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SATURDAY. DEC. 20, 1S90. OIL PKODCCEKS LESsOX. Of course the session of the Executive Board of the Producers Protective Associa tion at Bradford yesterday was secret, as all the sessions of that body were when it was meeting regularly. But with all the secrecy it is intimated the resignations of two mem bers were tendered and accepted. These two members recently sold their property to the Standard. Two other members were not present They, too, have sold their property to the monopoly. One member of the old Executive Board is dead. Therefore less than half of the old Executive Board was left to meet the committee of "inde pendent producers"' to devise means for the relief of the trade. There is much in this meeting that is in structive. It calls to mind the great mis takes of the association of which this portion or the Executive Board is the remnant. That association was organized in a time of depression like the present. Its constitu tion set forth its purpose to establish com petition in the transportation, marketing and refining of petroleum. But false coun sels prevailed with it, and it went icto an unholy alliance with the monopoly itself for immediate proCt. It helped, all in its power, to suppress the truth about Ohio oil. Its chief members, including four of the Executive Board, are now found in the em ploy of the Standard. It may be hoped the present movement will not be so easily misled from its purpose, and, in the light ot experience, that wiser counsel will prevail with it It has a much harder road to travel than the old movement would have had. If Pennsylvania oil is now withdrawn from the Standard it has the Ohio stock to fall back upon. If refineries are started they must compete with that cheap crude, while the Pennsylvania market may be kited out of sight. Yesterday's market was an indication of how easily this could be done. Bat that still points out the road. If the crude market is too high for a producers' refinery the crude will be high enough for the producer. Competition is the oclv salvation of the "outside" oil man. BOROUGHS IX TROUBLE. When boroughs are not in trouble it may be taken for granted there is no trouble going anywhere. This is, perhaps, no fault of the dwellers in those half way points be tween city and country. It is rather the fault of that half way position. The bor oughs naturally want city advantages, and they do not want to give up any country ad vantages to get them. It is difficult to frame laws for the government ot these cities in embryo which produce altogether satisfac tory results. Every session of the Legisla ture under the new Constitution has wrestled with the question, and many a legislator has had a bad fall in consequence. Still it is possible the next Legislature may be induced to pass a bill that will work better than the present laws. IfElTnEK OF THEM. It is very interesting to observe that the organ of unique and in one sense of the word, original, Democracy, the New York Sun, has turned its rays upon the assertions of the Republican organs that the Farmers' Alliance Convention was a Democratic movement thinly masked. The shining Sun gives the Eepublican organs a Eoland for their Oliver by the discovery that the pur pose of the Uorthern delegates to the Partners' Alliance was to ruin, split and disintegrate the Southern Democracy. The foundation of this conclusion on the part of the Sun is not quite as simple as the other one presented by the Eepublican organs. The Sun declaresthat the Western delegates to the Alliance pushed the sab treasury scheme for the purpose of dividing the Democracy of the South, and tried to get the convention to indorse a third party movement for the same end. It declares, however, that they are rcctoning without their host in this respect, as the Eepublican States are more liable to the rav ages "of paternal and socialistic doc trines than the Democratic South." All of which is a more complicated and imposing edifice ot political reasoning than the simple syllogism of the Eepublican organs, which, though a rank case of logical vice known as "undistributed middle," sounds quite con vincing as follows: "AH Democrats are op posed to the elections bill; the Alliance Convention is opposed to the elections bill; therefore, the Alliance Convention is all Democratic" The attitude of the parties toward the Alliance thus takes the curious shapo of an attempt of each side to charge the paternity of the new organization on the other. The Eepublican organs discover in the conven tion a masquerade of the Democratic agents, while the Sun perceives in the same pro ceedings a deep-laid but unsuccessful plot to split the solid South up the back. The case is thus shown to have been correctly described by the witty Irishman who met a stranger, and when both stopped under the mutual impression that they were acquaint ances and had discovered their mistake, de clared: "I thought it was you; and you thought it was I; and be jabers, it was nayther of usl" A CUT OF HOMES. Very encouraging, indeed, is a look into the assessors' books in this city, when they show so large a percentage of the popula tion owning their own homes. The building records show a wonderful increase in the number of dwellings in the city, and the assessors' report shows that the occupants are the owners, in very large measure. There is nothing leads to good citizenship more surely than the ownership of the citizen's home. And nothing leads so strongly to good gov ernment as such general ownership. THE LIBRARY PROPERTT. The publication yesterday of the fact that a controlling interest in the stock of the Mercantile Library Hall Company had been acquired by the managers of the Bijou Theater was interesting matter of local in formation. The inference that the manage ment of the building will be in the