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1HE PTTTSBITIRG DISPATCH, FKIDAY.' NOVEMBER 21," 1890.
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PITTSBURG. FRIDAY. V. 21, 1S90L
THE COMING KIVElt IMPROVEMENT.
At a meeting of the Memphis Board of
Trade last week it was decided to ask Con
gress for nine million dollars for the exten
sion of the Mississippi levee system. There is
a tremendous double interest in the future of
the Mississippi. First, because of the annual
floods which devastate millions ol acres of
otherwise fertile land, destroying both life
and property, and nest on account of the
immense importance of the river from a
transportation standpoint But it is high
time that forethought sbonld govern im
provement operations. We think those
who demand nine million for levee pur
pose are on the wrong track a track, in
short, which experience has proved leads
onlv to wasteful expense and bitter disap
pointment. The Dispatch has sow in preparation
a series of articles by capable engineering
authority, which, when published shortly,
will conclusively show a much better solu
tion of the Mississippi problem than can
ever be accomplished under the levee sys
tem All experience with levees demon
strates them but a temporary makeshift.
When weakened by the enormous spring
Hoods, it is only a question of time until the
dreaded crevasse appears, bringing death
nnd devastation where was fancied security.
"Where strong enough to resist the current
the levees most frequently cause shoals and
bars and direct the river into new and un
protected channels. Many millions of dol
lars have been spent, and much life and
property destroyed by failing to start the
Mississippi improvement on a better sys
tem. The one which is now proposed, and
whose feasibility will be shown by the forth
coming articles in Tun Dispatch, is on a
totally different basis. The new principle is.
during times of excessive rainfall to impound
the water in reservoirs situated along the
tributaries of the Mississippi these reser
voirs to be emptied at will by movable
dams. Thus disastrous floods can be pre
sented and the excess of water be kept
under control, in place of being projected in
taking volumes simultaneously from all
quarters into the great river. In connection
is a further scheme for making the Missis
sippi, and a'tcrwards the Ohio, thoroughly
available for navigation the year round by
the jetty system ol deepening the channels.
Sooner or later the problem of the Missis
sippi and Ohio improvement must be taken
up with a view to permanent results. It is
not merely the safety ot life and property
which will compel this, but equally will the
bu-ines needs of the country demand it. Our
ra.lroads arc now literally choked withbusi
n si. Freight delays far exceed anything
known even on the old canals. If the re
cent growth of population and business has
produced this congestion of traffic, it re
iuircs no stretch of imagination to foresee
tiiat in 20 or 30 years when our population
miiI amount to nearly double, there will not
be room to construct or operate a sufficiency
o railroad track to meet these new condi
tions. The water-ways of the country must
he used for traffic It is none too soon now
to take up the problem. Onr Memphis
f i tends will find that in place ol asking
i me million now for temporary relief
through a plan that has proven a failure,
t'ley hau better hold back their demand un
t 1 nlans are gotten which promise some
thing permanent and doubly beneficial.
TnE PHILADELPHIA FAILUEE.
TI.e failure of Wharton Barker's Phila
delphia banking firm is one ot the surprises
oi the stock flurry. The members had the
'putationof millionaires. But even mil
' nnaires find danger when they trust them
selves too freely into the jangles of specula
t on Though the details are withheld, it
would eem that connection with the Bar
nes' South American adventures had some
thing to do with the assignment
Barker Brothers are the first Pennsyl
vania firm of any prominence that weak
ened in this flurry. As illustrating how
little such failures reflect the business
condition of the country, it may safely be
stated that had the house chosen almost any
lorm of Pennsylvania industry or property
for its investment during the past few years,
ii would probably have made profits to
amounts greater than the figures which rep
resent its present losses.
TO tolls or pkisox.
One of the cures for diseases of the body
politic lately advocated is compulsory
voting. It has been seriously suggested to
make the exercise of the elective franchise
compulsory, and at the last session of the
New York Legislature an act was intro
duced, but not passed, making it a misde
meanor, punishable with fine or imprison
ment, for citizens legally qualified to ab
stain from voting. It is said, and with con
siderable truth, that a large portion of the
most intelligent among the citizens of the
United States does not sufficiently exercise
the right, respect the obligation, or enjoy
the privilege whichever you may please
t. call it of voting. On the
other hand, it is frequently alleged
tnat the ignorant and the vicious are dis
posed to work the elective franchise too hard,
and, literally, to vote too often. To evoke
the mil strength of the respectable element
certain doctrinaires suggest that voting at
ail elections shall be compulsory. We need
hardly say that we do not belive such a
measure would serve the purpose intended,
cr indeed have any practical result, even if
us constitutionality were assured, which is
not by any means the case.
Had such a law been in existence
throughout the country at the last election
the political situation to-daj might be
W!
different, but it is very doubtful if the
expression or the popular will would
have been so clear. At the late elections
there were thousands of dissatitfied men of
one party or the other who did not vote, and
that fact bad an important effect upon the
results. Moreover, it was an entirely legiti
mate effect, and a proper method was adopted
for expressing the feelings of the voters.
Suppose these voters had been compelled to
make a choice between the candidates pre
sented for their suffrages. Many of them,
while dissatisfied with the course of their
own party, had a still greater aversion to
the other and, if forced to vote, would proba
bly have given their support to the candi
dates of the party to which they had been
previously attached. Their actual wish and
purpose was to see those candidates defeated
without voting directly for those of the other
party. They exercised a right of citizenship
and what they may have deemed a duty in
refraining altogether from voting.
prrrsBURG'S solid growth.
Figures under some conditions are more
eloquent than words, and The Dispatch
gives some figures to-day about Pittsburg's
growth that speak volumes. Everybody
knows that the increase in the value of per
sonal property and real estate has been
great, and the statement made upon good
authority in another column that the valua
tion for taxing purposes next year will show
an accretion of four or five millions of
dollars will be accepted as warranted by the
facts in sight. It is pointed outthat the im
provement of city property has taken the
shape of stores and dwelling houses lor the
most part, and a most satisfactory symptom
of the city's progress this is. The substantial
nature of Pittsburg's growth is one of the
best guarantees at this moment that the
financial disturbances elsewhere will not
harm her. Such improvements of the city
as the enlargement of Highland Park, re
commended by a committee of Councils
yesterday, will stimulate private enterprise
in every legitimate direction.
GOOD ENGLISH ADVICE.
Under the head of "American Matters in
London," thereoccurs in the Illustrated 2feics
of the irorW, the following observation:
"What the United States needs is rest from
agitation of the tariff and other indnstrial
questions, at least long enough to ascertain
how the new measures passed at the recent
session will work. Votes for the revival of
fruitless agitation do not seem to be in ac
coidance with the dictates of sound policy
for business men, whose trades all need a
season of peace; for manufacturers who
wish to test the practical working of the new
tariff; and for workers, to whom it promises,
if undisturbed in operation, a larger demand
for their labor."
It may strike a good many readers that
onr English cousin hit it remarkably well
that time.
TURN OUT THE LIGHT.
