.4&i y THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 18, 1890. WB$p!4 ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 8, 1841 Vol.C, No. JH.-Entered at Pittsburg Postofflce, November 14. ISS7, as second-class matter. Business Office Corner Smithfleld and Diamond Streets. News Booms and Publishing House 75, 77 and 79 Diamond Street EASTERN ADVERTISING OFFICE. BOOM H, IMBUJ.E BUILDING, NEW TORE, where complete files of THE DISPATCH can alwavi be found. Foreign advertisers appreciate the con venience. Home advertisers and friends of THE DISPATCH, while la New York, are also made welcome. THE DISPATCH is regularly on sale at Srentaruft, 5 Union Square. Jt'etv York, and 11 Ave. de V Optra, Pans, France, where anyone who has been disappointed at a hotel newt itand can obtain it. TERMS OF THE DISPATCH. POSTAGE mr-E IX THE EXITED STATES. DAILT UisrATCn, One'Vcir S 8 00 Dailt Dispatch, Ter Quarter 2 CO Dailt Dispatch, Oneilonth.... "0 Dailt Disi'atcii, Including Sunday, 1 year. 10 00 Dailt Dispatch, lncludlnc fcunday.a m'ths Z 50 Dailt Dispatch. Including Sunday, 1 m'th 90 fccXDAT Dispatch. One ear 50 eeklt Die patch. One ear IS The DAtLT Dispatch Is delivered by carriers at 31 cents per week, or lncludlnc Sunday edition, at 10 cents per week. PITTSBURG. THURSDAY, DEC. 18, 189a INSTRUCTIONS OF THE STOKM. The phenomenal snow storm of night be fore last and yesterday, which has not been exceeded by any single snow fall in this Ticinity since the winter of 1883-4, had some very positive instrnction in it. Of course, with regard to the vast majority of inconveniences that occnr when the high ways are blocked by such a heavy fall of snow have cot to be accepted as inevitable, until paths are shoveled, sidewalks scraped oS, roofs relieved of their weight of snow, and the streets have their load removed by the thawing process. "While this work is going on we must bear as philosophically as possible the necessity of wading knee-deep in snow drifts at one time, and the more disagreeable one of wading ankle-deep in slush at another. But there are some considerations which this snow storm made very prominent, and most prominent of all its demonstrations in connection with the new developments of the electrical age. It is bard to imagine a a more complete evidence of the false econ omy and danger of overhead electric wires, without the actual destruction of human life, than was afforded yesterday. There were few blocks in the city where high ten sion wires were not grounded by the storm, and in their vicinity the proof of danger was beyond dispute. It is by the mercy of Providence rather than by any precaution of human agencies if there's cot actual loss of human life. That horses were killed in several cases by these grounded wires should be enough to convince the public that the danger protested against a year ago is still present. Besides this, the question of actual economy is presented in a strong way by such a storm as that of yesterday. There is no doubt that the loss to electrical com panies of all sorts yesterday by the breakage of wires, interruption of business and labor expended in repairing damages represented a large sum. For how long a time that sum would have paid the interest on the capital required to put the wires out of the w:y or such casualties, requires expert cal culation to tell; hut it is not hard to see that, with the question of safety in the scale with it, the events of yesterday are a strong argument against the overhead wires. The storm ot yesterday certainly con tains much instrnction in connection with these perils, which, if properly applied, may be worth the struggles of our citizens with the all-pervading snow and slush. the swrrcnarjcys tkotjbE. Serious trouble may yei arise from the strike of the Baltimore and Ohio switch men. The men am determined to carry the matter farther if possible, and have decided to send for the general officers of their or ganization. 'When the general officers ar rive the men will demand a settlement of their trouble or an order for a general strike. Of course, the general officers of the order may refuse to accede to this demand. They will doubtless do what they can to procure an amicable settlement of the difficulty. But whether, failing in that, they will order a strike in support of the men now out de pends upon circumstances. It is reasonable to suppose such an order will depend on the ability of the men aggrieved to prove a just cause and the general feeling along the line as to whether they can do so. There is still hope the matter may be adjusted to the satisfaction of all concerned without a dis astrous strike. EXPERIMENTS IN FUEL. All about this city manufacturers are making experiments with new fuel devices. There is a general disposition not to go back to the smoky and primitive use of coal again if it can be avoided. Those who have gone out into the fields for a supply of natural gas are in good shape and comparatively happy, but those who depended on a supply that could be cut off at any time, with or without reason, face the necessity of finding a substitute. There is no doubt they will fed satisfactory smokeless fuels, and thus bring good out of what is regretted as an unfortunate turn of affairs. Statural gas will play out sometime, the exact time de pending largely on how much of nature's supply is brought by the supplying compa nies to the consumer. And when that does happen, domestic consumers will receive the benefits of the manufacturers' present experiments. Even if the last cubic foot of natural gas was burned here to-day, it mtfst still be considered as having been a blessing to this city, because it has educated the people to a full appreciation cf smokeless fuel. MB, GOULD'S AUTHORITY. It is pleasant to observe that Mr. Jay Gould has recently expressed the opinion that the timid people who are locking up money by getting scared and withdrawing their deposits from the banks, are acting very unwiselv and unnecessarily. Mr. Gould estimates that about 100,000,000 have been taken out of active use and circulation by that method, and he thinks it ought to stop. "When the man who started the lock-ing-up business tells the public that there is really no call for continuing that con strictive operation, the authority should be accepted as conclusive. Tne statement of Mr. Gould's views on this point does not make it quite clear whether he disapproves of tying up money simply by a scare, because it is foolish to lock up funds that way unless you can squeeze someone out of his railroad shares by it; or whether he thinks it wrong to con tinue the stringency after he has made what be can by the squeeze and -wishes to make another turn out of an improved condition of things; or whether it is because be be lieves that no one less than a fifty-millionaire bas the right to lock up money, anyhow. Our estimate of Mr. Gould's calm philosophy by which he turns everything the way he wants it, makes us prefer to consider that he is inspired by a quiet contempt for the foolish rabble who hamper the free action of the money market simply because they are scared and want to save their beggarly hundreds or thousands in deposits, while the Gould ethics make it plain that it is not right or profitable to squeeze the money market for any less pur pose than to gobble 'someone else's railroad, or to maintain your own monopoly. The public