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PITTSBURG.'.SATUKDAY, J.OV. 29, 189a
THE INDIAN AGITATION'.
The last reports from the Indian agencies
are to the effect that the danger of hostili
ties, which had been previously exaggerated,
is nearly over. The excited Indians have
been restored to their senses by the approach
of winter, the majority of them have come
in to get their rations, and their pacification
until spring is now almost assured. By
that time it trill be nothing but singular
incompetence if lull precautions to prevent
an uprising are not taken.
The crisis being past there are intimations
of investigation into the trouble which hint
at the implication ol Government agents.
Exactly how the officers cf the Government
could be connected with this general agita
tion is not plain; but it is a singular fact
that the old agents who were displaced to
make room for the appointees of the present
administration have been able to exert a re
markable influence in the pacification of the
Indians. If there is any suspicion of dis
honesty or injudicious treatment on the part
of s y officials who have charge of agencies
the investigation should be thorough and
the facts unsparingly made public.
There certainly could be no more telling
commentary on the spoils system of politics
than the displacement of the men who have
kept the Indians quiet and contented, while
under their successors the army has to be
called out and the old agents appealed to,
in order to avert the danger of a savage out
break. WANAMAKKK'S REPORT.
The annual report of Postmaster General
"Wanamaker, which The DisrATCli pub
lishes to-day, shows that the Postal Depart
ment is in a satisfactory condition. The
growth of the mail service during the past
year has been remarkable, as the increase of
five million dollars in gross revenues and
the addition of over five thousand new post
offices sufficiently attest. Mr. Wanamaker
is justified in taking pride in the
practical evidence of economy in the
administration of the Department
which he is able to produce, and it is
pleasant to learn that his ardor is unsub
dued in the perfection of improvements in
the handling of mails. The opposition of
the anti-lottery bill appears to have had
good results already, and the public will
echo heartily the Postmaster General's joy
on this score. The report contains recom
mendations and plans for the further im
provement of postal facilities, both domestic
and international, which with Mr. "Wana
maker's renowed advocacy of a government
telegraph deserve careful consideration.
OCR ANTIQUATED. CAPITOL.
The Secretary of the Commonwealth, in
his report to Governor Heaver, prior to lay
ing down the office for a Congressional
career, calls attention to the disgracefully
inadequate Capitol building at Harrisburg.
As the Philadelphia Times says: "It is a
striking comment on the peannt politics
that have so long disgraced Pennsylvania,
that the books and documents of the State
Department can find no other resting place
than a loft that must be reached with a lad
der when the documents are wanted and in
which tiny are entirely without protection
from fire."
It is true that Pennsylvania, the second
State of the Union in wealth and popula
tion, has a Capitol building which would
be inadequate and discreditable for a fourth
or fifth-class State. It was erected when the
wealth and population of Pennsylvania
were about equal to those of "Wisconsin or
Minnesota at the present time; and it is one
of the singular features of our politics that
the opportunities for political spoils afforded
by the construction of a new and costly
Capitol have never been utilized by our
politicians. This suggests that it may be
better to get along with the shabby
and inadequate old building than
reproduce the scandals that have attended
the building of State capitols in other
States. The example of N6W York is, to
people who have a desire for honesty in
public administration, a decided deterrent
from advocating the construction of such a
State building as would be in accordance
with Pennsylvania's magnitude and needs.
If our legislators and State officials can
rise to the height of devising a plan by
which a new capitol of architectural merits
and adequate accommodations can be built on
as business-like a basis, and with as entire
freedom from jobbery, as the Allegheny
county Court House, the public would will
ingly indorse the policy of building such a
structure tor the benefit of the State. Penn
sylvania can well afford the cost of at
tractive and honestly constructed State
Hire Btgpaftfj.
buildings; but it cannot afford to have
buildings of even half the cost put up with
embellishments of jobbery and dishonesty.
THE TIG IRON INDUSTRY.
The declaration of the turnace proprietors
of the Mahoning and Shenango Valleys,
that they must shut down their establish
ments at the beginning of next year unless
they can obtain material concessions in
freight charges and the price of coke, in
troduces an interesting and important
question. For the past year or more the
activity of the iron trade has been such that
the interests which furnished the furnaces
with transportation have'eujoyed good rates.
"While prices were by no means inflated.they
permitted the makers of pig iron to pay fair
prices for their fuel and remunerative rates
for the transportation of their raw material
and product The result has been a season of
prosperity and activity for the railroad, pig
iron and coke interests in common.
It has been obvions, however, that the
margin above cost of production in the pig
iron industry was not so great that any
material reduction of prices could be borne
without a corresponding reduction in the
cost of production. The pig iron producers
ciaim that the time has arrived when these
factors of cost must be calculated on a
closer scale. It is evident that such a claim
is not one to be lightly made or contemptu
ously refused a hearing. If it is properly
founded in the course of the market it will
compel the attention of the interests which
rely on the pig iron producers. The rail
roads and coke companies have shared the
prosperity of the pig iron interests, and it is
no more than fair that, if for the steady pro
duction of the industry a contraction of the
elements of costs is necessary, they should
share that also. Not only is this fair, but
there is a compulsion in the fact that, if the
blast furnaces are not enabled to run, the
railroads and coke manufacturers will lose
more, in the obliteration of a part of their
market, than they would by moderate con
cessions in their charges.
But there is ground for suspecting that
that announcement is aimed more especially
at an object not specified than at those that
are. The railroads getting a remunerative
business from the pig iron interests can
doubtless pay expenses, fixed charges and
dividends, much more easily out of reduced
rates than they can by keeping up the rates
and losing traffic The same can be said of
the coke interests. But a factor in the
cost of pig iron manufacture, as important
as railroad freights and coke put together, is
the price of ore. It is also the fact that the
increase in the price of the ore necessary to
make a ton of pig iron, on account of the
improvement a year or more ago,was greater
than that in railroad ireights and ore.
Under those circumstances it is possible to
think that, although the blast furnace man
agers do not say so, their movement will be
be more urgently levelled in the direction
of a reduction in the price of ore than on
the price ot coke or the railroad freight
rates.
This opinion is strengthened by the talk
of an agreement to shut down on the 1st of
January. If the pig iron business were
absolutely at a losing level, no agreement to
shut down would be necessary. The furnace
that shnt down first would lose the least.and
get in the best shape lor resumption when
the market revived. On the other hand, if
there is any profit on production such an
agreement would be valueless, simply be
cause it would not be kept. But the agree
ment might be well suited for negotiations
with the ore companies, which are generally
made at about the first of the year, and the
presentation of a united front by the large
buyers of ore might be of decided influence
on the price in the contracts of 1891.
