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1'ITTSBURG. TUESDAY. SOW. 18, 189a
RESCUING KMUAKRASSED BAXKERS,
The action of the Bank of England and
the Rothschilds in coming to the rescue of
Banns Bros, and checking the panic by
putting uu a guarantee fund of 10,000,000,
has evoked General approval among the
organs o' financial opinion. Indeed, ap
proval goes so far as to induce some En
glish journals to say that the same course
should have been taken in the Overend,
Gurney & Co. failure, while iu this country
some of the papers have taken up the same
theme as indicating the duty of the national
banks and United States Treasury to have
supported Jay Cooke & Co. iu 1873.
With regard to this growth of opinion as
to the duty of great financial institutions to
furnish funds or credit to pull important
concerns out ot their embarrassment, it is
well to remark that the theory has certain
veil-defined limits. It depends wholly on
the solvency of the firm that needs help. If
either the Bauk of England, the United
States Treasury or the national banks
undertook the task of sustaining firms whose
assets are pot greater than their liabilities
the result would not be doubtful. Even those
institutions conld not stand the burden of
making up the losses of reckless banking.
That course would inevitably lead to their
own insolvency, and the smash would be so
ranch the greater, on account ot the com
manding position of those institutions.
Their function, if they have any in the
premises, is the same as that of an ordinary
bank to its customers. If a merchant or
manufacturer can show a solvent condition
of business, it is the duty and interest of the
bank alike to help him out of temporary
stringency. But if his solvency cannot be
demonstrated, the bank that pursues the
policy of sustaining him will eventually
come to grief and make a greater smash
than the original one would have been. It
is worth while to recollect that Baring
Bros.' failure was caused by the connection
ot that firm with a government that under
took to make good the condition of its entire.
people.
It is also worth while to consider whether,
it it could be done, the function of a money
power that undertook to protect financial
circles from the consequences of their care
lessness, recklessness or dishonesty would
contribute to the stability of business.
When men become accustomed to the idea
that if they get into a tight place some great
financial power will come to their rescue,
they are sure to be more reckless for the
knowledge. "Wall street has for years
learned to rely on the United States Treasury
for rescue when it gets itself hard up, and
the consequence is that speculation has
gone on regardless of monetary conditions.
Xow that it has become evident that the
Treasurv is no longer to be used as a reserve
for the kite-flyers to draw on, "Wall street
will undoubtedly become more conservative.
There is no surer way to inspire caution ia
business than the knowledge that if a man
makes loans on doubtful security or backs
speculative bubbles, he will have to stand
the consequences of disaster, and can look
to no higher power to pull him out of his
self-created troubles.
The way in which the representatives of
financial opinion embrace this idea of gov
ernmental finance to be used in pulling great
financiers out of the difficulties they alone
are responsible for presents a remarkable
contrast to their attitude on some other
questions. They are unanimous in con
demning the idea that the Government
should lend its credit to farmers as the wild
est moonshine. Taken by itself, this opin
ion is correct; but contrasted with their en
thusiastic support of the policy of govern
mental institutions lending their resources
to support great bankers who are caught in
the collapse of their own inflation, it raises
a rather remarkable question. Are the pub
lic funds the neculiar property of the finan
ciers, or is it the function of the Govern
ment to support and cherish only the great
speculators? The people who want the
money lent to embarrassed bankers, but ex
claim against lending it to producers, would
seem to think so.
A RESTRAINT OX STRIKES.
The action of the Knights of Labor con
vention in amending the constitution of that
order so as to take away from a district or
local assembly the power to declare a strike
is unquestionably a step in the direction of
conservatism, so long as the general officers
are conservative men. It is a matter of his
tory that some of the strikes which have re
sulted in some of the most disastrous defeats
to that order would not have taken place
if they had been subject to the authority of
the general officers.
This was especially the case in the late
New York Central strike. The letters which
Mr. Powflerly was so much criticised for
publishing showed that he disapproved of
the strike as a tactical mistake, and the pub
lication was doubtleifs made to establish that
point. The Missouri Pacific strikes, as the
earliest in the series, was another case in
point. It is not by any means certain that
the general board will never order an un
wise or unjust strike; bat the chances of
such mistaken conflicts will be very much
decreased it this regulation is lived up to.
But will it be respected? After the sen
sational conflicts of a few years ago, we un
derstood that regulations were adopted mak
ing strikes subject to the review and Ap
proval of the higher officers. But the
trouble was found to be that in a certain
fctate of mind the men would strike anyhow;
and when the conflict was begun the higher
officers had to approve it, except in some
glaring cases, as to do otherwise would seem
to be deserting the men. The present action
indicates that wisdom hag been attained by
costly experience of ill-considered strikes.
We may hope at least that the new rule
will make a strike on the part of the Knights
of Labor a very carefully considered and de
liberate affair.
BISMARCK AND THE EMPEROR.
The prominent feature In connection with
the celebration of Yon Moltke's ninetieth
birthday Bismarck's entire absence from
the ceremonies-ws emphasized by the later
reports of the reason for his absence. The
whole world knows that in the construction
ot the German Empire the statesmanship
and diplomacy of Bismarck bore a more
vital part than the military triumphs of Von
Moltke. Yet the young Emperor omitted
Bismarck Irom the list of the guests; and it
is now learned that the reason was that Bis
marck had refused to submit to the imperial
inspection and censorship the proofs of the
life of "William L, which the ex-chancellor
has been engaged in writing. It Is further
reported that in order to escape the censor
ship ot the German press laws, Bismarck
has been compelled to have his work printed
in England, which stfp may lead to more
ultra retaliation on the part of his imperial
pupil.
History can hardly discover a more shock
ing example of bad taste and ingratitude
than is presented by the spirit which is thus
displayed by the present Emperor toward
the old statesman whose skill and genius
brought the German Empire to its present
commanding position. However we may
sympathize with the enthusiasms of the
young man on social questions, it is
impossible to avoid perceiving in his course
toward Bismarck the demonstration of that
unrestrained selfishness of absolute power
which regards all sentiments of gratitude
or fidelity as bound to give away to the
self-esteem or supremacy of the ruler. It is
well enough to understand that the recogni
tion of Bismarck as the creator of the Ger
man Empire, and the fact that while he was
in power he dwarfed the personality of the
new Emperor, were the causes of his dis
missal. That was sufficient as a striking
illustration of the motives which may pre
vail in an Imperial Government; but the
same spirit is carried to'an unparalleled de
gree when the yonng Emperor undertakes
to establish a censorship over the Chancel
lor's writings concerning his grandfather's
rule, and excludes Bismarck from the cele
bration of the event which he directed, be
cause he refused to accede to that extreme
assertion ot power.