A Philadelphia paper is authority for the
statement that twelve persons have been
k'lled lately by illuminating gas in that
city, and we may take it as a settled fact
that it is growing decidedly fashionable in
Philadelphia to blow out the gal. When
one of the characters In "The City Direc
tory," during the recent performance of
that farce in this city, suggested thatPhila
delphians onght to be trained to turn off the
the gas, it was taken for irony of a familiar
sort. But it now seems to have been a
sober and sensible suggestion, for the Phila
delphia Inquirer, which has had great ex
perience in turning on the light one way and
another, says editorially:
"Don't blow out the gas. Don't turn it
off and then on again. Don't sleep in a room
without ventilation. Unless, of course, you
wish to furnish a case for the Coroner."
How the good old Philadelphians must
sigh for those halcyon and placid days be
fore existenceon the Delaware -was disturbed
by pesky public improvemets, and every
body went to bed by candle light!
A COMMUTER'S HEAVEN.
If the Zone-tariff system of railway fares
is working the wonders in Austria that it is
credited with, it would meet a long-felt want
here. Coupled with the cheap rates comes
the also welcome information that the
change is provingvery profitable to the rail
roads, the passenger traffic having enorm
ously increased. Yearly tickets good for
30-mile trips are those sold for 517 40. The
usnal rate for third class fare is only 6
mills a mile or $6 50 per 1,000 miles, where
as in America it costs $20 and 530. Their
commutation rates for local service is still
lower. It is beginning to be recognized that
rapid transit and low fares is a paying in
vestment all around.
CANADA'S OUTLINE.
Citizens of theUnited States are gradually
acquiring a more adequate view than for
merly of the extent and resources of the
Dominion of Canada. A recently issued
map of West Canada and British Columbia,
published in the new edition of Stieler's
Hand Atlas, makes an interesting and sug
gestive exhibit of the numerous and valu
able surveys and discoveries which the
Canadians have been making during the
last few years in their truly wonderful
country.
Upon it there appear lines stretching
from near the mouth of the Mackenzie
river southeast to the regions of Cape
Churchill and Port Nelson on Hudson Bay,
which indicate the northern limit of tim
ber, potatoes, barley and wheat. Perhaps
an even more telling way of stating it, is to
say that by putting one leg of a pair of
dividers down upon the city of Duluth, in
Northern Minnesota, and swinging the
other leg to the Northernmost point where
wheat ripens, and then continue the swing
ing of that leg around to the Southwards, it
would make its path COO miles out at sea
beyond New Xork and likewise beyond the
Southern point of Florida.
The gramerles of the Saskatchewan,
Atbebascaand Peace Valleys are going to
play a very important part in the history oi
the Great Northwest at no distant day. It
is thought that via Winnipeg and Duluth
they will find water transit via the Great
Lakes to the ocean. The traffic of those
lakes is already growing so rapidly that a
sober view of the actnalities of the immedi
ate future almost staggers present belief.
All this but lends additional importance to
Pittsburg's Lake Canal.
GOOD NEWS FOR ALLEGHENY.
Allegheny City stands a lair chance of
emerging from the mud in the near future.
Councils flung a big handful of hope to the
Northside last night. Half a million dol
lars for new pavements is a good beginning,
and it looks as if the difference Be
tween a muddy ditch and Federal
street were in a fair way to be ac
centuated. All we hope is that the sight
of Belgian block on a concrete bed In place
of the old lagoons and bogs will not be de
structive to the reason of the average Alle
gheniao. Prisoners have gone mad when
suddenly liberated, it is not safe to set un
limited food before starving men, and the
acquisition of passable paved streets will
strain Allegheny's equanimity. All the
same. Councils and the taxpayers are to be
congratulated.
Depredations and marauding expe
ditions Irom river ptrates and vagrants with
out local habitation or responsibility is too fre
quently an unwelcome incident of our bound
ary streams. The Indiana Supreme Court has
taken the matter in hand and decided tnat the
State has power to pnnlsh persons who, on any
stream constituting a boundary line, violate Its
laws and the prosecution can be made in the
county opposite where the offense was com
mitted. The decision grew out of the case of
an Ohio river boatman who sold liqnor on the
river near the Indiana shore without having
procured a license in the State.
It is said that the Bank of France is
taking thintrs quietly with S250.000.000 In gold
and silver coin in its vaults, every piece of
which, according to the New York World, is a
shining witness to the Frenchman's ability to
enjoy to-day's sunshine like a butterfly and
provide for to-morrow's frost like an ant.
Me. Charles N. Habpee of New
York, who sailed for Buenos Ayres on
Wednesday, sa)s the "Cedula" caused the
downfall of the Barings. He states that this
scheme for distributing money was taken ad
vantage of to a marvelous extent, more than
$115,000,000 having been loaned on that class of
securities within the last eight years, though
not over a million dollars' worth were taken in
the United States.
The suggestive fact that over fifty years
ago Oie Bull helped form a Norwegian colony
in the wilderness of Potter county is revived
by the recent death ot Keif Oleson. at an ad
vanced age. on the very farm be formerly pur
chased from Oie Hull.
A clergyman writing to the Chicago
JVcruii says: "I know that the press as a whole
is as independent as the pulpit. The 3ect3 de
termine the theology of the preachers, and tbe
political parties determine the politics of the
editors. Parts as we are of a social fabric, few
of us in any position are really free and inde
pendent. We do not expect, therefore, more
from editors than other men." What a relief
it is to know this.
The French vineyards have been ravaged
by the phylloxera again, but that will not
interfere with tbe supply of wine for America.
Unfortunately for American consumers French
wine makers are not dependent upon the
grape.
Chatjncet Defew says that more than
a million dollars are spent annually in New
York for public buildings, and yet New York
has not a Court Houic, a City Hall or even a
jail that is worth looking at. But New York
has enjoyed the use of a decent postoffice for
some years, and Pittsburg can imagine, though
she does not know from experience, what a
blessing that is.
The grip is making ugly faces at us from
the West Indies, but if the weather keeps dry
and frosty and up to the standard of the past
few days tbe chance of a second visit from tbe
meanest disease yet sent to plague us is remote.
Chief Brown, of the department of
Public Safety, wants to employ more police
men to preserve the public from the devouring
street cars, and the public Is decidedly anxious
to be so protected. Chief Brown is quite right
in his view that the street railway corporations
should pay half tbe salaries of these additional
guaralans of life and limb at the street corners.
The penalty for a moment's play was
death for two railroaders at Rankin's station
yesterday. The step of a locomotive is not the
place for rough pleasantry.
If as the Indians in tbe West allege their
new Messiah is preaching peace and good will
to white men, why do his followers threaten
hostilities? But there is no need to seek an
answer to this question, for it is clear that if
tbe impostor had preached such pacific doc
trine he would not have won a bearing with
onr Red Bi others.
PERSONAL PABAGBAPHS.
Senator Henry B. Payne, of Ohio, has
recently been so ill as to make his friends an
prehensive. His eightieth' birthday falls on the
30th Inst.
Frank H. Gushing, the writer upon tbe
Zuni Indians, is under medical treatment in
Buffalo. His ailments wero brought on by bis
life in Arizona.