Naturally if the furnacemen can get
moderate concessions on the cost of ore,
freights and coke, they will very much im
prove their position for the coming year.
No one can blame them for earnest efforts to
secure that position; bnt we do not appre
hend that either their efforts or the necessi
ties of the case, will require the general
suspension of production that is talked of.
SOLVENT BUT SQUEEZED.
The failure of the Philadelphia banking
firm, B. K. Jamison & Co., which occurred
yesterday, is a regretable result of the pres
ent financial stringency. The revelations
as to the causes of the failure are not at all
alarming; they show nothing more than the
inability of a conservative firm to realize
their assets in the face of an emergency
which could not have been foreseen.
The firm has enjoyed a high
reputation, and at one time were
the fiscal agents of this city. It would ap
pear that circumstances favor Jameson &
Co.'s resumption, and the failure in point of
fact ought rather to prove a temporary re
sumption. "With the improving condition
of the money market there is no reason to
fear any extension of the financial disturb
ance in this State.
GOOD ANTI-TRUST DOCTRINE.
The decision by Judge Gordon, of the
Philadelphia Common Pleas, on an appli
cation for a charter of an alleged retail coal
company adds another to the long list of
judicial declarations against combinations
in restraint of transit, under circumstances
which bring into strong relief the contempt
with which the strongest and wealthiest
combinations are treating the unanimous
declarations of the bench as to their illegal
ity. The application in this case was for a
charter for a retail coal company, in which
the retail coal dealers were to be combined,
and the statement of its purpose was "to pro
mote the business of such retail coal dealers
as may become members thereof, and to pro
tect them from unwarranted increase in
sales and prices." The remarkable object
of protecting the retail coal dealers against
the calamity of an increase of sales, rightly
attracted the judicial attention; and in his
opinion, Judge Gordon made the following
pointed characterization oi the prevalent
combination policy:
As a matter of fact, beneath all its bungling
disguises and naif-disclosed purposes, it is ob
vious that the intention of this proposed cor
poration Is to commit acts that are not only
injurious to the community and against public
policy, bat also indictable as a criminal con
spiracy. "Whether It be termed a 'trust,' a "pool,' a
'combination' or a 'trade organization,' it is
still an unlawful combination in general re
straint of trade, and for the purpose of regu
lating the price and controlling the snpplyof
what, in effect, is a necessary of life. All com
binations of this character intended to inter
fere with trade In Its natural and ordinary
movement, as governed by supply and demand,
are unlaw! nL Such criminal compacts are not
Infrequently heard of in our modern lite, are
more often suspected to exist, and are some
times disclosed In the courts, but this is the
first time we hare known judicial sanction with
corporate powers and privileges to be asked for
them.
This is sound and commendable doctrine,
but it is one of the ironiesof the fates, which
appear to preside over this whole subject of
monopolistic combinations, that this pointed
and forcible judicial denunciation of them
is directed against a combination of inch
small proportions as to almost deserve im
munity. On the principle of de mininivt
nor curat lex, the greater and more far
reaching combinations rise serenely above
the principles of law and justice. It is a
notorious fact that the whole anthracite coal
trade is under the control of a combination
which limits production and orders the en
tire industry of a district to stand idle, and
is not disturbed by law simply because it
does not take the trouble to ask the author
ity of the law for anything it does. On the
other hand, this proposed combination is
one of the smallest retailers in the business,
and could hardly have controlled the mar-
ket in any way. Indeed, the attorney for
the applicants says that the purpose of the
charter was to run a coal yard at which the
applicants, who are peddlers of coal, could
get their stock in trade at cost. In that
case, the applicants are to be commiserated
on their bad luck in not employing an at
torney with sense enough to state clearly
the legitimate purpose of an "organization
instead of shrouding it under mysterious
and incongrous professions of illegitimate
purposes.
Judge Garven's decision was, of course,
based on the principle of the thing, but it is
a pity that he cannot have a chance to ap
ply that principle to some of the gigantio
combinations instead of one of the smallest.
THE JAIL DELIVERY.
The "Western Penitentiary lost two of its
inmates last night that the community can
ill afford to gain. The murderer and the
burglar, it is to be hoped, will soon be re
turned to their cells, and it is hardly pos
sible that they can remain at large long, for
the alarm followed close upon the heels of
their escape. The possibility ot a human
tiger getting loose in this fashion is one of
the best arguments for capital punishment.
If the hangman had attended to McGraw
his career of uselessness would not have
been indefinitely prolonged, as now it
may be.
A GOOD SIGN.
The latest accounts from Oklahoma indi
cate that the ameliorating influences of civil
ization are doing their work there. The
telegraphic account of a controversy be
tween two members of the Legislature states
that they went outside of the House and
"clinched," but refrained from coming to
blows. This is encouraging. In the early
day of Oklahoma, a difference of opinion
would result in the disputants getting out
their field artillery without leaving the floor
of the House. But in less than two years
they have reached the stage of good order
where they do not even come to blows. This
rapid progress warrants the hope that in a
short time the Oklahoma Legislature will
be more orderly than the National House
of representatives. It can never be as
dignified or as dull as the Senate.
"We find in the Philadelphia Press the
following as an example of the desperate con
dition of the English under the system of taxa
tion in this country: "In free trade England,
where the blessings of direct taxation prevail,
a man cannot keep a dog-cart, light vehicle or
carriage without a license." It is neither sur
prising to find this presented as an example of
the oppressive taxation in England, inasmuch
as protectionist Fittsbnrg has exactly the
same sort of vehiclo license tax. It may be an
antiquated form of taxation, bnt the people of
Pittsburg bad not found ont that they were
ground down in the? dust by it before the Press
told them.
It is reported that Speaker Reed is appre
hensive that he may not have a working quorum
for business when the House meets, next Mon
day. The Speaker seems to have become con
vinced from recent events that the policy of
connting a quorum anyhow is liable to ran
through itself.
Afteb the goose bone and oyster-shells,
and various other inanimate weather prophets
have got in their full work for a hard winter,
it is calculated to restore the cornstalk to
popularity to learn that It predicts that the
back-bone of the coming winter will be broken
before it begins to have an existence. With
gas at 15 cents a thousand and still going up,
the cornstalk will merit public gratitude if it
can bring about a verification of its prophecy.