Yet, while fully recognizing the pettiness
of the Imperial action, and the magnitude
of the character which the Count is pursu
ing even in his retirement, it is impossible
to omit the perception of a certain degree of
po;tic justice, in assertion of a vexations
authority ot the Chancellor's course little
short of tyranny. It is the significant and
instructive fact that the system of govern
ment which enables the Emperor to throw
aside the statesman who created his,
empire like and old glove, and then
to assume the right of dictation
over what he shall, or shall not, write, is of
Bismarck's own creation. Had he not in
sisted on giving the Empire its absolntist
features, and on creating the restrictions of
the press in Germany, this course would
have been as impossible for the German
Emperor as it is for the Queen of England
to follow Gladstone into private life with
similar vexatious assertions of power over
his writings and utterances. The fact that
the situation is Bismarck's system turned
against himself appears even in the details.
The right of censorship which is now as
serted over his writings is exactly the same
which he asserted against Count Von Arnim
and Prof. Von Geffcken. The enmity of the
Emperor toward him is more ungrateful,
perhaps, but hardly in worse taste than the
indignities to which, when Bismarck was in
power, the motner of the present Emperor
was subjected. If the reports were true
which were heard at the time of the Em
peror Frederick's death that his son'scourse
was due to the instructions of the Chan
cellor; that for the maintenance of the Ger
man system he mnst cast aside all filial and
sentimental restraints then it is a remark
able illustration of both personal and
political characteristics brought into exist
ence by the man against whom they are now
directed.
How much of these details are trne, and
bow much unfounded gossip, cannot be told.
But it is beyond dispute that Bismarck now
stands before the world as the most remark
able illustration of a statesman, who, having
created and absolutist system, has at last
lived to be the victim of it. Whether this
remarkable result will convert him to liberal
ism at the end of his career is not certain; but
except for the exposure of imperial human
nature, it can hardly be regretted that after
the man of blood and iron has spent his life
in freeing the Germ an thronefrom responsibil
ity and raising it above criticism, he should
learn by his own experience the evils of such
a system.
It is a possible view of the position to
think that Bismarck previously recognized
the ability of the Government under his sys
tem to inflict injustice on people out ot
power; but believed that he wonld remain
on tne ruling side to the end of his days. If
so, be is the wiser for learning his mistake.
But it is more creditable to believe that he
spent his life with a sincere conviction that
freedom from restraint and superiority to
public opinion are essentials to a strong
Government If he learns from the present
situation the greater wisdom of liberal laws
and the protection of individual rights, he
will end his career with broader views than
those which guided his statesmanship
through life.
COLLEGE DISORDERS.
The undergraduate theory that the college
student is a soaring soul above the reach of
the ordinary laws, has reached its ultimate
conclusion in a new place. The students at
Ann Arbor, Mich., evidently were affected
by the idea that they must emulate the ex
amples of their Eastern brethren, and en
gaged in a riot to rescue from the custody of.
the town authorities five of their number
who had been arrested for disorderly con
duct. This caused a collision with a com
pany of militia, called out to suppress the
riot, in which one student was killed and a
number of the militia company seriously
injured.
This is a very sad but entirely legitimate
result of the idea that has been allowed to
take root in the undergraduate mind, that
college students are not subject to the pen
alties inflicted on the regular masses for
disorderly conduct, assault and battery,
riot, or any of the misdemeanors which are
too leniently set down to youthful spirits.
The idea being established in the young
mind that they are entitled to get up
"rushes," "hazings" and classfights with
impunity, of course the conclusion follows
that to arrest any of them for such breaches
of the peace is an infringement of their
privileges, and a riot to take them out of
the loekup is a praiseworthy defense of the
collegiate rights. The entire tragedy is the
necessary result of the original vicious
idea that the collegians are a privileged
class, and that customary ebullitions of
disorder only an outbreak of youthlul
spirits that is to be received with charitable
toleration.
It must be said that some at least of the
college faculties are largely responsible for
the growth of this pernicious idea. Of
course they have never taught or even for
mally assented to the theory that the stu
dent has especial license in the matter of
disorderly conduct or offenses against the
person; but they hare allowed that vieious
idea to gain root by not only failing to
make the distinction between good-humored
and gentlemanly sport, and vicious.vlola
tions of law and order, but by inflicting for
the latter class punishments which ar
trivial besides those provided by the law
for such offenses. The college student who
makes an assault in hazing commits just as
wanton an offense as the ordinary tough
who attacks a victim on the street. When
he breaks into a room at night for that pur
pose he defies the law as wantonly as a bur
glar. The practice of letting the collegiate
misdoer oft" with a suspension, or expulsion
at least, while the ordinary offender is sent
to the workhouse or penitentiary, is a tacit
recognition of privilege which takes its rise
from stupidity and is asserted by unreason,
and which, pursued to its final point, ends
in a tragedy like that at Ann Arbor.
It will be impossible to enforce the lesson
that students like everyone else must obey
the laws and respect public authorities, if
the participants in this riot are not sub
jected to the full penalties prescribed for
those who get up fatal riots. If they are
given light punishments the idea of class
immunity will he strengthened in the col
legiate mind. If they are sentenced to
actual imprisonment the college students all
over the country may be induced to reflect
on the fact that they are subject to the laws.
NO COMPETITION there.
We see it stated that the corporations
which are constructing tunnels to utilize
the waterpower of Niagara have been writ
ing to Pittsburg, as well as to other locali
ties, with a view of getting manufacturers
to move there. If the Niagara concerns de
pend upon recruits from Western Pennsyl
vania, Eastern Ohio, or West Virginia they
might as well shut up shop. All Niagara
has to offer is water power. Our iron, steel,
glass and other local prodncts need vast
heat as well as water power; and this dis
trict, with its inexhaustible supplies of
coal, and its efficient auxiliary natural
gas has not the slightest fear of competi
tion from thunderous Niagara or any other
quarter.
There is an abundance of water power
throughout New England, but for the same
reason it does not compete with Pittsburg's
coal. It is even gravely to be questioned
whether the lighter manufactures, or those
needing power alone, would not vastly bet
ter themselves by coming to this central
point, where power and heat alike are cheap,
and to be had from many sources where
railroad and water transportation it abund
ant, with the assurance of still greater facili
ties for the future than to place themselves
at the mercy of a single corporation, which
no doubt will iu the end make its patrons
pay right smartly for the experiment of
harnessing the Falls of Niagara to their
machinery.
TESTIMONY FOR ASPHALT.
Commenting on the complaint of some
property owners that asphalt pavements are
not sufficiently durable, Chief Bigelow
makes the point that, if properly laid, they
ought to last as long as block stone. He
cites the asphalt pavement on Forbes street
in evidence; and the example is a good one.
It is nearly 20 years since the Forbes street
pavement was put down. Notwithstanding
the fact that it has been cut up time and
again for water pipes, gas pipes, and lat
terly for the electric road, it is still in a
useful and good state of preservation.
Meanwhile the wooden pavements of the
same period have either long since utterly
disappeared, or are reduced to pulp, while
more recent block-stone pavements have
had to be repaired and are not in as good
condition as the Forbes street asphalt,
though upon this latter scarcely $1 of ex
pense has been put.
In respect to noiselessness and cleanliness
there is no material yet exhibited which
gives as good results as asphalt Since the
only objection to the latter hinges therefore
on the manner of laying it, the better course
for property owners would seem to be to
secure the manifest advantages of asphalt
and to take precautions against the disad
vantages they fear by watching closely the
specifications and the degree of fidelity with
which these are carried out Excepting
where the Hauling is of the heaviest, asphalt
rightly laid is preferable to blockstone.
