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PITTSBURG. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 19, 1890.
CANDIDATES ON" PAPER.
Senatorial candidates are springing np
like weeds in a wet season, if the newspaper
reports can be taken as any indication.
Following tbe mention of Fitler and Hast
ings as contestants of Cameron for the
seat in tbe United States Staate, comes a
report that Senator Delamater has entered
the field and will seek to set even for what
is asserted to be Cameron's failure to sup
port bis Gubernatorial canvass, by retiring
tbe latter to private life and taking his
Senatorial Junctions to himself. This is an
adaptation of Senator Delamatei's private
plan for overthrowing machine rule in
Pennsylvania, which will be highly interest
ing when it materializes in some other
form than newspaper gossip.
It has long been understood that foreign
missions are to be used as consolations for
deieated members of Congress whose services
to the administration entitle tbcm to such a
mitigation of their misfortunes; but this is
among the earliest suggestions that a seat in
the United States Senate is to be used as a
consolation for defeated Gubernatorial candi
dates. In some aspects such a theory
might be more attractive than the more
established custom of making a Senatorship
the perquisite of a big bank account; but it
is subject to tbe fatal practical objection
that if defeat meant a United States Senator
ship, Gubernatorial candidates would court
de'eat even more assiduously than Senator
Delamater involuntarily did during the re
cent campaign.
Of course such rumors are not likely to
represent more than an active imagination.
There may be lively times over the Sena
torial election; but if Cameron is to be de
feated it will have to be done by setting up
an opponent of greater strength than that
demonstrated by the result of Delamater's
canvass.
IST'ILDLNG DEFICIENT VESSELS.
The criticisms which have been cooked
in England, by the loss ot the Serpent, on
the construction of that class o! vessels,
prove to have a pertinent application in this
country. The report of the Secretary of the
2avy points out that the Yorktown, the
Concord, and the Bennington, as well as the
three new 2,000-ton cruisers under construc
tion, are modeled on the plans of these
English vessels which are now so widely
condemned, and copy the special weakness
of that ciass in having only a single bottom
three-eighths of an inch thick.
This proves what Tun Dispatch has
said before, that the proper method, for this
country to secure effective progress in the
conslrnction of a navy, is to build one ex
perimental vessel of each class and then to
await experience, both of our own and other
navies, in determining what will be the
warship of the future. If the United States
had been content to build one, or even two,
of the cruisers of this class, the experience
which is now establishing their
untrustworthinessas sea-going vessels would
have kept the millions to be spent on the
other four, for a better class of snips. But
the lengths to which the desire for naval
construction leads, is shown by the fact that
not only were the contracts for the last three
vessels given out after expert criticism
abroad had pointed out tbe faults of the
Archer class of vessels, but the existing
standards of speed and efficiency were act
ually lowered in order to induce builder's to
make bids within the limits of the Congres
sional appropriation.
It is plain that such a policy will not
secure for this country the kind of navy it
needs, small in number, but the best in
quality and power of its vessels. "We should
build sparingly and tentatively of each
class, until its qualities are fully demon
strated; and we certainly should not keep
on building vessels which actual experience
has shown to be deficient in necessary sea
vrerthy qualities.
MANY LEADERS LEfT.
Though the Freeman's Journal, the
organ of the Irish Nationalist party, ad
heres to the idea that it is possible to dis
associate Parnell as co-respondent in the
recent divorce case from Parnell, as the
Parliamentary leader, it is altogether likely
that the late trial will result in new ar
rangements lor tbe direction of the Home
Ilule cause. With Gladstone still vigorous
i.nd never more in earnest, and with such
support as he commands from brilliant and
able men like Dillon, O'Brien, Sexton,
Sullivan and O'Connor, there is not likely
to be the slightest lack of material for con
tinuance of an effective battle against the
Tory system of coercion carried on by Bal
four. The merits of the Nationalists' cause
do not depend upon any one man. They
are the appeal of a people for self-government,
the protest of almost an undivided
people against harsh and coercive rule.
Tbe leadership of Parnell was quiet
rather than demonstrative, and lay in coun
sel to his colleagues rather tlran in brilliant
oratorical display. His colleagues are fully
posted in bis methods of holding the party
together. If tbe prognostications of his re
tirement from the leadership be correct, the
Tories will not gain nearly so much jover
the Nationalists as the avidity with which
they ditcuES the situation seems to indicate
that they expect.
They will have yet to deal with Glad
stone, Dillon, O'Brien, Sexton and O'Con
nor; and even if all these leaders were re
moved, the aspirations of a people to govern
their own country would still remain, a po
tent force to evoke and inspire new leaders.
AN OKLAHOMA IDEA.
The law of libel to be provided for the
new Territory of Oklahoma is. not going to
contain any such loophole as the privileged
communication in the shape it was ex
pounded for campaign consumption in this
State. One branch of the Territorial Legis
lature has passed a bill which makes it
criminal libel to publish any insinuation
against the character of a candidate or pub
lic official without regard to its truth.
There is something in this action strongly
akin to the objections of politicians in older
parts of the country against mud-slinging
campaigns. The Oklahoma politicians are
evidently opposed to mud-slinging, and ex
hibit the usnal political tendency to favfcr
choking off the critics rather than nominate
candidates whose public record will defy
attack. Indeed some sarcastic comments
intimate that the cause of this disposition
toward stringent libel legislation is the
sjcret conviction of many of tbe Oklahoma
politicians that it would be very disagree
able indeed to have their reputations follow
them from their former bonne.
Under such circumstances, it this legis
lation passes, the press of Oklahoma will
doubtless recognize in the future its com
pulsory duty to leave the discussion of tbe
record of the politicians alone. No news
paper will be bold enough to assert of any
politicians, under such a law, that he has
a reputation.
ALLIANCE JUDGES AND LAW.
The election, out in Kansas, of a Farmers'
Alliance candidate to a judgeship, who has
no legal education, and the report in con
nection therewith that the Alliance will
send him to the law school of the Ann
Arbor University to study law for a year,
forms the subject of a good deal of sarcastic
comment in the Eastern papers. Beyond
dispute this result of the enmity to lawyers
cherished by the Farmers' Alliance is
rather unprecedented so far as tbe forms are
concerned; but it is not by any means clear
that the cultured East is always so free from
the election of Judges with little knowledge
of law as to be able to point the finger ot
sarcasm at the untrammeled West, without
dancer of a crushing retort.
It is quite possible that the Alliance-people
could reply rather forcibly that the elec
tion of a capable and impartial citizen as
Judge, even though uninstructed in the
law, is quite as likely to produce as good
an article of justice as the svstem in New
York which selects judges not by their legal
attainments, but by their willingness to
yield assessments of from 54,000 to 15,000,
for the politicians of Tammany to sustain
themselves withal. Apart frbm the com
parison of systems, there are reasons to
doubt whether the East can claim superiority
to having judges without legal knowledge.