The appearance of "White Caps in New
England indicates the need of that as well as
other sections of the country for a vigorous
administration of justice which will set tho
ruffians who undertake to regulate their neigh,
borsbyraob law at useful work in the peni
tentiary. The statement that while the Louisiana
lottery's circulars aro stopped in the United
States mails, those of foreign lotteries are car
ried by international postal agreement. If we
suppress our domestic gambling shops, we need
not feel any es'pecial responsibility for tho
foreign variety. But international postal
agreements which permit foreigners to violate
our laws, should be subject to amendment,)
AKD now "West Chester, Pa., discovers
that her census is nearly CO percent short of a
full enumeration. If Pittsburg would take the
same course that West Chester did, namely, a
straightforward recount by the local authori
ties, she might make a similar discovery.
"When it was learned that the Charley
Ross discovered by the New York Police De
partment and tho World did not wish tho dis
covery to be made public, becanse ho expected
to go to Chicago when the World's Fair is
opened and do a big business on the strength
of the announcement at that time, it was plain
that this was not a good enough Charley Ross
to last until after the election.
"Wintet weather like that of yesterday
is a vast improvement on the fall weather
which preceded it If the winter koeps on the
way it has begun we may have some compen
sation for the wee season of 1899.
A confeeence which took place'the
other day between Governor Hill and Colonel
Dan Lamont is thought by the New York
papers to be pregnant with political results.
Possibly, however, it may be more pregnant
with results to the New York corporations
which Colonel Lamont has been Industriously
exploiting since he retired from pnbllc posi
tion. The death oi the King of Holland affords
a new example of the princely lines which be
gan gloriously and ended by a complete peter,
lng oat of mental and moral qualities.
The spaniel "Yip," one of whose bones
has been utilized in a New York hospital for
grafting upon the leg of a boy has been re
christened "Charity." The sentiment ot the
new name is appropriate; bat it the spaniel's
opinion could be consulted the chances are
that it would be decidedly to the effect that
charity begins at home.
If the gas shortage continues much longer
It may provoke an inquiry whether companies
have adopted the favorite corporate method of
limiting the production of gas.
Notv that Mr. Jay Gould has shown his
financial ability to buy up various railroads,
it would seem a good time for the Govern
mentto request him to pay that little bill which
the Union Pacific owes the Government. By
so doing he would add nndoubted value to bis
recently acquired property.
Africa's Distribution.
From the New Yorx Times. 1
Bo much ot the contention over Africa Is
made by England, Germany, Portugal and Italy
that comparatively few people may know that
France has a larger part of the Dark Con
tinent under ber control than any of these
countries and than any other power. The fig
ures given by a geographical authority are, in
round numbers, 3,300,009 square miles for
France, against 1,908,000 for 'Great Britain,
1,035,000 for Germany, and.775,000 for Portugal.
SNAP SHOrSJN SEASON.
The sins of women occupy more pages in
history than their sorrows.
Did you In your young days live where the
winter came earlier than it does here? If so
the first snowflako made your eyes dance and
your heart jump, didn't it? When you awoke
early in the morning and saw frost on the
window panes and snow on the' ledges and
hedges you didn't tarry long in tho warm
bed, dm yon? Vislotss of a smooth, white road
way up the long hill, bright ice on the big
pond and the slow running river, huge balls
rolled in tho covered meadows, rnde white
giants fashioneili by mitted sculptors, red
cheeked, merrv maidens sleds, skates, snow
shoes, toboggans came with the tracery on
the pane and the flakes on the frame. In
your ears echoed the jingle of silvery bells, the
Joyous cries of a merry company, the laughs
that go with a romp tn the snow, a slide down
the hill, a race on tho ice. Tho chill warmed
the heart, the frost freshened the blood,
the snow sunned the sorrow. To tho
children of the Northland, where winds cut and
frosts sting, where the air is dry, the
snow crisp, too drifts high, winter
is hailed with cbl dish earnest joy. .Mitted and
muffled they roam orer the ice-coated stream
and through the snow-covered fields tireless
and tearless. Tliey iiee not tho shivers of the
aged, the low fire cf the poor, the frost-bitten
fingers of the glovoless. the swollen
feet of the shoeless. The chill that
creeps into tho chinks of the cabin
warms before it reaches the nest under the
thatch. The frost that means .a frolic for the
youth means a struggle for the elders, of
course. But the hanpy little broods sleeping
on feathers and straw are snow-blind to the
sorrows and the trials that come with
the wintry blasts. And surely their
merry laughter breaks through the white
woe which settles on some. The sparklo ot
their bright eyes, the vapor of their hot
breaths, the roses on their chubby cheeks shed
light and heat in the frost-bitten homes. The
chill, too, makes all charitable. In the winter
we visit the abodes of the weepers. In the
springtime we visit the graves of the sleepers.
Sunshine for the one, flowers for the other.
Pluck can give lucx cards and spades and
win out.
The woman who wears a leveled off hat to
the theater is very levul headed.
She Is a King's Daughter, she lives o'er the
water.
Her home is in Allegheny;
My heart's in a flutter, I love no one but her,
And we will be married someday.
LEATllEr. balls are crowding oat the leather
covered books in the colleges.
The soldiers seem to be the only ones on the
warpath out West.
This is splendid weather for the greathuman
handicap.
The deeds performed in Africa seem to be
darker than the country or its people.
to the gikl III CnEAP CALICO.
You can sing of your silken-clad fair ones,
And rave 'bout the jewels they wear;
Yon can tell us the cost of the rare ones
That sparkle on Angers and hair.
Choicest flowers that bloom in fine vases
Fade sooner than others, yon know;
Hollow hearts can beat under the laces,
True hearts 'neath the cheap calico.
Yon can talk of tho jojb and the pleasures
Wealth brings to the fortunate fair,
Who can toy with tho earth's richest treasures.
And seemingly live without care.
To the world they present joyous faces
In secret their tears only flow;
Surely some of them long to change places
With girls who wear cheap calico.
You can drink to the health of the beauties
Who keep step with Fashion's advance;
Who are foremost in all worldly duties,
Who load in Society's dance.
When Pleasure robs eyes of their brightness.
With faces no longer aglow.
Do tbey Ions for the bloom and heart lightness
Of girls dressed in cheap calico? ., ,
So I sing to the blooming sweet lasses
Who Rally life's burdens endure.
Who when looking into their glasses
See faces health-tinted and pure.
May they never know heart-breaking sorrow
As onward and upward they go;
And some day that coming To-morrow-Wear
a veil over cheap calico.
If children have pets they are less liable to
become pettish.
Mr. Acres gave away Cleveland's letter
about Ingalls. Groyer is now sorry he culti
vated Acres' acquaintance.
Twelve per cent of England's Industrial
classes are women. The men are needed for
the army.
The eagle has once more resumed his place
at the head of the procession.
Breeches of promise The young heir's first
pair of trousers.
Judging from the number of marriages at
present there will be a Dig demand for houses
for residence purposes this winter.
