
were so tastv and elegant.
Tbe steward of the Duquesne Club, Mr.
Riley, was responsible for the tempting supper,
which was one of tbe features of tbe
evening, and Messrs. A. M. & J. B. Murdoch
superintended the floral decorations. Mr.
Lazear, who is a prominent young attorney on
Grant street earned his bride off last evening
on a late tram to places unknown, but promised
to return ere long and with her occupy the resi
dence on South Highland avenue prepared for
them.
QEEETED WITH GBEAT APPLAUSE
Was the Celebrated Chopin Artist de Fach
xnan, Last Evening.
An ordinary artist would have been embar
rassed, last evening, at the applause given, but
Vladmir de Pacbraan simply bowed and smiled,
and tbe more ha bowed and smiled the
more rapturously the andienca applauded,
until decided sbake3 of tbe head by
the talented gentleman and vigorous
flourishes of a cambric bandkercbief,
with other evidences of heat and fatigue, ap
pealed to their sympathies, and they desisted.
But before having tbeir sympatbies aroused,
they had most heartily expressed tbeir appre
ciation of tbe interpretation of Cboplu's melo
dies which were given on the piano by de
Pachman, who. as a performer, was noticed
extensively in The Dispatch after bis appear
ance at Old City Hall last year.
Carnegie Hall was filled last evening, and
tbe balcony, too, was utilized to a large extent,
to set the many who desired to listen to the
noted pianist. His appearance was under the
management of Messrs. Webster and Henricks
and formed one of tbe entertainments of the
new "Star Course," that these gentlemen have
inaugurated and for which they have secured
a number of eminent musicians.
MB. FRANK TOOLE AND WIFE
Making an Appearance on the Hotel Regis
ters of the Country.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Vogle will be "at home"
in tbeir pretty little residence on Garrison
street Allegheny, after November 20tb. at least
until Mr. Vogle takes up again the meander
ings of a commercial traveler whicb his wed
ding last evening very naturally interrupted,
and even then Mrs. Vogle will remain in tbe
inviting come. Tbe ceremony that gives
Mr. Vogle tbe privilege of writing "and wife"
after bis name on tbe hotel register for the trip
be Is taking now and any future ones on which
Mrs. Vogle mayaccompanyblm, was performed
ac the residence of the bride's parents on Jef
ferson street, Allegheny, last evening: by tbe
Rev. David S. Kennedy. Miss Chrissie
Alsbonwas the young lady who so gracefully
gave up ber own name to bear tbat of Vogle,
and a very pretty bride she was.
Tbe wedding guests included only tbe rela
tives of tho contracting parties, but there were
enough to make a merry, joyous gathering.
Mr. Vocle is traveling salesman for Latz fc Co.,
and a justly popular young nran.
A PITTSBURG BACHELOR
To Wed a Charming and Talented Spring
field, O., Lady.
Another bachelor has decided it is not good
for man to be alone, and. on November 18. this
bachelor, Mr. J. J. 'Porter, of tbs
wealthy firm of Porter fc Donaldson,
will lead to the altar Miss Mary Clokey, of
Springfield, O., daughter of Rev. Dr. Clokey.
The bride-elect on the authority of Dama
Rumor, is talented, cultivated and clever, the
author of a little volume entitled, "Mission
Bands," that has awakened considerable favor
able comment among cburcb people generally,
and possessed of charming manners. '
As Mrs. Porter tbe ladv will doubtless be just
as interesting and attractive as Miss Clokey has
been, and will necessarily increase the already
pronounced popularity of Mr. Porter, who is
well known both in tbe business and social
circles ot tbe city.
The Newsboys' Home Bazaar.
To-morrow, from 3 until 10 p. M., tbe chapel
of tbe First Presbyterian Cburcb will be tbe
scene of much that will be interesting. Ths
bazaar and sale of fancy work tbat will be held
there is under tbe management of tho social
leaders of tbe city and is for the benefit of tbe
Newsboys' Home.
Social Cliatter.
Progressive encber amused and enter
tained quite a company of congenial friends at
tbe residence of 'Mrs. James H. Friend on
Lincoln avenue, Allegheny, last evening. Tbe
affair was in honor of Mrs. Friend's sister, who
is visiting her from Philadelphia.
A highly enjoyable meeting of the British
American Association was held In tbeir ball
last evening. Tbe programme consisted of an
address by Mr. James Dell and various numbers
of vocal and instrumental music by others of
tbe association.
Post 157. G. A. R. will hold an open meeting
in its postroom to-morrow evening; to wbich
all friends are invited. Soma excellent talent
bas been engaged, and all who attend will be
gratified. The prica ot admission is only 10
cents.