The case of occupants ei the bench who were
compared to necessity because they knew no
law, are somewhat numerous. In Pennsyl
vania cities the courts of the first instance
whose jurisdiction includes a population
probably equal to that within the district of
the Kansas judge, are placed under the
guidance of aldermen whose legal know
ledge is sometimes an equally minus quan
tity. In this case Kansas seems to be ahead,
for there the course is taken of putting the
judge-elect through a year's legal training;
while Pennsylvania aldermen are often left
to acquire what legal knowledge they ever
attain, at the cost of the litigants before
their courts.
The English system, from which our legal
ideas are mainly drawn, constitutes many of
its colonial governors as judges, with the
power of revision. It is related that one of
the chancellors whose duty it is to review
these decisions told a Governor without legal
training who asked his advice on the
discharge of this duty, to "Decide
your cases on (heir merits, but ben-are
of giving your reasons;" and the chancellor
claimed that the advice was justified by the
fact that every decision returned by that
Governor without an extended opinion was
sustained, while of those which tried to
argue the case the majority were overruled.
Another illustration comes from a famous
case in the time of Frederick the Great, in
which that monarch got into n fearful quar
rel with his judges because they would not
decide a suit between a mill-owner and some
landed proprietors as he thought it ought to
be decided. According to all the precedents
of law the judges were right and were to be
commended for sticking to their decision in
the teeth of the royal wrath; but according
to natural justice the old king's view of the
case was equally correct. In the present
day we only need to refer to the list of meri
torious cases thrown out of court, by some
purely technical plea, to justify the inquiry
whether justice is only to be obtained by
tbose trained in the technicalities of the
law.
At all events the Farmers' Alliance
people need not be stampeded by tbe dis
covery that thoy have elected a Judge who
has to be sent to a law school. The centers
of commerce and finance can furnish plenty
of subjects for whom the same training
would be eminently salutary.
THE'NEXT COMIC OPERA.
The report that Gilbert and Sullivan have
made up their recent difference and will
continue to produce tuneful sarcasms for the
amusement ot the English-speaking world,
is good news for the public. It not only
promises a continuance of that famous
partnership which has done so, much to en
liven and purify the stage; but it suggests a
theme peculiarly suited to their treatment
and in which they might be expected to sur
pass their highest standard of past work.
When the details of that remarkable
quarrel were first made public, The Dis
patch pointed out that its laughter-producing
features would make an uneqnaled
subject for a Gilbert and Sullivan opera,
subject to the obvious difficulty that no one
but Gilbert and Sullivan working in unison
could give it adequate treatment. The
witty author and skillful composer having
restored their entente cordiale, the difficulty
is removed, and there is no real reason why
they should not make their greatest hit bv
working up an Opera of Discords' and!
inviting tne public, which has so often
laughed at their biddinc, to laugh at them
and at their humor in the same production.
It is true that a faithful representation by
Gilbert of Sullivan's encroachments on his
personal rights, or a reproduction in tone
sketches by Sullivan of Gilbert's irascibility,
would be subject to the peril of reviving
tbe old quarrel. But if these gifted humor
ists study the subject with the determination
to make the most of its funny aspects, it
may make them angry, but it will have the
salutary effect of making them angry at
themselves. Since tbey have leveled their
shafts of satire at nearly everything else,
they should prove their impartiality and
their readiness to recognize a good subject
for satire, which they have afforded in their
own persons.
The cartoonists are a little late getting in
tbeirworkon the election; but they do it this
week with some significance. The New York
Jforfd makes a hit with a cartoon giving a
sequel to Judge's "Jealous' Jim" cartoon, in
which "Jim" is sitting on top of the wall, with
a broad smile on bis countenance. Judge at
tbe same time represents the new twist of Re
publican -opinion by a cartoon which jratt it all
on Quay. This tendency of the organs after
their enthusiasm over Quay's management in
18S8, represents a conviction on their part that
there is nothing so criminal as being beaten.
Ik two weeks more Congress will get
together again. The country bas had a short
vacations but It managed to Improve the occa
sion and let oar statesmen know that to oc
cupy time In partisan fooling is the most cer
tain way to get a backset.
Mr. Clarkson is alleged to assert that
"the Republicans can and will win in 189211
they make a wise nomination." Mr. Clarkson's
idea of a wise nomination being R. A, Alger, of
Michigan will be seen that with regard to nom
inations as In administration, he is consistent
with that theory of wisdom which considers
public opinion as little as possible.
AsciENTlFlcwriterassertsfhateveryyear
a layer of the sea, fourteen feet thick is taken
np into the clouds. The past year warrants
the conviction that about forty feet were taken
up and dumped down on the heads of the
American people.
It is noticeable that Secretary Blaine is
now permitting the publication of official docu
ments on the cultivation of reciprocal trade re
lations with South America. The silent em
phasis with Which these documents are laid
before tbe public is equal to a thunder-toned
declaration tbat it is not the Secretary of
State's funeral, just at present.
The Southside is solid for Mayor Gourley
on the tree bndge question, and the demand
for better and more means of communication
between Pittsburg and trans-Monongabela dis
tricts Is crystallizing in definedplansand under
takings.
The intimation that Fitler will be put
forward as a rival of Cameron in the next Sen
atorial election is significant of an opinion on
tho part of bis supporters that it is best to re
place a man who has a genius for holding his
tongue byonewbohasanoless positive genius
for letting the public know what a goose he is.
According to Superintendent Mnlone
the new posteffice is being held back by the
Washington authorities, who have neglected to
give oat contracts that are needed. The blame
ought to be properly located.
Six and a half tonsof diamonds valued
at $200,000,000 are asserted to have been taken
out of the Ktmberly mines In South Africa
since 1SS6. If this rate of oroduction is kept
up, there is hope that diamonds may become so
cheap that hotel clerks and soubrette actresses
will refuse to wear them any longer.
Everyone now having been heard from
except Tlppoo Tib It is about time for that
slave-raiding magnate to write a book, or per
haps he would prefer a lecture engagement.
A report comes from the Pacific Coast
that a San Francisco lawyer has been hypno
tised so that he cannot drink whisky. Tnis is
calculated to produce a deep fonnded con
viction among the legal profession that hypno
tism is an unwarrantable interference with tbe
rights of the person.
Eastern Connecticut is reported to be
overrun by wildcats. Tbey must have escaped
from Wall street during the recent squeeze.
The mention of tbe name of Colonel
Thomas Moonlight, as likely to be Ingalls suc
cessor, indicates the Kansas conviction that if
iridescent dreams are to be a feature of Sena
torial careers they want a Senator whoso name
is appropriate to that function.
By the way, have not the weather pre
dictions for the past two days been a little too
strongly of the ex post facto variety?
PEOPLE WE BEAD ABOUT,
Robert Browning is responsible for the
statement he was nearly 50 before he made any
money out of bis writing!.
Benjamiiv constant, the distinguished
French painter, has arrived in this country to
decorate a house in Boston.
Von Moltke on his 90th birthday was asked
how young he would like to be. "About 80. '
answered he, the vision of youth rising to his
mind's eye.
William Lloyd Garrison, son of the
great anti-slavery Agitator, Is very wealthy,
having amassed money from the wool business.
Ho is literary in his tastes, takes an active in
terest in politics and is a Democrat.