The Yale lock seems to prove as effective on
the football field as on the bouses.
In the sunshine of affection woman reaches
perfection.
Healthy people are happy, hence the pur
suit of health also means the pursuit of happi
ness. Women prefer plain speaking to plain dress
ing. If some one could patent an ink warranted
to fade out of sight a few days after the letter
was written breach of promise cases would be
harder to try.
The only thing Sarah Bernhardt cannot
grasp in "Cleopatra" is the beauty of the
heroine.
Ir the correspondents were called off the
Indian war would terminate.
Jay Gould says he never owned a gnn in his
life, and never went gunning for anybody.
Surely ho manipulated a squirt gun when he
watered some of his stocks.
Philadelphia has 200 undertakers. Na
wonder it's a dead town.
He who smiles and looks at ease
When grief is in bis heart,
More people manages to please
Than he who shows pain's smart,
Becanse a genial smiling eye
And jovial mien, forsooth.
Is, like a cunning pleasant lie,
More relished than tbe truth.
It begins to look as if the Indian scare was
gotten up to draw attention to the army.
Don Cameron has decided to succeed him
self. He holds a tight mortgage on the Sen
atorsnip, and the newspapers talking about it
are only wasting space.
The bottom has dropped oat of one of Uncle
Sam's cruisers. Fortunately she settled on tha
bottom ot a dry dock.
They aro arranging for tbe marriage of tbe
10-year-old Queen of Holland to a 36-year-old
chap. Tbe Powers should forbid the b anns.
The Indian Messiah is an artful dodger.
Canes are tbe only signs of support some
well dressed yonng men show.
The girl who has engaging manners is very
apt to be engaged sooner than her less favored
sisters.
Poverty may make us gentle, but hunger
makes us brutal.
The wolves In sheep's clothing are tbe ones
that fleece their fellows.
. - Willie WnrxiB,
SHE WANTS TO "WED.
Peter Miller's Advertisement for a Wife
Brings Him an Answer.
.'FrECIAL. TELXOBAJf TO TUB DISrATCIM
New York; November 28. There is a letter
at tbe Barge Office for Peter Miller, who is
looking for a wile from among the immigrants.
Peter's matrimonial request has been written
about in the papers, and a letter was received
to-day, of which the following is a verbatim
copy:
Catasaqua, November 27. Dear Sir: I have
seen a advertisement In the Phlladena Sikord
about a Man by name or Peter Wilier In search of
a wile 1 would be very Pleased to bav him bend me
his I'hotogratk ibis Is all 1 have to Say at Presents
Miss May McKeever, Katasaqua,
LehlghConnty 1'a.
This letter will be sent to Peter Miller for
consideration.
Call for Football Shoes.
The demand for football shoes at present is
something unprecedented, says tbe Lewlston
(Me.) Journal. Manufacturers say tbat tbe
call has trebled since 18S5. No shoe called for
must be so tough and elastic as tbe article worn
by those who play football, A favorite style is
to mako tbe upper of light-colored French calf,
made with or without tbe ankle pad, as spikes
or rubber soles are not allowed in football.
Leather cleats running across tho soles are ex
tremely useful and popular.
PEBSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
Mr. C. P. Huntington began life as a tin
peddler.
A late estimate of John D. Rockefeller's
fortune places It at $125,000,000.
Senator Inoalls is arranging to build a
large business block in Atchison.
Lord Baltimore's portrait in oil has been
offered to the city of Baltimore for $750.
J. C. Rice, of Mechanicville, N. Y., who is
bale and hearty at Si. was present when the
water was let into the Champlaln Canal, and
met the water from Lake Erie in the Erie
Canal, In 1623.
Teddie Goodwin, 6; years old, of Camella,
Ga., is a little hero. The gown of his 2-year-old
sister caucbt fire, and, with commendable
presence of mind, ho tore off his jacket and
smothered the flames.
The Tichborne claimant is at present engaged
as a barman in a public houso in Birmingham.
He makes himself generally useful, and in the
evening be lectures in the smoke room. It is
said that he gets 12 a week and all found.
It appears from the souvenirs ot tbe Baron
de Barante, which are about to be published,
that Talleyrand fled to America menaced by the
Reign of Terror, bis worldly wealth consisting
of 25 louls-d'ors, and tbat Maaame De Stael pre
vented him from committing suicide by obtain
ing for him a post.
Me. Stead whites of Mr. Morley that he
neither rides, nor skates, nor bicycles, nor goes
a-flsbing. No one ever beard of blm playing at
cricket, or rowing, and his interest in lawn ten
nis is solely that of a spectator. It has been so
from his youth up, his pleasures being those of
tbe intellect. He revels in long walks across
the bills, or solitary meditations in country
lanes. Bat, on tbe whole, he is probably hap
piest if you givo him a book and a shady seat in
a quiet garden. Give him a favorito book and
a familiar garden seat, and he has all tbat can
most minister to his pleasurable content.
Major General Molina Uuirola, the re
cently appointed Minister of Salvador to the
United States, is a man of distinguished appear
ance, was educated in the Salvadorian Military
Academy, and has fought in tbe battles ot the
republic for 20 years. His present appointment
was conferred by President Ezeta in recogni
tion of his services during the recent war with
Guatemala, when beacted as General Minister,
holding for a time all the Cabinet portfolios. In
1STG, while fighting against Guatemala, he lost a
leg. General Guirola intends to bring bis family
to this country soon, and have bis sons educated
here.
SALES OF MILLET'S AHGELTJS.
A Statement of Its Different Sales and In
creasing Valuation.
i'rom the Fall Mall Budget.!
Here is a table setting forth the strange,
eventful story ot the appreciation of Millet's
"Angelus." The picture has been bought, by
tho way, not for the Gallery of the Louvre (as
has been stated), but for tbe 'private gallery of
M. Cbancbard, who was formerly a director ot
tho Magaslns du Louvre (hence the confusion).
Sold by the painter to 31. t'eydoau 72
Who sold It to il. Wane (of Monaco) 120
Who passed It on to Mr. Stevens, who sold
ltto M. Yanl'raet 200
When, after passing through several bands,
it was bought by .. tVilson 15,200
At whose sale H, Secretin bought it 6,400
At whose sale tho American Art Associa
tion hid i 7 22,000
While 11. Proust for the French Govern
ment bid $2,120
Chamber rclascd the money, l'lcturc went
to America, and ha: now been sold toil.
Chauchardfor 30,000
THE BBAZHJArT FLEET.
New York Herald: We have a goodly
show of armed vessels in the Hudson just now,
and their black and white hulls give the river a
decidedly picturesque appearance. They are
not exactly graceful, it must be admitted, but
tbey have a certain bulldog look which gratifies
our pugnacity.