Tns private correspondence of the Prince of
Wales is something enormous. He is said to
receive four times as many letters a day as does
the President of the United States.
Henry C Gibson, who has been elected
Vice President of the Academy of Fine Arts,
is one of the best art patrons in Philadelphia,
and has a gallery which contains some of the
rarest paintings in the country.
Two ot the "Little Men" of Louisa M.
Alcott's famous book are now in the Boston
publishing bouse of Roberts Brothers. They are
Miss Alcott's nephew, F. Alcott Pratt, and his
brother, who took the name of John Alcott.
Bcsy as be is said to be, Edison always con
trives to steal a little time from his day at the
luncheon hour. After lunch he frequently
spends an hour at billiards with Mrs. Edison,
and takes a nap. He does no work in the even
ing. Now that the project for a statue of Red
Jacket in Buffalo is well underway, tbe neople
of that city talk of similaily honoring Denitt
Clinton, projector of tbe Erie Canal, and La
Salle, the discoverer, who explored tbe lake
region so bravely.
Prince Edmund Radziwill. one ot the
Catholic leaders in tbe German Reichstag, and
also well known as an author, has just entered
the religious order of tbe Benedictines, in tbe
Abbey of Beuron. He will be known hereafter
under tbe name of Father Benoit Radziwlll.
Horace G Knowi.es, United States Con
sul to Bordeaux, France, is the youngest man
holding a Consular position in the service of
this country. He was appointed by President
Harrison at the beginning of his term and Is
now home on a vacation. He will sail for his
post on Thursday.
A story has been goingthe rounds of Boston
to the effect that Walter liesant, whose novels,
"AH Sorts and Conditions of Men." "The
Golden Butterfly," "Herr Paulus," etc., have
attracted so much, attention, is no more nor
less a person than Rev. Edward Everett Hale.
When seen in regard to it the reverend lltera
teur declined to speak on the subject. Mr.
Besant, however, might not be to silent if
questioned.
OUB PASTES! CBTJISEB.
The Concord Beats the Yorktovm's Record,
bat Is Deficient In Horse Power.
New York. November 20. The trial of the
new cruiser Concord ended at 1:30 o'clock yes
terday afternoon. The vessel made as high as
17.7 knots an hour, spurting at one time, it was
estimated, to 18 knots, and maintaining an av
erage for the trial of 17 knots per hour. This
she did against a strong tidal current.
The Concord has proved herself to be tbe
fastest gunboat yet built for tbe navy.. She
has outstripped tbe Yorktown, which has until
now held tbe best gunboat record in the
service. But despite her splendid speed show
ing, the Concord has failed to develop the
requisite 3,400 horse power. This failure is due
directlv to trouble which arose in the second
hour of the test with the after feed pump. To
Increase tbe difficulty tbe starboard boiler
began to leak. Before the trial ended there
were from two to three Inches of water on the
floor of the fire room. Then a small steam
pipe burst in the early part of the third hour,
filling the engine room with steam. Notwith
standing that trouble yesterday, it is estimated
that the Concord made between 3,000 and 3.200
horse power.
It is not likely that yesterday's trial will be
accepted as tbe official one. This will depend
partly on the Secretary of the Navy and cartlv
on tbn contractors. Should it not be deemed
tbe official trial, the contractors will be forced
to pay the expenses of the run. the Govern
ment agreeing to pay only the expenses of a
successful trial.
Cuban Sugar Crop Short.
Havana, November 21 Owing to drought
tbe yield of the present sugar crop iu tbe pro
vince of Porto Principe is only 60 per cent of
that of last year.
SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON.
Clocks give us the time by longhand as well
as shorthand. The longhand system is the
swiftest, too.
Do you judge by appearances, or do you feel
your way T Blindness Is not sucb an affliction,
after all. Is UT Especially if tbe sense of
feeling is fully developed, eh? Can you give
the gloved band a hearty squeeze? Or do yon
handle it carefully, as if toying with a claw
sheathed paw? Of course materials or
manners must be your judge. Which? Do
you judge by the polish on tbe shoe, the gloss
on tbe shirt front, the nap on the sleeve, or by
tbe sparule of the eye, the glow of the face,
the tone of tho voice art or heart? Not so
bard to choose, either, if we only take tbe
trouble. The uncut diamond outshines the
"off color" stone, even if the latter Is dressed
to deceive. The eye leads where tbe band
fears to follow, but fingers merely touch where
palms should meet. When the heart gnides
hands clasp, and the eyes see through tbe soul
instead of being fascinated by the outward
glitter. The officer who wears the finest uni
form is usually the first to appear on dress
parade and tbe first to sound the retreat.
The naked eye and tiho naked truth do not
bave to be dressed.
When an assassin's pistol hangs fire the law
will not be called upon to bans the assassin.
Beatjtth no longer skin deep. The form
developers are responsible.
The stock market seems to be overstocked.
It costs K to insult and almost scare to death
tbe President of theUnited States. We are
the people.
A man can carry a secret longer than a
woman, because ho can walk farther.
Woman was made to cling to man, but most
of them imagine they ware placed upon earth
to bleed blm.
Ir Faster Succi gets a whiff of & Thanksgiv
ing turkey ho may succumb.
If some of the people who wonld have ns live
nnder the laws of our forefathers bad existed
in the good old days they would have been ad
judged common scolds.
Crash seems to be a favorite floor covering
in tbe Wall street brokers' offices.
If O'Shea had been a good home rnler Par
nell wonld not be in bis present unpleasant po
sition. Clouds flying.
Winds sighing.
Rain dripping.
Sun skipping.
Morns foggy.
Streets soggy.
Oh. won't it bo nice
When there's lots of ice,
And some snow besides,
For toboggan slides;
When the sun will smile
Every once in a while;
When tbe girls can wear
A sealskin affair
If they have the price.
Ob, won't it be nice?
Liquid eyes intoxicate the senses. '
The laws and customs of the fathers will not
fit the sons any better than their costumes.
When the tongue slips, other people are
liable to fall.
Peot-le who steal an umbrella will seldom
take a hint.
If wo could get what we wish for, we would
all be forced to work iu order to live.
The unscrupulous doctors who are doctoring
Dr. Koch's lymph should be summarily dealt
with.
When the sun shines the clouds above Pitts
burg do not seem to be so smoky as the gas
croakers would have us imagine.
The warlike Sioux will sue for peace when
they sober up.
Some of the ministers would have newspapers
as drowsy as their strmons. Stale news will
not fit the present age. What happens to-day
must be given to the world to-morrow.
Life without love is lonely,
Lite without hope is sad:
Life is worth living only
When the whole heart is glad.
Life without faith is cheerless.
Life without friendship drear;
Life can never be tearless
When the sonl holds a fear.
Lite without toil and trouble
Lifo without pleasure and pain
Would be an empty bubble.
And Heaven but Earth again.
Art makes the girl of tbe period artificial.
The World's Fair managers are making a
show of themselves.
Mrs. Frank Leslie says America has no
real social leaders now. The last was President
Arthur. She also says the Prince of Wales is
real nice, even if he is a bit wild. Wait until
Ward McAllister writes another book, Frankie.