certainly should accept Mr. Gould's authority. He started this squeeze, and, having trained his point by it, he is amply qualified to assure the publie that there is no need tor keeping it up. It is to be hoped that the people will take his advice, although it would be just like the vulgar herd to keep on in this way even after the royalties of finance have told them to stop. ANOTHER BOAS LESSON. Word comes from Harrisburg that the court has decided the charter of the Oil City and Salem Turnpike company forfeited on the ground that it kept a bad road. The tes timony in the case was to the effect that the company's road was in bad condition as all mud roads are at certain seasons. Though the company charged toll regularly it made but little effort to improve the road. In this view of the case the decision of the court was just And it may be well to note this as an instance that it is better for the State to aid in making good roads than to tiust that im portant function to corporations which are apt to tax the people without providing good roads in return. THE OWNERSHIP OF ANTIQUES. A rather novel question with regard to the combination of artistic with international ethics, is presented in England by the as sertion that it is the duty of England to send back to Athens the Elgin Marbles. This is the view taken by Mr. Frederic Harrison in an article published in the Nineteenth Century, on the ground that those priceless artistic treasures of the British Museum rightfully belong to Greece. The fact that the antique center of classic art is becoming a school of modern sculpture, which depends for its models upon plaster copies of the glories of the Parthenon, awakens sympathy in behalf of the renaissance of Greek art But Mr. Harrison's argument that England really has no right to Keep these statues, and his hope that Mr. Gladstone will crown his career by restoring them to Greece, raises a question as to actual title that is novel, to say the least. The question gains importance from the fact that if the principle asserted here is correct, it affects far more than England. There is probably no important collection of antiques in the whole world which, if these principles were put into force, would not lose more or less of its treasures. For, whatsoever may be said of the rightfulness of Lord Elgin's acquisition of the sculptures of Acropolis, there is no doubt that the means taken to contribute to other great galleries were less scrupulous. If the prin ciple is true, the works of art with which Napoleon adorned the Louvre, as the spoil of Italian conquest, must be sent b'ack to Italy; which might perhaps console the lat ter country for the loss of the Venus di Medici and other sculptures taken from Greece in the dark ages with less title than the Elgin Marbles. More manifest than either restitution will be the duty of Iiondon, Paris, Berlin and New York to send back the obelisks that have been transferred to them from Egypt If any mummies or the antiques found with them are owned by museums in this country or Europe, they must be given up. All the antiques found by delvers among the ruins of ancient cities, from Layard to Si Cesnola if Di Cesnola actually found any antiques must be restored to the places where they were disinterred, and if any remains of Aztec workmanship are extant their present possessers must ship them at once to Mexico. In short, the principle asserted with regard to the Elgin Marbles, would, if generally recognized, cause a spoliation of tho museums and galleries of the present civilized world, exactly equal to the spolia tion of centuries which placed the treasures of centuries where they are. Clearly, the fact that all civilization would have to unitein this restitution to the ruins of clastic grandeur does not disprove the principle. But is the principle correct that first, an original fault or injustice id the acquisition of property makes it wrong for those who succeed to the ownership after generations of peaceful and undisputed possession to retain it? If so there is no honest title to any property in this country, all of which was obtained from its original owners by a combination of force and fraud. Second, as more closely bearing on the manner in which these artistic treasures were acquired, is there any better title to property than is obtained by those who dig out from the rubbish and ruins of centuries something of great value and utilize it either in the material or aesthetic way. This is what Lord Elgin did in the case of the statuary which he found in the ruins of the Acropolis, and what other explorers or ancient ruins have done after him. In Lord Elgin's case, despite Byron's savage epi gram, "Quodnonfecerunt Gothi,hoe fecer tint Scott," the title is additionally vindi cated by the fact that if the statues had been left where they were some, if not all of them, would have been destroyed in the revolution by which Greece cast off the yoke of Turkey. There may be a question as to the right of Paris to retain the paint ings of the Louvre taken from Italy by force of arms, or of New York to hold on to the obelisk; bnt the title to the Elgin Mar bles rests on practically the same basis as that of the man who finds metal in the mines, digs it out and makes it available for public use. We do cot -think that the gal leries of civilization will be called upon to give up their antiques as a matter of con science, for some ages to come. THE BRIBERY FIASCO. The termination of the bribery trial at New Castle, yesterday, by the acquittal of Wallace, with the compromise finding that he shall pay half the costs, amounts to a failure of justice for which neither Court nor Jury can be held responsible. With the refusal of the witnesses, Fate, Downing and Shaffer to testify and their committal for contempt the ability of the prosecution to produce evidence terminated. Under such circumstances the acquittal of the defendant was a necessity and putting half the costs on him was a mild way of say ing that he must not do so any more. It looks like a weak spot in our leeal system that it makes no provision for continu ing a trial when important witnesses re fuse to testify, until the legal means are exhausted to compel them to'do so. But "the lawt "being m "uled the osy thing far jasUeMSto JUJtti:W is to confess itself beaten. Public opinion on the case will not be likely to be limited by the rules which governed the action of the court. As to the witnesses who refused to answer questions, they are in a fair way to get punishment anyway. Unless the Supreme Court comes to their relief they will suffer almost as severe penalty as if they had been convicted of the crime with which they were charged. It may be regretted that Attorney Wallace could not be called in one of the other cases, so he could be com mitted with the others for contempt The terrible fear of the lot to testify lest they should criminate themselves is so much a confession of guilt that the sentence of fine and imprisonment will be generally ap-. proved. The theater party is going out of style according to the latest report Now it the man who goes out to see soma one between the acts is suppressed, and the dear sex can be in duced to stick to the fashion of small head gear there will be some hope that the ordinary public can enjoy the play in peace and comfort . Speaking of the suggestion of The Dispatch the