Figtjrers on stock fluctuations are now
making public the interesting fact that the
shrinkage in stock values by the recent decline
is not less than 2,000,000,000. Perhaps the
panicky significance of this assertion may be
somewhat modified if we reflect, on the possi
bility teat stock values were inflated some
thing in the neighborhood of 22,000,000,000 be
fore the decline sets in. The Interesting feat
ure of the expansion and shrinkage is that if
we take the elements of real value, namely
actual investment and average earning power,
we find that railway stocks are worth exactly
as much now ss they were before tlio decline.
Ir England keeps on in this panic pro
ducing manner the United States will bo justi
fied in refusing to bare its secnritles jeopar
dized by being bought with English capital and
kept in the same safe with Argentine and
Egyptian waste paper.
The example of the Bank of England in
the caso of Baring Bros, moves the Philadel
phia Inquirer to point out th'at when Jay
Cooke & Co. went down it would have been
much cheaper for the banks to hand out $50,
000,000 or so than to stand the collapse. Never
theless the condition of things at the time ot
Jay Cooke's failure was such that there was a
very good reason for the banks not handing
out the $50,000,000 or 20,000,000 needed to sus
tain the falling firm. It was the same reason
as that which prevented the early settler from
buying half of Chicago for an old saddle.
The universal disposition of the Repub
lican organs to attack Mr. Cleveland for his
prominence at the Tburman banquet serves
more than the banquet to put Mr. Cleveland in
the Democratic leadership for the coming
struggle.
Mb. McAieer, the Democratic Congressman-elect
from Philadelphia, asserts it as
his opinion that the Democrats could carry
Pennsylvania in 1S92 with Pattison on the
ticket for President. In the light of the re
turns from Mr. McAleer's district, the public
may take this as a promise that the McAleer's
supporters wonld not trade off the head of the
ticket if he were running for President. But
possibly there might be a disposition to ask
for security that the promise would be made
good.
Db. Hammond gives his medical sanc
tion to the male public for smoking three good
cigars a day. This will be taken by the invet
erate smoker as an excuse for adding three
cigars to his previous daily ration of about a
dozen!
The failure of an iron company in the
central part of the State is attributed by its
representatives to attacks made on its credit
through spite. As the history of the company
shows that it bought its property for (100,000,
added a $100,000 blast furnace and then mort
gaged the whole bminess for 600,000, there is
room for the opinion that bonding the property
for more than its cost may have een not
wholly unconnected with the trouble.
Now it is reported that Jay Gould has
gobbled the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
road instead ot the Union Pacific Jay seems
to have come to the conclusion that It will not
pay to milk the samo property twice over.
Ignatius Donjtelly having re-entered
publio life by way of an election to the Minne
sota Legislature, wo may soon expect to see
him resume the task of smashing all of the old
political reputations as well as that of Shakes
peare. If be canfcnd the key to the cipher
that binds Minnesota's Senators to the service
of the corporations, he will make a bigger hit
than with his other cryptogram.
Whatever other opinions may be en
tertained of Kock's discovery, the consumptives
who are flocking to Berlin faster than they can
be treated make the Berlin hotel keepers and
undertakers regard It as a great success.
Congressman Sanfobd, of New York,
admits that his election expenses amount to
9.679. This will leave him a net income ot
$331 for his two years' service in Congress, be
sides the glory. Bat it Is an open question
whether the glory oil a purchased seat in Con
gress is an asset worth having.
By the way, the indication of the Maine
election as to how the country will go is getting
to hare about the same reliability as stock
pointers or tips on horse racing.
After all the unfavorable crop news of
the past year it is pheasant to learn that the
turkey crop Is large and of first quality. The
damp summer also made the cranberry crop
very abundant, so that there Is little question
of the regulation materials for the Thanksgiv
ing feast.
There is comfort in the observation that
the credit of the Rothschilds remains as good
as could be expected.
The proposition of Chicago to build a
sort of Tower of Babel for the World's Fair
appears to bo realised In advance. At least
they have a bad cas sot confusion of tongues
between the National Commissionand the local
directors.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Btepniak, the famous author and Russian
revolutionary leader, is to be in this country
early in January. Ho will lecture in several
cities.
Gexxrai. James W. Htjsted, of West
Chester, thinks that Mr. Blaine will be the
next President if he lives. He adds the battle
will be between Blalna and Cleveland.
Frederick Villhirs, the famous war cor
respondent, will deliver a series of lectures
through the United States during the
coming winter. He is now on his way to
America.
Miss Annie E. Baxter, the Democratic
candidate for Connty Clerk at Carthage. Ma,
was elected by a majority of 600. The report
of the election says that the miners in all the
camps sang "Annie Rooney" all day, and ran
over each other to vote for their popular young
candidate.
Horace Greelev once successfully re
sisted a proposed lncrnase in bis salary, alleg
ing that he did not think the paper could afford
to pay it President Miss, of the Boston and
Albany Railroad, has Just refused an increase
of pay from 12,000 to (20.000 a year, for the
reaBon that he does not consider his services
worth so much.
It is said that Wads Hampton refused to
speak at Aiken. S. C, in the recent campaign
because he found on his arrival there that a
coach and four awaited him to be shared with
Tillman. The vehicle was inscribed on one
side, "South Carolina Saved by Hampton in
1S76," and on the other, "South Carolina Re
deemed by Tillman In 1890."
Miss Elaine Goohale, the poetess, is Gov
ernment Supervisor of Education among the
Sioux, She lives in camp or reservation in the
most primitive way, tiavellog from one Indian
village to another on horseback or ina "prairie
schooner." She deliberately prefers this life
to the social success which a woman of her tal
ent and culture might command.
The late French author and satirist, Al
phonse Karr, had one of the most caustic of
pens, which sometimes brought him into
trouble. On one occasion be published a few
satirical verses on a certain poetess, who, in re
venge, watched for him In the street and
stabbed him with a poniard. The wound luck
ily was not dangerous, and the only revenge
the satirist took was to suspend the dagger in
his study with the following inscription at
tached: "Presented by Madame to Al
phonse Karr in the back."
PROSPEROUS BAHE0AD FINANCES.
Earnings and Expenses of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad.
Baltimore, November 17. The stock
holders of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company had their annual meeting to-day.
Directors James Sloan. Jr., William F. Burns,
Decatur H. Miller, William H. Blackford,
Aubrey Pearre, George D. B. Kelm, Wesley A.
Tucker, Maurice Gregg. J. Wilcox Brown.
William F. Frick, George A. Von Llngen and
George O. Jenkins.
The earnings during the past year were $21. -412.095,
against 321,303.000 in lh69. Operating
expenses past year, S16.9C6.8C9, against $14,810,
844 in 18S9. The total available income is 18,578,
891, from which deduct interest on bonded in
debtedness, rentals, taxes and other charges nf
the year 50.417,593, showing a balance of 32,161,
292. Out of this balance has been made pay
ments of dividends in preferred stock and pay
ments to retire bonded Indebtedness, leaving a
remainder of (380,244.