He'll surely roast you for this.
Perhaps Sunday was made for sleeping.and
nothing else.
Love is merely a whim of the modern co
quette. The scandals whispered behind the fans in
drawing rooms usually raise a breeze.
There's plentv of water to make ice. AH
that's needed is a hard freeze.
The easiest way to settle the Indian trouble
is to allow Buffalo Bill's returned braves to
open poker rooms on the reservations.
The log book of Stanley's rear guard proves
conclusively that the officers of the expedition
were at loggerheads.
It sounds strange to read about a New York
actress Issuing an attachment for ber husband,
doesn't it.
The wedding veil is sometimes a veil of
tears.
Household pets of the brute creation are
sometimes killed by kindness, human beings
never.
Atlantic City is to have a high license law.
Bathing costumes will bo just as low as ever.
The world can never be reformed by inter
fering with the legitimate business carried on
therein.
If Inspector McAleese succeeds in compel
ling some of the shopkeepers to do business in
side instead of on tho pavement he will receive
thanks at all events.
Quail has been selling at 25c a pair during
the week. If this keeps on they will no longer
be considered aristocratic
Men laugh when women whittle, but they
have their inning when they ask a man to
thread a needle.
Some divorce proceedings have hung by a
hair on the husband's coat.
Soke girls refuse to work anything but their
jaws.
The Maine has been successfully launched.
The Man from Maine will be launched in '92.
Some of the Wall street speculators sbonld
purchase pointer dogs. Willie Winkle.
LEMOHT'S BIG MAN.
He is the Largest Person Ever Seen on the
Streets of Scottdale.
SPECIAL TXLXOUAM TO THK DIRPATCIT.I
Scottdale, November 20. George Osborne,
of Lemont, was here to-day. He is tho tallest
man who has ever been in Scottdale. He is 6
feet OK Inches in height, and is only 21 years of
age.
In addition to being tall, he is very well bnilt
in proportion, and says he does not think he. Is
done growing.
A JOYOUS CHRISTMAS
To be Anticipated on Santa Clans' Night
by Pltrsburc Club Toons People A
Number of Weddings Yesterday Other
Items of Interest in the Social World.
Christmas Eve will be celebrated in a joyous
manner by tbe young people included in the
Pittsburg Club set. Tbe arrangements are all
complete, and invitations will shortly be Issued
for a brilliant subscription dance to be given
In, the handsome assembly room of the club
house.
A number of prominent society ladies will
figure as patronesses ot the affair, and a com
petent committee of young gentlemen well
versed in social ethics insures the successful
issue of tbe enterprise. While not an assembly
ball, it will equal in elegance and beauty any
thing ever given In the Pittsburg Club, as
all the young people arn eager to
enjoy tbe pleasures ot the terpsichorean art,
the opportunities for which have been so lim
ited tbns far this season, and the older ones
are equally interested in the affair. The hour
for assembling is designated as 8:30 quite an
innovation, but a most commendable one, ac
cording to one of the fair patronesses, who
pronounced It "an excellent idea' in referring
to It last evening.
Tbe master of ceremony of tbe affair is Mr.
Frank S. Willock; the committee Messrs. W.
Harry Singer, Jr., William C. Robinson, James
Verncr Scaife and Frank W. Severance; tbe
patronesses Mrs. George Dllworth, Mrs. Sam
uel Severance, Mrs. J. 8. Hays, Mrs. William
H. Singer. Mrs. H. W. Oliver. Mrs. Charles S.
Scaife. Mrs. F. M, Magee, Mrs. C. L Magee,
Mrs. William H. Forsyth, Mrs. Henry Darling
ton, Mrs. J. S. Brown and Mrs. A. H. Childs.
THE SEIBEBT-M'GEE WEDDING.
A Quiet Affair, Followed by a Reception and
Sapper.
Miss Clara Selbcrt and Mr. Edward McGee
were wedded last evening at the home of the
bride's parents, on Wasblngton street, Alle
gheny. The young coude were attended dur
ing the ordeal by" Miss Belle Selbert, a sister of
the bride, as bridemald, and Mr. Savage as
groomsman. Rev. Father O'Connel, of St.
Peter's Pro-Cathedral, Allegheny, was the
offlciatlne clergyman.
The bride, a daughter of Mr. Nicholas Sel
bert, the well-known furniture dealer, was
stylishly attired in a traveling suit of dark
blue, that was admirably adapted to her blonde
beauty, and with gloves and toque to corre
spond, she made a very charming plctnre.
The groom was handsome and manly in tbe
conventional wedding suit. A reception and
a supper by Luther preceded tbe departure of
Mr. and Mrs. McGee for the East, where they
will spend the time until the lit of December,
when they will bo at borne at 43 Taggart street
MEETING IN NEW Y0BK.
Some Plttsburgers Who Will Spend Thanks
giving Day in Gotham.
Thanksgiving Day in New York city is the
fashionable recreation for ail the yonng misses
and masters who are attending colleges or
seminaries in that vicinity. Tho Fifth Avenue
Hotel is considered tbe place for meeting by
Pittsburg's junior element, and a number of
them will on that day greet parents and
friends.
Miss Florence Dilworth, who is at present at
Ogontz, will spend the day, or rather several
days, at the Fifth Avenue, where her mother,
Mrs. George Dilworth. and her grandmother,
Mrs. George A. Berry, will havo previously
registered. These ladle", with Mrs. Reuben
Miller, will leave next Tueiday night for New
York, where Mrs. C. L. Magee has preceded
them, the latter lady havijf gone Wednesday
evening.
DHAMA AND MUSIC
At a Very Tleasant Society Entertainment on
the Soutlislde.
"The Innocent Drummer." as recited by Miss
Kitty Hamm. fairly cap tut ed the house at the
open meeting given by Acme Council, Jr. O. U.
A. M. last evening on the Southside. The
"Old Kitchen Clock" and "Lasca," a dramatic
selection, were also given by Miss Hamm, who
was only down on tbe programme for one
selection, but who gracefully and pleasingly
responded to the rapturous apolause given her
first number.
A verv enjoyable musical programme was
rendered by Misses Grace Cready and Ella
Rowell and Messrs. John M. Rosser, Harry
Taudte, Ed Rink and William Reynolds, all of
uhom were given an appreciative and hearty
reception.
AN ALLEGHENY WEDDING.
Miss Emma Schrader Becomes the Bride of
Mr. Pnul Casper.
Miss Emma Schrader and Mr. Paul Casper
were unlt2d in marriage yesterday at the resi
dence of tbe btlde's father, Mr. Frederick
Schrader, on Federal street. Mr. Casper is' a
traveling salesmen for the L. H. Smith Willow
Ware Company, and Is in every way worthy the
fair, girlish bride he has secured, who, for ber
nuptials, was gowned in white India silk, and
carried white roses. Her bridemald. Miss Lizzie
Welsner, wore a white gown of clinging soft
material, relieved by a bouquet of pink roses.
Mr. Will Schrader, brother of tbe bride, was
the groomsman, and Rev. Mr. Schue officiated.