other day that since a 30 per cent reserve is sufficient for legal tender notes, it might be enough on gold or silver certifi cates, the New York Commercial Advertiser says: "The Dispatch apparently does cot know that Mr. Wlndom bas no mors right to use any of the bullion held against cold or sil ver certificates than a safe deposit company has to sell the valuables placed in its charge." The Dispatch knows very well that Mr. Wln dom has no authority in the matter; bnt as a matter of legislation it still is at liberty to sug gest that since the Treasury, by the Commercial Advertiser3 statement has gone into the safe deposit business, it might be permitted to make a profit out of it It seems that there is persecution of the Hebrews in Russia, after alt A government organ in Russia justifies it on tho ground that the Hebrews are draining the rural population of its resources. This gives Mr. Charles Emory Smith an opportunity to revise his views on that point It is interesting to learn from the assur ance of a Tory member that Lord Salisbury will not take advantage of the divisions of the Home Rulers by dissolving Parliament and holding a general election. This is important if true: but If it Is, we should hardly be dis posed, as some cotemporaries are, to credit it to "the Tory sense of fair play." Fair play in politics will not forbid one party to take ad vantage of the mistakes or divisions of another. If Lord Salisbury does not hold a general elec tion, it will be because he fears that the Lib erals might carry it ' NewYobk has laid away the Grant monument project, and is now talking about a monument to Audubon. Fortunately for both Grant and Audubon neither ot them will de pend for his fame on the monuments which New York will erect The Farmers' Alliance is directing itself to the task of suppressing the dressed beef traffic. As the dressed beef method of trans portation is for the purpose of economizing the cost of taking meat from the producer to the consumer, this puts the Alliance in the position of opposing economy in taking their products to market The Alliance should learn to dis tinguish between legitimate commercial oper ations and the combinations which try to con trol them, and prevent their economy from reaching the people. Mode beer has been brewed in this city this year than ever before, indicating prosper ity among the brewers. General prosperity is also indicative that more beer has been con sumed here this yearjthan ever before. Pbomises of cheap aluminum are as plenty as blackberries. Nothing more bas been heard of the Chicago man who proposes to make aluminum at IS cents a pound; but the Cowles Electric Smelting and Aluminum Com pany says that it expects to reduce the price to SO cents eventually. If these promises are fol lowed by a due proportion of performance, an industrial change may be in store as great as tha$ which made the last decade the era of steel. Dwellers in town are the chief sufferers from storms such as that of yesterday. Country folks sat peacefully Indoors and were not worried in the least by breaking wires or slushy sidewalks. The number of citizens of the United States who have recently been raised from penury by the inheritance of immense fortunes in England, ought to make the balance of ex change largely in favor of this country. But if any of the fortunate heirs have been able to realize a loan of fifty cents to set np the drinks on the strength of their inheritance, they have realized something tangible out of their al leged good luck. The judgment entered against Senator Delamater on Tuesday was on a cote witnessed by S. C7.Uo dd, general counsel of the Stand ard Oil Trust Some people are wondering whether this was a campaign loan to be re deemed by election. The "dead wire" yesterday seemed dis posed to prove that its ailment was contagious to man and beast When interviewed on national politics, Ex-Assistant Postmaster General Clarkson is reported as saying that he does not care to talk abont the last defeat as much as about the next victory. If Mr. Clarkson knows any way of securing the next victory without considering and laying to heart the lessons of the last de feat, be had better take out a patent on it; for it will make his political fortune. Judge Stowe intimates he may have a rod in pickle for jurymen who artfully dodge their duties. Senatob Satjndebs has introduced a bill for the purchase of silver bullion "at par." If Senator Saunders will kindly explain what is the par of an uncoined commodity he may after that be in a position to show the reasons why the Treasury shonld pay in excess of the mar ket value for silver, any more than in excess of the market value for the paper on which it prints its legal tender notes. Sitting Bull as a ghost is much more admired than he was as a ghost-dancer. A Philadelphia exchange comes to us with an editorial discussion ot the question: "Why Our Streets Are Dirty." The answer to the question in Pittsburg at present is plainly to the effect that it is becanse so large an amount of snow and water to the square inch has come down, that sloppiness is the normal and Inevitable condition. These was some nice winter weather in the early jart of the week, anyhow. Bread, meat, coal and vegetables are re ported to have become articles of luxnry in Buenos Ayres. "Wo need not plume ourselves on our superior condition, however, for at pres ent a real good sound potato bids fair to be come an article of unique value, while in some parts ot thls-country coal is an unattainable thing. So .1 Our Cup of Snow. Harrisburg Call. Pittsburg is in luck. After enjoying the ad vantages of natural gas from abroad as I ueljf or ,a number of years, she seems to have dis covered in her own soil an inexhaustible supply of the mysterious fluid struck a perfect boc anza,4n briefand her cup of happiness is full to overflowing. DEATHS OP A DAT. - Louis Eugene Cbarpentler. - s Paeis, Dec 17. Tne French painter, Louis Eu- f - rrfc ,tii,iitiin li liii hiiima win . ii p.v ywj.w, a vniiM SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON, "Davitt hurled defiance at Parnell, but the fellow who threw the lime silenced him. We are always in a hurry, aren't wef Thoroughness takes time, and time is money, and money's what we're after now, to be sure. Hence we cannot aSord to do anything exhaustively. We are crowd ing life to the limit and life is pushing us swiftly along in return. The first thing a great many do in the morning is to glance attbe'list of engagements set down for the day. An hour here, a fow moments there and on down the day into the dark, perhaps close up to tho edge ot the morning. No time for meditation, much less for prayer. A glance, a sip, a touch, a nod during the whirl and the swirl no stopping to taste, to think, to clasp hands, to rest A swift Go from start to finish. Pleasnre pipes and yon dance, don't your If you want to read the paper yon skip through the columns at a 2:40 gait catching a word here and a sentence there. You haven't time to go into the subject of course. The leaves of the book fly under your fingers and the printed lines flash before your eyes. What they catch you are satisfied with. You've got enough for some fresh small talk, and that's sufficient for the present at least. The impression is enough. A condensed review would have snlted you better. You cultivate unoonsclously a photographic