Philadelphia Press: The Brazilian fleet
me t la New York yesterday a naval and official
welcome, which is, after all, but a faint expres
sion ot the cordial feeling in this country to
ward onr great neighbor in the south. No
nation in tbe world has greater undeveloped
resources than Brazil, and none is more inter
ested in seeing them developed than the United
States.
New York Press: The greetings which
have boon extended to the Brazilian fleet in
New York harbor, the banqueting and the kind
expressions to our visitors have been some
thing moro than the formal courtesies of
American to Brazilian naval officers. They are
tbe heartfelt greetings of the oldest republic
on this continent to tho youngest, and they
mean that 63,000,000 people in the United States
are unanimous in welcoming Brazil to the
growing sisterhood of republics.
Springfield Republican: Never before
in our naval history have United States
ships of war gone out to Sandy Hook to wel
come the ships of a foreign paw er. The invari
able rule has been to await their salute of our
forts in tbe harbor. But tbe Yorktown and
Dolphin Tuesday were sent out to return the
rare compliment paid our squadron at the
Brazilian capital. Tbeso violations of precedent
aie not- ill-advised. Tbe closer and more
friendly onr relations with South American
nations, the better for all of ns will it be.
SOME CHINESE STATISTICS.
Interesting Facts Concerning Land Values
and Family Holdings.
Tsheng-Ki-Tong, In Asiatic Quarterly Itevlew.
Statistics are often very valuable aids to the
proper understanding of the actual state ot
affairs in a country. The following statistical
figures will speak for themselves; and though
tbey are only approximate, they are not ex
aggerated. The total value of our cultivated land in
China now exceeds the sum of 72.000,000,000;
this sum, divided among 400.000,000 inhabitants,
leaves to each individual the sum of 180. A
single family, on tbe average, consists ot six to
seven people; this would give tne family a capi
tal of 1,080, and. as money is at least six
times as valuaole in" China as in the West, and
without even considering the great ddmestic
economy where there Is joint family life, tbe
sum of at least 6,000 would, according to
Western ideas of value, represent the average
capital in land at tbe disposal of a family of
Six members.
DEATHS OP A DAY.
Mrs. Margaret M. Hutchison.
Mrs. Margaret M. Hutchison died yesterday
afternoon at the age of 83 years. 8he was tho wife
ot David Hutchison, a wealthy and Influential
resident or the Sixth ward. Tne funeral will oc
cur Sunday evening at her late home, corner
btevenson and Bluff streets.
Wrs. W. K. Woodwell.
Mrs. Charlotte Anschutx Woodwell, wifb ofW.
K. Woodwell, of the well-known firm of Joseph
Woodwell & Co., died yesterday at 12:l r. M.
Tha funeral will tale place from tho family resi
dence ou l'cun avenue, near Lang avenue, Mon
day at 3 r, !.
Mrs. Marian. Short.
Mrs, Msrlab MoLane Short died yesterday 'at
tbe Home of Incurables. Eighteenth ward, at the
age of 7ears. Tbe funeral will occur to-day at
SiWr.x.J
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
A Sign of Impatience
A good many people ask for David Hender
son or bis brother Wemyss during the
day at Murray & Hammond's office, opposite
tbe Duquesne Theater. The Hendersons have
made tbe office of the bill-posting firm a sort
of headquarters, nominally perhaps, for they
might declare, as .a certain general on tbe
Union sido did to his own discomfiture tbat
their headquarters has been "in the saddle"
for the last three months. About a hundred
messenger boys, theatrical people, and others
bent on business. Including a good showing of
reporters, asked big Mr. Mnrray or bis equally
urbane partner, Mr. Hammond, yesterday to
tell them when the Hendersons would be In,
until tbe business of blll-posting bade fair to be
swamped beneath the flood of inquiry.
About 3 o'clock, when the two hundred and
seventh person, by actual count, had opened
the door, letting in a blast of cola air from
without and getting a hot blast from within in
answer to tbe qnery: "Where is Mr. Hender
son:" Mr. Murray arose and directed an artis
tic genius, who happened to be within call, to
paint a sign to order. A sheet of fair, white
paper was proenred, and upon this the artist
painted in red letters, beneath a floral design
in black anl crimson, representing tbe last rose
of summer in an advanced stage ot decay, this
touching legend:
j MB. HENDERSON
Will be j
1 m I
: When He Comes Back. :
: Yours Truly,
: Mubbat and Hammond.
t
This sign now awaits anxious inquirers and
bas already given great satisfactin to Its projec
tors. The Hunters Were Happy.
J7NOUGH gunpowder to blow this community
to next Thanksgiving, say was burnt by
tbe sportsmen of Pittsburg on Thursday. At
one establishment which makes a business of
loaning guns by tbe day or week, every availa
ble shotgun had been lent when Thanksgiving
Eve came, and the total nnmber of requests
for small artillery reached the astounding nnm
ber of $00. If tbe stories of tbe hunters who
turned up lame ana more or less disfigured,
yesterday, are to be accepted as samples of tbe
general experience, all tbe quail, rabbits,
pheasants and other small came in Allegheny
connty are dead. It was a pretty good day for
hunting, everybody agrees, and it may be taken
for a fact that more game dinners have been
eaten here in the last day or two than for many
years past. The abundance of quail continues
to be a source of wonder and rejoicing where
ever Johnny gets his gun in Western Pennsyl
vania. The open winters that we have enjoyed
in this latitude for two years have brought
some sort of a recompense to the banters by
ensuring the survival of quail and othe." birds
that extremely cold weather usually thins out.
Freedom or Death.
Qn Thanksgiving night when tho train
stopped at Freedom, a station about 20 miles
down the Fort Wayne road, two stalwart girls,
weighing about 300 pounds net, did not dis
cover that they had reached their destination
till the conductor reached for the bell coft to
give the signal to start. Tbey were panic
stricken, of course, and as heavyweights ot tbe
feminine genderare apt to do, they stood not
upon tho order of their going. There were a
good many standing in the car when this heavy
brigade of two made its charge, bnt few were
standing a minute later. Pickett's charge or
tbat of the light brigade were nothing to it.
As tbe train pulled ont leaving tbe pair of
Amazons In good order beside the track, a stout
man who had fallen in tbe contusion against
tbe stove remarked: "Tbat must have been
tbe wild rush for Freedom I've so often heard
about."
A Sovereign Remedy.