BARNUM IN NO DANGER.
His Illness is Not Serious and Has Been
Greatly Exaggerated.
ISPKCIAI. TXtEOKAM TO THB DISFATCIM
Bridgeport, Conic., November 17. The ill
ness of P. T. Barnum has been greatly ex
aggerated by sensational dispatches. Ho has
been constantly improving since last Wednes
day, and attends to business as usnal, daily.
His sickness has been no more than a heavy
cold, and in order to avoid a worse attack, bb
has remained in doors.
He gets up every morning and reads all the
papers and gives orders to Secretary Bowser
and Business Agent Bothwell. He has re
mained in bed but one day since the attack, and
then from precaution rather than necessity.
DEATHS OP A DAY.
Dr. Samuel W. Hojambe.
.f riCIAL TELEOIIAII TO IHI DIRFATCIT.l
BOSTON, November 17. The iter. Dr. Samuel
W. HoIJambc died suddenly In Woonsocket, K.
L. Sunday afternoon, of bronchitis. He had
been settled over tbe irlrst Baptist Church In
Woonsocket for about three jcars, previous to
which be was pastor of tbe First liaptlst Church
In Maiden for 17 years.
Mr. HoUambe was born In JSngland. He for
merly preached In Methodist pulpits. Ills pas
torates have Included Franklin. ().; the Harvard
Street Church. Boston: and churches in fast Bos
ton, Pittsburg, l'a.: Dayton, O.; Framingham,
Mass., and Albany. N. Y. He was (3 years of aee.
His .rf signation as pator or the Woonsocket
Cliurcn was to tate effect December 1, whi-n It
was his Intention to accept a pastorate at Wln
throp. Ale., as bis fulling health seemed to de
mand a smaller charge.
General George C. McKce.
JACKSON, MISS., November 17. General
George C McKec, Keceivcr of .Public Money of
tue unuea oiaies uovernmeni, aiea at bis resi
dence here this morning, arvr an Illness of sev
eral weeks. 1m mediate cause of his death was a
complicated heart trouble. General ilcICee was
firactlclng law In Central Illinois previous to the
ate civil war. and entered the Federal service at
tbe opening of the fight and rose to tbe position
of General. As a brave soldier and an excellent
commanding officer he enjoyed tbe fullest conn
dence of Generals Grant and Sherman. Subse
quent to tbe war. General McKee removed to
Mississippi, entered politics and represented
Grant's administration, and bas since held sev
eral Federal offices of prominence. -
Wmiani Doyle.
Mr. William Doyle, an old resident or the
Bouthslde, died yesterday at his residence on
Oneida street. Thlrtv-flnh ward, at the age or 78
years. Tbe time of the funeral has not b-en an
nounced. t William McCUnch.
Mr. William UcCllnch died yesterday morning
at the age of 80 years. The funeral will occur
to-day at So'clock from the residence of his son-In-law,
Mr. Thomas McClelland, at ldlewood.
SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON.
Tbs only banks breaking In the vicinity of,
Pittsburg are the fog- hanks.
How tbe 'great he.irtof the big world beats
in unison now. One thought sweeps over and
all minds grasp it, all tongues tell it, all pulses
throb to it. It travels swifter than the winds.
Through sea and over mountains, across
dark forests and upon trackless wastes It flies
Millions upon millions catch It between
the rising and tbe setting of the
sun. It comes silently through tbe night
and meets us in the morning. No more weary
waits and anxieties now. One lever moves the
mind of the -world, and the thoucht wave
sweeps over all peoples fitted tor the tongues of
all nations. Wonderful, isn't ItT A flash from
There recorded Here; a tick beyond the moun
tain and a smllo or a tear on your side;
a voice far, far from home carried safely
to the waiters; a discovery in a remote corner
of the earth spread before the dwellers upon its
entire surface in a lew short hours; a new star
in the sky, a new je y in life, a new light to
guide, a new food fr tbe mind. And how we
hasten to spread the good tidings, too. Every
detail obtainable it given as quick as tbe
genius of man can act. Every nerve is
strained, every force is utilized, every hand is
ready to spead a blessing or soften a sorrow.
And bow a new thought, a new stride, a new
hope brightens, too. It brings ns closer
together, doesn't It? Strangers yesterday,
companions to-day. No- formality, no standing
on social forms a hand clasp and a heart beat,
a sunbeam throughout the length and breadth
of the earth which binds, warms, brightens. It
brings out our goodness and buries oar base
ness. Helped, we are helpful. .Gladdened, we
give of our gladness. Blessed the birth of the
thought which makes the great heart of the
big world throb and adds a, new current to the
stream of life. It makes the banks look greener,
the depths bluer, the shallows safer.
Whis a man drops a suggestion you have a
perfect right to pick it up.
Tight shoes cultivate ache corns.
Stanley saw tbe mountains of tbe moon,
and was unable tadiscover aanan'in them.
A man has a perfect right to admire his cook,
but wife draws the line there.
When a singer falls in public favor his voice
is usually cracked.
The burglar uses fuse andidrllls
To land his golden game;
The cashier uses ink and quills.
But sets there just the same.
It is as risky to speculate in futures in life
as in Wall street.
The stories of the Araos connected with the
Stanley expedition promise to be as long as
the Arabian Nights.
The police call a revolver a "barker." Prob
ably because some of them are stamped "Dull
dog." The soil of Pittsburg is peculiarly adapted
to the cultivation of tbe iron plant.
There's many a slip between autumn and
springtime. .
Jat Gould is neither a Turk nor a turkey,
but he's the boss gobbler, just the same.
If Jameson was innocent of the cannibal
charge, why did he worry himself to death
about it? Innocent people can survive the
breath of scandal and the attacks of liars.
When a third of a Wall street firm can steal
a third of a million the old saying about two is
company and three Is none applies forcibly.
Yorj can make sacrifices for a woman, and
get the sack after all.
We sat by the river, you and I,
In the depths of a hot summer night;
Tbo' swiftly the fishes glided by
We didn't get a nibble or a bite.
Some stage stoves don't seem to draw any
better than tbe stars.
- The fellows crowded out In the last baseball
deal are now trying to get bases on bawls.
TnE politicians are now cultivating tbe
farmers. It's only a question of time until
tbe; thrash the sons of the soil.
A mussel diet does not tend to develop
muscle.
The toboggan skating season will soon open.
The women who cultivate good manners will
likely capture a good man.
Sailors should make patient husbands, be
cause they are used to squalls.
A square man is a good all round sort of
fellow.
Old General Humidity was doing business
at the old stand yesterday. Such weather at
this season is as disagreeable as it is dangerous.
Ir looking glasses bad never been invented,
there would not be so much vanity in tbe
world.
Reporters are always talcing notes, but
they can only raise their salary on them.
When a girl's back hair falls down she re
coils, of course.
People upon whom you easily make an im
pression are called soft.
If some of Koch's lymph could be injected
into politics and kill the parasites now sucking
their life blood and eating away their tissues
humanity would be helped immensely.
