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PITTSBURG, THURSDAY. IsOV. IS, 1S90.
TESTING THE M'lUNLEY BILL.
There is a good ileal of loose talk going
around, and much advice being showered
upon the Republican leaders, as to what
they should do when thor pull themselves
together as a party to face the Democratic
majority in the House; and also as to the
line they should take through the coming
winter session, while they will still hold the
reins in the National Legislature.
Some of this advice proceeds from petu
lance within the party produced by the late
reverses; some from honest, but not sound,
judgment. .Much of the poorest of it drifts
in the direction oi telling the leaders to
abandon several features of the McKinley
Vill and try and tinker the law anew with a
view to catering to what has been repre
sented as a popular prejudice against the
McKinley bill.
"Wben the Republican party leaders act
as a unit upon a policy clearly defined as the
'best result of the experience of the country
and acceptable to the whole party, they are
strong, and have on the whole proven them
selves abundantly able to hold their own
against the Democratic leaders. "When
flushed with success and power they pro
ceed to extreme partisan ends, as in the
force bill, and the upsetting of parliament
ary precedents, and are also afflicted with
the dissensions that spring from the distri
bution ot patronage, they suffer reverses.
It is doubtless true that gross misrepresenta
tions and manufactured prejudices against
the McKinley bill increased the reverses
this fall. But if there is any one policy
upon which the party has consistently won
it is that of protection to home industries.
The McKinley bill was passed after the
most careful and intelligent thought and
labor as the best measure which the intelli
gence of the party could produce. The part
of wisdom now is for the Republican lead
ers to stand by it firmly until it is tried.
They know that the clamcr against the bill
proceeds either from Democratic sources or
from those wno have been prejudiced by
prices which were raised before the bill got
into actual operation. To condemn without
trial to-morrow a measure wnich yesterday
they honestly approved, when they can
insure a three years actual trial of the bill,
would be an instance of weak folly into
which they will assuredly not be led.
Tne McKinley bill may not be per
fect in all its details. No tariff bill
ever can be. Every alteration of the
tariff must necessarily be in the natnre of a
business experiment But the Republican
leaders know that as whole their tariff
policy has been for the best interests of the
country, and by the country approved time
and again. By that policy, if by anything
in the later history of the partv. they can
stand with confidence. Should the opera
tion of the McKinley bill bring continued
and increased prosperity, a conviction to
which their votes are already pledged, they
will occupy an impregnable position in
3b"92. If the tariff had any considerable part
in the general defeat of last week, it was not
because of intelligent judgment; for the
McKinley bill has not yet been tried.
"When the Republican leaders get out of
the shadow of widespread temporary disap
pointments which are now seen darklv, they
will assuredly not suffer themselves to be
stampeded by a mere clamor about the
tariff, when they have the chance to give
their own measure a fair three years' trial.
This the McKinley bill will get. Aided by
the possibilities of Mr. Blaine's reciprocity
measures it may, and there is as much
reason as ever to think will, yet prove the
strong staffof the party when other devicesin
tended transparently for mere partisan suc
cess have utterly failed and been cast be
hind. THE CHARGE OF MANIPULATION.
The improved tone of the New York stock
market, yesterday, which developed into an
actual upward movement on some stocks,
at the same time that the London market
continues to show weakness and decline, is
Significant of the conclusion that a great
share of the recent complication was due to
manipulation. No doubt the foreign
trouble afforded the opportunity for the
squeeze; but the surface indications leave
little doubt that the trouble was exagger
ated and the depression increased by cer
tain great operators who were bearing stocks
for their own benefit.
In view of the evident presence of mani
pulation, a great deal of cogency is given to
the inquiry of the ihtfesfiiafor, an out
spoken "Wall street journal, as to the object
6f the conference of Mr. Jay Gould and
other railway magnates at Drexel, Morgan
& Co.'s office last week. The participants
in the comereuce avowedly engaged in an
effort to establish a big railway
combination. If they used their im
mense financial power to squeeze
the Btock market, thev might as
a result buytup enough stock in the lines
that are at present beyond their control, to
make the scheme successful; and then with
the combination put in operation, they
could lay the foundation for a great bull
movement, with a view of unloading their
stocks at high tide. Having, by this opera
tion, transferred millions of money to their
own pockets, they would be in a position to
repeat the squeezing process with greater
power than ever.
This theory of the panic, coming from a
"Wall street source and agreeing with the
know tacts, is an interesting one. It illus
trates the fact that railway combinations
and railway wars generally have a big stock
manipulation in the background. It would
also, if true, show the men -who make the
most noise about preserving stock values
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from depreciation can look at things differ
ently when their interest or plans point in
another direction.
GENERAL BOOTH'S GREAT PROJECT.
General Booth, the Commander of the
Salvation Army, has lately demonstrated
himself to be something more than a suc
cessful and bizarre revivalist, by perfecting
the general details of a plan to convert the
poor of London into self-supporting and
prosperous labor in various parts of the
world. General Booth's plan has much in
it that is well founded and 'reasonable, and
is attracting wide attention. As Archdeacon
Farrar, the Prince of "Wales, Cardinal
Manning And the Protestant bishops
generally, are indorsing the project and
urging the raising of a fund to put it in
practical operation, the macter is of wide
interest, both as an interesting experiment
and for the suggestions which it contains
for effort to improve the condition of the
poor all over the world.
General Booth is not satisfied withanypro
ject which merely affords temporary relief
to the hungry and destitute and leaves
them subject to the conditions which created
their poverty. For the purpose of changing
the conditions of poverty, or, at least,
removing the destitute from their influence,
he elaborates, in "Darkest England, or the
"Way Out," a scheme in which eleemosy
nary charity is combined with the principle
of co-operation. In other words, the desti
tute are to be helped to learn to help them
selves. For thispurpose the organization to
be founded by the fund which General Booth
would raise is divided into three institu
tions, the city colony, the farm colony and
the over-sea colony, the nrst being a prepar
atory school for the second, and the second
a training ground for the third.
In the city colony the destitute would be
permitted to pay in work for their food and
lodcing. Labor registers would be pro
vided for finding employment directly for
those suited to help themselves. Those who
need training, however, to fit them to be
come self-sustaining would be passed on to
the farm colony, where they would be taught
fruit and dairy farming, poultry raising, to
build their own farm buildings and cottages
down to the making of bricks. One
of the original features of these
two branches would be the conversion
of city waste into valuable products.
The labor of the city colony is to be.largely,
the gathering of old clothes, bottles, broken
victuals and other refuse, and at the farm
colony the old food will be fed to animals,
the grease will be made into soup, waste
paper will be assorted and sent to paper
mills, waste tin made into toys, and so on.