mind, but tbe fault lies in the fact that vou don't take time to develop the picture. It's blurred. Indistinct and out of pro portion, but It didn't interfere with the set pro gramme, and that's all you of course, I mean yon swimming in the social stream care abont But it's the way of the world now. Time flies, and we scud along under full sail. The more wind we catch the snifter we go. We don't take time to pick the flowers along the pathway, but by and by the dead leaves will blow in our faces, and tbe dry, sharp thorns will prick our feet and then we will feel sorry because we did not take time to inhale their odors or weave them Into memorial wreaths. How to Feel Safe. If you want to feel safe in the snow Which hides the dead wire from view, Straight away to your shopkeeper go And purchase a gum overshoe. The dentist always goes to the root of the trouble. It you have a skeleton Jn your closet the sooner you open the door the better. Gaxblxbs frequently better their condition through a bet. Pabkell Is si Corker, hut he won't be corked. Tight money don't worry Old Boh He can always rays what he wants. There's plenty of room for clever people on the vaudeville stage. If people must be amused give them something amusing, boys and girls. Don't condemn any person on suspicion nor talk about what you suspsot A. Kilkenny Episode. Let dogs delight to bark and bite, That's how they put in time; But Erin's leaders shouldn't fight Nor blind Parnell with lime. People in the lowlands would do well to roost high If a thaw sets in. A shocking affair A dead electric light wire. A bnow storm demonstrates the fact that the underground wire carries the most mes sages. It's too late for Parnell to see his mistake now. He has lost his eyes. The snow has burled tbe wires, but the deadly currents are still causing burials. When Paris furnishes a criminal sensation it is bound to be dramatic The Parisians have no objections to dancing on graves or holding' a revel around the guillotine. The world has its favorites, and leads them a merry dance, to be sure. A great many folks will pay their calls promptly, but neglect to pay their bills. Iv you lose a day you can't turn back and look for it People who enter a drawing room and say there's nobody there are cot worth an intro duction. The Old Inhabitant Pleased. The old man gazed upon the snow, And shook his sllv'ry bead. Then spoke deliberate, hut low, And this is what he said : This Is a ree'lar old-time Storm, Bad as 1 ever saw; Now If tbe weather shifts to warm I think we'll have a thaw." A Scotch prayer runs, "Lord, de us a good conceit o' ourselves," It Is on a good many lips nowadays. Lite is so jammed with attractions now that few in society go below the surface. They skim off the cream, but fortunately, don't spill the milk. Children on the way to school are always spellbound. Women are not gamblers, but they like to match dresses. The dead horses on the street show the deadly effects of the dead wires. Soke society folk measure life by the num ber of invitation cards they receive. Tho Secret Out The botanist with skillful eye Says bees are loved by flowers, Now we know why the buzzers sly Improve the shining hours. The gambler probably solaces himself with the thought that 'tis better to have played and lost than never to have played at all. Crooked men can hardly look you straight in the face. The Home Rulers are slightly disfigured, butstillin tbe ring. It is Stanlev's Pool in Africa. In America it's Stanley's Pond. Make up yonr mind to be disappointed once in a while and you will not feel the disappoint ment Cause for Rejoicing. When a bonny lass meets a bonny lad. Her eyes shine bright for her heart Is glad, Por she knows very well, and he does, too. That after the show comes the oyster stew. There are bitter hubbies in the cup pleasure holds out and they burst sooner or later. What everybody wants nobody can success fully put out of reach. The heart generally holds the key to a lock of hair. Willie Winkle. TWO CONGRESSES. . An Intimation That Rascals Are Frequent In Both of Them. From the New fork Evening Telegram., There is a Congress of Bepresentatlves and Senators at Washington; there is also one President; but it was a congress of presidents that met at tho resldeu.ee of J. Pierpont Mor gan In Madison avenne, New .York City, yes terday. It would scarcely Co reasonable to expect any exhibition of plnck from-fbeCongress now as sembled in Washington as against the congress assembled in-New York City; nevertheless, in vestors who build upon the Gentlemen's Agree ment should remember that they do so at their own risk. Said Mr. ritfekney yesterday, who is himself a railroad president : "In yonr capaci ty as railroad president 1 would cot believe one. of jou)oa,otn, ana lwotua not frost one e-l ye wm y,vMrtj'; P0I5IS ABOUT PEBSOHS. Little Phil SHEBiDAW.who is just 10 years old, is said to be a complete counterpart of his father. Colonel John 8. Mosbt, of the late Con federate army, Is said ,to be Interested in a Mexican lottery. . Jay Gould is having his portrait painted by a French artist It is said that be is a remark ably quiet subject, Aunt Patty Richardson, ot Bethel, Vt, 91 years of age, is called tbe last survivor of Revolutionary widows of soldiers. Mrs. Blaine Is tho tallest ot the ladles of the Cabinet and Mrs. Noble the shortest the latter being only five feet in height. Bjornstebne Bjobnson, the Norwegian author, has gone to Berlin to preaeh disarma ment to tbe yonng Emperor of Germany. Joseph H. Choate, Robert G. IngersoU and Ben Butler are reported to make from 75,000 to 123,000 a year each from their law practice. Charles NoBDHora, the veteran news paper man and guidebook genius, who spent quite a portion' ot last winter in Boston, is now at San Diego, Cal. Mrs. Marshall O. Roberts, who lives now In Spencer House, London, is said to receive as many offers of marriage as any widow in the British metropolis. Sib Arthur Sullivan has pnt the finish ing touches to his grand opera, "Ivanhoe," and in five weeks it will be produced at D'Oyly Carte's new theater. Vice President Morton Is said to con sider presiding over the Senate the hardest work-he ever did In his life. It Is a task that makes him nervous and timid. The newest American singer to achieve prominence in Paris i3 Miss Huberwald, of New Orleans. She has a contralto voice, and Is a fine-looking girl, with a vigorous phy sique. Queen Amelie, of Portugal, is cow almost restored to health. She is the prettiest and most fascinating of tbe sovereign ladles of Eu rope. She is tall, and has a graceful figure ana a charmingly expressive face. Edwin Booth is much broken in health. His friends attribute his condition to excessive smoking. Allot Mr. Booth's waking hours, save those employed in eating and acting; are devoted to the cigar and the pipe. PB07. Koch's breakfast which he takes shortly after 9 o'clock, would hardly please tbe palate of an American. It is composed solely of an uninviting white soup into which be puts any amount ol little squares of toasted bread. His dinner, taken at 2, consists of one course of meat and vegetables, one light sweet dish, and, to finish all, a plate of soup. CANADA BEACHING. OUT. The West Indies and Newfoundland May Enter Into the Dominion. rBFXCIAX, TXXZGUAX TO TUX DISPATCH. 