A reception and supper for friends followed.
Two Enjoyable East End Teas.
Two lovely teas wero given in tbe East End
yesterday afternoon. To one Mrs. Jonas
Roup McCllntock was hostess, at ber beautiful
home on Fil'li avenue. The other was given
by Mrs. J. E. Porter, of Forbes street. Being
in the same set, these ladies received almost
identically the same guests, aud the conversa
tion begun in one of the ele:;ant homes was
not infrequently resumed In the other by the
ladles. Excellent music, exquisite floral deco
rations, with delicious refreshments, were a
part of tho programme at each affair.
Wedded in Hazelwood.
The wedding last evening of Miss Allie
Robertson, of Hazelwood, and Mr. Thomas
Welter, of Welfer Brothers. Second avenue,
took place last evening at the residence of the
bride's parents. It was a family affair.or nearly
so. only intimate friends being present. Rev. J.
G. Gogicy officiated.
Wit and Wisdom of Literature.
Rev. G. W. Izer. of Christ M. E. Church, will
give a free lecture this evening at the Arch
Street M. E. Church. Allegheny. Subject:
"Wit and Wisdom of Literature." Tbe lecture
is to be given under the auspices of the Ep
worth League.
Social Chatter.
The dinner served yesterday by tbe ladies of
the First Methodist Church was of such an
order tbat all who dined with them will be sure
to go again to-day. and take with tbem a num
ber ot recruits. It is in aid of the Woman's
Foreign Mission Society, and is their annual
dinner.
Such a delicious lunch as tbe ladles of St.
Andrew's Episcopal Church did serve yester
day, and just as appetizing a one will be served
again to-day. The fame of these lunches in
creases year by year.
The Presbyterian Church of Lawrencevillo
opened its annual bazaar yesterday afternoon
and served supper in tbe evening. The bazaar
will be continued to-day, and supper served
again this evening.
At tbe Eaton residence on Bldwell street,
last evening, Mr. and Mrs. Brown, who were
recently married in New York city, were
tendered a reception.
Misses Bertha Wattenheimer and
Sophia Herscbl, bright young business women
of New York, are making a temporary stay in
the city.
The Linden Club was gay with merry euchre
players last evening, aud the contest was a
spirited one, as the club contains some expert
players.
At the residence of Mr. P. C. Knox, Ells
worth avenue, this evening, the members of
tbe Fifth Avenue Euchre Club will be enter
tained. The members of the A P. A. of tbe East
End gave a musical and literary entertainment
last evening, in Goeddell's Hall.
The third reception of the Normal Alumni
Asociatlon will be held this evening in High
School Hall.
At the Hotel Schlosser this evening Everett
Council No. 851, Royal Arcannm, will be ban
queted. Me. and Mrs. C. L. Strauz, of Negley
avenue, will celebrate their silver wedding to
night. The Eldorado Club held a reception last
evening in Cyclorama Hall.
The members of the Linden Club will dance
to-night.
The Influence of Poetry.
London Spectator.
Though it is quite true that Action has a
far lamer Influence over average minds than
any other kind of literature, yet for tbe com
paratively few to whom poetry is not a foreign
language, fine poems are a much higher educa
tion than any but tbe very noblest efforts ot
fiction.
TO TBY BELLAMY'S IDEA.
Mrs. Olive Washburn's Plans for an Utopian
Colony in California.
A striking feature of the times is the manifest
willingness of wealthy people to put to test the
various Utopian schemes that have been devised
for tbe solution of the labor problem. Advlpes
from San Francisco state that Bellamy's prin
ciples as set forth in "Looking Backward"
are about to be tested by Mrs.
Olive Washburn, a wealthy lady resid
ing in that city, who will devote nearly her
entire fortune to tbe founding of a Nationalist
colony, where the Ideas advanced by the Na
tlonist leader can be developed to their fullest
extent. A part of her large fortune consists of
1,700 acres on the road from San Jose to tbe
Lick Observatory, on Mount Hamilton, and it
is there the colony will be located. The tract
is desirable in every respect, and when im
proved according to Mrs. Washburn's plans
will be a veritable paradise.
Over $100,000 will be spent in tbe erection of
factories, dwelling bouses, etc and tho pur
chase of tanning implement", and when all 13
ready she will present the entire estate to the
colony. All people of good moral character, ir
respective of religious belier, who are willing to
work are welcome to become a part of tbe com
munity. Mrs. Washburn does not expect any
colonists to use funds they may hare,
and merely asks them to do the work alloted
them. The work of improvement was begun
about two months ago, and at present It is well
advanced. Mrs. Washburn has invited sev
eral hnndred prominent Nationalists to be
present at tbe dedication of the colony, which
takes place shortly, and she is in hopes of hav
ing Bellamy himself to lead the exercises.
LONDON BELLES.
Late Hours and Nervons Strain Lead Them
to Indulge in Stimulants.
As for drinking with the fasbionablo women
in England, writes a London medical woman,
the result of the appalling and perpetual
strain and tbe continual late hours
cause her to waken nnrefreshed in the
morning, and, as she has no desire
for breakfast, hock and seltzer take the place of
tea, and a glass of port is frequently taken about
11 o'clock to strengthen her for her ride. There
is more wine at luuch.and at fashionable teas
rich cakes and sweets and hearty sandwiches,
with frequently a glass of wine; wine again at
dinner, and again at tbe late supper, and per
haps a glass of whisky to go to sleep on. So.
you see, she consumes quite enough of wine
without any secret stores of it in ber apart
ments. Eau de cologne and sal yolatiloare consumed
in their peculiar way far too much, because
the tired woman feels constantly in need of
stimulants. It is said that English women
are not nervous women, but the doctor
accuses them of beinir whimsical and
fanciful to tbe verge of insanity, and having
what our grandmothers call "vapors," but what
we call "nerves." Cocoa wine is quite a fash
ionable remedy among English women, and
probably corresponds with the different seda.
ttves employed here, but tbe use of opium and
morphine is not, it would seem, so prevalent
as among American women, who do not,
as a rule, drink so much wine and ale. Smok
ing is not confined to the lawlessness of Bo
hemia, but exists in all ranks, and especially
among genuine society women. A lady patient
of good standing has written to know if six or
eight cigarettes are not too many lor her girl
cousin.
THE INDIAN TB0UBLE.
Philadelphia Times: Th6 Indians cer
tainly appear to be acting in a hair-um-scare-um
way.
Boston Berald: The alleged Indian upris
ing in the West should not be taken too
seriously. As General Schofield points out. it
is not the habit of Indians to start on the war
path jnst before the snow begins to fly.
New York T ibune: There is some reason
for believing that the threatened Indian out
break, if it occurs, will not be attended by se
rious results. The situation is threatening, but
the army officers are thoroughly cognizant of
what is going on. and are fully prepared for
an emergency.
Indianapolis Journal: In dealing with In
dian troubles the Government has often erred
in moving too slowly or in sending too small a
force to meet tbe emergency. By such mis
takes Indian outbreaks have sometimes be
come very serious tbat might easily have been
quelled by timely measures, and valuable lives
have been lost by sending out an insufficient
force to cope with the Indians. What is
needed now is prompt and vigorous repressive
action.