The labor in these first two branches is to
be paid only in food, lodging and clothing,
but when the inmates are thoroughly pre
pared to sustain themselves they will be
sent to one of the over-sea colonies. These
will be districts selected in various parts of
the world where land is to be bad for the
asking and where pioneers will have pre
pared the sites. "When the colonist arrives
at one of these he will be given a house and
farm free of expenses, except for the obliga
tion to pay for his passage and outfit. Thus
the destitute person who enters the city food
and shelter depot as an outcast will be
located at the over-sea colony as an inde
pendent and valuable member of society.
It will be seen that General Booth's plan
is founded on the idea of transferring labor
from the places where it is over-crowded and
insufficiently employed to where it is
needed. It also contains a recognition of
the fact that there is a practically unlimited
field for labor and production in the un
settled parts of the world. The principle is
the true one, and for the relief of the people
who are now crowded into cities the scheme
is a noble one. But its shortcoming, viewed
as a permanent remedy for the evils of city
pauperism, is that it tails to attempt any
change in the original influences which
overcrowd the great cities. This is no ob
jection to General Booth's project, but it is
a necessary perception of the wider and
deeper duty for society of changing the
conditions, which if left undisturbed will
fill the slums ot the cities with fresh recruits
to the ranks of poverty as fast as General
Booth's plan can make room for them.
The causes which crowd destitute hu
manity into the great cities are infinitely
varied; but each country is likely to present
a leading one that is typical of the fact that
the blindness of legislation or the abnormal
conditions of social organization are the
effective causes ot these extreme manifesta
tions of poverty. One of the critics of
General Booth's plan points out that
rural England is one of the most thinly
populated districts in all Europe and asks
why the colonists should be taken overseas.
This only serves to call attention to the
tact that one reason why city slums are
crowded in England is that the system of
vast landed estates prevents the land from
being fully utilized for the sustenance of
the population and reserves it for the con
trol ot a privileged few. In this country,
as long as our transportation system by con
centrating competition in transportation at
a few distributing points, forces the crowd
ing of industry and commerce in the cities,
so long will the dregs of the laboring popu
lation crowded together at these points
produce the phenomena ot the most ultra
forms of poverty.
When legislation actively directs itself to
ward removing the conditions that crowd
the poor together in great cities, and to pre
venting the abuses by which great fortunes
can be created at the cost of the masses, the
influences which create centers of destitu
tion will be taken away. Then such organ
ized wortc as that proposed by General Booth
might be expected, not to abolish poverty
altogether, but to work so vast an improve
ment and alleviation as to be almost mil
lennial.
AFRICAN ADVERTISING.
The Stanley correspondence is becoming
farcical. Everyone connected even remotely
with the expedition to rescue Emin Pasha
deems it a duty to exploit himself in print.
Herbert "Ward thinks it necessary to deny
that he stole some silver spoons and brassrods
which were taken into the Dark Continent,
presumably to enlighten the natives, but
which disappeared mysterously en route.
Of course "Ward has aright to clear him
self of any aspersion that may have been
made upon his name, but the suspicion
creeps in that a lot of third rate hangers
on are trying to advertise themselves at the
expense of a really great explorer.
THE FLNKERTON RULE.
A case reported lroni Brooklyn so com
pletely casts in the shade all the other
previous assertions of power by the private
detectives as to almost rite to the rank of
epoch-making events. Certainly if the
assertion of superiority to ordinary law,
made in this case, is permitted to go undis
puted, there can no longer be any donbt
that the period of government by law is
ended, and, in its place we have a govern
ment bv irresponsible powers, acting
through their equally irresponsible agents,
private detectives.
The case was that of a man who was ar
rested on a charge of burglary by one of the
Pinkertona. On being brought before the
Police Court his counsel produced evidence
that he had already been tried and acquitted
of the offense for which he was under arrest.
The Justice ordered the man to be dis
charged, but Detective Pinkerton refused to
discharge him and proceeded to put hand
cuffs on the prisoner in the presence of the
Court The justice ordered him to take the
handcuffs off, and he refused to do so. A
struggle between the detective and his pris
oner ensued, the officers of the court look
ing on quietly, and finally the all-powerful
Pinkerton bore off his prisoner in triumph.
This practical "assertion by a Pinkerton
detective of the power to overrule the
orders of the Courts of Justice, and to take
away the liberty of a man discharged by
legal authority, is a little the most wanton
defiance of law that has been perpetrated
by those who pretend to be the upholders of
law. It is to be noticed that this assertion
ot illegal power is only made possible by an
equal display ot puerility on the part of the
Court in this instance. If the Court and its
officers, where this little incident occurred,
had been worth their salt, this detective
would have been under arrest very soon
after he commenced to defy the orders of
the Court.
SWIFT CANADLYN JUSTICE.
Unless something extraordinary inter
venes Birchall, the murderer, will be hanged
in Canada to-day. Although the ingenuity
of the rascally criminal has availed to raise
a cloud of doubt about the case
Birchall's guilt has been settled.
Canadian justice does not waste
time with gnilty men, and within
four months of the murder's doing, and
about six weeks after the sentence, Birchall
will be hanged. So long as the death
penalty remains, this is the best way to
carry it out The speed and directness ot
avenging justice makes it exemplary.
A BLACK ART.
Probably the gyrations of a raven's tail
was never made the subject of protracted
study by the majority of people. It is for
tunate for the ravens that tastes differ, and
for humanity that their pursuits are varied1.
There has jnst been published in London
a book written by an American, which,
from beginning to end, never ceases to
discuss the muscular structure of a
raven. The volume has 328 pages.
According to the preface this book occupies
a unique place. Whether it fills a long-felt
want is not so certain, although it is pos
sible that it anticipates and will gratify a
scientific curiosity created by its advent
Popularly speaking it does not seem un
timely, in view of the present wave of inter
est inthe locomotion of the air which is pass
ing over the country.
The author apparently possesses some of
the independent characteristics of his bird.
He states that he collected all the material,
made all of the dissections, together with
the drawings therefrom, and that the de
scriptions were all in his handwriting. The
book seems to have momentarily dazed the
English Saturday Review critic, who pro
nounces it "not an easy fortress to storm."
In referring to the anatomy of the tail of the
raven, the author warms up to his subject
and characteristically observes that "a mo
ment's reflection is sufficient to convince us
that all those varied movements, so essential
to the feathery rudder of this black avian
knight, can be executed to a nicety by this
wonderfully complete musculature of his
caudal extremity."
Again, if the reading public craves an
adequate explanation of how the "inter
pleurapophysial membrane is attached to
the tendinous extremities of the digitations
of the serratus magnus anticus muscle," or
to grasp the "relation of the accessory
femorocaudal muscle and the obturator ex
ternus to the sciatic atery," this treatise can
be recommended as affording an unprece
dently excellent opportunity for acquiring
such information.