1 Ottawa, Ont., Dec 17. The visit of Minis ter ot Finance Foster to tbe West Indies does not appear to be merely in the interest of promoting closer trade relations be tween Canada and the British possessions, but goes a step further, as it Is learned on reliable authority that he goes clothed with authority to informally sound tbe people of the tropical Islands regarding their views on the question of confederating with tbe Dominion of Canada. Tbe British Government, it is stated, favor a consolidation of all their possessions on this side of the Atlan tic, including Newfoundland, and, in fact It is understood that tbe suggestion of such a federation came , from Downing street Tbe hand, however, of SirCbarles Tupper, Canada's High Commis sioner in Londoo.is plainly visible In this impor tant scheme, while his ambition to extend tbe territorial possessions of Canada stand out prominently in the project. Tbe desirability of such an alliance or con solidation as regards tbe Interest of Canada cannot be misunderstood, when the large markets it would open up for sale of her natural croducts free of all customs barriers is taken into consideration. In fact the idea forms part of the great scheme ot imperial federation and consolidation of the whole British Empire, of which a union or federation of the British North American possessions would be tbe stepping-stone. Mr. Foster writes from the West Indies tbat be is more than gratified at the result of bis mission and finds the people of the Islands equally anxious to form an unrestricted trade alliance with Can ada. A W0HAIPB QUEEB WILL. Providing for a Daughter, hat Leaving a Son Nothing, from the Boston Globe. At the Conant homestead on Pearl street East Somerville, Mass., about three weeks ago, Mrs. William E. Blaikie died a few hours after giving birth to a son. For weeks she felt as If she would not survive the birth of her child. Her own mother bad died when Mrs. Blaikie was but a few hours old, and a former wife of her husband had also died under similar cir cumstances. These facts intensified her forebodings and she made every preparation for death. Shortly before tbat she made the will whose strange provisions have jnst become known. It pro vided that if her child was a daughter she should receive all her mother's property, with the exception of her diamonds, which should go to Mr. Blaikie. But if the child were a son. all tho mother's property, with the exception of the El necessary to legally establish the son's blrtb, should eo to her husband. What led to the draughting of so strange a wlllf Why did this young mother leave her son entirely un provided forT No one seems able to answer. Mrs. Blaikie was tbe granddaughter of Ezra S Conant. a wealthy wholesale grocer of Bos ton. When her mother died her grandparents took her to live with tbem, and from them she inherited a good deal of propertv. She married William E. Blaikie, now an architect in Boston, and after the death of the old people went with her husband to live in the old homestead, where she bad spent her girlhood. It was there she died. But why should she wish to disinherit her unborn son? No one can tell. Uneasy Lies the Head, Etc From tbe Alta Callfornlsn.l The Czar is increasing the thickness of his bomb-proof shirt about this time and looking out for somebody to eat his Christmas dinner, for fear it is poisoned. aUVBEBIFIED VIEWR Many Editors Comment on Topics of the Times. Washington Start The lugubriousness of tone of Senatorial anti-elections bill oratory is just about as gloomy as the prospect of the passage of tbe bill. Cincinnati Enquirer: It Is a sad day for a country when politics gets mixed up with finance. Ana that is the solemn sadness of our present serious situation. Boston Globe: The Republican caucus in Washington meets to-day to decide what is to bo -done with the big dish of legislative hash tbat lies before it. Better give it to tbe scavengers. Buffalo Express: New England papers are discussing tbe question, "What Shall We do With tbe Millionaires!" Educate them up to the point where they will bequeath their prop erty to schools and colleges. Philadelphia Press: It the Indian war keeps up the ghost dances can De made more weird and interesting. if some good medium will only eo West and materialize a few of the braves wbo have set for the last time. Bawtucket Times : It is safe to assnme tbat tbe New Orleans professor of the "new as tronomy," who declares tbat at sometime in the future the sun will rise in tbe West, will not live long enough to see bis prediction verified. Chicago Globe: We will soon have to hunt for the "messlah" microbe anew one has ap peared to the Navajo Indians in New Mexico in tbe form of a boy 12 rears of age. One hand is cut oft and he has a bleeding wound in the side. Norristown Herald: It is altogether prob able tbat some financial legislation calculated to aid in the restoration of confidence will be adopted at tbe present session of Congress. This is tbe most urgent and necessary business that claims tbe attention of tbe two houses at present New York Evening World: Wall street les sons seed fruitless ot resuIC The most harrow ing disgrace, tbe most tragic suicides do not turn a hair on the lambs, wbo subsequently potter down to "the Street" and bleat their wooly way to destruction. Surely, of fools there is no numbering. Springfield Republtcan: Depew concedes it tn ha absolutely necessary tbat we have "an inter-State commerce commission with power sufficient to see tnai no man or locality is Dis criminated against or favored oy law' ancVwe aunoose he would also add, by the practice of Astte immftlMUjfUK MSHgil WMK. THE TOPICAL TALKERy Legal Windmills Vanishing. 'There is a notable shrinkage In legal, lung power, or else a still more remarkable for bearance on the part of the Pittsburg bar from using their lungs as their forefathers did. Tbe sbouter who expected to carry bis case by force of voice was pretty numerous in tbe courts here within the recollection of man. Of conrse be was most abnndant in the Criminal Court, al though he slopped over into the civil courts now and then;, and it is In tbe Criminal Court that he survives. Is this a sign of the growing in telligence of juries, in that the mere bombard ment of their ears will .not suffice? or does it show that tbe lawyers are improving as a class in methods and morality? Whichever it is, it Is undoubtedly a blessing. A lawyer to wbom I referred this matter ad mitted that tbe tribe once brilliantly represent ed by Barrister O'Malley had dwindled away to next to nobody in the last decade The decrease bad been especially noticeable since tbe open ing of the new Court House, he said, and he counted it among not tbe least of the improve ments effected by the change in Justice's lodg ings. A Contrast in Courts. A sharper contrast could hardly be im agined than is to be found in comparing tbe Criminal Court of to-day and the old dingy dust-bin overlooking the Panhandle tracks and Hard Scrabble in the days gone-by. It struck me pretty forcibly yester day, as I looked at the dignified dais upon which Judge Stowe sat at ease, and comprehended the comfortable and spa cious surroundings ot District Attorney John ston at the counsel table, the elegant appoint ments ot the court clerks' desks, cone too good of course for the Hon. Lenny Long and 'Squire O'Brien. Over on the other side the common herd, and a mighty common one it was yestorday, dozedand stared to