Tickets purchased for the Burdette lecture,
advertised to take place recently, which did
not materialize, will be accepted for tbe lecture
by that gentleman tbis evening in the Third U.
P. Church.
A large number of prominent Sewickley
valley people, including the relatives of tha
groom-elect, have gone to Lancaster to attend
the Appel-Nevin nuptials to-day.
Mrs. A. W. Cadman. at ber charming homo
in Edgenood. entertained a number of friends,
last evening, in her usual enjoyable manner.
The Hay-Kleber wedding at Avalon last
evening passed off very pleasantly, tbe cere
mony taking place at 6 o'clock.
Avery pretty luncheon was given by Miss
Mary Herron. of Sandusky street, Allegheny,
to a few friends yesterday.
GUESSING IS ALL EIGHT.
Newspaper Contests Are Not Violations of
Anti-Lottery Laws.
Washington, November It In response
to tbe Inquiries made by Postmaster General
Wanamaker under date of October 8, 1S90. as
to whether advertisement In newspapers of tbe
"guessing contest" in its various phases are In
violation of section 3,bW of tho Revised Stat
utes, as amended by tha anti-lottery act of Sep
tember 19, 1SS0, Attorney General Miller bas
submitted his opinion, in whicb be holds in the
negative.
BAPTIST MDHSTEELIL COHGBESS
Opens an Interesting Session In the Nutmeg
State.
New Haven. November 11. The ninth an
nual meeting of the Baptist Congress of Min
isters of the United States opened here to-day.
About 200 delegates have arrived, and among
them are many leading men. Ths meeting was
opened this afternoon. Papers were read by
Ravi. T. T. Eaton, editor of. ths Western Re
corder, Louisville, and others.
CJORI0DS C0NDEHSATI0SS.
The first steel pen was made in 1830.
The first game of cricket was played in
London. England, in 1774.
At Frankfort, Germany, 500 horse
power is transmitted by electricity to adlstance
of 110 miles.
An Atchison candidate worked so hard
that he lost 20 pounds during the canvass and
then got beaten.
An old woman at Wichita has prophe
sied tbat the world would ba destroyed on tha
13th of this month.
The Second Regiment of Illinois militia
has a full enrollment, and all its members ara
under 30 years of age.
Tbe Statistical Institute of Rome an
nounces tbat 63 per cent of all Italians ara un
able to read and write.
No other branch of natural history ap
proaches, in popularity, that one which is de
voted to the study of birds.
Before the invention of the telescope an
object upon tbe moon's surface 50 miles in
diameter could not be seen.
The most abiding results of sunstroke
are all referable to impaired functional energy
of tha cerebro-spmal system.
A pair of bantam chickens were sold at
tbe London Crystal Palaco for 500, whicb was
almost twice tbeir weight iu gold.
Society is dull in Leavenworth because
of a lack uf young men, and dull in Topeka be
cause of a scarcity of young ladies.
A bird is one of the most wonderfully
organized of all animals, and almost the whole,
of its organization Is arranged to facilitate
flight
One of the most singular facts about the
growth of London is its regularity. It may be
roughly taken that every month about 1,000
bouses are added.
Asaicetida is a vegetable, not an animal
product. It is prepared from the roots of a
plant extensively grown in Persia,Beloocbistan
and Afghanistan.
The telescope enables us to measure the
invisible by first making it visible; the spectro
scope enables us to measure the invisible with
out making it visible.
The use of India rubber for erasing
pencil marks was first suggested in or jast
prior to 1752 by an academician named Magel
lan, a descendant of the great navigator.
Fashionable entertainments have been
enurmously extravagant in London tbis season.
Several have cost between 830,000 and $10,000.
Tbe flowers for a bachelor party cost I5.U00.
The Aryan race has proved itself im
mensely superior to tbe Semitic in its capacity
for political organization, and for pissing on to
systems of self-government and federation.
Swifts and swallows fly every year
from England to Soutbern Africa and to tbe
Moluccas, and tbe restless, wandering flight of
various oceanic birds is still more surprising.
"Better late than never" was used over
300 years ago by Thomas Tucker, in his "Five
Hnndred Points of Good Husbandry." Later
on Bunyan nsed it in his "Pilgrim's Progress."
It is asserted by French vintagers that
tbe grapes gathered at sunrise always produce
the lightest and most limpid wine. Moreover
by plucking the grapes when tbe early morning
sun is upon tbem thev are believed to yield a
fourth more juice.
A sunstroke is often attended with men
ingitis, or cerebral changes, wbich may destroy
life or intellect sooner or later, or permanently
compromise tbe whole health or tbat of some
important fauction.
There are few such common-sense pro
verbs as "every man is the architect of bis own
fortune." Applus Claudius, a Roman censor,
used it in a speech delivered by him 4G0 years
before tbe Christian era.