New York Hun.- There is reason for be
lieving that tbe extent of the Indian religions
frenzy bas been exaggerated. Some of the
bands have no implicit faith in tbe so-called
Messiah, and many should have learned by ex
perience that it is not worth while to risk such
possessions as they have, with rations for the
coming winter, in war with the whites. They
will probably be still more convinced on tbat
point when they observe tbe concentration of
troops and the demonstration of strength
which General Miles bas concluded to make.
Minneapolis Tribune: At the nine agen
cies in tbo two Dakotas there are 9,713 In
dians, of whom over 13,000 are males. But they
are divided up over a wide expanse of territory
and are not massed iu formidable numbers at
any point. One in every four of the
Indians of the Dakotas can read, and the
average grade of intelligence of the whole
number is high. They know their position
hemmed in by whites and their reservation
easily accessible by rail from the East and
tbey are well aware, as General Kuger says,
tbat troops could be poured in upon them in
overwhelming numbers on short notice. Tbey
are too shrewd to precipitate a war, which
would mean only extermination for them
selves. WOMEN'S W0BK AMONG INDIANS.
Several Ladles Laboring With Success in
Behalf of Civilization.
fSrSCIAI. TELEGRAM TO TBS DISFATCII.1
Boston, November 20. At the session of the
Woman's National Indian Association to-day
tbe report of tbe Indian civilization work by
Miss Grace Howard, who is laboring with
great success in South Dakota, was read by
Mrs. A. L. Coolidge.
A paper by Dr. Susan La Fleische. a member
of the Omaba tribe of Iudians.now a teacber in
tbe Government school at Omaba, was read re
garding the work there.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
Mrs. Eliza Wilson.
ISFZCIAT. TZLKOKAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
UNinXTOWN, Nivember a. Mrs Eliza W1I
sot. an old lady who was born when Washington
was President, was burled here to-d.y. Long be
fore the sto my days ol slave y she married Al
phens P. Wilson, a promlne l member of the
famous Leslslatnre of the Did Dominion. He
fterwjrd e gaged in the lumber business and
was drowned during a freshet Mrs. Wilson's
family have all been t nsplcuons In the history of
Fayette. Her son, A. Wilson, was President
Judge here for ten years, and was one of the
ablest lurlsts In the State. One daunhlc- was the
wife of Hon. J. K. Ewlntr. and .-mother married
J. W. Burbldge, a wealthy New Orleans mer
chant. Mrs. Wilson's brother. Colonel Samuel
Lvant.wasloryearsa member of the Legislature,
and was an Intimate friend of Simon Cameron.
Her death Is tbe third one by which snug fortunes
are tor- ed loose for mcky heirs. Coloucl vans
was worth $750,000, and he was never marrli d.
Mrs. Burbldge left an estate of oversa)0,000, and
had no heirs, and Mrs. Wilson was worth at least
1200. oou. '1 he grand total or si, 500, 000 goe to the
Ewlngs. the Wilson girls, and the darks, of
Washington.
Rear Admiral Oliver S. Gllsson.
PHILADELPHIA. November . licar Admiral
Oliver b. tilisson, U. S. N., retired, died at his
residence In this city this morning. He was born
In Ohio, in 1S09; was aDpolnted midshipman Irom
, n--. in 1HTR and nerved in the naw nnt.ll 1S71
when.be was retired and has since lived quietly In
this city.
General Thomas Mather.
Sprikgvixld, III., November 20. General
Thomas Mather died here to-day after a lingering
Illness. General Mather was appointed Adjutant
General of the State by the late Governor Yates,
during the War ol Secession. Since the war lie
has been practicing law. lie was 65 yearb or age.
I. C Randall, Perry's Assistant
Batii, ME., November!). I. C. Kandall, who
accompanied Commodore Perry when he opened
up commercial relations with Japan, having
charge of the detachmentleft at Loo Choo Islands,
died yesterday. Be was a JTorty-nlner and one
time deputy collector at San B ranclsco.
Solomon Brlttaln.
Mr. Solomon Brlttaln died Wednesday, In the
7Uh year of his age. The funeral services took
place last evening at 8 o'clock from the residence
of his son. UeorguE. Brltuln, on Wooster btrcet.
Interment this morning, private.
Thomas W. Taylor.
Mr. Thomas W. Taylor, a well-known citizen of
Pittsburg, died very suddenly Tuesday at New
Vnrt- oitv. His funeral will occur this afternoon
jI at the chafiel of B- Samson, on Sixth avenue.
THE OFFICERS ELECTED
AT YESTERDAY'S SESSION OF THE NON
PARTISAN W. C. T. O.
Mrs. Phlnney, of Cleveland, Is the National
President Mrs. J. Ellen Foster's Talk
About the Women Suffragists of England
Two Ladles Decline Honors.
'T'HENon.Partisan W. CT.U.beld Its annual
election yesterday, and the result was tbat
the corps of officers was chosen with wonderful
unanimity, only one ballot being required in
each case, and the results were overwhelmingly
in tbe favor of the winning candidates. Sirs.
Phinney, of Cleveland, bad 47 votes for Presi
dent, and as only one other vote was cast for
Mrs. J. Ellen Foster the Ohio lady will be
National President. The lady very gracefully
acknowledged the honor conferred upon ber in
a short address. For Vice President, Mrs.
Harriet G. Walker, of Minnesota, was elected,
receiving 44 votes. Mrs. Aldrlch, of Minnesota,
and Mrs. Dletz, of Illinois, received one vote
each. The victor was acquainted with the re
sult by telegram. Miss Duty, of Cleveland, was
unanimously elected General Secretary. Mrs.
Florence Miller, of Iowa, was elected Record
ing Secretary by a unanimous vote, and Mrs.
C. C. Aiford, of Brooklyn, was unanimously
chosen as Financial Secretary and Treasurer.
The officers were immediately installed and
took up the work ot the convention.
A letter was read from Mr. Annie WBten
meyer, for the past five years President of tbe
W. C. T. U., ana National President of the W.
R. C. She approved of the separation ot poli
tics from the work of tbe association and en
couraged all in the good work. Numerous
other letters were read from friends of the or
ganization, nrsing the association to do its ut
most in the caaie it champions.
National Leaders of Department Work.
'"THE election of National Secretaries was the
chief business at the opening of tbe after
noon session. Mrs. Mary J. Aldrlch, of Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, was elected Secretary of evan
gelistic work; Mrs. Joseph D. Weeks, of Pitts
burg. Secretary of educational work; Mrs.
Florence C. Porter, of Old Town, Me., Secre
tary of literature: Mrs. H. C. Campbell, Secre
tary of young women's work; Mrs. J. Ellen
Foster, Secretary of legislative work.
Mrs. Campbell declined tbe honor offered her.
She spoke of tbe interest she had in young
women's work, but notwithstanding this she
said it would be too much for her to attend to
and still retain tho office of State President
and eight other official positions which she at
present has to fill. By reqnest of the conven
tion Mrs. Campbell's declination was held over
until this morning, when it will be consid
ered. The convention was opposed to accept
ing it.