Ex-Senator Sarin, of Minnesota,is quoted
as saying: "I think tbe battle cry of 'Blaine
and Reciprocity' is certainly very taking in tbe
Northwest at present, and I believe tbat it will
gain in sticngth as time wears on."
Mr. Froude, in his lately published life
of the late Benjamin Disraeli. Earl of Beacons
field, says: 'They came to call blm 'Dizzy.' and
there is no surer sign tbat a man is liked in
England than the adoption of a pet name for
him."
The late Mrs. Astor had a laco dress which
cost 15,000, and it Is stated that another was
recently sola to an American lady for 25,000.
There are a number of ladies in New York
who each own laces valued at from 20,000 to
$50,000.
The richest professional mendicant in tbe
country is "Blind Johnny" of Philadelphia.
He is CO years of age,and is worth about 20,000.
He travels from Chicago to Washington, from
there to Baltimore, and ends up in Philadel
phia, spending about three months in each
city. He has made all his money as a mendi
cant. Sarah Bernhardt, in her new repre
sentation of "Cleopatra," has departed from
the traditional idea of the Queen's physique,
and appears with auburn or reddisb-bruwn
hair. That is probably an innovation in the
direction of accuracy, tbe xanthous type cer
tainly existing, and being highly admired in
Greece.
The return of Patrick Donahue, the
Nestor of Catholic journalism in New England,
to the control of tbe Pilot, of which he was tbe
founder, is a journalistic event of romantic in
terest. This venerable and universally honored
man, now iu the 77th year of his ace, still enjoys
robust physical health, and a corresponding
degree of mental vigor.
OTB FOBSHDABLE HEW KAVY.
Swift Commerce Destroyers and Monstrous
Battle Ships Described.
Washington. November 18. Chief Con
structor Wilson bas submitted his annual re
port to the Secretary ot tbe Navy. He says
that the plans and specifications for a 22-knot
torpedo cruiser are being prepared, and with,
the letting of the contract for this vessel and a
fast-class torpedo boat, tbe bureau will have
finished all- tha work authorized by recent
legislation, so faras the designing Is concerned.
The report says:
"With tho gradual appearance of the new
steel navy has come tbe rapid retirement of the
wuoucnneeu tvnentue unlcago. Boston. At
wooden steam-vessels numbered in all 37; now
there arc 11 new steel vessels and one first-class
torpedo boat in commission and only IS ooden
vessels. In the opinion of this buroau the ideal
commerce destroyer bas been attained in tbe
design of cruiser No. 12. She has a sustained
speed greater than that of the swiftest of the
Atlantic 'greyhound', united with a powerful
battery, immense coal endurance, and efficient
protectlon."The armament of the three oef bat
tle ships will represent a weight of armament
superior to thatof any of tbe latest battleships
laid down by foreign powers. Their guns can
pierce at two miles the arc of any of tbe modern
armored cruisers of great coal endurance.
Tbey can be brought into action early in tbe
engagement on account of their great height,
and can be used with great effect against the
lighter armored and unarmored parts of tho
heaviest battle ships. Cruiser No. 12 which
will resemble a merchantmen. Is also described.
L00K1HG FOB A HEW OPEBA.
DeWoU Hopper's Manager Says There is
No Lack of Material.
DeWolf Hopper held a consultation yester
day with proprietor J. Charles Davis. Woolson
Morse, tbe composer, and Manager Ben
Stevens about getting up a new opera for next
year. Mr. Stevens said there was no lack of
material, but tho thing was to make a popular
selection. I v
As it cosjs from $10,000 to $15,000 to put a new
opera on (he road and requires at least six
weeks for rehearsals. It is no small matter to
make a mistake. The gentlemen will probably
stay here for tbe balance of the week, and tit
that time they may decide on something.
SNAP SH0TSJN SEASON.
The strictly business man is the man who
attends to bis own business.
Sticky, sicicly weather, isn't It? Your feet
stick in tbe mud, your clothing sticks to yonr
moist cuticle, and you have to stick to your
umbrella. For the past forty-eight hours peo
ple in this weather-shifting section have been
subjected to a vapor bath as well as
a shower bath. Disagreeable without doubt.
Tbe sunniest tempers have been
tested, tbe clearest minds have been clouded,
the pleasantest faces masked in the mists
Snch unseasonable wes-ther certainly makes us,
mope. We can't pull ourselves together. He
who hammers cannot deliver a true blow in the
log; he who figures cannot quickly find bis
footings In the vapor; he who thinks cannot
brush aside tho mist tbat seems to settle on tbe
pathways of the mind In the dismal damp
which bas enveloped us. Naturo seems
out of tune, and we join in the discordheavy-footed,
heavy-eyed, heavy-hearted.
A blizzard dry, bone-eearchlng, ice-making
would not be such a had thing, would it? It
would shake us up and wake us up. It would
blow the clouds away, scatter the mists, dry
the earth and give the ann a chance to touch us
occasionally. Of course we must be built for
ail sorts of weather, for surely tbe weather
is not built for us. It blows hot
and blows cold so suddenly tbat
we feel its effects on the body
as ' when the darkness and the dampness
lingers too long we feel its effects on our mind.
But we must fight off the fogs and the f oggish
fancies. When the bracing winds and tbe
cheering suns shove and chase them away we
will forget all about them. The past only
leaves a shadow after all. If heaven sent no
rain the earth would yield no flowers.
We are protectionist, but are perfectly will
ing to have bridges placed on tbe fre list.
A cargo of emigrants afflicted with small
pox arrived at New York yesterday. Tbey will
be pitted.
We hope the friends of the Lake Erie Ship
Canal do not imagine that tbey can dig it with
their mouths.
Secukities make Wall street insecure-
The tin
plate.
plate tariff has elevated tbe pie
A knight errant going for the doctor after
dark.
The women of the land are the most active
patrons of Husbandry.
Lackawanna seemed to lack backing dur
ing tbe recent whirl.
Man wants but little here below,
Nor wants that little "long;"
For when he's "short," as we all know.
He wins when stocks go wrong.
Minnie Palmer has joined the ranks of
stage women who have concluded that love and
glove are synonomous.
The brokers didn't take much stock in the
old saying that there is no such word as fail.
The sidewalk wheelbarrow must go, but the
baby carriage still bas right of way.
Will the disappearance of the North River
Bank interfere with tbe building of the big
bridge over that stream?
Gamblers are
their hands.
frequently forced to show
Pittsburg looks like old times, thanks to
tbe fogs, clouds, rain and gas raise.
The world is round, bat we should live on
tbe square.
A hopeful sign An anchor.
The Indian Messiah will hunt his tepee as
soon as a Judas appears.
A new word will have to be coined by the
Signal Service folk before tbe present-weather
can properly be defined.
Jay Gould thrives well on railroad fare.
The King's'Daugbters are courted just tbe
same as the daughters of kings.
Little Bo Peep, she has lost her sheep;
Pity this maid forlorn.
Little Bo Peep, you've a right to weep;
In Wall street it was shorn.
J tjdgino from the advertisements of the mak
ers of cosmetiques and other articles for female
adornment, the Maker forgot to put tbe finish
ing touches on womankind.