It is curious that the raven had to come to
America, so to speak, before it conld re
ceive that poetic justice which rendered it
famous for evermore, or the unprecedented
development of its muscular system now
made manifest for the first time.
The report that Major McKinley will be
offered the Russian mission, to be vacated by
Charles Emery Smith, would, if confirmed,
point rather strongly to two conclusions; first,
that Mr. Smith is impressed with the necessity
of infusing more judgment into the conduct of
the Philadelphia Republican organs; and sec
ond, that Major McKinley appears to some one
near the head of the administration so much of
a Presidental quantity that it is best to get him
as far out of the country as possible. But as
the report may be untrue neither inference can
yet be too confidently assumed.
The Army Board to select sites for gun
factories has started out on a guuning expedi
tion for sites evidentlv on the system deter
mining what sites are not wanted. Having
visited Indianapolis, Rock Island and the
Pacific coast it goes to Now Orleans this week.
Pittsburg, being manifestly one of the best
places in the county, the board will probably
get around here the last of all.
Il is a rather remarkable way to extract
comfort out of the elections that is adopted by
the Philadelphia I'rest in quoting Daniel
"Webster's words: "I shall enter on no en
comiums on Massachusetts; there she stands!"
and tben saying: "Yes, there she docs stand:
an example of lolly." Perhaps this is the best
that can be evolved from the situation; but as a
specimen of political argument, it evokes a
comparison with the juror who declared that
the reason the jury could not agree was because
there wero eleven ot the most obstinate men on
it that he ever bad the misfortune to meet
The "Wall street money kings are pocket
ing their profits out of the squeeze and as
suring the rest of the country that the panic
really had no significance worth mentioning.
The statement of the Jenkins who re
ported the visit of the Czarewltcb to Vienna,
that the Prince was extremely nervous at first,
but was doubtless immensely relieved when
Francis Joseph had welcomed him by vehe
mently kissing him on both cheeks, is fully
justified by the nature of the reception. A
young Romanoff who is contemplating the
ordeal of being kissed vehemently by a mascu
line Hapsburgmaybe pardoned for anticipa
tory nervousness and retrospective relief when
the process is over.
Still, there remains the fact that the
country will not bo completely out of danger
until the baseball war is settled.
The objections to "Ward McAllister are
overruled by the New York Sun with the re
mark that "a man who can shuck: oysters with
neatness and dispatch must be a good Ameri
can citizen." If McAllister is an able oyster
cracker he can be conceded a function of use
fulness; bet he should not make such a parade
of himself until he has demonstrated his
superiority by an oyster opening contest with
some of the professional gorgers.
The tidal wave that now attracts the most
attention is the tidal wave of explanations as
to how It happened.
It is seldom the old saying that ''an
earthquake may be bid to spare the man that's
strangled by a hair," is doubly illustrated in
the news of one day as was the case
yesterday. One of the oldest and
best known citizens of Cass county, Indiana,
died from the effects of a rat bite, while in
Syracuse a prominent contractor slipped upon
a banana skin, fractured his skull and died In
a few hours.
SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON.
Foolish questions are harder to answer than
wise ones, and sensiblo folk thould pay no at
tention to them.
Do you cut across lots or stick to the long
way? The world is full ot bard, well-worn,
tiresome roads, you know, but you will not be
considered a trespasser if you jump the fences
and lessen the distance leading to the goal. Of
course the footway wilt be rougher
and less distinct, bnt even If you do
stub your toes on tho boulders and
tangled roots, scratch your hands on the briars
and cover your clotbinc with burs, you get
there quicker and bavo more time to rest than
if you plodded along ovdr the mile-stone marked
highway. True, most of us stick to the beaten
track. Wo see only a wilderness on either
side, and are afraid to nter it. Some
there be, however, whi. after carefully
taking bearings, plunge into the thicket and
blaze a pathway cut across lots and leave a
lane which others can tread In safety. These
are the pioneers ot progress, the leaders, the
guides. And then tlioso who do not place reli
ance in tho compass or take time to study the
linger boards in tho firmament follow until
the footway broadens and brightens under
the tramp of feet, the thinning out ot trees and
underbrush. All honor to the man or the
woman who cuts across lots to reach a destina
tion. They be the road builders, tbe surveyors
whose chain shines like a streak of silver
through life's wilderness. Tho paths they first
trod soon cross and recross the long, dusty,
rutty, fenced-in avenue. The;r open up new
scenes new worlds. They break the monotony.
They shorten the road, to be sure, but lengthen
life by adding new planks to the treadmill.
They round off tho corners and lop off tbe
miles.
Every face can wear a smile.
And can carry it about
But don't wear it all tho while,
Else you'll surely wear it out
The policeman is a product of civilization,
but his club is a relic of barbarism.
We should be satisfied with the forms and
faces given us by the Maker. They cannot be
improved on by art and are good enough to
wear to the grave.
The more thickly populated a State becomes
the more uncertain grows its politics.
Yon can buy a man, but there is no law
which compels him to keep his part of the bar
gain. The pinch in Wall street made the brokers
squeal. It is ticklish business, though.
According to Stanley, Einin Pasha is a
smaller man than the pigmies discovered by
tbe relief expedition.
The preachers who would deny us innocent
amusement look solely upon the serious side of
life. If tbe tools tho devil works with can be
placed in safe hands he is crippled and discom
fited. Lives of some men oft remind us
That wealth comes to those who toil
But the gold we leave behind us
May be lost m grain or oil.
Too much liberty breeds'lawlessness.
Girls would rather wear rings than thim
bles, and this is where they make a mistake.
Fashion can bankrupt a diess goods manu
facturer by a mere caprice.
Wall street is mercurial,
nation's business barometer.
but it is not the
The Eleventh Census will hardly be com
pleted before the Twelfth will be ordered.
The saloon passenger gets j'ist as slct as the
steerage victim aboard ship. The sea is a great
lereler.
It's all right to picture heaven as beautiful
as possible and paint bell horrible. The effect
of the paintings, on humanity cannot but be
beneficial.
The man who says
his feet at all times. -
"I will" usually lands on
The Jaw is rigorously invoked nowadays to
save the guilty from punishment
The tariff bill went into effect sooner than
the practical politicians expected.
Talk may be cheap, but Stanley's isn't Five
thousand dollars for one tall: is rather costly.
The Prohibitionists should be strong In tem
perate zones, bnt they are not
Prof. Koch has put his consumption cure
within.the roach of all. But some speculative
ghouls may work a corner in this country and
put up the price. Prevent this, if possible.
You see him In the cable car,
You see him in tbe show;
You see him at the mixed drink bar.
And everywhere you go.
His face is sad, his eyes are dim,
His nose Is rosy red;
You cannot help bnt pity him
Tbe cold is in his bead.