their hearts' content In pleasanter quarters than tramps may find if they search tbe world over. The jurors and even the half-dozen unwashed, villainous-looking prisoners in tbe pen are in comfortable quarters. In tbe old court-room Judge, jury, lawyers, spectators and all were huddled together in a foul pit unfit to contain p!. The only drawback tbat one can easily see in the new court rooms is that unless one talks as If he were in tbe open air he cannot be heard in them. The high ceilings are responsible for this. It is an almost constant annoyance to everyone who has business in court. Tbe judges are perpetually telling counsel to speak up; the first thing that an attorney says to a witness on the stand is: "Now you must speak louder, please," and if the jury in the average case hears most of what goes on it is because lawyers, judge and witnesses are jammed np as close as possible to tbe jury box. The patient audience that sits and stares and sleeps behind tbe bar certainly cannot hear more than a tithe of tbe proceedings for which perhaps they are thankful, seeing tbat repose and contem plation are the objects of their existence. The Demand for Pictures. TV spite of some unfavorable conditions the sale of costly pictures In this city this winter has kept up wonderfully. The other day one of the most noted picture dealers In the conn try stopped over for the night in Pittsburg. He had with him four pictures by famous artists which he intended to sell in Chicago. A local picture dealer, however, persuaded bim to pnt tbe pictures on exhibition for a day in this city. He did so, and in 21 hours all four pictures were sold to Plttsburgers at prices way up in the thousands. As yet the highest price paid for a painting in this city is the 828,000 given by Mr. Byers for a Rosa Bonbeur recently, but a Gerome and two or three other pictures with great names attached have fetched very lofty prices. The sale of pictures of lesser note has apparently been as brisk as usual at this season of the-year. Stanley as an Orator. J? VEBybody I have seen who went to hear Stanley lecture on Monday night was dis appointed. Some people were surprised to find tbat be was not a man of immense physical proportions; they had argued from his achieve ments that he mnst be a giant. Others thought the matter of his lecture was badly arranged, and neither a fair resume of Stanley's last ex pedition nor even a good narrative of its most interesting and exciting episodes. But the majority were disappointed in Stanley as an orator. He has never claimed to be an orator, by the way, but when a man goes out a-lec-turing he must expect to have his oratorical powers criticised. Stanley's ora tory is condemned by everyone. One critic of competence said to me yester day: "Stanley seems to have taken bis cue in oratory from tbe English House ot Commons. The way he lectured on Monday night was just what passes for the proper thing in Parliament. It reminded me at once of English parliamentary speaking. His voice dropped so at times that, although I was sitting but a halt dozen rows from him, I was unable to hear him. His gestures were good enough, but bis conversational tones were not equal to the subject. He must have found that style of speaking in England, where tbe average public speaker is not to be compared with even third-rate platform orators in tbU country. Anyone who has bad a cbance to compare tne prevalent oratorical methods of the old and the new world will decide in the latter's favor. A Glimpse of Mrs. Stanley. TvTes. Stanlet aid not allow Pittsburg to see very much of her. The audience at the Duquesne Theater on Monday night bad about tbe best cbance to study her features. While ber husband was lecturing Mrs. Stanley 'occupied a box at the play. She sat forward, with Mr. Clay, and a lady and gentleman I did not know in the background. Her figure and face are fine but not exactly beautiful; there is plenty of intellect in ber face and she is tall and dignified to queenllness. Her fashion she has of arranging ber balr In a lumpy knot at the back of ber bead something like a Fysche knot knocked down is not at all becoming. I should say that the most beautiful thing about ber Is her eyes, which ate large and lustrous and deeply blue. Sbe has the healthy English complexion, brightly red and white. Democratic Sarcasm. From the Wheeling Beglster. The only personage that will come out of the administration bigger than he went in is Baby McKee. He is growing. Knock the Socks Off? From the Chicago Tribune. Why prate of Sockless Simpson ? Why talk ot Simpson's socks ? They cut no figure In tbe case. 'Tls Kilgore's bobat to knocks. The Drift of the Weather. From the Boston Herald. Tbe drift of opinion about the winter is all toward big snowdrifts. GODDESS OF THE FUTURE. Will you conquer my heart with vour beauty; my soul going out from afar ? Shall I fall to your hand aa a victim of crafty and cautious shltar? Have I met yon and passed you already, unknow ing, unthinking and blind ? Shall I meet you next session at Slmla,l) sweetest andbestofyourklnd? Does the P. and O. bear you tome-ward, or, clad In short frocks In the West, Are yon growing tee charms that shall capture and torture the heart In my breast? Will you stay In tbe Plains iiu September my passion as warm as the day? Will you bring me to book on the mountains, or where the thermantldotes play? When thellght of youreves shall make pallid tbe mean lesser Meats I pursue, , And the charm of your presence shall lure me from the loverot the gay thlrteen-two." When the peg and the plgstln shall please sot; when I ony me Calcutta built clothes; When I quit the Delight of Wild Asses, for swear ing the swearing of oaths; As a detr to tbe hand of the hunter when I turned 'mid tbe gibe of my friends; When the days of mv freedom are numbered and the life of tbe bachelor ends. Ah t goddess, child, spinster or widow- ot old on Mars Hill when they raised To the god that they knew not an altar-sol, a young pagan, have praised The goddess 1 knew not nor worshiped; yet if half You will come in the future and therefore these verse are written to you.-,. .- HuAliau .issssasMBasV. w issrwsjssn w tsssnsWTTsyjji THE RAILROAD AGREEMENT. Efficacy Depends on' Good Faith. New York Commercial Advertiser.! Tho one conclusion seems to be that the effi cacy of the arrangement depends almost as completely as did that of the former associa tion upon the eood faith of the railroad presi dents and their ability to control the action of their subordinates. Will Not Adopt Prohibitory Bates. Philadelphia Bulletin. I Tbe Inference to be drawn from this elabor ate combination for mutual support is tbat there is not enough business for all the roads, and they find it better to help each other than to fight. They have banded together for mu tual support, and, though their patrons are ap parently Ignored in their negotiations, no doubt care will be taken not to Injure tbem by the imposition ot tariffs that will deter them from shipping. Divorce Competition From Traffic New York Evening Telegram. This year's report of the inter-State Com merce Commission is devoted mainly to a pres entation ot tbe audacious efforts of railroad managers to violate and evade the laws. On the heels of these exposures the magnates come together to organize the most gigantic trust ever known and to divorce competition from traffic Of course it is not called either a trust or pool. This time it is merely a Gentlemen's Agreement tor a Little Time. Washington Star. Railroad rate wars are going to stop between the East and West until they begin again. As long as railroads are controlled and guided by human motives and human hands so long will they try to get ahead of each other In some way. Not Fools hut Central Boards. Brooklyn Eagle. 