The finest photographs of friends are carried
in tbe memory, not in tbe album.
The practical joker is tbe fellow who secures
all bis pleasure at the expense of others.
The baker is a loafer, but not the street
corner kind.
Were it not for tbe newspapers scandal
would be the chief article of conversation and
gossips would be more numerous.
The prosperous Iron man never banks a fur
nace. He banks the profits thereof.
The weather is no respector of persons,
Muses not excepted. The appended thoughts
were penned last November just a year ago
when the weather was seasonable. They were
resurrected the other day, but seem to be a
misfit (perhaps it will fit this morning), and an
unknown critic "HoWene" has gently taken
us to task. His effort is worthy the light, hence
tbe retppearance of the "ideal" and tbe birth
of the "real:"
NOVEMBER.
The Ideal.
The earth a golden store has cast In tired reapers'
hand:
The leaf-stripped trees nod In the breeze that
sweeps the iorest land; ,
The night dews, kissed by frost-touchedalr.whitc-coated
greet the morn.
But melt to tears when light appears, ere day is
fully born.
No song birds carol In the grove, now swathed In
fog-wove veil.
Where shadows gray shut out the ray tbat In the
Eastvls pale,
blow climbs the sun, with lukewarm breath to
cheer the day's full birth,
Gladnesses bring to everything, and glorify the
earth.
The Real.
The sky its overflow hath cast upon a soaking
world;
The leaf-stripped trees have lost their leaves by
April breezes whirled;
The night dews, nary kissed by frost, are
drowned in ceaseless rain;
And add their tears to tears galore to swell the
wet refrain.
No song birds carol in tbe grove, nowswathed
in f og-wove veil:
And this alone is born of truth in Willie
Winkle's tale.
The sun's a myth, now this admit, or judgment
by default
There's naught but rain and fog and chills be
neath the heavenly vault.
Sdxuvan will have to quit the stage when
be strikes a light house.
The man who puts up the boodle seems to be
playing all tbe baseball now.
The great political knowalls are now reading
Don Cameron out of' tbe Senate. Have they
received their cue from Quay?
When great men sonnd their own praises
the noise grates harshly on the public ear.
The Empire State is In a funny snarl.
The party now in Legislative power to decide
the New York Senatorial quarrel, are asked to
choose between a Weed or Flower.
Real estate men profit by their good deeds.
When a tall man takes a small wife, be mar
ries beneath himself.
bociETT is now raving over the raven-locked
fiirL
When a rich man dies and leaves aH his
money to a friend who in turn supports his
poor relatives, It establishes the face that some
people can live on heir.
The reign of the rainy season will soon end.
The species of stock raising indulged in by
Broker Smith, of Wall street, only drives the
ralser'to the pen.
TnE King of Grease Petroleum.
When fowls are dressed they are stripped of
their clothing. And so are the stage fairies.
A good many men judge women by the size
J of their feet and bands, instead of the breadth
of their minds.
It's not
lingers.
tbe kiss, but its memory, tbat
The pen leads a
penitentiary.
great many people to the
Willie Wihklk.
' IN SOCIETTS REALMS.
Brilliant Wedding of Mr. James Wood and
1 Miss Nellie Walton A Large Number
of Coming Society Events Several Wed
ding Anniversaries on the List.
The wedding of Miss Nellie Walton and Mr.
James Wood, that was solemnized In tbe
North Avenue M. E. Church last evening, and
celebrated afterward in tbe beautiful Walton
mansion, on Western avenue, might be called
a golden wedding, inasmuch as gold was tbe
predominating color of the affair, and both
families interested are more than liberally sup
plied with an article by tbat name. Chrysan
themums ot the sunlight shade, mingled with
those of pure white, were the only flowers used
In the decorations of either church or home,
both of which were beauteous in their floral
garb.
The ceremony took place at 9 o'cloak. and
the bridal procession consisted of ushers.
Messrs. Brady Wilkins, H. B. Patton, W. J.
Patton, Henry Singer, Otis Chllds, Genrce
Sinner, of this city, and Mr. Sterling, of Phila
delphia, with bridemalds Miss Ruth Bailey,
Mls Louise Dllwurtb, Miss Stella Hays, Misses
Julia and Clara Morgan, and Miss Grub, of
New Jersey; maid of honor, little Alice Wal
ton, and the beautifnl bride, with her father,
Mr. Joseph Walton. Rev. Dr. Leak, with the
groom and bis best man, were in waiting at the
altar, and the grouping of the entire party was
strikingly artistic.
Robed in an exceptionally elegant heavy
brocade, decollette and en train, with a lovely
veil attached to her hair by a wealth of orange
blossoms. Miss Walton was a picture in her
self, and when surrounded by her bridemalds,
all gowned in white mousseline de sole, fash
ioned in sweet simplicity, the dainty little maid
of honor in golden silk, and the gentlemen in
conventionalblack, the effect was picturesque
in the extreme.
At the reception which followed the services
at tbe churcb, Mr. Walton, who is a widower,
was assisted in doing tbe honors by his two
previously married daughters. Mrs. Thomas
McK. Cook and Mr. James Wood Scully. The
entire affair was one of such elegance that it
might be very properly placed in the list of
"perfects." The guests Included the ultra
fashionable of both cities, tbe Pittsburg Club
element being strongly represented, as Mr.
Wood and bis Dride are both recosmiied as
leaders in that particular set. Tbadisnlayof
wedding presents was dazzling, as not only the
United States bad been searched to obtain the
rich and the rare, but all lands under the sun
contributed to the magnificent array.
Tbe supper was as elaborate in its way as
floral decorations were in theirs, no limit hav
ing been put on Caterer Kuhn or Florists J. R.
A. A. Muidocfa.'who superintended the work.
After an extended wedding trip Mr. and Mrs.
Wood will occupy the elecant new residence on
Lincoln avenue, which Mr. Walton has been
building for his daughter.
EGYPTIAN MAHNEBS AHD CUSTOMS
Discussed by Key. Dr. Coburn, at the Emory
SI. E. Church.
"Egyptology" proved an interesting theme
when handled so ably as it was last night by
Rev. Dr. C. M. Coburn, who for seveu years
made it a study. Tbe lecture was delivered at
Emory M. E. Churcb, East End, for the benefit
of tbe missionary cause. As the lecture was
given under the auspices of the ladies tbe
speaker could not but take up tbe lashion
question, allowing that in tbe matters of style
tho ladies of the present day are not extreme,
as the ladies of ancient Egypt "cirried canes,
wore buse bonnets, and also wore puffs, at least
tbey puffed; I don't know what you call them."
Tbe lecturer also told jokes, some of them
4,000 years old. and yet new and interesting to
the audience.
ON PLEASURE AFTER AKOTHEB
Following Quickly at the Linden Club's
Cozy East End- Quarters.
The members of the Linden Club enjoy one
evening after another in a manner calculated
to inspire outsiders with a tinge ot envy anda
desire to enter the mystic ring so devoted to
pleasure. The second event of this week to
call tbe club together is the dance on Friday
evening, and on next Tuesday evening there
will be a delichtfnl concert under the manage
ment of Mr. Henry L. Rinewalt.