Potld you give me something," said a
roungman whose face was long enough
for three men and a boy and as cheerful as a
map of tbe Dark Continent, yesterday, to a
clerk in a downtown drugstore. "Could you
give me something that would blot out the last
chapter of the past, obliterate yesterday, in
spire me with charity, make the world seem to
me less like a dreary, dark, desolate dream ot
dyspepsia, and bring my tongue and my head
back to something like normal size?"
"You have been giving thanks, I see," said
tbo philanthropic compounder of drags, as he
poured oat about three fingers of a dark fluid
under tbe counter, "and need a dose of hair
restorer."
"Hair restorer?" echoed the Invalid.
"Yes hair of tho dog tbat bit you!"
How His "Word "Went.
Come Pittsburr parties were drilling a well
last month in tho Brnsh Creek field, and a
farmer whose land adjoined the well agreed
with them to lease to them If tbey found tbey
wanted it. They bad the derrick np and the
well had been drilling for a good while when
an oil scout representing another firm got bold
of the honest farmer and tried to induce him
to let him have tbe lease.
"No, I can't do that," said the farmer; "I've
given my word to thom .fellers drilling over
there. I wouldn't have no peace with my con
science if I broke my word. My neighbors all
know my word's out; 'twouldn't be right, an'
jny old woman'd take on terrible if "
"See here, my friend," said the tempter,
"you've given your word, you say do you
know what they'll do with you? That well's
nearly down, and if it's a duster they'll not give
you a cent for yonr land, but if it comes in big
you'll not get anything like what your land's
worth not half what I'll give you."
"If tbe well comes in big," the farmer re
peated slowly, shutting one eye, "oh, well
why, then my word ain't guilty my word ain't
gulltyl"
THE DISPATCH to-morrow will hold 24
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matter for 5 cents.
AH ANTABCTIC EXPEDITION.
It is Supported in Australia and Will be
Scientific in Nature.
A generous Australian, who has already done
much to promote tbe exploration of the South
ern Continent, says the Pall Mall Budget, has
offered to contribute 5,000 toward tbe pro
posed Antarctic Expedition, provided it is got
up and equipped on an adequate scale. He has
a strong hope that the various Australian Gov
ernments will come forward and share In the
enterprise, and he does not think it wonld be
expecting too much tbat the home Govern,
ment should also vote a sum for the very de
sirable object. Tbe gentleman in question is
confident tbat little can be accomplished with
so small a sum as 10,000, and he quite disap
proves of the proposal to combine commercial
inquiries with scientific investigation. He is
confident that in this, as in so many other cases,
the interests of commerce will best be served
by giving at first exclusive attention to the col
lection of data which will be useful to science.
THE NEW TELEGBAPH CABLES.
Important Communication by Cable With,
Southern Points.
From the New York tiun.I
The preparations for laying a telegraph cable
from Australia to British Columbia, across the
Pacific Ocean, are advancing in an orderly way,
and there are prospects of success in finding a
suitable bed for the cable. The work of laying
the new cable between Guatemala and the
United States is making fair progress, and
there is good hope tbat we shall soon have tele
graphic communication with several countries
ot Central America. The two new cable enter
prises here referred to are of great importance
to the commerce of the wofld. We trust tbat
both the telegraph lines will be in working
order before this timo of next yea
AH IHDIAH CABEYIHa PLACE.
The Spot is a Rich Field for the Gleaner of
Curious Indian Belies.
Between Fhlpsburg and Winneganee is an
old carrying place, says the Kennebec (Me.)
Journal, and tbo croond abont there Js still
covered with arrow heads, spear beads, gouges,
hammers, toniabawksand. miirjerous other me
mentoes of the stone age. It is a rich field for
antiquarians. In fact, it Isone of tbe most ife
tereitlng spots in Maine, which is becoming;
more apparent as each succeeding year adds
antiquity and cWmtotnerpUVee.' v '
A COMPLETE SUCCESS.
Brilliant Opening ot the New Union League
Club House Lectures That Were Given
and Aro Yet to be Heard Card Parties
and Receptions.
Tbe Union Leazue Club donned its most
festive attire last evening, and made its formal
bow to the public in its cozy new club house on
Penn avenue. As early as 8 o'clock everything
was in reception order for the expected 500
guests. The ehony-bued 'Trcntleracn's centle
nien" were In waiting at their posts of duty,
the ebony-hued maids were anxiously awaiting
the fair ladles, nboe wraps they were to care
for, and the committee in full dress and broad
smiles meandered round their new possessions,
and with pardonable pride viewed tbe
beautiful floral decoration', when the
electric lights, by condescending to shine,
permitted such toasting of the eyes, and con
cratulited ihemselves and each other upon tbe
lact tbat tho initial reception of tbe Union
Loigue pmniled to be a crand snecess. Iater
n. the guests began to arrive, and Gueniner's
orchestra, stationed in a room on tbe second
floor.tuat seemed destined especially for tneui,
liccan the iiuisic.il programme that added so
much to the enjovment of the evening.
Before 9 o'clock tbo rooms, so fresh and at
tractive in their artistic furnishings, and so
fragrant with the profusion of cut flowers,
were made even more enchanting by the
throngs of handsomely attired ladies and gen
tlemen that tilled tbem. Refreshments were
served b. Hagan. in tbe comfortable dining
locm.
Tho club is a new one only about six weeks
old but cliims already 125 members, all young
men. and begins Its career with pleasing pros
pects. The patronesses for last evening were:
Mrs. Robert P. Duff. Mrs. John A. Mvler. Mrs.
Edward A. Kilzmiller. Mrs. John E. Davidson,
Mrs. Asaph T. Rowand. Mrs. Hugh W. JicKeo.
Mr. Alexander M. Volgt, Mrs. Frank E.
Moore; and the committee, F. E. Stewart, F.
S. Carmack, H. C. Myler, J.T. Hughes and J.
N. Cooke.
IHELODY AND BHYTHM
To Distinguish the Twenty-Ninth Free
Organ Recital This Afternoon.
Melody and rhythm will distinguish the music
of tho twenty-ninth free organ recital at Car
neele Hall this 'afternoon, commencing at 3
o'clock. The vocalist of tbe occasion will be
Miss Ada Scandrett, the charming Nortbslde
singer. Her selections are unusually good, and
she will be remembered especially as the singer
at tbe first of this remarkably successful series
of popular concerts.
In instrumental number the programme is
rich in high-class dance music, notable ex
amples beinc Strauss' "Morgenbtatter
Waltzes." and Gottschaller's "La Scintilla
Mazurka." That pretty gavotte, "Lovlns
Hearts," which Innes played as a trombone
solo, will also be rendered. A potpourri of
"Boccaccio" is also upon the programme.
THE CHEISTMAS EHTEBTAHTMEHT.