If all women conld cook as well as they can
dress more marriages would occur.
Here's to the maid of sweet sixteen
Who chases dull care away;
Light of stop as a fairy queen,
Happy the livelong day.
Toast not the maiden ever sad.
Who mopes while others laugh;
But to the maiden ever glad
A rousing bumper quail.
The rippling stream no secrets hide;
It runs while others sleen.
Where smiles are not dark thoughts abide;
The sluggish streams run deep.
Kilqore is trying to kick Mills into the
Speaker's chair. Is it a bootless task?
It is to be hoped that Harrison's message
will not be as long as the last session of Con
gress. The goods turned out by cigar makers are
constantly pulled.
Girls run tailor bills now as well as the
boys.
It's rather hard to offer up thanks with the
knowledge that Congress and the State Legis
lature are preparing to resume at the old
stands.
Some female bathers are too timid to enter
the surf in the neighborhood ot a buoy.
Between Stanley and Koch tbe cable com
panies are reaping a splendid harvest, Tbe en
terprising newspapers are spendinglarge sums,
and the public should bear this In mind.
Edison says the humble bee is the best
model furnished by natnre to the air ship
geniuses. Now they will be busy as bees.
The plowmen are going into politics. Does
this mean that more mud is to bo flung?
If tbe curtain could be rung up on some of
tbe dramas in real life we would be surprised
at the amount of stage talent the world con
tains. Baring Bros, dropped their argent in the
Argentine. Willie Winkle.
Underground Mining Exhibit Incorporated.
Springfield. November 17. The American
Underground Mining Exhibit, of Chicago,
build an underground display mine for the pur'
pose of exhibiting the mineral resources of the
United States at the World's Fair and to estab
lish a permanent museum of minerals and
other objects of curiosity, and give musical
and other entertainments, filed articles of in
corporation here to-day. Capital 1,000,000,
LAUGHTERAND TEARS.
DeTV'olf Hopper's Castles In the Air Warde
and Bowers in Henry ItThe Blue
and the Gray Giants, Pigmies and
Bears.
The authors of "Castles in the Air," which
was played at the Bijou Theater last night by
the DeWolf Hopper Company, call it an opera
bouffe, and they might print the bouffe in capi
tals and the opera in very small type to
describe It more accurately. The fun is writ
large and tbe music is not "in It." as nB
slang phrase goes. But the popular tane in
comio opera has had the effect of making this
comedy a great deal more important than any
thing else, and the comic operas which have
had the greatest popularity in late years
have been carried by the com
edians almost entirely. The most
successful comic operaof thelast five years has
,w5R?lnif; anlo Gilbert & Sullivan's
Ju8M.?Mo"1,M hd the longest pop-?h-
1,r. n ,?otn cases the Preponderance of
the comic element was the availing virtue. So
in Castles In the Air" it is the humor, broad
f arp' p i,ctnresque and pantomimic but the
H?mr ,always, upon which it de
pends for the favor of the au
"? ... thls. atmosphere, with these
i ,.0ns ' ?n'y DeWolf Hopper cannot
S-iJ5,n'- P,ei7an "contric comedian who
tb, sood lw$ flock by blmielf. and to
.,S?man-. " ne ""!'" you smile Wis
ul. T.f Hopperism-nobody else has anything
like the looks, tones, motions and repose of
Hopper. In "Castles in the Air"
JL, V. I 7 a 3uvdSB witn ,BDl1
?L. ,ow"d . embonpoint called Ftla
r5,n,1 ibK cnaracr reminds you
TT?nnra.U0f th,e 'Irving man played by
Hopper in "Clover," but it has plenty of new
color and points. Hopper's Immense size and
his agility are as cleverly contrasted in this
part as usual, and for further contrast be is
continually associated with BeoeMo. his clerk,
?i,Te2 be smaU bat dellciously ridiculous
Alfred Klein, and with that charming little
woman Miss Delia Fox, as Blanche. Infacr,
these three are the soul of the piece
The plot is very properly a thing with which
i -By,6 did not concern himself, and nobody
short of Dr. Koch could discover more than a
trace of a narrative bacillus. Again this is of
no consequence because the episodes are all
nny',. and th8 people tumble very
naturally from one episode Into
aD?.t.her .Tne flrst act i! really
iS? weak because of the lack or Incident
ana the absence of Hopnerin tbe first half of
lv bn.t,the second act is full of good thing, and
the third act is stronger than third acts usually
are- In the second act DeWolf Hopper and
Delia Fox give a set of sketches from life that
are delightfully fuuuy, and true, to boot,
iney piay a game ( billiard, a scene
uom opera, a scene from blood and thun
?lri melodrama, and a bit of baseball,
if either of our terrific baseball clubs had had
a pitcher with the science and terrifying ges
ture of Delia Fox they would have had more
Pnants thau penace to console them now.
The hypnotising of Angeliqug by Hopper
wa? another verv laughable bit of burlesque,
and Thomas L. Seabrooke as Cabolastro, bad a
large share in it, as Indeed he hail in many
other scenes that tickled the audience
amazingly. But the best thing in "Castles in
the Air" Is DeWolf Hopper's one sober and
pathetic effort, the singing of a song about
"T6 Lltt'e Pigs." He sings it to Delia Fox as
If she were a baby girl, and the old familiar
nursery legend of the "This little pig went to
market," and so on, brings up a host of sweet
little memories, and lot of eyes were full ere
"fsong as done. Delia Fox's admirable
childishness gave a rare finish to the first piece
or. pathos we have ever seen in comic opera.
M'ss Anna O'Keefe plays tbe hero Bull-Bull
with plenty of dash and grace, and makes a
wonderfully pretty picture at all times. Her
serenade in the second act is one ot the best
numbers in the opera, and she sings it
with much tenderness. The make-up of
Edmund Stanley, the chief of pollce.is wonder
fully comic, and the chorus is strong In shapely
women with good looks. The concerted sing
ing was fairly good generally, abd the finale of
the second act in which the air of the refrain is
whistled by tbe whole company was unique.
The scenery is extremely bright and tasteful,
as are the costumes. Everything in tbe per
formance shows good management and a
lavish expenditure of money.
The attendance was very large and enthusi
astic Every song was encored, and Delia Fox
and Anna O'Keefe were overwhelmed with
flowers at the close of tbe opera.
Grand Opera House.
The appearance of Frederick Warde and
Mrs. D. P. Bowers in Shakespeare's "Henry
VIII." at the Grand Opera House last
night attracted a large and sympathetic
audience. Their expectations were not disap
pointed, for tbe performance was a
remarkably fine one. Mr. Warde in tbe
Character ot Caidinal TFobtjmadeanobleand
engaging figure, and bis remakable declamatory
powers were shown to the highest advantage in
the passages for which the day is chiefly
famous. Mr. Warde lent especial dignity and
pathos to tbe memorable soliloquy after
his fall from power, and tbe fire
and irnpetnoiity of his previous encounters
with King Henry and tbe nobles made a fine
background for the mournful sequel.