interests of the theater was taken by a good many people to carry with it the abandonment of the purposes for which the building was put rip. Bat that opinion, in view of the con ditions and obligations of the charter of the Library Hall Company, is premature, to say the least The Mercantile Library Hall Company was chartered to build the building iu ques tion for the purpose of furnishing a home for the library now occupying that build ing. Further than that, its purpose was, when it had repaid to the subscribers their subscriptions to the stock, that the building should become the property and endowment of the library. Those purposes were clearly set forth in the charter, and are as binding now as in the first year of the company. Through the depression which followed the completion ot the building, and from the fact that the building was on such a scale as to burden it with a large mortgage, the building was for many years unremunera tive, being sometimes unable to meet all the interest on its mortgages. More recently its revenues have improved, and the floating debt has been paid off. The effort of a year ago to prevent a sheriff's sale was based on the claim that the corporation was solvent and should not therefore be sold out at forced sale. The fact that since then the debt has been refunded, and is now being steadily reduced under the conditions of the refunding, is the best evidence that this claim was correct. "With regard to the present departure it is no doubt correct that it is not in accordanc: with the private view entertained by many that Library Hall should be used solely as a lecture and concert hall. But this de parture was made years ago, as a matter of stern necessity, in order to keep up the revenues of the company. At present, the view that the hall ought not to be used as a theater is evidently not sbared by the ma jority of the shareholders who sold out their stock to the theater management. But as concerns the sew proprietorship of the stock, it does not divest the corporation of its charter obligations. It has simply ac quired a control subject to the conditions imposed on the company by its incorpora tion, and which can only be avoided in the method provided by tije charter. Under these circumstances it is to be pre sumed that the new owners of the controll ing interest in the Library Hall Company will conduct that corporation so as to make it yield the best revenue and preserve the property iu its best shape. As theater man agers they have made the record ot conduct ing the most successful and profitable thea ter yet known in Pittsburg. It will be no more than natural to expect that they will extend the same record of profit and success to the Library Hall Company's property. With all incentives leading them to show the same increase in the piofits of the cor poration that they have done in the profits ofthetheater.it is possible that the new control may hasten the day when the prop erty will actually yield a revenue to the public and educational purposes for which it was founded. FRENCH JUSTICE AND HYPNOTISM. French justice and general science were deprived of a public exhibition of hypno tism yesterday that might have been in structive to both. The French Court re jected an offer of the hypnotizers to demon strate their theories in the open courtroom in the Eyrand trial, to the great disappoint ment of some of the counsel and all of the audience. Perhaps it is just as well. If hypnotism is tricky, a trial would hardly have been satisfactory unless one of the judges had been selected as the subject of ex periment. And in case a Judge had really been hypnotized, he might have become a troublesome factor in the further trial of the AN APOCRYPHAL ADMISSION. In relation to what the Boston Traveller calls "the admission of the Inter-State Commerce Commissioners that they are powerless to enforce the provisions of the law," that journal thinks that this is an argument for the repeal of the law and the abolition of the commission rather than making the law more stringent, This is the view to be expected from the class of journals that accepts as gospel what ever representations may be for the interest of the corporate school. But the admission does not, in the light of facts, amount to an argument either for the repeal of the law or for the enactment of more stringent pro visions. It may amount to an argument for the abolition of Commissioners who declare that they are powerless without ever trying the means ot enforcement which the law puts into their hands. This, if the admis sion is made as quoted, is exactly what the Inter-State Commerce Commission has done. The law provides two methods of enforce ment One is where complainants take their cases directly into the United States courts, either by civil suits or criminal pro ceedings; and the attempt to secure that method of enforcement has been put into practice recently at Chicago. In addi tion to this the law provides for the enlorcement of the findings of the commis sion by providing that if the railroads do not comply with such findings the fact may be certified by the Commission to the United States Courts and their rulings will there be enforced by peremptory mandamus with very severe penalties In case of further con tumacy. In view of this fact it seems hardly proba ble that the Commission has made such an admission as that attributed to it It is the fact, however, that this body has shown signs of being infested by the widespread idea that it is an awful thing to make a great corporation yield the same obedience to law that is required of common people. Tne best evidence of this supersensitive fear on the part of the Commission, of agitating the great corporate interests, is that during a long period of what it declares to be viola tion of the law by the railroads, there has not yet been a single case in