"Id's beastly wedder. don'd you know;
I'mb all broke ub," he'll say.
Tben he will give his nose a blow
And wipe a tear away.
We are better acquainted with the business
men who advertise than we are with our next
door neighbor.
Is everybody's mouth tho tongue.
If bappiness could be purchased there would
bo more money in circulation.
The Players' League seems to have struck
out It was clubbed to death in Pittsburg.
Some banks have been caught in the AVall
street whirl, but thev are amply secured. They
will not go to tbe wall.
One New York Presbytery has voted to allow
ladies to work at prayer meeting. This prob
ably means that they will wrestle with prayer.
The erip is closing schools in Germany. It is
very influenzal.
We very often extend sympathy where we
sbould offer our pocketbook.
The height of a lawbreaker's ambition is to
keep out of jail. The complexity of our legal
machinery helps him in this direction.
How would it do to change Its name from
Wall to Wail street
The men or women who practices medicine
on a diploma granted by a mushroom medical
college are assassins, and should be treated as
such.
Those who believe the world is degenerating
would change their views if they tried to pick
out from past centuries and generations any
customs or laws which could benefit the age In
which we live.
People in prison sleep In security at all
events.
Wees gamblers go 'into bankruptcy only
those they gambled with suffer.
Life is full of opportunities, but a great
many people stand upon etiquette and decline
to grasp them without an introduction.
The larger we grow the smaller the world
seems.
If our workmen degenerate our products will
follow suit
"We are as quick to revile a leader who loses
as we are to praise one who wins. The lion of
to-day may be the mouse of to-morrow.
The good lawyer only depends on argument
when he lacks proofs. It we spent tbe time
wasted in argument to search for proofs con
troversies would be less frequent
A great many Frenchmen lire duel lives.
Chicago's Lake Front scheme is well wa
tered. Cod liver oil will take a tumble If Prof.
wonders claimed
for it.
LABOnIeaders should pay jnst as much at
tention to Improving the work of tbe workers
as to improving their condition; Skill should
not be sacrificed for self.
There is jtlst enough superstition in religion
to make it fascinating. Willie Winkle.
THE WALL STBEET SITUATION.
New Yoke Sun.- It is not likely that the
disaster we are witnessing will spread beyond
the arena of the Stock Exchange.
Philadelphia JTo'th American: The
world of legitimate business, by which we only
mean the world that adds to the available
wealth of the world by some victory over crude
nature, need not lose any sleep while the bulls
and bears rend each other.
NEwY0KK-Ve. With all onr home con
ditions farorable there should be no difficulty
in checking any panicky feeling that may have
manifested itself during the past three days, in"
restoring confidence and in gradually bringing
the market back to a solid basis.
Wall street Daily Investor: The use of
certificates instead of currency worked admir
ably and restored confidence in 1873, and it will
do so now. It practically puts an end to the
danger of a continuance of tho trouble that
caused yesterday's three failures on the Stock
Exchange.
New York Evening JPost: It is idle to at
tempt to forecast tne present financial disturb
ance abroad, but it is easy to see that our own
present trouble has come from the otber side,
whero tight money has led to the throwing
over of American securities in an almost un
precedented manner.
New York Herald: In issuing theso ce r
tiflcates the associated banks as a whole simply
lend money to individual banks at 6 per cent on
the deposit of ample collateral. They do not
pretend to assist an inherently unsound con
cern, hut to help those that are sound but can
not for the moment raise tbe actual cash they
need.
New York Herald: This monetary strin
gency is due to two causes first the exigencies
of London, brought about by over-speculation
in almost every part cf tho world in general,
but in the Argentine Republic in particular;
secondly, to the almost unprecedented activity
of trade In ibis country, which has drawn funds
away from the Eastern centers.
Philadelphia PreM.- By acting together
the New York: banks prevent the fall of any
one of their number. Tbey secure the same
swift expansion of credits which is gained
under like stress and strain In London by the
suspension of Peel's banking act. They render
it certain that no solvent firm or bank will be
forced, to bankruptcy by a sudden and unex
pected inability to realize on its assets.
Wall Street Daily News: We know of no
better advice to give our readers in the present
grave emergency than to "tike it easy." If
yo.uhave some stocks concerning which you
have grave doubts of its value, sell it out and
get as much money back as possible. If after
careful examination ot a property, you are
convinced the stock or bonds are worth more
than the market price, buy what you can pay
for and put the securities away.
New York Commccial Advertiser: Again
and again, it has been pointed out bv conserva
tive observers, both in London aud America,
that English speculation was approaching the
danger line. Tho speculation craze, which con
fines itself to no one class, was more widespread
than any movement of the kind which has been
witnessed in the last decade. There seemed to
be no limit to the capacity of the English peo
ple for absorbing the shares ot new corpora
tions. New York Journal of Commerce: The deal
imrs of a day and morrow between the "shorts"
and "longs" is play to the world outside; the
hawkings of credits and the liquidations of the
Street is a pigmy drama. In which values ap
pear to flash and flare and flicker, but they are
not values and are merely pictured. The real
values aro existing things. They are ever
present Tbey are Imbedded in the earth.
They stand confronting the vision of millions.
They cannot be mored. Their end can only
coincide with that of tbe humanity from whoso
conception tbey received their birth.
AMID FALLING LEAVES.
The Remains of Gen. Crook Transferred to
Arlington Cemetery.
Washington, November 1Z The remains
of the late Major General George Crook were
brought to this city this morning from Oak
land, Md., and were interred with military
honors in the N ational Cemetery at Arlington
in the presence of a few long-time friends of
the dead General. When the grave, which bad
been one near tbe last resting place of General
Belknap, was reached the funeral party
alighted and gathered around the grave to wit
ness tbe last sad ceremony. A cloud of mist
obscured tho surrounding country, and tho
silence was only broken by the rattlo of falling
leaves as the body was lowered into the grave.
There was no audible prayer delivered, and the
thoughts of none of the little party were given
utterance. Tbe soldiers fired three times and
the company trumpeter blew "Taps." and as
earth was shoveled into the grave the party
moved away.
WEDDING IN HIGH LIFE.
A Brilliant Event In Baltimore That At
tracted Many Society People.
rSPECIAL telegram to the pispatch.i
Baltimore, November 12. New York,
Washington, Boston and Philadelphia society
people were well represented here this evening
at the De Ford-Williams wedding, which event
was by far tbe most brilliant that has taken
place In Baltimore In years. Miss Belle De
Ford, tbe bride, is the daughter of a merchant
prince of this city, and the groom, William
Sterritt Gittings Williams, is the son of the
late Georgo H. Williams, and a millionaire in
his own right. J. 6. B. Hodges, rector of St
Paul's, officiated. There were sir bridemaids
and two maids of honor; a best man, cizht
ushers and two juvenile attendants. Tbe
bride wore a Worth gown of white faille silk,
with point lace. Her only ornaments were fine
diamonds. She carried a bouquet of lilies of
tbo valley and violets.