1 Pooling being prohibited by law. the consoli dation of lines, by which traffic in different sec tions of the country can be brought under the control of one or two central boards of direc tors, would seem to be the natural outcome of tbe present railroad situation. May Agree to Quit. Philadelphia Becord. Tbe agreement of the railroad presidents is good a.s far as It goes. They have agreed to try to agree; and if they should wish to quit trying they are to give 90 days' notice Only One More. Philadelphia Press. The public has seen too many of these agree ments to attach importance to one more new one. Yet no future event is more certain than tbat the railroads west of Chicago and St Louis will eventually be worklne in tbe same substantia! harmony as tbe New York trunk Hues or, still better, tbe railroads in tbe South ern pooh The agreement now reached Is more definite, includes more railroads, and is pro vided with better machinery than those which have gone before Wonderful and Dangerous Power. New York Herald. Tbe power of one great railroad corporation Is vast, and when uncontrolled menacing. But here Is a proposition to weld the power of twenty into one. If that is Intended or should prove to be a tmst it would be one of unparal leled magnitude If in effect it should be a monopoly it would be tbe greatest known to tbe world. Power to correct old abuses is power to create new ones. Authority exercised over rates for the benefit of both public and railroads to-day may be exercised for the benefit of railroads alone to-morrow. The very abuses which these railroad gentlemen propose to correct are abuses of their own man agement A Doubtful Scheme. New York Times. It is, of course, desirable to maintain stable rates for railroad transportation, and rates tbat will be remunerative to tbe companies without being unfair to tbe public, but in a field where competition is naturally sharp and pushing It will reaulre something more than an agree ment among jlhe "gentlemen" who are Presi dents of railroad corporations in that field. It Is doubtful If anything would accomplish tbe purpose permanejtly or for any longer time except an actual consolidation ot Interests or tbe imposition of an outside authority, which could only represent the people and proceed in some way from the Government. Afraid of the Farmers' Gun. Albany Journal. The meeting of Western railroad Presidents yesterday and the apparent harmony which was a feature of their deliberations, are an earnest of better times for tbose who hold the securities of the roads involved. The chief danger may now be expected from the action of tbe Farmers' Alliance statesmen of the West who are panting with Impatience to kill the goose which lays the golden egg; PLAYS TO COME. Elsie Leslie, who appears at the Grand Opera House next week In Daniel Frobman's production of "The Prince and the Pauper," Is looked upon by tbe outside world as a prodigy, but those associated with her in the company say that it is notprecocity, but inherent genius. It is stated that her artistic talent crops out on every occasion when she plays a new part, and that she frequently supplements the direction of her stage manager with new and original ideas of her own. Her manager. Mr. Daniel Frohman, says of her: "She Is not precocious, but a born artist, and a girl of most acute per ceptions. Sbe Intuitively understands what I am about to tell ber before I finish speaking, and never have I been obliged to remind her of instructions already given, which is more than can be said of any other actor or actress in my recollection." Elsie first gave promise of pos sessing great artistic capabilities wben with Joseph Jefferson five years aco. Her clear enunciation and complete appreciation of the part, though over CO lines in length, astonished bim. This present production comes here with the Indorsement of every large city in tbe country. There will be an extra matinee on Thursday (Christmas day). Mr. Lawrence Barrett appears at the Daquesna Theater Christmas week. He will be supported by Miss Gale and an excellent com pany, and will present eight different plays, in cluding matinees Christmas Day and Saturday. Monday, "Hamlet?' Tuesday, "Merchant of Venice" (In six acts); Wednesday bight, Othello;" Thursday, Christmas matinee, Romeo and Juliet;" Thursday, Christmas night "Julius Cassar?' Friday night "Riche lieu" Saturday matinee. "Francesca Da Rim ini;" Saturday night, "Rienzi" (first time in this cltv). In these plays Mr. Barrett will ap pear as Hamlet, Bhylock, (Jlhello, Borneo. Cos sins. The Cardinal, Lanciotto, the Hunchback, and Cola JDi Bienzi. A complete corps ot aux iliaries will assist in tbe productions, and a double quartet will Introduce singing ie tbe plays requiring the stme. Mr. Batrett and his company come here direct from Providence, R. L, and Immediately afterthelr engagement re turn to the Broadway Theater, New York. Amono tbe actresses who come to onr city none Is more popular than Maggie Mitchell. Her impersonations, whether broad travesties or serious stndies-from real life, are invariably artistic and permeated with her own delightful personality. Miss Mitchell will appear at the Bijou Theater on Monday night. The pro gramme for the week Is as follows: Monday and Thursday evenings and Saturday matinee, Ray?' Tuesday, "Lorle;" Wednesday matinee and night"Llttle Barefoot?' Thursday (Christ mas) matinee, "Fanchon?" Friday, "Jane Eyre?' Saturday matinee, "Fancbon." The supporting company Is composed of capable artists. The sale of seats for Lawrence Barrett's en gagement at the Duquesne Theater next week will commence this morning. Prices of seats will be $1 60, It 75 cents and 50 cents, according to location. Admission to tbe gallery will be 25 cents. Matinees will be given on Christmas day and Saturday. His engagement Is for only one week,'during which time he will be seen in eight different plays. Mr. Barrett bnngs a company of over SO people and five .carloads of aeacerv and costumes, and does not appear in any other city in Pennsylvania outside of Pitts burg. MISS Rosina Vokes, who Is playing to ex cellent business at the Duquesne Theater, will to-night be seen in an entire change of bill, in cluding "Percy Pendragon," "My Milliner's Bill" ana "The Rough Diamond." At the Saturday matinee "A Game ot Card,." "The Circus Rider'; aiul "A Double Lesson" will be isMea.' d...ftv. &i.- CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. The Seine is full of drift Ice and tha river steamers have stopped running; With the death of Senator de Lafayette, the famous family has become extinct There are 2,700 husbands in New York City, it is stated, who are supported by their wives. Several New York churches now adver- . tlse tbeir services in the elevated railroad structures. Statistics indicate that the cranberry crop this year will be smaller than that of any year since ISSt, Arctic owls are being shot on Long Island this winter. They are large wbtte birds and are seldom seen south ot Hudson Bay. The harbor of Batoum, originally in tended to bold 20 steamers, is to be deepened and made sufficiently large to contain 33 ves sels. Miss Maggie McDowell, one of tha belles of Charlotte, N. C, has become the wife of a German nobleman, the Baron vou Malt zahn. News has been received from Inyo county. In the most Isolated portion ot Califor nia, tbat L500 Piute Indians are on the point of uprising. General Booth is authority for the state ment that there are S63 corps of tbe Salvation Army in "America, with 87 outposts and LC68 officers in active service, The Devil's Eiver .YeiM is the classio and suggestive name of a new Texas paper. The salutatory says it will be edited by an Italian scholar named Mike Murphy. A coffee house with pretty waitresses, opened last week In Berlin, bearing over Its portal a sign consisting of Koch's portrait with tbe inscription, The Jolly Bacillus." The visible supply of corn is now less than 2,000,000 bushels, and the smallest for this season of the year since statistics on this sub ject began to be compiled 13 years ago. The senior class at Phillips Exeter Academy have chosen a colored boy for class orator In the person of Henrv C. Mlnton. He comes from Philadelphia and is a leader in his school work; Some years ago Lady Assington philau tbroplcally sent 2-1 British, families to the cape to found an Improved colony. She bouzht land for them, but the result was a failure. The men would not work. The new American cruisers compare favorably in speed with the fastest war vessels afloat, and tbe battle ships promise to be among tbe most formidable and seaworthy of modern floating batteries. In these days "tbe light fantastic" comes by inspiration. Grille d'Egout, tbe great French dancer, says that sbe follows inspira tion while performing and seldom takes exactly the same step twice. More than 100 writers In England, male and female, have written the life ot Gladstone, and have the manuscrint all ready, so tbat they can ruib to a publishing bouse with it tbe mo ment bis death is announced. Count Tolstoi is described as wearing usually such coarse clothing as is worn by the poor classes. His shirt is worn outside of his trousers, in the fashion of the moujitc, and Is gathered in at the waist by a leather belt. A life of ease does not satisfy some rich girls. Miss Mabella Young Low. a Harlem. N. Y., girl and college graduate. ba3 purchased a nursery and will devote ber time and energies to tbe cultivation of roses and mushrooms. The Southern author. Cable, is a man of slender physique and medium stature. His beard and eyes are dark, and his high forehead Is surmounted with a bead of jet black balr. He has a soft, feminine voice, and is 45 years old. Reports from the exploring expedition sent into Alska by W. J. Arkell are to tbe effect tbat members of the party have quar reled among themselves and divided, and are now snowed in among the mountains, with pro visions running short. The hunting costume for women is of such a clerical stamp that wben a lady was thrown lately in Ireland a countryman rushed up with tbe remark: 'If your reverence will just kape along the bank a bit there is a handy rail you migbt climb over." Old Geronimo's son. a little CbapofS years, is an important figure on the Southwest ern frontier. He chews tobacco like a man. swears like a pirate, and can take bis horn of wblsky with the toughest. Altogether he is as vicious a little fellow as a boy can be. Sarah Hunter, aged 13, employed in tbe household of W. H. Smith, near Winona, Oat., tried to poison ber employer and bis family and afterward succeeded in destroying her own life with "rougn on rata." The girl felt aggrieved becanse sbe had been chlded for allowing the fires to go ont. In England they give their football players $15 to $20 a week regular salary with (1,000 bonus at the end of the season if tbeir conduct bas been creditable. The plan of putting a premium ud for good conduct has a wholesome effect; The plan might be tried on baseball players. Two men have found near Fresno, Cal., what la claimed to be a genuine petrified body of a man. It is remarkably well preserved and even tbe lines of the back of tbe band are visible. The head is of a good size and features of Caucasian type. The body measures nearly seven feet In length. Gentlemen have been very lucky on the French race courses this year. M. Manrlce Ephrussl won 585,000; Barons Alphonse and Gustave de Rothschild. about $70,000 each; Baron de Schllckler, SIOO.00O, and M. Pierre Donon, Baron de Saubeyran ana M. Michel Ephrussl between $60,000 and S7o,00Q. A novel suit is before the Superior Court of Maine. The plaintiff, a Cape Eliza beth man, brings suit against a Portland man for alienating his wife's affections, and the de fendant, in his plea, declares tbat tbe wife never had any affection for tbe husband, con sequently hs conld not alienate them. He will stand trial on this ground. A marriage peculiar in the length and brevity of the high contracting parties was celebrated in Parkers burg. W.Va., recently. M. V. Collins. 46 years old, 6 feet 7 laches in height, was wedded to Miss Martha Farnsy wortb. The bride is 3 feet 1 inch in height tall enough when standing on a chair to reach her liege lord's shoulders. . CORNER FOR SMILES. Perhaps He Wasn't. He (rapturously). I love the very ground which Is trod by your airy feet. She (innocently) Are you aware tbat this land does not belong to my father. -Drain's Itaga tine. "Oh, what is toast? " with toss of head, Asked tunny little John. And then his wise old daddy said, Why. toast Is but a slice or bread. That has a blazer on." A'eto Zork Btrald. "George," she said, "I appreciate your in surlng your life In my favor very much Indeed." "It's only what I should do, Amelia." Well, Just to show you I am grateful, I have discharged Ellen and hereafter Intend to do all the cooking myself." PhitaUtlpita Times. "What have you been doing for tbe last year?" asked one seedy-iooklngman as be stopped apother on the street. .. "Time," was the laconic reply. Wasntngtatr. Post. "What's the old man going to give you for Christmas?" Sits he'll extenl my note that's due.' "Well, that's something paper-wait, atlnst." Sew Xort Trtoune. "Lend Me Your Wife" is the title of s comedy now running at a local theater. When played In real life It frequently becomes a trage dy. Minneapolis Journal. Willie stopped a moment in front of a pho tograph gallery, spelled out tbe sign, "Little Utms Executed Here," add turned to his father with horror la his eyes. "l'aoa."be said, breathlessly, "are they klll ln' kids In here?" Chicago Tribune. 'There is but one thing," said the physi cian, gravely, "that we know about death." "J t" "It Is always fatal !"-Sc Paul Dispatch. A New Jersey weather prophet began last May to predict the weather, and he hit It st once In 317 days' predicting. This wa. doing so much worse than a man down In a coal mine could have done that be has stopped short and will probably never go again." Detroit Prtt Press. Where is Ben Hogan With his devil scare slogan? Ooneto another town. Bunny, farewell: Wben you, struck Mr. Satan, be got a swift gait on Himself and went back to bis quarters In wilt lhe laad where toboggan. Blldes do not work-well. -,, umln Horan, farewell aad tut1 wU. I f N, JWBM n, ,- ,.A-J
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