Mrs. Bowers' Queen Catherine is a noted
performance, and the polish and refinement
she lends to the poignant pathos of tbe whole
character make it a triumph of art Perhaps
the highest point touched by this sterling
actress was in the death scene, which had a
very marked effect upon the audience. ,
The company as a whole Is very well chosen.
Miss Catherine Coggswell making a very band
some inne Boleyn, and Mr. Harry Leigbton,
as Cromwell, was very effective. Mr. Herman
and several others played lesser roles with
ability. The costumes are of an unusually
high order of magnificence, and the tableaux
at times were extremely picturesque. Alto
getner.it Is a notably fine performance, and de
serves the public's approval. To-night "Mac
beth" Is ou the bills.
Harris' Theater.
Of all the many war comedies or melodramas
that have been written, possibly "The Blue
and the Gray" is holding its own as well as any.
It bas been seen again and again in Pittsburg,
but upon each presentation it is greeted with
as large audiences as if it were a new work.
Tbe company giving it at the above house this
week Is a first-class one. Perhaps Milt G. Bar
low, the old-time minstrel, carries off a little
more than his share of the honors, but his
rendition of the character of Uncle Josh is
very true to life and quite entertaining.
Harry Williams' Academy.
Harry Williams' Academy was as usual
crowded to the doors last night with "students"
of human natnre who had a desire to sea
nature as it is sometimes improved npon by arc
Tbe Bentz-Santley Novelty and Burlesque
Company is composed of all sorts hut bad sorts
of specialty artists. On the trip they stop at
way stations to sing, dance, perform marvels In
black art and throw hatchets and k.iives at
each other. In this latter diversion. Misses
O'Brien and Gilbert made a great bit with the
audience, hut the knives always failed to hit
the artist. In black art M'lle Lnville and Ada
Benza performed some excellent feats of
legerdemain. The comedians were funny and
tbe specialties good.
Davis' Fifth, Avenne Museum.
The sensation began at the Baltimore and
Ohio depot yesterday morning when Hattie
Bowen arrived in a car specially adapted to her
immense proportions. Managor Davis had a
truck drawn by fonr powerful horses in readi
ness, and BigHattie was transferred from the
car to tbe museum without touching ground.
An enormous crowd had assembled on Water
and Smithfleld streets, and through this tbe
horses and trnck with their gigantic burden
actually 718 pounds with difficulty
made their way. The crowd followed
cheering. The museum was packed all day
and night, and the ocher wonders with Hattie
proved very attractive. Colonel Pickett Nel
son, whose height Is actually between eight
and nine feet, in vain offered a So 00 bill to
anyonewbo could reach it as it lay In bis hand.
The midgets. General Tarnerwood, and Prin
cess Nora Wren, made a ridiculous contrast.
C. P. Blatt, better known as the Police Gazelle
cannon ball catcher, continues to break horse
shoes with bis naked hands to the surprise and
delight of tbe spectators, and a good perform
ance iu theater completes tbe programme.
The World's Museum.
It is not often that tbe public get tbe chance
to shake hands with alive bear, and live to talk
about it, but just such an opportunity is to be
found at the World's Museum this week. Mr.
Bruin will do more than shake hands he will
wrestle any man in a friendly wav and throw
him, too. Such an accommodating and yet
hearty bear hasn't been seen in Allegheny
county in a long while. There are a good many
other Interesting curiosities, but the perform
ance In the theater is altogether the best seen
there for a long time That very droll come
dian, Frank McNIsb, heads the company, and
a dozen clever acts are on tbe programme. Al
together the World's Museum is justifying Its
claim to give good amusements at cheap prices.
IfOBE MONiY FOB MISSIONS.
General Methodist Committee Provides for
Africa and India.
Boston, November 17. The General Mis
sionary Committee of the Methodist Church
convened to-day. Bishop Ninde presided.
Africa came up for consideration on supple
mentary appropriations, which amounted to
11,500. Bishop Taylor will sail from New York
Saturday next for the African field.
Missionary matters in Inula occupied tha
Committee's time until adjournment;
SONGS OF SCOTLAND
Bendered in an Exceptionally Excellent
Manner The Maclennans Treated to a
Genuine Ovation The Kleber-Mason
Wedding Second Linden Club Concert.
Carnegie Music Hall was filled last evening
with the melody of those grand old Scotch
songs that neyer fail to awaken tbe most beau
tiful memories, and whose sentiment and
sweetness will be as enduring as the hills and
vales and glory ot the land which gave them
birth. X
The occasion was the appearance of tbe
Royal Edinburgh Concert Company, and their
reception was a most flattering one. In spite ot
the fact that a cold rain had been falling for
an hour previous to tbe opening number, every
seat In the hall was filled, and standing room
was made use of In various quarters. It was a
splendid company, and many of the most
prominent Scotch families or both cities were
strongly represented. Ibey had occasion for
over two hours to be proud of tbe land where
many of them first saw the light of day, while
memory must have touched the golden chords
that link youth with age and add a tender
grace to existence.
Tbe range of performance was from the
tender and beautiful to the mirth provoking,
and every number on tbe programme was in
the bands ot artists of the highest character,
including Miss Alice Steele, Scottish prima
donna, soprano; Miss Edith Ross, contralto: Mr.
Alexander Finlayson, tenor; Sir. James
Fleming, basso; Mr. Jules Guitton, solo
violinist; Mr. Charles Ferguson, M.A., humorist
and vocalist, and Mr. William Maclennan,
solo dancer and pine player. Tbe accompanist
was Mr. Jame Bfaikie. All of these people
have won the highest laurels throughout the
British Isles, and stand In tbe front ranks ot
their professions. In consequence, some idea
of the character of the entertainment can be
formed. Criticism was out of tbe question.
After the opening number, "Annie Laurie,"
ever as sweet and clear to the heart as the song
of birds, tbe bloom of flowers, had been render
ed by Misses Steel and Ross, Messrs. Finlayson
and Fleming the big audience took up tbe part
of critic and In a wave of applanse which was
repeated at close intervals, held It to the end.
Mr. James Fleming sang "Bonnie Dundee" in
a manner that showed him to be an artist of the
highest class, and he received a hearty recall.
Miss Alice Steel completely captivated her au
dience with "Robin Adair," and she was forced
to return amid great applanse, selecting tbe old
song known the world over, "Coming Thro' the
Rye," as her second nnmber, Mr. Finlayson
sang. "Tell Her I Love Her So," in a rich clear
voice, and like tbe others had a unanimous
recall. Mr. Uuitton's violin solo, "Fanta
sle en Scottish Air's" developed in that gentle
man a master of the magic bow.
When Miss Edith Ross appeared she received
a flattering greeting, and at the close of "Caller
Herrln," tbe scene of the evening occurred.
Tbe tumult of appreciation forced from her
recognition, and after a song of lighter charac
ter tbe scene was repeated until sbe was com
pelled to appear and bow and bow again. Mr.
Ferguson's humorous song, "The Wreck
of the Mary Jane," was simply
side splitting. and the audience
would not rest content until be
followed with another. Mr. Macennan's
Higbland Fling dance was the finest ever seen
in this vicinity and warmed the hearts of many
a Scotch lad and lassie in the company. After
the Misses Steel and Ross bad rendered " Ye
Banks and Braes," in a delightful manner they
were each presented with magnificent
bouquets.