which it called upon the courts to enforce its rnliugs. When a body docs not exercise the means of enforcement given to it by the law the fault is plainly, not in the law, but in the body itself. It is foolish, under such circumstances, to talk of the necessity of either repealing or adding to the law. There should be a decent attempt at enforcing its present pro visions before they are changed in either way. AN INVESTIGATION NEEDED. There is an evident disposition on the part of the House to give very gingerly treat ment to that resolution of Mr. Dockery's providing for an inquiry into the allegation that certain Congressmen were interested in the silver speculation that hinged on the passage of the last silver bill. It is diffi cult to imagine any case in which there is a more evident call for investigation, or in which there will be a clearer inference, it the investigation is not made, that the reason is the necessity of protecting some influential men who are mixed up in the scandal. The allegation was clearly made by a leading journal of the same party as the majority in Congress, that a number of members were interested in a speculation that depended for success on-tbe legislation to be decided by their votes. It was further alleged that a number of them realized large profits from the speculation. With these allegations so prominently made, it is hard to see how any other course than au investigation can follow. It the allegation is unfounded there is no surer way of protecting the reputation of Congress than to show the baselessness of such scandals by a fair investigation. If the assertions are well-founded, the reputa tion of legislation depends on exposing and punishing any such source of scandal, even if it should produce another fatal demise among legislative reputations like the fa mous Credit Mobilier investigation. There is an especial reason why this action cannot be creditably avoided, in the pend ing silver legislation which has become a prominent feature of the session by the recent action of the Senate caucus. It is a part of the proposed measure that 12,000,000 ounces of silver which are supposed to be car ried in New York shall ba purchased by the Treasury. Whether this amount of bullion is owned by the ame specula tors who engineered the first bill is not by any means certain. The current assertions are that some of the keener of the former speculators realized on the advance of last fall; but that they or their successors may not have Congressional affiliations needs to be determined. If it were to be decided on its merits this measure would deserve a fair and impartial treatment But in the presence of the allegations about the first speculation Congress cannot afford to vote a 512,000,000 purchase of silver until the suspicion that some of the men whose votes will decide the measure may profit by their votes is fully cleared up. If the call for an inquiry is suppressed by the present House, it will be a blunder as decided as any of those of the last session. The leaders in Congress should understand that they cannot afford to enlarge their list of blunders. It is pleasant to be assured by the Phila delphia Press that the Alaska seal-fishery dis pute is due to the attempt of each Government to secure arbitration on the issue that is favor able to it" The Press asserts, as The Dis patch has often said, that on the issue whether the Bearing Sea is a mare .clausum, "the United States has not a leg to stand on." In that case it will bo easy for the United States to block the attempt of England to secure arbitration on that point by giving it up. Thus the arbitration would have to be upon the point that tho United States has the right to secure protection to the seals. A little common sense is sometimes of use in diplo matic matters. Not for many days has the petroleum market shown so much life as yesterday. The jump is attributed by some to the producers' agitation for competition, or to an effort to pinch the independent refiners. But it appears a New York speculator canght the crowd short and sprang, the trap. The appointment by Mayor Grant, of New York, of two notorious rum-ring poli ticians, Divver and Ryan, to be police justices, has given New York a lesson on political deals. The World, which supported Grant for re election, says that the appointments "are about as bad as could have been made if the avowed purpose had been to make police justices out ot men notably disqualified for the position." Under these circumstances it is to be hoped that the esteemed- World will take to heart the lesson that the way to prevent such ap pointments is to defeat the elected officials who belong to that class of politics. The fact that the census records Senator elect Brieo as a resident of New York, revives the suggestion that a valid Presldental ticket would be composed as follows: For President, Calvin 8. Brice, of New Yorkj tor Vice Presi dent, Calvin S. Brice, of Ohio. We are pained to observe that the old dis pute with regard to the effect ot the sngar schedule of the ne ir tariff on the price ot sugar still goes on. The Buffalo Express is accusing the Louisville Courier-Journal of "unlimited gall" because the latter paper "cites the reduc tion in the price of sugar since the passage of the McKinley bill as proof that all tariff taxes are paid by the consumer." The dlspnte ot our esteemed cotemporaries is an old one, bnt it is rather unimportant just at present, in view of the vital fact that the reduction ot tho duties on sugars as not yet gone into effect and will not until the first of April next Er-CONOiiESSMAN Heek's description of Speaker Reed as a "Republican who weighs three hundred pounds and is all backbone" is calculated to create the impression that tho Speaker is a great big fossil. The reappearance iu Judge of cartoons lampooning Secretary Blaine, indicates