Mrs. Mary J. Aldrlch then presented a
voluminous report of evangelistic work accom
plished in the various States. It showed that
the Non-Partisan W. C. T. U. had held gospel
meetings in jails, almshouses, mills, and in
every place where good might be done. The
temperance pledges bad been freely circulated,
good literature distributed and everything
effected which helped to stir up enthusiasm in
the cause of temperance. The business com
mittee reported that no name had been
selected for tbe national organization, as tbe
necessary three-fourths had not voted for the
same name. Of tbe 46 votes east 23 favored
Non-Partisan W. C. T. U., 12 Temperance Alli
ance and 8 W. C. T. U. Leacue. The question
will remain open one year. It is the opinion of
the business committee that a national
organ is needed, and this matter will be dis
cussed this morning. A resolution was
adopted denying the assertion that Mrs. J.
Ellen Foster had cast tbe vote which was
credited to ber for National President
Mrs. J. Ellen Foster also declined, and did it
in a very emphatic manner. She stated that
her reasons for declining were private and per
sonal, but that made it almost imperative that
she should forego tbe honor. Her work, she
said, in tbe interests of temperance wonld not
be lessened, but that she would continue to
fight but not as an official. Mrs. Foster was
pressed to accept the office, but persistently re
fused. The convention then took the same
action as was done with the declination of Mis.
Campbell, and it also will be considered this
morning.
Women's Suffrage Society of England.
TyTrtS. Foster gave an entertaining descrip
tion of ber visit to Lady Summerset in
England. Lady Summerset is a sister ot the
deceased John Bright, the famous statesman.
During the visit of Mrs. Foster, the Women's
Suifrago Society, of which Lady Summerset is
the president met Mrs. Foster bad previous
ly explained the object of the Non-Partisan
W. C. T. U. and its non-alliance with any
political power. This statement was brought
to the attention of tbe AVomen's Suffrage Con
vention and It started the agitation in that
body and almost led to a similar declaration of
principle. In speaking of Mr. Gladstone, the
great Commoner, Mrs. Foster said he is not a
total abstainer, bnt is not very far away from
being a temperance reformer. She concluded
by giving amusing descriptions of tbepolitical
parties of England. Tbe Liberal, tbe Tory and
ibe Conservative parties were all alluded to.
Tbe Liberal-Unionists sbe said she could not
describe; tboy were a party of what in this
country would be called Mugwumps.
Interesting Addresses Lost Evening.
A large audience was present at tbe even
ing session, which was mainly taken up in
addresses by the ladies. Miss Lavina Chase, of
Washington. D. C, read a paper on the workin
the army and na7y department. The lady is
Superintendent of this work. She snoke of the
nrogress of the work in that line, and said that
she had met with marked success In every de
partment of the work. It is her duty, with the
assistance of others, to go on board men-of-war
and other vessels and conduct services of
gospel praiso and prayer, and to induce the
mariners, if possible, to give up their drink
habits.
At the close of Miss Chase's address Mrs.
Florence Miller, tbe Recording Secretary, made
an earnest and effective appeal to tbe andience
for their aid in the support of the cause by lib
eral civing. Tbe collection was then taken up.
W. S. Weeden sang a bass solo, entitled, "Cast
Tby Bread Unon the Waters."
Mrs. J. Ellen Foster was enthusiastically re
ceived when she appeared for her address. She
said that intelligent men do not discourage tbe
idea of power in organized womanhood, that
on the contrary tbey favor it "In the matter
ot moral reform, an association such as oars
should never ally itself with a political party,"
said Mrs. Foster. "We are strictly non
partisan: let us remain so. It wo had started
out on this line long ago we would now be re
joicing under tbe banner of Constitutional nro
nibitlon. but we bad to do just so much fuss
ing with the polls, and thereby lost time.
A duet bv Misses Weeden and McKelvy. -Ye
Merry Birds," closed tbo evening's entertain
ment . . ,,
There was a little matter tbe ladies forgot to
mention, which the followini telegram sent to
Mrs. E J. Phiuney, President, signed by
Frances E. Willapl:
Believing that It Is legally and morally wrong
forauvbouyto take the name or the National .
C. T. (J. Willi the prenx Aon-Partlsan." we ask
von as Christian sisters to discontinue the use of
this uame.
HOW TO DELAY OLD AGE.
Conservative Rules Which Tend to Delay
the March Toward the Grave.
Scottish American.:
When old age has really commenced (says
Dr. Richardson) its march toward final decay
is best allayed by attention to those rules of
conservation by which life is sustained with
the least friction and the least waste.
The prime rules for this purpose are: To
subsist on light but nutritious diet, with milk
as tbe standard food, but varied according to
season. To take food in moderate quantity,
four times in tbe day, including a light meal
before goiuz to bed. To clotbe warmly but
lightly, so that the body may, in all seasons,
maintain its equal temperature. To keep the
body in fair exercise, and tbe mina active
and cheerful. To maintain an interest in what
i rrnino. nn in th world.and to take part in rea-
sonable labors and pleasures, as though old age
were not present To late pieniy oi sieep uur
ine sleeping hours. To spend nine hours In bed
at tbe least and take care during cold weather
tbat the temperature ol the bedroom is main
tained at 60 Fahrenheit To avoid passion,
citement and luxury.
POLITICS SPOILS A MATCH,
But the Yonng Lady Secures 81,000 for
Breach of Promise.
lSFKCIAL TXLIOBAJI TO TBI DISFATCn.l
LIMA, November 20. A peculiar breach of
promise case bas just been decided here by
a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for SI, 000. The
case originated at Paulding two years ago, just
after the Presldectal campaign. Miss Mary
Shull was engaged to marry a prominent young
man named Adalbert Lenmann, who was an
ardent Republican.
He was helpine a party to raise a pole in the
town, which was witnessed by Miss Sbull. who
Is a strong Democrat During the pole raising
she "hurrahed" for Cleveland several times.
This so angered Lenmann tbat he refused to
marry tbe girl. Hbebrought salt against him,
'and after several trials tbe case resulted as
above stated.
COKIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
Bostonians are as fond of candy as they
-re of baked beans.
In the Western Baltic 230 specimens of
alga; have been described.
Crime is a contagions disease, anuiia
spread is not confined to the debased classes.
Dick Walker, of Jesnp, Ga., has man
ufactured a cork leg for his three-legged pig.
In proportion to the population, three
times as much spirits is drunk in Scotland as
in England.
A tale is the first key to the heart of a
child, the last voice that penetrates the fast
nesses of age.
Dr. Hall, in a lecture on Spain, says
one can live comfortably in a palace in Seville
for S3 a week.
It is calculated that a man walking day
and night could make a journey round tho
earth in 423 days.
The American Association for the Ad
vancement of Science includes in its member
ship about 2,000 persons.
The personnel of the Imperial Opera
Honse in Vienna is a little village community
of itself. It consists of 411 persons.