Birds are the only animals, besides
man, which can be taught distinctly to articu
late and utter sentences, whicb, though of
coarse not understood by tbe birds themselves,
are none tbe less surprising to listen to.
The salt works at Saltair, Utah, cover
900 acres. Tbe vats are 15 feet above tbe sur
face of the lake, and are filled by means of a
huge rope driven at a high speed, wbich lifts
tbe brine in a steady stream at the rata of 13,000
gallons a minute.
According to Weismann, every character
possessed by every animal is due to tbs preser
vation in tbe struggle for life of minute acci
dental variations in the molecular structure of
cermplasm, which alons bas adapted every
being to Its environment.
Bones are necessarily more or less heavy
structures, but tha bones ot most birds, while
tbeir solid substance is exceedingly strong, are
wonderfully lightened by the details of its ar
rangement, and still more by tbe fact tbat
most of tbem contain not marrow, but warm
(and therefore light) air.
It is not so long since that hod-carriers
were regarded as quite unworthy of the notice
of bosses. Tbings have changed, at least in S L,
Louis, wbere hod-carriers get $3 a day for eigbt
hours, while carpenters receive only $2 SO for
the same time. The hod-carriers organized
and had the courage of conviction.
Twelve years ago the German Govern
ment a mighty powerful corporation under
took to abolish tbe Socialist party. As a result
of a persecution, where there was one Socialist
at tbe outset there are now ten. Ths party has
become so strong that tbe Government has
been obliged to recojrmze it as a political ele
.ment too powerful for repression.
Any vessel causing a disaster at her
launch is regarded by the Japanese as doomed
to ill fortune for her whole career. At Osaka
lately a vessel capsized while being launched,
several persons being drowned, and her owners
determined to destroy ber at once before tha
unlucky craft produced a further catastrophe.
Tbe destruction was carried out by night with
much ceremony.
Some wealthy ladies ot New York have
prepared a project for tbe starting of a great
daily paper here. It is not to be an organ of
women's political enfranchisement merely, but
but is to be a champion of all ber rights as a
dominating force in the community, and as an
important factor in tbe social, business and in
dustrial world. It is to print all the news and
views that are of special interest In the develop
ment of femininity, and the expectation of Its
projectors is tbat it will be scanned every day
by all tbe women of 1? ew York, if not by all tbe
men.
The grasshoppers are said to have been
human beings in an age before tbe Muses.
When the Muses came and song appeared they
were ravished with delight: and singing always,
never thought of eating and drinking, until at
last in their forgetfulness they died. And now
they live again in the grasshoppers; and this is
tbe return wbich tbe Muses make to tbem
they banger no more, neither thirst anymore,
but are always singing from the moment tbat
tbey are born, and never eating or drinking;
and when tbey die tbay go and inform the
Moses in heaven who honors tbem on earth.
MIRTH AND WIT.
Brown Can I sell you a horse?
Bagnall What's the matter with hhat-Hrook-lyn
Life.
Paradoxical though it may seem, the
Dark Ages came before knlght-falt Xfrakt't
Magasine.
First Egg I am tired staying in this
hot water.
becond Egg Never mind. You'll get hardened
to it. Detroit ree Press.
The asp that supports Bernhardt in
"Cleopatra" la charged with sinuous habits, bat
this may bea groundless aspersion. Pnitadelphia
Ledger.
What it Was. Mrs. De Flat What is
that horrid smell? Mr. De mat I judge from
tbe odor that It's one of Hose odorless oil stoves."
Sew Xork Weekly.
Boy Say, mister, please give me five
cents' worth of castor oil, and give me very snort
measure, too.
Druggist abort measurel Why?
Boy Why, I've got to take it mjuir. Brooklyn
Lift.
Miss Terriut When mommer and I wera
in Vurrop. oh, the awfolest thing happenedt
There was a Prince and a Count and and tbey
fought a duel-about poor me with pbtols.
Yabsley Ab! were they loaded;
Miss Terriut No, they weren't. Tbey werejnst
as sober as could be. The Mirror.
Teacher Tommy Binco, this execuse that
yon have brought me for being absent yesterday
cooks very much as if you had written it.
Tommy Bingo Mother always did write like me,
lma'am. ieu Xork Sun.
"So you didn't take Jones' house?"
"No, ho wanted 00 a month, and we split on
that."
"I see you were rent asunder." Drake's
Magasine.
He You remember you said last night
that you would be a sister to me all my life?
She-iTes, 1 did.
Ha Well, I proposed to your sister Kate tbis
afternoon and, judging by what she said, I rather
think you wilt Somervillt Journal.
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