Arranged for by tho East Liberty Y. M. C.
A. A Sunday Lecture..
Tqe Yonng"Men's Christian Association of
tha East End have already prepared lor their
Christmas entertainment. It will be given on
Christmas night and will be a musical and
literary entertainment. Tbe programme in
cludes tbe names of some of the best local
talent. Tho rooms will be thrown open to the
members and their friends.
Asnecialmeetincotthe Jassociation will be
held Sunday afternoon to hear Rev. S. A. Tag
gart's address on the subject; "The Work qf
tbe Association in the United States and
Canada." This lecture begins at i o'clock P. M.
WOBK FOB THE DEACONESSES.
Mrs. Lucy Rider Myre to Talk on the Subject
Next "Week.
Mrs. Lucy Rider Myre. of Chicago, Manager
of the Deaconess' Home and Training School,
will be in the city next Tuesday and make two
addresses on the subject of "Deaconess Work
in American Towns and Cities." In the after
noon at 230 Mrs. Myre will speak at the Christ
M. E. Church on Penn avenue, and In the even
intr at the Smithfleld Street M. fl Chnrrh.
The work of the deaconesses and cltymls-
aiuujuca is just ueun in rinsDarg, anu mu
lady Is tbe first to speak on tbe subject.
A Graceful Speaker.
Rev. P. S. Henson, of Cbicago, in his lecture
last evening at Old City Hall, sustained bis
reputation as a pleasing, graceful and interest
ing speaker. "The Golden Calf" was tbe sub
ject of his discourse, and the wit and humor for
which Dr. Henson is noted, as well as bis
sound logic, porvadecltbe entire address. Tbe
lecture was the second of tho Y. M. C. A,
Social Chatter.
A TAIR by the King's Sons and Daughters ot
tbe sbadyside Select School was held yester
day afternoon in Miss Ward's schoolrooms, on
.biiswortn avenue. J-lie proceeds win assist in
furnishing a bed In tbe Homeopathic Hospital.
The Rt Rev. John Watson, D. D.. of Colum
bus, will lecture at Lafayette Hall, on the
evening of December 4. on the snbject, "Tbe
Papacy." The lecture is to be given under the
anSDices of the Columbus Clnb.
Rev. Dr. T. 3. Leak delivered a lecture
last evening, in tho Walton M. E. Church, on
'Through Palestine on Horseback," which ha
made very interesting.
The advanced class ot Tbnma's dancing
academy will give an evening reception on
Monday evening, December 1, 1800, from 8 to 12.
Mrs. R. S. WioniMAS-, of Craig street. Oak.
land, gave a very pleasant card party last even
ing. Miss Birdie Fink, ot Bnena Vista street,
gave a reception last evening.
THE DISPATCH to-morrow will hold 24
rages. Just think, 102 columns of reading
matter for 5 cents.
MBS. PAETIHGTON'S DEATH.
Brooklyn Eagle: In tbo quiet, almost un
observed death of Benjamin P. Sbillaber In
Boston yesterday, a death so like that kindly
author's modest lire, our noisy age loses a hu
morist it can ill afford to remember carelessly.
New York Press: Alas! "Mrs. Partington"
is no more. Tbe genial Benjamin P. Sbillaber
bas passed away and left a great big niche va
cant in the temple of American humor. There
is nobody ready to exactly fill it, if there ever
will be.
Philadelphia Recoid: Unlike many of
onr modern humorists, wbo go no like a rocket
and come down liko a stick, Mr. Shlllaber's
work possessed tbe element of vitality; and
much of it, outside of its humorous conceits,
bad a vein or tenderness running through it.
New York Commercial Advertiser: As it
has been more than 40 years since Benjamin
Penballow Shillaber began to set all America
to laughing as "Mrs. Partington." in the Bos
ton Post, his name is naturally more of a
household word with elderly people than with
those of tbe rising generation. Bat bis death
will be felt as a loss by the whole country.
SPEBfCSFlELD Republican: The creator of
Mrs. Partington, who had been for years con
fined to a wheeled chair in bis home at Chelsea,
and yet kept the keenest inteiest in passing
events, died yesterday. A more briebt and
genial spirit, one more filled with the milk of
human kindness, cheerful under the burdens
of advancing years and strict confinement, is
not often encountered.
New York Star: The present generation
scarcely knows Mrs. Partington. It was back
In the forties that the good, motherly old lady,
unconscionsly funny and always lovable, made
beraebut. A quarter of a centnry and more
ago she had a firm bold upon the affections of a
large and appreciative public. If the now lights
of modern days have caused ber to be over
looked, they have not obscured her lasting
fame, for she has a permanent abiding place in
American literature.
Philadelphia Bulletin: The death of B.
P. Shillaber, which occurred last evening, re
moves one of the foremost of American
humorists. He was a pioneer in his line, and
his unique creation, "Mrs. Partington," has be
come household name throughout the land.
Her queer ideas and highly orlglual misuse of
words have never been equalled by any of her
numerous imitators. Even Dickens failed to
make '"Sairy Gamp" as good as "Mrs. Parting
ton," and "Peck's Bad Boy" is very far beblnd
"Ike" in point of fun without malice.
Boston Herald: Mr. Shillaber was among
tbe most ttentle of humorists. There was no
sting in any of his jokes. His wit always
played about his subject without wounding.
He had a refined taste, and was particularly at
tracted to poetical composition. His
heart had tho warmest spot iu it of all for tbe
brethren of tho printer's craft, in which ho was
bred, and in connection with which nearly all
bis life outsidebis own doors was passed. Ben
Sbillaber had a massive physical frame, and a
heart to correspond with it. Many loved him,
and. be deserved nil their love Piaco to his
ashest
CURIOUS C0NDENSATI05S.
The Grecians had songs appropriated to
the different trades.
In 1674, in Eugland, the women exten
sively petitioned against tbe use of coffee.
The two scourges of human communi
ties aro war. in its widest signification, and
pauperis m.
Iu China less than 30,000 officials suf
fice to rule, in a most perfect manner, one-third
or the world's inhabitants;
Confucius teaches that the perfection of
ourselves, and the perfection of others, consti
tutes the true human ideal.
, I' ,s said that Norwegians, on the first
sight of roses, dared not touch what they con
ceived were trees budding with fire.
Prof. S. Keat has at last found a satis
factory origin or toboggan in the Micmac word
tobaakun. accented on tho aa, meaning a sled.
During the year the United States Gov
ernment life-saving stat.ons rescued 3,159 per
sons and S5,!51,8i3 worth ot property from 354
shipwrecks.
For about 20 years after the introduction
of coffee into England, there wan a series of
continual invectives against its adoption, both
for medical and domestic purposes.