Naturalists, curators of museums and
others bave found mnrb difficulty in procuring
specimen eggs of tbe golden eagle.
Although sometimes seen 400 leagues
from land, the frigate bird is said to return
every night to its solitary roost
The name Ka fires, as applied to the
Kaffres of South and Central Africa, is the
Arab kaflr, "a enr," and was given them in
spite by tbe Moslem.
The Morning Advertiser, the latest ex
cept the Times of tbe threepenny paper3 in
London, will, it is said, reduce its price to a
pony at the New Year.
Tbe average number of distinct wars
and expeditions in which England has taken a
more or less active part since lso7 seems to
bave been rather under one a year.
i Levi Post, of Essex, a Connecticut
river village, picked a "mess" of green corn in
his garden a day or two ago. and nnless the
weather changes suddenly expects to have
green corn at his Thanksgiving.
The golden eagle may be distinguished
at once from all such immature white-heads by
the feathers on its legs. AH white-headed
eagles bave bare legs, while tbo legs of the gol
den eagle are feathered down to the foot
Parties at Santa Cruz, Cal., are engaged
in salting and packing mackerel for tbe first
time iu the history of the town. No such sea
son bas ever been known for fish and sea birds,
and the old residents pronhesy a dry winter.
The alga? of the ocean, and especially
of highly salineseas. are in all respects different
from fresh-water alg:e. They constitute two
independent orders, theoneof which is adapted
by its organization to fresh water, tbe other to
salt water.
The Pima Indians, who live in thatched
huts on the banks of the River Gila, in the
South Arizona Mountains, antedate the white
man in America by many years. Tbey were a
flonrishlng race 300 years ago, when the Span
iards came among them.
The sun's perpendicular rays do not
illumine the depths of tbe sea at all, or any
thing like it On tbe contrary, tbey only pene
trate, at the very outside, some 200 fathoms
down into the world of waters, beyond which
distance all Is ntter darkness.
At tbe present time we have indispu
table evidence that in addition to anthrax, ery
sipelas, tuberculosis (of which ono of the com
monest forms is pulmonary consumption),
chicken cholera, glanders and swine fever, are
broucbt abont by the presence of micro-organisms;
while in the case of many other diseases
the proof is all but complete.
A bird of immense wing power is the
tiny stormy petrel, the smallest web-footed
bird known. It belongs to every sea. and
although so seeming frail, it breast3 tbe utmost
fury of the storm, skimming with incredible
velocity the trough of the waves, and gliding
rapidly over their snowy crests. Petrels bave
been observed 2,000 miles from nearest land.
New York is filled with adventurers,
with rascals great and small, with men so in
dustrious in uncanny lines as to cause one to
admire tbe persistent pluck with which they
energetically go ahead to their own ruin, em
ploying faculties for their own destruction,
which, rightfully utilized, might make them
not only solid and respectable, bat brilliant and
impressive.
Thousands of goldcrests annually cross
and recross tbe North Sea at the wildestperiod
ot tho year, and. nnless the weather is rough,
generally make their migrations in safetv.
And yet this is tbe smallest and frailest British
oird a mere fluff of feathers, and weighing
only 70 grains. Another of the tits, the oxeyr,
has been met npon two occasions at 600 and 9.0
miles from land.
Captain Malogoli, the head of the Ital
ian military carrier pigeon depots, bas, after im
mense and unwearying tronble, succeedea in
getting his pigeons to fly backward and forward
between Rome and Civita Veccbia (72 kilo
metres). This practical success bas shattered
tbe theories of various ornithologists, such as
Russ. who have affirmed thatpigeonscannotbe
made to fly in two directions.
Oar forefathers had fewer in-door occu
pations than ourselves and more enforced idle
ness. Tbey saw less of society; they depended
more on borne resources foramusement Hence
the pilgrim with bis licensed exaggeration, the
minstrels and the whole army of jesters,
japers, disours jongleurs, gleemen, ribalds and
pollards all the tribe of those whom Pier
Plowman calls "Satan's children," were wel
come in the baronial ball.
It is said that of old, in Prussia and
Lithuania, the Were-wolves on each Christmas
Ere would assemble in troops at certain tryst-ing-places,
and thence went forth in bands to
bunt for animal food. Woe betide the lonely
bonse which lay in their path: sneb they would
assuredly enter and devour every living
creature within it, wbetber man or beast, leav
ing proof that the midnight marauders had
been no common wolves in that tbey drank all
the beer and mead in the house!
Ovid tells us that the first temple of
Vesta at Rome was constructed of wattled
walls and roofed with thatch like the primitive
bntsof the Inhabitants. It was little other
than a circular, covered fireplace, and was
tended by tho unmarried girls of the infant
commnnity. It served as tbe public hearth of
Rome, and on it glowed, unextinguished
throughout the year, tbe sacred fire, which was
supposed to have been brought from Troy, and
the continuance of which was thought to be
linked with tbe fortunes of the city.
THE SPICE OF LIFE.
"Why, sir, you have not pulled out the
bad tooth."
"Oil. signo-a, how Is It possible to extract any
thing bad from so lovely a mouth!" XeucattU
Chronicle.
"That Statue of Liberty," said Mrs.
Blnxum, ,-is very appropriately posed, stand
ing, of course. Uncle bam Isn't getting up to
give his seat to anybody these days." Stio Xork
Sun.
"Can your little brother talk now?"
"Ves. lie can say some words real welL"
"What are tbey:"'
"I don't know. Thev're words 1 never heard
before." tiarjier't loung People.
Chicagoan This is my home. Beautiful,
Isn't 11? Unlit with tbe products of my pen.
Visitor Then you are a wrlurf
Chicagoan No, indeed, I am a pork merchant.
Newcastle Chronicle.
First Poor Boy Let's go round to the
Astorbllts for Thanksgiving.
Second Poor Boy What for?
First Poor Boy-Thelr dining room's fixed so's
we can see 'em eat Life.
Miss Ann Fulton In my days the girls
wore one-buttoned gloves and dresses buttoned
up to the necx: now they wear one-buttoned
arestes and gloves up to the neck." Spars
Mvmmtt.
Preacher (to 3-year-old scholar) Lain,
what do you go to Sunday school for?
Little Lnlu (with finger in her month) To see
Dickie Johnson. Judge.
"I say, Bobby," whispered Featherly,
"did yonr sister say that she hoped my trip would
do me good?"
"Yes, she told me last night that If Mr feath
erly went West she hoped he wonld go for good."
Spare Momcntl.
He Why should you refuse him on ac
coant of his not being your equal? Yonr grand
father signed the Declaration of Independence.
Don't yon believe that all men are born equal?
She Oh, yes, of coarse I do; bat some men
deteriorate after birth, yon know. Life.
Mr.Smith(orCanajohane) What town's
this?
Native I.uray, Virglnnv, sab.
Mr. smith Any battles rought aronnd here?
Native Ves. sah; bntyer winter keep It dark.
Limber Boaoh an' Corky th' Kid. 'f Hagerstown,
hev s mill t'nlght 'thout gloves. Gimme a
dollar an you get a tip wbar it's ter be, sah.
Judge.
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