The chorus will consist of 25 voices, and four
soloists will appear. Misses Mary R. Cannon
and Alice Fownes, soprani, Mr. Richard Can
non, tenor, and Mr. Edwin S. Fownes, baritone.
Tbe Point Breze Orchestra, augmented for the
occasion, will assist.
Cards Even on the Supper Table.
Cards were trumps last evening at tbe resi
dence of Mrs. William C. Stewart, on Neville
street, for thev turned up everywhere. Not a
diamond or a heart or a spade or a club, but
whole decks were to be found on all the tables,
even to the supper table, where tbey appeared
in meringue glace, and were as delicious to eat
as tbey were in more substantial material de
lightful to play. The company entertained
was tbe Neville Street Euchre Club, and Ken
nedy catered.
East End Lady Athletes.
The ladles' class in light athletics at the East
End Gymnastic Club, on Shady avenue, will
give an exhibition on Tuesday, December 2, to
which will be invited only the parents of tbe
members. Eveu tbe members ot the gymnas
tic club are debarred from tbe pleasures of the
entertainment. The class bas been under tbe
instruction of Prof. L. F. Kirchner for several
months, and some of the young ladies have be
come quite proficient lu the many fine arts of
the athlete.
TlinnksglUng Concert Parties.
Numerous Thanksgiving parties will attend
Giltnore's concert at Old City Hall on that day.
One from Allentown will have as host Mr. E.
T. Scbaffner, while Mr. George Vaux, of the
Southside, will appear in the same capacity to
a number of Southside young people, and Miss
Carrie Henderson, of Allegheny, will officiate
as hostess to a bevy of fair Allegbenians, with
tneir sterner vbcuiis.
f
Social Chatter.
The annual dinner for the benefit of the
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, of the
First Methodist Churcb, Fifth avanue, will be
held on the coming Thursday and Friday, from
11:30 to 2 o'clock each day.
Cards aro out for the Cyclorama dancing
class reception, to be given December 1, at
Cyclorama Hall. Hours from 9 to 2. Gernert's
Orchestra and E. V. Bridge, Instructress, ap
pear upou tbe card.
TnE quarter-century point will be passed iu
the matrimonial journey by Mr. and Mrs. John
Colwell, of Edgewood, next Saturday, and a
great many friends have been invited to help
celebrate the day.
The dinner to-day, at the rooms of the W. C.
T.U.. corner Second avenue and Grant street,
will not even be surpassed by tho supper which
will be served by the same ladies in the same
place.
AT the Bethel Presbyterian Chnrcb, in Alle
gheny, last evening, Mr. C. L. Gnildersleeve
gave a very pleasing concert, with some of
Pittsburg's best talent on tbe programme.
The wedding of Mr. J. J. Porter, of this city,
and Miss Mary Clokey. of Sprincfleld. O., was
celebrated yesterday, at tbe home of the bride.
MBS. H. B. Brockett entertained last even
ing, with caras and the usual accompaniment
of delicious refreshments.
Mr. and Mrs. O. L. btbatz, of Negley ave
nue, will celebrate their twenty-fifth wedding
aunireisary Friday.
AN oyster supper was given last evening un
der tbe auspices of Lysle Circle In Masonic
Hall, Allegheny.
The Trinity bazaar for the benefit of the
Woman's Guild will be given In Cyclorama
Hill to-day.
The orphan tea party at Lafayette Hall
tbls evening will be the event of the day in
social life.
Mr. and Mrs. John Guntz, of Fifth ave
nue, celebrated last evening their wedding an
niversary.
The C. L. A Club held a reception last even-eod-'
-dlow' Hall. Southside,
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
Just Liko a Man.
Touring the performance of "Macbeth," last
night, Mr. Warde and Mrs. Bowers had a
trying experience which was very laughable to
the audience. Macbeth and his determined
spouse were discussing their murderous uoings
In splendid Shakespearean blank verse, just
before tbe banquet at which the ghost "f
Banqvo Is so uncannily conspicuous. Lady
Macbeth bad a long' mantle flowing from
her shoulders down ber back and then forming
a train a yard or two long. Tbe scene was set
as close as possible to the footlights. In order
to make room for the banquet taLies in prepar
ation behind It, and a very narrow apace was
left for Mr. and Mrs. Macbeth. Allthijsauio
they fell to talking in blank verse as comforta
bly as possible, considerlag the subject, and
crossing and recrosslng tbe stage as we know
all legitimate actors have tbe right tn do
at tbe end of one of these walks Macbeth set
both his feet solidly upon his lady's train. She
attempted to start toward tbe O. P. side and of
course she couldn't budge an inch. Macbeth
was absorbed, as well he might be. iu wrestling
with his evil conscience and had no eyes for
trains; be ground his heels into the material as
an outward sign of bis mental dis
turbance and nearly pulled bis de
voted wife's head off as she made
a second effort to more. Tbe audience began
to see how the land lay, and, as people will, at
the most tragic times, found it a pleasant relief
to titter. Macbeth, It is probable, was puzzled
to divine the cause of the merriment. Anyhow
he crossed the stage again, releasing his wife,
who picked up ber train and flung it to the
other side. But Macbeth, comine back again,
once more stood upon tbe train, while Lady
Macbeth with a careless air tried to pull it from
under bis feet Tbe audience coulu stand it no
longer an audible laugh and a rustling sound,
the latter coming from the involuntary move
ment of every woman In the house, again
astonished Macbeth. This ended the tangle
and tbe pair made their exit with decorous
solemnity.
A Misleading Signal.
iiTn the early days of tbe Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe Railroad," said a railroad
man yesterday, "stock were so frequently kiHed
on tbe road that Manager Clark found it neces
sary to require the locomotive engineers to
make a note of whatever they killed. The en
gineers bad to fill out a form stating when.
where and what kind or animal had
been killed, and turn tbe report in to tbe
superintendent of stock claims. One day a
complaint from a farmer was received by Man
ager Clark, in which the killing of a valuable
cow by the Santa Fe engine was related. The
letter was referred to tbe stock claim depart
ment, but no report from the engineer of the
train in question could be found. Mr. Clark
sent for the engineer, an old employe of tbe
road named John Norton, and asked him why
he bad not reported tbe collision with tbe cow.
" 'Didn't know I hurt the cow,' said Norton.
" 'You remember hitting the cow?"
" "Certainly and I slowed up when she
rolled over on her back, but she waved her feet
to me to go ahead, and I concluded she was all
right.' "
DEPENDS OH THE FUHDS. .
The Board of Charities to Go Over the Ap
plications for Aid.
James B. Scott went to Philadelphia last
evening to attend the annual meeting of tbe
State Board of Charity. All the applications
for State aid from the various institutions are
expected to bo in. Mr. Bcott could not say in
advance what would be done. Everything de
pends on the amount of money at the disposal
of the State Treasurer. At this meeting the
money will be divided among the Institutions
according to their needs, and the chances are
tbat none will get what they ask for. The
charitable organizations in this neighborhood
have asked for tl.OOO.OW).