The proeramme was very long and full of
more excellent features. Suffice to say.
though, that every one left the hall highly
gratified at having been present.
a comnxisraiE "welding
That is To Be Celebrated Daring the Even
ing of Thanksgiving.
All the people of Connellsville who lay claim
to society by reason of birth, wealth or
talent, will attend tbe wedding, on the evening
or N orember 27, of Miss Nannie Johnston and
Colonel J. M. Reed, both of that place. Tbe
First Presbyterian Cburcb will be the scene of
tbe nuptials, and a retinue of youthfnl friends
will assist the minister in the im
portant, auspicious ceremony. Four bride
maids, a maid of honor, two tiny
flower girls and four ushers will com
plete the procession, with the bride and
ber father, Mr. Joseph Johnston, a wealthy re
tired merchant, well known In this part of the
country. According to the English custom tbe
best man and the groom will be in waiting at
tbe altar with the clergyman.
Tbe bride-to-be is described by one who has
the pleasure of her acquaintance as a very In
teresting, handsome girl, a brunette, tall,
slender and graceful, with eyes capable of ex
pressing whole volumes of thought. The gen
tleman who will claim her as bis bride is a man
of great wealth and personal attainments,
warranted to inspire respect and admiration in
the most indifferent person. The union re
ceives tbe sanction of the entire town, and is a
matter of interest to many well-wishers in this
city.
SECOND 07 THE SERIES
Of Concerts Being Given This Winter by the
Linden Club.
Tbe cozy little assembly room of tbe Linden
Club house was comfortably filled last evening
for the second concert of the series. Tbo pro
gramme was an unusually pleasing one.openlng
with tbe "William Tell" overture, by Rossini,
rendered by Gernert's full orchestra. A fandan
go and tarentella.by LavertalandArdItl,respect
ively. preceded four selections from Gounod's
"Faust." The soloist ot tho evening, Mr. H. B.
Brocketr. Jr.. then appeared, and sang Jen
sen's "Old Heidelberg" with such effect
that rapturous applause was given him.
An "Intermezzo" by Foerster, and "Flirtation"
by Steck, arranged for strings, were very en
joyable and exceptionally well rendered.
A clatmet solo. "Fantasie," by Ortb, ren
dered by Mr. L. M. Jones, opened part second,
and was followed by some selections from
"Mignon" by the orchestra. The "Angel's
Serenade." with violin obiicato by Mr. J.
Gernerr, was sung by Mr. H. B. Brockett, with
very happy effect. Warner's Tannhaeuser
"Pilgrim's Chorus." and "Evening Star." with
Coronation March "Le Prophete." by Meyer
beer, concluded the evening's entertainment.
A PHEm HOME WEDDrNG.
Miss Margaret A. Mason Becomes the
Bride of Louis P. Kleber.
Avery pretty home wedding last evening at
4 o'clock, united Miss Margaret A. Masou and
Mr. Louis P. Kleber. Tho ceremony was per
formed in tbe elegant parlor of tbe residence
of the bride's narents. on Ivy street, and Rev.
John McCandless. of New York, a consinof
tbe bride, was tbe officiating clergyman. Tbe
yonthtnl bride x as attended by Miss Jennie
Mason as maid of honor, and Misses Cora Fri
day, Minnie Mitchell, Sarah Davi, Fredrlcka
Kleber and Hattie Wainwricbt as bridemaid.
Mr. Charles J. Kleber appeared as best man,
and the Episcopal service was used. The bride
was gowned in a heavy white silk, with silver
brocade front, trimmed in exquisite point lace.
She wore a handsome diamond pendant, the
gift of the groom.
A large number of guests witnessed the cere
mony and enjoyed the attendant festivities.
Mr. and Mrs. Kieber left for the East on the S
o'clock train, but tbe reception continued until
near midnight, and tbe merriment was of the
merriest kind. The kind wishes of a host of
friends accompany tho joung people on their
matrimonial journey.
An Evening Trip Abroad.
The Trio Club met at the residence of Mrs.
Dr. Easton, Allegheny. last evening, and "went
abroad." Papers were read by Mrs. Dr. Easton,
Miss Belle Jlcllhenny and Mrs. Byrain. The
flrst two ladies are contemplating a genuine
trip to the old world some time in the not far
distant future, and in preparation for tbe jour
ney are looking up all the points of interest in
advance.
Social Chatter.
The ladies of the Moorhead W. C. T. U. will
serve a dinner and supper to-morrow at their
rooms, corner of Second avenue and Grant
street. The menu will be an elaborate and ex
tensive one.
At the Bethel Presbyterian Church, Alle
gheny, to-night, a concert will be given under
the management of Mr. C. L. Gildersleeve.
The Woods-Walton wedding to-day will be
one of tbe most fashionable and aristocratic
of the season.
The Portet-CIokey wedding will be cele
brated to-day at Springfield.
MRS.H. B. Bhockett will give a euchre
party this evening.
BTJENS' WALKING STICK.
A Relic or One of the Poet's Tours Through
the Scottish Highlands.
From the Scottish American.
Mr. R.J. Patrick, of tbe Balmoral Choir,
has In his possession a noteworthy relic of Rob
ert Burns In the shape of a walking stick which
belonged to our great national poet. Tbe
genuineness of tbe relic is, Mr. Patrick informs
us, beyond all question, as its history can be
traced from the davs it was in the bard's pos
session until now. 'It was cut at Ochtertyre by
Sir William Murray and presented by him to
the bard In 17S7 while the latter was on a tour
through tho Highlands. Burns kept it and
used it until 1TS2, when he gave it to Mr. Cor
bet, ono of the hupervisorsof Excise, as a keep
sake. Through him it went to Liverpool, where
it bas been tor 11 years carefully treasured in a
Scotch family. Mr. Patrick intends using it
when reciting "Tarn o' Shanter" around Burns'
anniversary time.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
A red bird died at Atchison the other
day at the age of 25 yrars.
A 60-pound salmon was caught at the
mouth of Eel river, California, the other day.
A 'Matrimonial Bureau," with a capi
tal of $10,000, bas been incorporated at Ta
coma. Farmer Eifle, of Mound Valley, Sev.,
sold a hog at Tnscarora last Thursday thas
dressed 612 pounds. He got 10 cents a pound.
Four thousand men and 900 teams are
now employed in the construction of the Union
Pacific extension between Tacoma aad Port
land. A Cochranton photographer advertises
that ho will give, free or charge, a cabinet
photo of any man. woman or child over 65 years
oi age, who calls at his gallery.
The Santiam Lumber Company has
shipped to Albany. Ore., this summer 23i car
loads of Inmber, 1.700,000 feet, all of which waa
used for buildings in that thriving city.
During the abnormally hot summer of
1SS7 hydrophobia in Southern Russia increased
to a very alarming extent, and mad wolves
claimed an unusually large number of victims.
In an erudite medical work (3edTicina
de Quadrupedibusl we are gravely assured
that tbe most certain cure for sleeplessness is
to place a wolfs head under the pillow of the
patient!