Cuban Crops Drought-Bitten.
Havana, November 12. Owing to drought
the present crops In the districts of Holguln,
Gibara and Mayari are generally reduced one
half, as Compared with those of previous years,
J
FLAYS 10 COME.
Frederick Warde and Mrs. D. P. Bowers
will play a notable engagement at the Grand
Opera House next week. The performance on
the opening night will be Shakespeare's "Henry
VI1L," a play that Is very rarely seen nowadays.
Mr. Warde will play the part ot Cardinal
Wolsey and Mrs. Bowers Queen Katharine.
The supporting company is said to be the best
Mr. Wardo has yet controlled. A feature is
also made of the mounting and dressing of tbe
various plays. The repertoire for the engage
ment is Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights
also Saturday matinee, "Henry VHL;" Tues
day and Saturday nights, "Macbeth;" Wednes
day matinee, "Virginius," and Thursday night
"Othello." Seats are now on sale for any per
formance. DeWolt Hopper who, in addition to a
splendid oomic opera organization bearing
his own name, appears at the Bijou
Theater next week, la a comedian ot logitimate
note and is likewise the possessor of a splendid
voice. In "Castles in the Air" he Is afforded
every opportunity to display his vocal as well as
mirtb-provoking powers. Mr. Hopper, not un
UK3 that Falslaff he imitates in the piece. Is
not only humorous In himself, but is also the
cause ot the humor in others, and it is said
unites with his company in liveliness of mirth,
music and mimicry that are at once infectious
with the audience, profitable to the manage
ment and remarkable in the methods of comic
opera. The advance sale of seats opens to-day.
Regular opera prices will prevail.
DEATHS OP A DAT.
C. F. Ricks.
rsrECiAL telegram TO,TH AsPATCn.1
Canton, November 12. C. F. Hicks, a promi
nent citizen ot Massillon, and father of United
States Circuit Judge A. J. Kicks, died at the home
of h.s daughter. Mrs. Dr. biuiscr. in this city,
this morning. Deceased was 81 years of age.
Dnchess of Malakoff.
LOKPON. November 13. The widow of tbe Duke
of Malakoff, who took a prominent part in tne
Crimean war, Is dead. -
Bishop ot Rio Janeiro.
Bio Janeiro. .November 12. Tho Bishop of
Elo Janeiro If dead.
Koch's lymph works
THE TOPICAL TALKER,
A Brazen Joke.
Qne of the children won a ring in a prize
package of candy, and it made her exces
sively proud. She changed the ring from finger
to finger and In such artless ways as a child of
6 or 7 can compass called attention to the bauble
whenever she got a chance.
"What's all that noise about!" asked pater
familias as the wearer of tbe ring -was reciting
for the hundredth time tbe story of her great
good fortune.
"Oh! it's only Julia and her brass band!" re
plied an elder sister.
An Excusable Error.
'The boy bad been to the theater a good deal
last winter and tbe fearfully and wonder
fully made curtain at the Grand Opera House
had made a deep impression upon bim. Last
month be went to viit bis grandmother in a
small town up in tbe mountains.
The first Sunday he was there his grand
mother took him to church. The wall back of
the platform and reading desk was painted a
bright and beautiful blue, in the midst. of
whlcb was a Bible blazoned in gold. The small
Pittsburger was greatly taken with these gay
colors, and after contemplating them in silenco
for several minutes, ho turned tu his grand
mother and said: "Grandma, there'll be lots of
fnn when that curtain goes up, won't there !"
It "Was News.
About lour o'clock In the morning last Fri
day the telephone bell jangled out at tho
house of a leading Republican politician. Tbe
latter, It happened, heard the noise'and went
to tbe instrument. He put the receiver to bis
ear and a voice rame to bim over the wire with
this message: "Andrews is licked."
"Know that two days ago," replied the poli
tician." "Yes, I knew you knew it bnt I know you
didn't know I knew it see! Now I know ill"
Baseball Is a Jewel.
TJ ats and balls can io a good deal npon the
baseball field," said an ex-crank yesterday,
"but bankbooks and boodle can do more."
"Yes," said a local capitalist, "the diamond
has to be sot in gold to be seen to the best ad
vantage." t
Two New Actors.
"The telegraph has already told the readers
of The DisPATcn that Mrs. Leslie Carter
made a remarkably good impression at her
debnt on Monday at tbe Broadway Theater.
The New York papers devote a great deal of
space to "The Ugly Duckling" and Mrs. Carter,
and it must be accepted as certain for once
that an actress of real ability has graduated
from the divorce court One of tho best of the
New York critics says that Mrs. Carter is not a
beauty, but her face grows upon one. Her
facial expression in the opening scenes was
painfully overdone, but in the great situation
of tbe third act she showed that her dramatic
power was better than her adaptability to
comedy. In this scene, when, by her coquetry,
she finally overcomes the wicked machinations
of the Count, only to place herself in a false
light, Mrs. Carter acted with remarkable
power.
Another newcomer who has stepped instant
ly into popular favor is E. S. Willard, the lat
est arrival from England. Concerning his abil
ity the critics are onco more unanimons in
praise. "The Middleman," In which Mr. Wil
lard appears, is also well spoken of.
The Daqnesnc's Opening.
T AST night Mr. Wemyss Henderson said:
"I am now ready to say positively that tbe
Duquesne Theater will be opened by tbe Emma
Jnch Opera Company on Monday, December L
We shall be ready by that date and no further
postponements will take place. The plastering
Is nearly completed; tbe decorators are already
at work upon tbe ceiling; the electric light
wires are all In, the dynamos and boilers are in
position, and the natural gas connections will
be made as soon as the Philadelphia Company
is ready. It will be hard work, but the new
Duquesne Theater will positively be open to
the public on December 1."
-WILD ANIMALS AT LABGE.
Deer, Bears and Catamounts Infesting the
Blue Mountains.
rFPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE D1SPATCII.1
Lebanon, November 12. That there are
deer, bears and catamounts infesting the Blue
Mountains is shown by tbe reports of farmers
living in remote corners of the bills. Deer are
frequently seen, and in somo places, when hard
pressed by dogs or perhaps by hunger, they
venture into the yards of farmers.
While Henry Mease, aged 21, of Cold Sprine
township, was out after rabbits with a com
panion, tbey saw a large animal in their path.
The man wounded her at the first fire, and in a
moment the dogs were engaged in a fierce fight
with one of the largest catamounts seen lately.
The fur of the animal was of silken softness,
and this morning the skull and tips of tbo ears
were taken to tbe County Commissioner, who
paid 82, this being the reward offered for all
catamounts killed in Lebanon county.