Mr. Scott said be understood that the State
insane asylums at Danville and Norristown
want $500,000 apiece to make additions to their
buildings. If this money Is granted it will eat
np a big hole in tbe appropriations, and the
other beneficiaries will have to be content with
wbat tbey can get. Tbe various State institu
tions are looked after first, as tbey must be
maintained like the insane asylums and peni
tentiaries. It will be an important meeting,
and tho appropriations will be recommended to
the Legislature.
During tbe week the Commission on Lunacy
will meet. This branch has done some good
work through its agent. Dr. Wetherell, of
Philadelphia, In hunting: up isolated cases of
insane people, and sending them to tbe State
asylums.
lATJHCHLNfi OF THE MAIHE.
Uncle Sam's Newest Big Cruiser Duly Christ
ened and Saluted.
New York. November 18. Bunting made
the navy yard very bright to-day. All the
cruisers were in full dress, and the old-fashioned
place had a holiday appearance. Tbe
occasion was the launching of tbe great ar
mored cruiser Maine.
Just after 10 o'clock Secretary of the Navy
Tracy arrived with his party, and was received
by all the officers of the yard. As be entered
tbe main gate a salute of 19 guns was fired from
the Vermont. The preparations for launching
the Maine were at once begun, and promptly at
noon amid the cheers of the thousands of spec
tators and tbe music of the "Star Spangled
Banner" the big cruiser started down tbe in
cline. Assbe did so Miss Wiimerding, apiece
of Secretary Ttacy, broke a bottle of cham
pagne over the bow and christened tbe vessel.
WATCH FOB THE COMET.
A New Heavenly Visitor Will Soon he Visi
ble to the Naked Eye.
Nashville. November 19. Prof. Charles
N. Thornberc, professor of engineering at tbe
Vanderbllt University, last night located the
comet which was first seen in Colombo, Italy,
November 15.
It is the comet "F" of 1890, and will be visible
from tbe earth for several months, and will
probably be visible to tbe naked eye before
long, as it is now tbe nebula; is visible.
The County Democracy Thriving.
The County Democracy met last evening, and
completed arrangements for reception to be at
Turner ball. Friday night. Ten new members
were admitted to tbe club. Resolutions were
adopted expressing regret at the death of the
late Frank J. Kirk, captain of tho club. The
club adjourned tn meet to-morrow evening.
Everything Was Satisfactory.
The officers of the First Regiment of the
Select Knights held a meeting at the Central
Hotel last evening, to settle up some financial
matters connected with tbe reception held at
Old City Hall, two weeks ago. Colonel Charles
Lewis stated tbat everything was satisfactory.
The Elephant to- Arrive To-Day.
Chief Bigelow received a telegram yesterday
tbat tbe elephant for Schenley Park would ar
rive this morning. An experienced elephant
trainer will accompany him and remain until
the park employes become thoroughly ac
quainted with tbe monster's Eastern habits.
DEATHS OF ADAT.
The Rev. Albert Gould.
rsrxciAi. txlxobau to th OISFATCn.1
Boston, November 13. The Rev. Albert Gould,
of Chlcopee, was found dead in tbe waiting room
at the station of tLe Revere Beach and Lynn
Railroad iu Lynn to-day. He was on his way to
attend tbe funeral of a friend at Deer Island. Ur.
(jouldwas a graduate of Wesleyan University.
He was about 6U years old and bad a family,
lihcumatliui of the heart probably caused his
death.
AUliouKb belonging In Chlcopee, Mr. Gould
had receutly been on the New bngland circuit,
engaged iu conducting revival nicetiugs. He was
well known In Ljun, havlnx preached at the
Maple street Methodist Churcb. Last tprtng lie
wustationed at Newburyport, but lelt his charge
on account or ill-health. He joined the New
England Conference in 1833, and tilled a number
or Important stations.
Annie IS. Gasklns.
At 4 o'clock yesterday Annie K. Gasklns, wife
or J. j. Gasklns, of Bennett, i'a., died at her
home. She was the daughter of John Washing
ton and was 19 years and 8 mouths old. Tne
funeral will be to-morrow afternoon at 2 F. II.
from Gallagher street, Allegheny.
John Flocker.
John Flocker, of the firm of John Vlocker A
Co., died in Philadelphia on Monday. Tbe re
mains will arrive here tbls morning. Mr. Fleeter
was 03 years old. He was tbe first manufacturer
of rope in rittsburg.
Mrs. Robert McMahon.
Ellen Hnrrell, wife of Robert W- McMahon,
died yesterday at her home, K8 Fifth avenne. She
was 59 years old. The funeral will be to-morrow
arternoon at 1:30 from ner late residence.
Alberta K. Edwards.
Alberta K. Edwards, aged years, tbe daugh
ter or the Kev. John Kdwards, died yesterday at
the residence of her parents, ZU Center avenue.
A EEB0IC MACBETH.
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Mr. Warde and Mrs. Bowers Give a Power
ful Performance of the Tragedy.
"Macbeth" was civen at tbe Grand Opera
Honse last night. Mr. Warde's Macbeth is
tolerably familiar to Pittsbnrgers, and its
power and peculiarities have been described in
these columns more tban once. It is a role
.that suits Mr. Warde inmost ways wonderful
ly; tbe pasf onate, hemic villainy of Macbeth is
deplcted-flnely by hlni. In the more delicate
portrayal of tbe reflections of a haunted, terri
fied mind. Mr. Warde is not so successful, and
Booth's marvelous treatment of the psychical
side of Macbelh's character was not equaled.
It is hardly necessary to add tbat this is not
saying that Mr. Warde's performance was not
biitbly artistic, and in its boldest and most ter
rific points powerful in the finest sense.
Mrs. Boers is beyond any doubt one of tbe
greatest Lady Macbcths that tbe American
stage has produced. In this role while ber gifts
of elocution aud tbe rich qualities of ber voice
are as prominent as usual, tbey sink Into the
shade beside her histrionic triumphs. Tbe
picture of an extraordinary type of woman
which Mrs. Bowers gave her audience last
niitbt will haunt many a memory for a lifetime.
It is not an unequal performance either, but
from first to last a consistent embodiment of
a very numan conception of Shakespeare's
Lady Macbeth.
The company is not exactly at home In "Mac
beth" apparently, and it is not eaiy to praise
any but tbe principals. Tbe reproduction of
tbe scene in Scotland was satisfactory as far
as clotbing was concerned, but tbe lack of any
but essentially modern interiors and tbe tawdry
cheapness ot several of these, detracted from
the artistic quality of the production. A large
audience and an appreciative one was present.
ThU afternoon "Virginius" and to-night
"Henry VIIL" will be given.
COTJBIEBS OF THE ALB.
The Training of Swallows and Pigeons for
Use as Messengers In War.
From tbe Cornhlll Magazine.
Taking advantage of two birds remarkable
for tbeir lone and sustained powers of flignt,
experiments have recently been conducted with
a view to utilizing swallows and pigeons as war
messengers. In this connection tbe use of
trained pigeons is one of tbe oldest institutions
in tbe world; though now that certain European
powers have trained falcons to cut down tbe
pigeons, itis said tbat the pigeon-post is not
sufficiently reliable.