From the very earliest times in China
great importance bas been attached to encour
aging agriculture, and to rendering it mors
profitable by extensive systems of irrigation.
A Wyoming man raised 974 bushels of
potatoes on one acre of virgin soil this year.
There were 22L800 bills. His profits were J714.
exclusive of tbo first prize of 600 offered by
the American Agricultuiut,
Under two exceptional cases divorce is
allowed in China. The first is: Disobedience
accompanied by insult to tbe parents of the
hnsband; tbe second: Failure of heirs after the
wife has reached a certain age.
In China man is attached to the soil,
which returns to blm a bnndred-fold: in other
countries large tracts are often acquired by
individuals, through marriage or otherwise,
and are left nearly uncultivated.
There is no clear proof of the use of tea
in England before tbe middle of the seven
teenth century, and yet one bears of Oliver
Cromwell's teapot being in the possession ot
some over-zealous and credulous collector.
It is authoritatively stated, as a great
tribute to tbe industry and success of tbe
Chinese in husbandry, that their ordinary
workman earns on tbe average five times as
much as be with a small family need to expend.
The ink of the ancients bad nothing in
common with ours but the color and gum.
Gallnnts, copperas and gum make up tbe com
position of our ink; whereas soot or lvorv-blaclc
was the chief ingredient in that of the an
cients. Fleet street journalism has increased by
leaps and bounds in recent years. In 1W6 there
were 35 newspapers and periodicals published
in Fleet street, tbree of tbem dailies: in lo90
there are more than 300, and 11 of them
dailies.
A curious French memoir says that we
can only trace tbe rise of feux de joie. or fire
works, given merely for amusing spectacles to
delight the eye, to tbe epoch of tbe invention
of powder and cannon, at tbe close of the thir
teenth century.
The continual increase of the Chinese
population might, perhaps, eventually exceed
the supplies the soil can yield: hut as yet the
contrary takes place; and apparently with tbe
increase ot workers a more than corresponding
increase in jielJ is obtained.
Tradition has it that the natives oi Vir
ginia, the first time they seized on a quantity
of gunpowder, wblch belonged to the English
colony, sowed it for grain, exnectmg to reap a
plentiful crop of combustion "by the next har
vest, to blow away the wnole colony.
The East Indian pipe of red clay the
worst and roughest material in use anywhere
looks to the eye more like a bad imitation of a
teapot than a pipe. In point of facr, it belongs
to the hookah species, and it is constructed ac
cordingly, as a vessel for holding water.
The duties specially relegated to the
Chinese wife are tbe supervision of the house
hold and tbe care of tbe old parents. Tnere
are no workhouses for tbe old and weak in
China: the family quite replaces these benevo
lent institutions oi tbe highly civilized West.
A service of carrier pigeons between
Zanzibar and the more important posts of the
interior of Africa is being organized. Prelimi
nary trials have given every satisfaction, and it
is intended to establish a chain of posts, 30
miles apart, between Lake Nyassa and the coast.
In Handkow, China, which, with the
surrounding districts, has a population of
probably 2,000,000 inhabitants, there is on the '
average only one case of mnrder In 31 years.
The Province of Tahiti, with 2S.O0O.00O mbabi.
tants, bad tbe maximum ot 12 executions in
1867.
The one part of the world in which no
native pipes and no native smokers have been
fonnd is tho Australian mainland. Its ono
solitary specimen of a pipe, formed out of tha
foot of an emu, is not of aboriginal workman
ship, bnt is the product of the higher intelli
gence of Malays or of Chinese immigrants.
A farmer of Alpbaretta, Ga., has an
acre of cotton, every stock of which is a deep
red color, leaf, boll and bloom. This novel
crop is the product of seed derived three years
ago from two stalks of red cotton found in a
cotton field. If this variety can be perpetuated
it will likely mean a fortune for tbe successful
planter.
In China an official is at once dismissed
if a member of his family, bas committed a
breach of the law. Consequently, it will be
readily believed, that every official Is exceed
ingly anxious to well regulate his family and to
let it form a .shining example of virtue to tbe
people. According to Confucius be only can
govern a nation who knows how well to govern
bis family.
In the case of crimes of a particularly
heinous character parricide for instance
neighbors, local magistrates, and even whole
villages In China are overwhelmed with dis
grace, and suffer punishment of some kind.
It Is reasoned, tbat If the community bad exer
cised sufficient salntary induence, or if iu
moral tone bad been as it ought to have been,
such a crime could not have happened in its
midst.
If a criminal act is committed by a
family member in China, even distant relations
are condemned to bear a share of the punish
ment; for it was, in some measure, their duty to
see that the delinquent was brought up in a
proper manner: tbey should have used their in
fluence, or at least prevented the act by all
means at tbeir command; not having done so,
they are rightly punished tor culpable negli
gence. TDTET.Y "WITTICISMS.
Indian summer being over the trouble
with tbe savages ont West may be that they want
togoa-slaying. Philadelphia Timet.
Notwithstanding Congress reassembles
next week, the celebration of Thanksgiving Day
was general and hearty. Philadelphia Ledger.
The largest thing yon chance to find may
not be a creat prize;
Yon cannot Judge a lover's heart entirely by Its
signs.
yea JorkBerald.
"Do you know why they call the Repub
lican party an oblate soberlod now?"
Certainly. Becanse it was flattened at the
polls. Hew York Sun.
The pamphleteers are after Dr. Koch with
sharp sticks, but the doctor, wishing to bag larger
game, continues bis pursuit of the microbe. Stui
York World.
Proprietor of Cigar Store I like enter
prise, Jim. but you're carryln' things a little too
far.
Assistant How's that.
Proprietor Why, that sign you'v got up,
"Iteal Imported Havana Cigars Made While You
Walt." It won' thirdly do. Ktio YorkHtrald.
Husband The marks on my collars ara
getting so falntl can't read them.
Wife Then I wish you wonld get another bottla
of that Indelible Ink. Ntio IorkSun.1
How persuasive politics are! Even a
wish-bone can't be worked without a "pnlll"-
Hew York World.
Snc That was a fanny story you told me
yesterday abont a donkey, Mr. Griggs,
lie Do yon think so?
She Yes, indeed I After this, whenever I tee a .
donkey It will remind me of you. JIny'
Weekly.
"Five years ago," began the stranger to
Wentman, "I sought tbat woman to be my wife.
I believed her congenial, light-hearted and
beautiful. lias our married life been pleasant?
Nol"
No? Why not?" asked Wentman.
"Why not! Because she declined to marry me. ,
ot coimel" -American Grocer.
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