A KrXITAEY MABBIAGE.
Tho Daughter of Senator Blackburn "Weds
an Army Officer.
Washington, November 12, Miss Terese
Blackburn-Stewart, daughter of Senator Black
burn, of Kentucky, and Captain William
Preble Hall, of the army, were married In St
John's Episcopal Church, at 2 o'clock this
afternoon, by the Rev. Dr. Douglas.
Tho church was elaborately decorated with
flowers, and many people of note in society
were present The groom's best man was
Colonel Carpenter, and he. together with tbe
ushers, were In full armr uniform. The bride
was giren away by her father. Senator Black
burn. She was handsomely attired and carried
a bouquet of roses aud ferns sent by Mrs.
Harrison. The newly-wedded couple will
spend their honeymoon in Georgia and Florida
and tben go to Fort Reno, L T where tbe
groom is stationed.
Woodmen Amend Their Laws.
Springfield, November 12, The Modern
Woodmen of America devoted tho entire day
to a revision of tbe general laws of tbe order,
tbe body acting as a committee of tbe whole.
Amendments to the original laws, which re
pose in an executive committee, nearly all the
power and responsibility, which have been ex
ercised by the Head Consul, have been ac
cepted. B0NNTS 8T0EY.
Brooklyn Citizen: The fact that Bonny Is
not an intense admirer of Stanley adds force
to the remarkable statement be makes.
Philadelphia Bulletin: Bonny, who was
with it to the end, corroborates all Stanley's
charges, with soma changes In details, and says
Barttelot was undoubtedly insane.
New York Sun: Bonny has drawn a very
black picture. It is no wonder that Stanley
kept it from the public gaze until tbe rash at
tacks of Barttelot's family forced him to tho
exposure of the ghastly history.
NEW York Star: Perhaps the affair will not
be so wholly deplorable If it shall be accepted as
a lesson to future explorers that those who
would be masters of nature and of their In
feriors must first be masters of themselves.
New York Star: It is hard to see how Bou
nd's testimony can be broken down. He is
now tbe only living white officer of the ill-fared
rear column who knows from his own personal
experience tbe history of those terrible months
atYambnya.
New York Tribune: Mr. Stanley's accusa
tions against Jameson and Barttelot aro cor
roborated In detail by the only surviving offlcer
whom he found at Yambuya upon his return
from Lake Albert Bonny is his chief witness,
and offers testimony which, unless im
peached, will be decisive.
Philadelphia Inquirer: Bonny, who was
the eye-witness of these disgusting details, tells
a story that corroborates that of Stanley,
which is backed up by documents and tbe
unanimous testimony of the natives. The only
charitable conclusion is that the Major was
insane. Otherwise he was inhuman,
Brooklyn Standard Union: In a word, the
vindication of Mr. Stanley comes most oppor
tunely, and is conclusive and crushes his ene
mies. He stands lortn neroic; xor where ne
has been accused of falsehood and malice he
has shown the precious quality of generosity
and the lofty manliness of a noble forbearance.
Philadelphia Press: Mr. Henry M. Stan
ley is thoroughly corroborated and sustained
by Mr. Bonny in the terrible- charges brought
acainst Major Barttelot and Mr. Jameson. We
doubt if anyone can read tbe narration of
Major Barttelot's conduct without reaching
the charitable conclusion tnat the m-lated out'
cer was insane.
GOING TO BE" MARRIED.
Robert A. McKean to Join the Army of
Benedicts Day get for the Marriage of
Miss Margaret Boyle and Harry Brown
Society Gossip.
Gay, bright and witty was Rob McKean last
evening, though wben interrogated closely he
had to admit that it was his last evening of
single blessedness, and that to-night at S o'clock
he wonld take unto himself a wife. Tbe young
lady who will in tbe future have a special claim
upon Mr. McKean, his bright wit and brilliant
repartee, is Miss Margaret-May Cox, the lovely
daughter of Captain A. C. Cox, tbe genial and
well-known steamboat man, of Wylle arenue.
xne weuaing win oe ratner exclusive
home affair and guests will be limited to rela
tives of tbe families interested, with tne ex
ception probably of a very few friends who are
"inst tbe same as one of tbe family, vou know."
All alone will thp young couple enter the parlor
and with the effective service of Rer. Mr. Pat
terson, of the Sixth Presbyterian Church, as
sume tbe matrimonial rows.
Miss Cox Is declared by one who is thor
oughly posted on the character and attractions
of the young lady to be minus imperfections:
in fact to anota directly, "she is the sweetest
girl in tbe city," and universally she is credited
witn an tne graces ot manner and person tnat
go to make np a very Iorable girl. The groom-to-be
is the brother of Postmaster McKean, in
scribed in the family Bible as Robert Andrews
McKean, but better known as "Rob" by his
associates and friends, who unite in pronounc
ing him ono of the best civil emnneers of Pitts
burg and one of tbe "best fellows." He is a
gradnate of tbe Western University and as
sociated with the firm of Riter & Conley.
a unci jtunt in the .ast ana Air. ana Airs.
McKean will be at home at 407 Wylle avenue.
THE DAY ANNOUNCED
For the Marriage of Miss Margaret Boyle
and Mr. Harry Brown.
Tbe wedding day is at last announced of Miss
Margaret Boyle, tbe noted beauty of Ellsworth
avenue, and Mr. Harry Brown, the wealthy
coal merchant. November 23 is tbe dato de
cided upon for this interesting and important
event and it is to be celebrated at tbe home of
the bride's parents with all tho nicety and per
fection of detail that wealth and cultivated
taste can suggest
Thnyounglady, who has at last consented to
give up her name and freedom, is one of pro
nounced and remarkable beauty, and tbe pos
sessor of a qneenly carriage and bearing. Hut
combined with her queenliness is such a fasci
nation and charm that her subjects are legion
and delight to do her honor and show her rev
erence. At the wedding of her sister. MNs
Laura Adelaide Boyle, to Mr. Edward H.
Braincrd,which took place some few weeks ago.
Miss Boyle shared quite equally the admira
tion and attention suowered upon tbe beauti
ful bride, and some few of tbe knowing guests
made suggestire remarks regarding a second
nuptial ceremony tbat would soon shed a bril
liancy over tbe magnificent residence, but few.
if any, thought the event would follow so
closely the one to which they were then lending
their presence.
Mr. Brown holds an exalted position In tbe
financial and social circles of the city, and Is
worthy in every way the charming bride he is
securing. After the marriage they will occupy
the elegant new homo on Forbes street that is
at present ncaring completion.
A FUNNY MAN'S TALK.