In consequence a number of French savants
recently approached tbe Minister of War, and
induced him to found a military Swallow
Cote, whence the birds might be trained. Tbe
Governor of LUle,was charged to test the plan,
and certain experiments made at Roubalx last
year were commanded to be repeated under
tbe supervision of Captain Deeouy. of tbe
engineers. During tbe late autumn this gentle
man was tn be present at a grand flight of
messenger swallows; and if his report is favor
able, a Swallow Cote will be founded and placed
under tbe care ,of special trainers at Mount
Valerion.
Tbe idea of engaging swallows In war Is a
pretty one, as. In future, all European wars
will have to be conducted in "swallow time"
when the warm winds blow from the sunny
South. This arrangement will at least obviate
night watches in frczen trenches, nor is It
likely that pickets will any longer be starved to
death at their posts.
STIIX STTJDYmG SPAIN.
Two Bright Papers Read at the Meeting of
the Woman's Club.
Spain, the country under discussion by the
Woman's Club, was only given a partial hear
ing yesterday afternoon at the regular meet
ing. A paper by Mrs. M.J.Becker treated
of "Philip IL and His Wife, Isabella.
The o(her one, read by Dr. Sarah
Rutan, was entirely foreign to tbe subject,
butnone tbe less a pleasing digression, tbe
topic being "Woman In Her Home Temple."
In the paper on "Phdip If.." Mrs. Becker
very cleverly portrayed the evil, unscrupulous
mona-chs full of tact and the power of conceal
ing his viciousness, who usurped bis own son,
Don Carlos in tbe possession of tbe band of
Isabella, and afterward connived at tbe death
of the same Don Carlos. The paper was full of
interest, as it was a phase or Spanish history
hitherto neglected in tbe study by tbe club, and
was prepared In an unusually takimr manner.
In Dr. Rutan's paper, woman was held up to
view in a physiological manner, and with snch
witty and pungent remarks was the essay rife
that a continual ripple of laughter followed
tbe thoughts expressed from beginning to end.
No business of aoy importance was transacted.
Mrs. Wade presided, and Mrs. Reynolds occu-
Sled the secretary's chair, in the absence of
Is. Dr. Reynolds.
TBEASTJBEB HTJSTOH'8 BEP0BT.
Operations of the Treasury Department for
the Past Year. t
Washington, November 18. TbeTreasurer
of tbe United State. James N. Huston, has
submitted to Secretary Windom tbe report on
the operations and condition ot the Treasury
for the fiscal year ended June 3a The net ordi
nary revenues amounted to &03,0Su,9S2, a sum
but twice exceeded in tbe history of the Gov
ernment. Tbe increase over the year before
was $16,030,923. of which $11,725,191 came from
tbe internal revenue. The ordinary expendi
tures were $297,736,436. an increase of $15,739,871
over tbose of the year before.
The growth of the revenues was, therefore, a
little greater than tbat of the expenditures, and
there would have been a falling off In the lat
ter but for tbe increase in pensions. Tho sur
plus revenues were $105,34i,i96, of wbicb $20,
304.221 was paid ont in premiums on bonds
purchased. According to the warrants, the re
ceipts of the Fostoflice Department were 61,
160.141 and the expenditures $67,011,263, an in
crease of between five and six millions on both
sides.
Republicans Open Another Home.
The Fifteenth Ward Republican Clnb
opened its new rooms at 3526 Bntler street last
night. Addresses were made by President
Wainwnght, S. L. Kerr. T. D. Maloney and E.
J. Martin. At midnight refreshments were
served.
Sub-Tenants Must Pay a License.
Superintendent Gamble Weir has served no
tice on the Mozart Club tbat tho- privilege ex
tended to tbe club of not baving to pay a
license to give performances in Old City Hall
does not extend to tbe club's sub-tenants.
He Is Not Resigning.
It has been reported that District Passenger
Agent Samuel Moody, of the Pennsylvania
Company, intended to resign January L The
report is denied.
WESTEBH OPINION.
Chicago Inter Ocean (Rep.): The Senate is
Republican, and so is tbe Presidency. Tbe
new law cannot be repealed quickly, and it will
not be repealed when the people come to un
derstand it.
Chicago Hera W(Dem.): The farmer bas a
market in Europe, one that is already created
and that is growing. Let him have the ad
vantage of European prices for his necessaries.
That is what he wants.
Minneapolis Journal (Rep.): Neverthe
less it is the duty of Congress, at the ap
proaching session, to give tbe country as fair
an apportionment bill as it can. And there is
little doubt that a bill forbidding gerrymander
ing ought to be passed.
Chicago JVfouJie (Rep.): Ir the Alliance
members of tbe next House will work faith
fully for Blaine's wise reciprocity scheme they
can do their constituents substantial good. If
they secure the adoption of the vagaries they
are advocating now they will rulu them and
tbe community utterly.
Denver Times (Ind.): The situation of the
Republican is not desperate. Unless their
leaders were all mistaken, were all ignorant
and foolish, they are safe enough. Let tbe Mc
Kinley bill operate as the great masters of
economic science in the Republican party be
lieve it will, and Republican victory lu 1892 is
just as sure as any future event can be.
CHICAGO Globe (Dem.): It Is suggested that
the States, through their legislatures, provide
for censuses midway between tbose of the gen
eral Government, thus practically giving tbe
country's population every five years. The
plan would result la closer enumerations, more
reliable statistics, tbe better adjustment of
Congressional apportionments and In various
ways lead to tidy figures in tbe matter of the
nation's population and vital statistics.
Portland Oregonian (Kepi): Of course
there will be no backdown by Republicans
from the position taken by them on the tariff
question. It needs no newspaper prophets to
assure the country of tbat. Tbat position is
tho natural logic of tbe situation fur a party
representing, as the Republicans do, the ma
jority of the producers of the cquntry, tbe
manufacturing interests whose interest is com
mon with that of the producers, as well ai a
majority of tbe consumers. It U tha logica
position ot a party.
CURIOUS CONDKrTSATlOXS.
Jules Verne is tho author of 24 novels.
Photographs on gravestqnes are the
newest things projected.
There are 30.000 American who con
stantly reside in London.
Germany boasts the healthiest army in
Europe. Belgium is second best, and England
comes in third.
Londoners consume 30,000,000 gallons
of milk or what is sold as milk per annum,
andpayf50,000forit.
Jacob's well and the plot of ground sur
rounding it have been sold by the Turkish Gov
ernment to the Greek Church for 4.000.
It is stated that the great soda deposits
of Wyoming have been sold to a party of En
glish and French capitalists f or $2.0W,000.
At the census oi 1881 the population of
British India was found to be 198,755,990. show
ing a density of 222 persons per square mile.
All birds of great and sustained powers
of flight hare one well-marked characteristic
tbey have long wings, with sharply pointed
ends.
Up to the end of October the loss from
fires in tbo United States and Canada for tne
year IS90 was $18,795,805 less than for the cor
responding ten months In 18S9.