Wolves seem to have continued to find
secure haunts in Ireland long after they bad
been exterminated in the sister isle, for there
are record of wolf hunts in the Emerald Isle
as late as 1710.
In long flights the birds meet with in
numerable hindrances. Rain, hall, fogs, wind
and thunderstorms not only impede their flight,
but often affect their wonderful sense of local
ity and direction.
A book of poems by Oregon authors is
to be brought out in time for the World's Fair
in Chicago. Applegate's "Ode to the Pioneers"
and Simpson's "Beautiful Willamette" are
foremost among the number.
In the fitteenth and sixteenth centuries
were-wolves were throughout Europe regarded
in the same light as witches and wizards, and
human beings suspected of being such weie
burnt or hanged with the utmost cruelty.
How tar down in the sea life can be sup
ported we don't yet know with certainty; but it
Is settled that some species find It worth living,
in spite of Schopenhauer and Mr. Mallock, at
a depth of over three miles from tbe surface.
Although much is known of tbe speed
of birds and animals, there are but few ascer
tained facts concerning that of insects and
fishes. The comparative low intelligence ot
these two classes of animals makes It difficult
to direct them.
Marvelously expressive as is our untir
ing engine, which all day and all night throbs
and pants and pulses in noisy rhythm under the
deck, what a clumsy affair It is compared to the
dainty plumes and delicate muscles which
carry that pretty, fearless sea-swallow back to
bis roost.
Tuberculosis, in its familiar form of
consumption. Is the mostprevalent of diseases.
It kills 00.000 persons iu the United States alone
every year, and worse still, it often renders
men helpless for years before death, impover
ishing their families and inflicting sufferings
worse than death.
The natural tendency of the sampan to
describe circles in the water is overcome in
fact by a device of leaning so upon tbe oar that
it forces the stem of tbe boat inward, while at
the same time driving tbe whole boat forward.
But to acquire the power of doing this is not
given to the ordinary European.
In the days of King Edgar the lives of
criminals were sometimes spared on condition
of devoting them to killing wolves, and
periodically producing a given number of
wolves' tongues. Several estates In what we
now call tbe Midland counties, notably in Der
byshire, were held on this tenure.
A fish that is adapted to a pressure of
1,000 fathoms can't easily support a depth of
1,600, and a blind species selected for the pres
sure of the three-mile line would "blow itself
up with spontaneous combustion," like the fly
In the song, if it ventured to rise to the un
wontedheight of a mile below the surface.
On October 6, 1850, Sir John Boss dis
patched a pair of pigeons from Assistance Bay, .
a little west of Wellington Sonrfd: and on Oc
tober 13 a pigeon made its appearance at the
dovecot in Ayrshire. Scotland, whence Sir
John bad the pair be took ouC T- distance
direct between the two places is'X-' Allies.
The mineral fields ot Idaho are among
the largest ha tbe world, and have produced,
and are now producing-, the richest ores known
in the history of mining. Since their first dis
covery the mines ot Idaho have produced the
princely sum of 157.830,962 81. The production
of last year amounted to S17.344.60O. Of this
there was of gold. $2,204,500: silver, J7,567,50U;
lead, $6,490,000; copper, SS5,0OU.
The were-wolf was supposed to be a
bnman being possessed of an unnatural craving
for human flesh, who by magical arts had found
.means to assume at will the form of a wolf, in
order tbe more readily to gratify this horrible
appetite. Tbus transformed, the wero-wolf
was possessed of the strength and all other
powers or ths brute, while retaining his human
faculties, and his human eyes, by which alone
he could be recognized.
An American naturalist asserts that
birds or prey and some others bave the power
to lock securely together those parts or ihe
wing holding the extended feather, ana corre
sponding tn the human band. Tbe action nT
the air on tbe wing in this condition ex.endb
tbe elbow, which is prevented from onenin
too far by a cartilage, and the wings m3v keep
this position for an indefinite lencth nf time.
with no muscular action whatever on tbe part
of the bird.
Recent information gathered by the
German Forestry Commission assigns to the
pine tree 500 and 700 yean as tbe maximum, 425
years to the silver fir, 275 vear.i to the larch. 245
years to the red beech, 210 to the aspen. 200 to
the birch. 170 to tbe ash. 145 to the alder, and
130 to the elm. Tbe heart of tbe oak begins to
rot at about the age of 300 years. Tbe holly cak
alone escapes this law, it i said, and there is a
specimen of this aged 410 years in existence
near Aschaffenburg, in Germany.
A recent writer in the Asiatic Quarterly
Jteview says that so far as is actually known
none of tbe Pacific islanders were man-eaters
from morbid appetite, as is proved by the fact
that among such nf them as were cannibals, it
was only upon certain occasions that they ex
hibited tbls propensity; none were slain among
them for food alone. The bodies of enemies
killed in war. or victims sacrificed to Idols, rur
nisbed the feast, of which only certain of tbe
initiated, as warriors and priests, were allowed
to partake.
SUNNY FANCIES.
"They were married in New York, and
then they went to live In Philadelphia."
"Ah "Married in bate to repent at leisure."
Seta l'ork Sun.
Tbe Olean Toothpick Factory, the largest
In tbe United States, was burned on Saturday. So
close to ThanksglTlnK-d Inner tlme,it Is a national
loss. Philadelphia Record,
Somebody has said that the man who pays
his rent must hustle, and the man who doesn't
pay bis rent Is obliged to keep moving. Lynn
Item.
"Hullo, Johnniel How do yon like living
In a flat?"
Tretty well. I miss the banisters, though."
Barper,s Young People.
"What's the matter with yon to-day,
Tommy? "ion seem to be uneasy.
"lam," said tbe bad little boy. "Yesterday
was pa's and ma's wooden wedding, and all tbs
neighbors sent 'em shingles." A'eto Xork Sun.
"What did you get a Kossuth hat Tor?"
Won It on the election. Iwanted toteacb tbs
other fellow a lesson."
"What had that to do with It?"
"Well, I wanted It to be felt." PMladelpMa
Times.
"Ah, good morningl" said the early bird
to the worm. "Looklnirforajob?"
That's what. Anything 1 can do for you!"
"Yes, you'll about flit the bill, I think,"
Spartt.
Making Light of It. An Iowa woman has
named her twin daughters tiasollne and Kerosene.
-Xx.
The old man's name Is probably l'ete Kolenm.
Boston Commercial Bulletin.
The man who marries Into that family will strike
oil. Cape Cod Item.
We hope the babies will grow up a paraflnef
tlriuJJoston Herald.
An old offender, well known at tha
Tombs, and whose experience bas been (treat, de
clares that the best thing which a man can do
when a policeman Is after him Is to lock his door
and then "bolt" hlmself.-iVew Xork Ledger.
Myrtle Florence, is that Fred Dumley's
handwriting?
.Florence-Yes, deart I'm engaged to him, you
know.
Myrtle Yes, I know It. I was engaged to him
last rammer.
Florence The dear boyl I wonder who wlU
marry him eventually? London Punch,
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