Bob Burdette Combines Politics and Humor
in His Inimitable Manner
Bob Burdette was there last evening at the
Third U. P. Church and created any amount
of amusement bemoaning tbe fact that at a
previous lecture reported as given by him In
tbat church be alone of all others did not re
ceive an invitation to be present.
Mr. Burnett was introduced by Mr. Percy
Smith, who said the lectnrer would speak upon
"The Pilgrimages of a Fanny Man," and not
the funny pilgrimage of the many men wno
assembled recently to hear a lecture that didn't
materialize. A large audience of Intelligent,
refined people greeted Mr. Burdette, and tbe
peals of langhter tbat followed bis remarks
were so contagious that be himself joined in
them. His lecture, though delivered in the
city before, was not at all stale, freshened np,
as it wa. by jokes regarding the recent elec
tion, McKinley bill, and even tbe impromptu
squeaking of a window that enabled him to
make a point whereby he brought down the
house, so to speak.
According to Mr. Bnrdette the life of a funny
man whether professional or non-professional
is not a life of unadulturated pleasure, as
humor is tbo reflex action of severe mental
strain and tronble. Instances were cited to
Erove the theory advanced, and the livrs of
ood. Lamb and Warner were briefly reviewed
in conclusion. Mr. Burdotte was in excellent
trim, but said confidentially that he hadn't a
politic left, as it were, that he had not recov
ered sufficiently from his stunnedness to realize
there was such a thing in existence.
AN EDITOE "WEDDED.
Theodore Nevin Married at Lancaster to
Miss Mary E. Appel.
"With a proper amount of elegance and a per
fection of appointment suitable to the high
social standing of tho bride and groom was the
wedding effected yesterday at Lancaster of
M iss Mary Elizabeth Appel. of that place, and
Mr. Theodore Nevin, of this city. The cere
mony was performed at high noon in tbe col
lege chapel, and was witnessed by a fashion
able aggregation, including a number of
prominent society people from Pittsburg and
vicinity.
The happy bride is a young lady of consider
able beauty and marked ability, endowed with
pleasing, winning manners and a bright happy
disposition, well calculated in every way to
grace tho home of tbe talented, popular yonng
gentleman she now calls husband. Mr.
Nevin, as editor of tbe Pittsburg Leader, is
thoroughly known to tbe Pittsburg public, and
as a member of one ot the oldest and best es
tablished families in the connty bis nuptials
are of more than ordinary interest. At the
termination of tbe wedding trip the yonng
couple will reside at Sewickley.
BEAUTY AND THE NEWSY.
A Brilliant Bazaar to be Held at the First
Presbyterian Church.
If the receipts for the bazaar and sale of
fancy work at tbe First Presbyterian Church
chapel this afternoon and evening equal the
amount of enthusiasm and effort that the
lady managers hare expended in order to maks
the affair a grand and brilliant success, the
Newsboys' Home will be erected forthwith.
The cbapel will be a bewildering vision of
firetty booths, prettier toilets and prettiest
idles, to say nothing of tbe display of needle
work and fancy articles tbat promises to rival
even the Baltimore exhibit of these articles
tbat was held in tbe city recently. The event
will be the important and fashionable one of
the day.
A PRIVATE SEMI-CENTENNIAL.
Mrs. Arm Stratton Receives Many Callers at
Her East End Mansion.
Mrs. Ann Stratton has ocenpied the old
Stratton homestead, corner of Fifth avenue
and Try street East End. for half a century.
The 60 years were completed on Tuesday, and
to celebrate the occasion ber children and tbelr
families held a reception in honor of the rener
able old lady and her comfortable castle. The
homestead was open to callers all afternoon
and a bounteous feast was served to all guests.
Some of the oldest residents of the East
Liberty Valley paid their respects to Mrs.
Stratton. Mr. and Mr.. James Stratton, of
Washington City, were also present
i
The Woman's Guild at Home.
The synonym for all tbat is enjoyable is an
entertainment by the Woman's Guild of St.
Stephen's Chnrcb, Sewickley. And their "at
home" this erening at the residence of D. C
Herbst from 7 to 10 o'clock will be no exception
to the rule. A feast of music and dainties will
delight all who are fortunate enough to come
within the charmed circle by reason of baring
received the pretty invitation cards.
A Hospital Benefit
The benefit concert for the Southsida Hospi
tal at Odd Fellows' Hall this evening embraces
one of the most pleasure-suggestlre pro
grammes. Gernert's Orchestra, Miss Mamie
Reuck. Miss Jennie Evans, Miss Mary Bank
ard, Mrs. William B. Wolfe, Mr. John A.
Strouss and Mr. Duff are the eminent artists
tbat will appear.
Royal Arcannm Banquet
The local officers of tho Royal Arcanum gave
a banquet last evening at the Duquesne in
honor of the fraternity's visiting delegates to
tbe Fraternal Consress. The tables were hand
somely decorated, and about H gentlemen were
present.
Local Chatter.
An entertainment will be given thfs erening
In Academy Hall, Wilklnsbure, under tbe
auspices of St Stephen's Episcopal Church of
tbat place. The programme consists of mu
sical, historical and dramatic features, with
selections by the East End Mandolin Trouba
dours. In Patterson's Hall this evening the ladles of
St John's P. E. Church will give a fancy ba
zaar and supper.
The Keystone Club will hold its fourth even
ing reception at Sample Hall this erening.
CURI0DS CONDENSATIONS.
The province of Kuei-chon js the
Chinese Switzerland.
It is stated that over $1,000,000 are
spent annnaliy in New York in public ban
quets. An English company has made a pro
posal to tbe Legislature of the Island of Nassau
to lay a cable to the coast of Florida if an an
nual subsidy is cranted them.
A Connecticut boy is famous just now,
because he has a tin whistle IK inches in diam
eter several Inches long in bis stomach. He
swallowed tbe toy while playing on it
There are more than 200,000 persons in
Italy who inhabit dark cellars, and 4,965 com
munities which are so poor that meat is never
seen on the table, and bread only on Sundays.
A ball was drawn 4,096 times out of an
urn containing an equal number of white and
black balls, with the result that ZvGB drawings
Kv?2J?hlte' and "M a black ball, so that out
of 1,000 balls there were SOI white and 49S
black.
It is an did remedy for the hiccough to
hold one's breath, and if that falls then to
gargle with a little water, and If tho hiccough
still continues tu tickle the nose to the point of
sneezing once or twice, when the hiccou"h Is
sure to go.
In a discussion lately carried on in Eu
rope as to the distance at which large objects
on the earth's surface are risible, it was stated
tbat tbo Himalaya Mountains have appeared
to view from the great distance ot 221 miles,
and Mont Blanc 210 miles.
An exploring party sent by the Govern
ment of Quebec to tbe head waters of the Ot
tawa and the Gatiman rivers reports that there
are magnificent forests of pine timber in tbat
region not under lease, which ongbt to prove to
be valuable sources of revenue to the province.