It has bees said tbat one of the strong
strokes of nature was when she made the
"loon," a bird which represents tbe wildness
and solitariness of tbe wildest and most solitary
spots.
A shoe dealer says that girls between 16
and IS have bigger leet tban after 20 and 21
Tbe foot is fleshy at that time and large, but as
years come tbe foot decreases and tbe muscles
grow more firm.
Collections oi portraits are a late artistic
bobby. Just now in Pennsylvania those of
Martha Washington. Grant, Hancock, Web
ster and others are in great demand with ad
mirers of political bric-a-brac.
The effect of the electric light current on
the compasses of some vessels is so great tbat
it becomesjiecessary to determine how many
hours the dynamo has been running before
working out the vessel's reckoning.
Every fairly large house in Tokio has
its own bathroom; but besides this there are no
less than 00 baths in the city of Tokio. where
300,000 persons bathe daily at a cost per head of
one sen three rin, or about a halfpenny.
A new sketching apparatus for cyclists
bas recently appeared in England. The paper
is placed on a small board in front of tbe cyclist
and the work can be roughly contoured in
about half the time ordinarily required.
A trade journal bas just published some
statistics concerning poultry in France. It
states that there are In the conntry 45.000,000 of
hens, which, at an average price of 2 francs. 50
cents per head, represent a value of 112,050,000
francs.
In the year 1200 chimneys were scarcely
known in England. One only was allowed In a
religions house, one in a manor house and one
in tbe great ball of a castle or lord's house, but
in other houses Ihe smoke found its way out as
it could.
The rate of wages paid to firemen on
ships sailing from London is 3 15s. per month
on voyages np the Mediterranean, to Australia
and New York. To the Cape of Good Hone.
Natal, Cblna and India, it stands at from iZ I5s
to 4 per month.
The King of France had a falcon which
escaped from Fontainebleau and in 24 hours
after was found In Malta, a space computed to
be at not Ies tban 1,350 miles, a velocity equal
to 56 miles an hour, supposing the hawk to have
been on tbe wing tbe whole time.
There are more ducks in the Chinese
Empire tban in all the world ontside of it.
Tbey are kept by tbe Celestials on every farm,
on tbe public and private roads, on streets of
citle. and on all the lakes, ponds, rivers,
streams and brooks in tbe country.
Water carriage is still the rule in Siam,
and land-carriage tbe rare exception. Rail
ways as yet do not exist, and tbe few roads
which have been made quite recently in tbe
capital and some of tbe larger towns do not
extend more than a few miles at the most from
the walls or suburbs.
It is true that swallows attain to an im
mense speed in tbeir rushes, and there lsa wall
antbentlcated instance of one having flown 20
miles In 13 minutes. Tho probable speed of the
swallow, flying straight and swift, is about 110
miles an hour; its ordinary speed 100 miles.
'J. no lwiit attains to JM miles.
The military pigeon post is best organ
ized in Germany, Italy, and France. In the
last French budget a sum of 68,000 francs was
devoted to that branch of tbe service, and
there are at present In France 32 sub-depots,
besides tbe chief pigeon station. In Italy there
are 12 sub-depots, and 5 in tbe Italian pos
sessions in Africa.
The great Lethbridge coal fields lie just
across the Canadian border from Montana, and
are tapped by a branch of the Canadian Pacific
aud tbe new Gale railway from tbe Great
Northern, in Montana. The coal company
owns 65.000 acres of land In and around Leth
bridge, foitwhich they paid the Dominion Gov
ernment $10 an acre.
Strictly speaking, the only precious
stones are the diamond, ruby, sapphire and
emerald, though the term is often extended to
the opal, notwithstanding its lack of hardness,
and to tbo pearl, wblch is not a mineral, but a
strictly an animal product. Popularly a gem is
a precious or semi-precious stone, wben cut or
polished for ornamental purposes.
Herodotus tells of sorcerers who once in
every year bad the power of assuming tbe
semblance of wolves for several days at a time.
Marcellus Sidetes also tells of men who at the
beginning of every year were afflicted with a
form of madness, daring wbicb tbey believed
themselves to be wolves or dogs, and spent the
night prowling about burial grounds.
The Mariposa Gazette says: While out
hunting cattle near Ben Hur last Friday, Will
iam Couzbran's dog bayed a large deer. Will
bavlng nothing to shoot it with, resolved to kill
it with a stone. Tbe third stone be threw
struck it behind tbe ear and killed it. This
makes the third deer he has killed without a
gun. About two years ago be lassoed one and
cut its throat.
Farewell to freckles on faces and arms
if the experience of a South American lady is
verified. She says tbat some time ago. in tbe
absence of water, of wblch there was a ereat
dearth at tbo time, sbe washed her face with
some of the juice of a watermelon. The result
was so sootuing tbat sbe repeatedly washed
ber face in this manner, and her astonishment
was great, a few days later, on seeing that there
was not a freckle left on her previously bo
freckled face.
HUMOR OF THE HOUR.
Miss A Sharp I feel saddest when I sing,
3Ilss High C So does the audience. Boston
Herald.
A boy wants a situation in an eating
bouse. Be understands tbe business. Spare
Moments.
Employer (to the new boy) Have yon.
any brothers?
New boy Yezzlr: one.
Employer One?
New boy That Is, two half-brothers. Harper's
Batar.
After an involuntary change:
Brown-Has he resigned.'
Gray Yes.
Brown Is he resigned?
QzzjXo.SomlrvMe Journal.
Miss Wellalong What a spiteful little
thing tbat Miss Yonngly 1st Why, wonld you be
lieve It. Mr. Candor, sbe told me the other day
that I was getting to look old. Now you don't
think anyone would take me ror being old, do yuu,
Mr. Candor?
Mr. Candor Well, one might Just foramoment,
but certainly not after be bad beard you talk.
Boston Courier.
First Farmer I raised a fine crop of
wheat this year, and lots of ootatoes and cabbage.
Second Farmer Well, 1 did better than tbat. I
raised a H W0 mortgage. ll' Shore.
Wooden Well, yon can say what you
choose. 1 don't like Sneaker.
Kdgely-Why he's a very fine fellow, polite and
accommodating.
Wooden Yes, he's polite enough, no doubt, to
your face, but he's one of those rellows who will
cut your throat behind your' back. Boston
Courier,
Casual Caller Judge was unusually
good this week.
Kdltor of Puck Yes, I suspect that they sent a
boy around and stole our waste basket the day be
fore thev went to press. Somervtlte Journal.
A courteous man who was in an elevated
car fell Into an amnslng blunder recently. He was
dozing in bis seat and, apparentlv. was enjoying
a comfortable nap. Jnst as the train ran Into tbe
City Hall station, at the end of tbe line, be opened
his eyes and seeing a woman standing before him.
Jumped to bis feet In a guilty manner, and, with
a gesture of apology, offered his seat to ber. Sbe
was so surprised by tbe action that she could not
repress a smile, try as sbe would, aud tbe polite
man, taking In tbe situation at a glance, hurried
toward the door with flaming cheeks. -Sua Jert
Tribune.
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