It seems to be hardly so well known as
it deserves that tbe sole Is a rery chameleon
among fishes. Like tbe leopard, he cannot
change his spots, though bo can vary their
shade: but, unlike the Ethiopian, he can
change his complexion, and that to a marvelous
extent
Not a few of the phrases in use at this
day originated with Lyly, and are found in bis
"Enphens," a popular book published In 1350.
Among them might be mentioned "caught nap
ping." "a crooked stick or none," "brown
study," "catching birds by putting salt on their
tails," etc
Xhirty-fonr years ago the first experi
ment with telescopes at a high altitude was
made at Tenerlffe by Fiazzl Smyth far up on
tbe lava-covered side of Teyde, and tbe account
of his residence and successful observations
above the clouds forms a part of every astronom
ical library.
It is reported that a colony of about 25
Northern farmers have purchased 3,000 acres of
land in Cnllanan county. Ala., and will begin
co-operative farming. There is to be a joint
.stock company with a capital of $200,000. limited
to 200 shares, and no person can hare more
than one share.
The meteorological observatory at the
Massachusetts Agricultural College has re
ceived a delicate and expensive apparatus for
the measurement of the electric potentiality of
the atmosphere. This instrument is tbe only
one of its kind in the United States, and one of
the few in the world.
The percentage of Danish widowers to
bachelors marrying in the years 1S78-83 was 6.8
per cent as azainst 8; and while out of 100
bachelors of 23 who reached 45, 12 remained
unmarried, oat of 100 widowers of tbe same
age. there was only 1. A similar tendency shows
itself among widows.
In Paris it is not customary for patients
to wait in the ante-chamber of great physi
cians, but Inquiry has to bo made by letter.
In some cases numbered tickets are given out
at 6 in the morning. The physicians servants
do a thriving business selling sandwiches, eta,
to the waiting patients.
Birds stand between beasts and reptiles,
but are widely distinct from both. All beasts
possess, as we possess,! warm blood, but the
blood of a bird is warmer still, and thus birds
differ greatly from reptiles. In spito of their
possessing certain structural characters in
common with tbat .cold-blooded clas3.
The introduction of the custom of bless
ing water before the principal mass on Sunday,
and sprinkling the people with it. is commonly
attributed to Pope St. Leo IV. (8I7-i55): but
there are learned 'writers who traco it to a far
more remote antiquity, and regard the words
of that Pontiff as referring to an existing cus
tom. A strange story is told of a marooned
Dutchman. The crew that put him on shore
at the same time buried an officer. As soon as
they bad gone, the man Iluz np the coffin,
tumbled the corpse out, launched the coffin as
a boat, and using the lid as a paddle, overtook
tbe ship, which was becalmed. He was par
doned. So careful is the packing process in
birds that the parts which grind tbe food and
act as teeth are placed, not in the jaws, but in
the center of the body In the gizzard. These
parts consist of small stones, which most birds
swallow for this purpose all those, tbat Is,
which feed on grain and other substances-that
require grinding.
The two sides of the human face are not
exactly alike, and a German biologist asserts
tbat the lack of symmetry, as a rule, is confined
to the upper part of tbe face; In two cases out
of five tbe eyes are ont of line, and seven persons
out of every ten hare stronger sight in one eye
than the otber. Another singular fact is that the
right ear is almost universally shorter than the
left
The term "blue-stocking" was originally
used in Venice about tbe year 1400, to desig
nate literary classes by colors. In Mill's "His
tory of Chivalry" we are told that members of
tbe various academies wero distlngnished by
tbe color of their stockings, blue being the pre
vailing color. The application of the term to
women originated with Miss Hannah More's
admirable description of a "Blue Stocking
Club" In her "BasBleu."
"Work has been begun on the most for
midable piece of excavation on tbe Nicaragua
Canal. It is a solid rock cut about 13 miles
from the Atlantic end of the canal. A great
deal of dredginc has already been done In the
low land from the shore inward. The climate
issgreeablp. tbo health of tbe surveying and
working parties good and tho progress made
thus far equals expectations. The engineers
confidently predict tbat the work can be com
pleted in four years.
A CORNER ON TVIT.
Paper-makers are using the banana plant
for paper-making. They will slip up on this some
day. -Vw Orleans Picayune.
"They are equals in birth, are they pot?"
"Yes. Mrs. Van Horden Is descended from the
Dutch, and Mrs. Mclntyre has ascended from the
lxlia."-W.
'It was a terrible blow to the family."
was what tbe man ont West remarked to a friend
altera cyclonr had visited bis premises and car
ried away bis house. Xonkert statesman.
The phrase, "I acknowledge the corn,"
originated with a slave In the South. He was
charged with stealing corn found In bis posses
sion. Having a sack with him, he was also charged
with stealing tbat His reply was. "No, sir: I
'knowledge de corn, but I ain't gwlne to 'knowl
edge to de sack." D' trait Free Press.
Dimick P. T. Barnum says the press,
tbe pulpit and tbe circus are the great clrlllzers.
Kickshaw I don't believe Barnum ever said
that.
Dlmmlck-Why?
Kickshaw He woula bare put tbe circus flnt.
Brooklyn Life.
Baby's recognition. "Oh," says mamma
to her hesband, "such good news! Baby talks.
He has Just said his nrst words." "Beatly?"
"Yes: Just fancy. We were at the monkey cage In
the park, wben the baby cried out 'Ah, papa!' "
Chatter.
Mamma (from the next room, hearing a
suspiciously sibilant noise followed by a scream)
What was that Agnes?
Mr. Blssy (who lisps, but Is equal to the occa.
sion)-Tbat wain amouth; it startled Mith Agnts.
Mamma (who has been young herself) Ye: I
thought It wasl Don't do It again, please.-i('.
"It was a brare act, young man," said the
grateful father, with deep reeling. "At tbe peril
of your life you rushed Into the burning building
and saved my daughter. How can I ever repay
you?"
Would a couple of pounds be too mncb?" sug
gested thebrave rescuer. ipare Moments.
Daisy Luggs "Why, bless me. Amy,
what new fad Is this? Your sleeves are rolled up,
and you're covered with flour!
Amy Hamoneg Oddest fad In the world, my
dear: I've taken a notion to help my mother la
the kitchen Judge.
Briggs Hare yon heard the latest? Rob
inson has eloped with a chambermaid.
Griggs Heavens 1 What made bim do that?
TBrlgs I understand she brought him an extra
towel when he asked for It. Brooklyn Life.
Singleton It's a wonder to me that more
women are not robbed, when they carry tbelr
purses so openly In their hands.
Doubleday If you were married and knew
what they carry In- those purses, yon would not
make such a remark. Puck,
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