the President's immediate family organs are not at all pleased with the idea of the Secretary's standing ready to realize on the remains of Mr. Harrison's Presldental boom. Bnt in view of the fact that the President has declared that he will not ac.cept a renomination unless the Senate passes the elections bill, and the elec tions bill being a cooked goose, what reason has the President for jealousy of Blaine? Rivals to Dr. Koch are springing up, now, from a number of places. Detroit claims the latest "only sure cure." It will, indeed, be well if eacn of these cures does a little good. The refusal of the discbarge of Boodlers Moloney, DcLacy and Dempsey the other day, with a notification that their cases must be brought up under DeLancey Nlcoll's adminis tration of tho New York district attorneyship, Is, a promise that something yet mar be done with those famous fugitives. Bat It is not thought likely that Nicoll was permitted to gain the election last fall to convict the men whom Fellows was elected to protect. We can suggest to our Iriih friends a de lded amendment ot Senator Ingalla' famous remark. Crowbars and lime have no proper place in politic!. Of course the nse of an official envelope for private business by Attorney General Miller was wrong, if be did it .But inasmuch as the custom of politicians is to do that sort of thing the attempt to make political capital out of it is rather foolish. If the Democrats will attack all tho big steals they can afford to let the little two-cent ones pass unnoticed. AlLEaHENY, having been admitted as a city of the second class, can now make faces across the river at Pittsburg and say, "you're another." Inasmuch as recent failures have created comments abroad to the effect that the trade of politics in Pennsylvania is precarious and unremunerative, we will notify some of our esteemed cotemporaries making that remark that Pennsylvania has still quite a number of politicians who enjoy a comfortable and stable competence. Possibly it was an oversight that the railroad Presidents' alliance at New York omitted to indorse the Farmers' Alliance at Ocala, The abolition of bull-fighting in Mexico has proceeded .to the length of cutting up the plazas where the fights used to be held into building lots. Now if the United States will abolish dog-C-hting, slugging and football matches, it will show an equal progress in civilization with the land of the Aztecs. PERSONALS. Eenest Renatj, tho French historian and critic, lives in a modest house that is almost lost in the woods in Brittainy. Mrs. Butler (Fanny Kemble) is living with" her daughter, Mrs. Leigh, in Surrey, England. Sho is quite feeble, having completed her 81st year last month. An important feature has been eliminated from the Presldental problem since Mrs. Belva Lockwood decided that she never again could consent to be a candidate. James P. Scott, son of Thomas A. Scott late President of the Pennsylvania Railroad, proposes, by way of experiment, to plant 1,000 acres in rice near Kissimmee, Fla. Senator Warren, of Wyoming, is six feet tall, and bis form is as straight as a Rocky Mountain pine. Ho is a blonde, is rather good looking, and talks and dresses well. He is 48 years old. Mrs. Elizabeth Hollenbeck:, of Los Angeles, Cal., widow of Joseph Hollenbeck, has just deeded in trust about S750.000 worth of property to found a home for indigent women and homeless children. Lady Wilde, mother of Oscar Wilde, is still remarkablo for her beauty, brilliancy of conversation and accomplishments. She speaks half a dozen languages, has cordial manners, excellent sense and a great social following. Cardinal Gibbons is very simple and me thodical in his habits. He rises at 6:30, says mass at 7, breakfasts at 8, takes a walk at 10, dines at 2 and spends the afternoon receiving visitors. Supper is served to him at 7 and by 10 he is in bed. Dr. Helen L. Betts, ot Boston, is the first woman physician chosen to visit the laboratory of Prof. Koch, of Berlin, for the purpose of in vestigating bis discovery. She has been dele gated by the Woman's Medical College ot Pennsylvania, of which she is a graduate. One of the three daughters of John D. Rockafeller, while a student at Vassar, had a handsome allowance in the way of money from home. Instead of spending this on rich gowns and apartments she paid for two years the tuition and expenses of a girl from the country who was not able to pay them herself. Chief Gall, who succeeds Sitting Bull as bead of the Sioux Nation, led the Indians in the battle that brought defeat and death to Custer. He is not only fond of fighting, hut Is capable ot handling a body of Indians success fully when in the field, and has frequently ex hibited the qualities of generalship. He is, moreover, an Indian of some honesty. Prince Chun, the Chinese Prime Minister, appears to bo recovering from his long illness. The populace attribute it to the neglect of the Emperor, when building a residence for his father, to have the site cleared ot evil spirits, who accordingly torment the occupant It is reported among foreigners, however, that tho Prince is trying to breac off the opium habit DEATHS OF A DAY. Edwin H. Sheldon. fSrECIAI, TELEGRAM TO IHE DISPATCH. NEW Yoek. Dee. 19. Edwin H. Sheldon, execu tor and trustee of the estate of William B. Ogden, died yesterday afternoon at the residence of his niece, Miss Caroline Ogden Jones, aged 63. He had been in falllnK health for about two years. Last summer be came from Chicago to visit at Newport with his niece, and has since remained at her home here; He was senior member of the firm of Ogden, Sheldon & Co.. of Chicago, the largest real estate firm in theUnltcd States; presi dent of the Chicago Dock and Canal Company, and prominently Identified with divers other en terprises of a similar character. Since the death of Mayor Ogden. of Chicago, the management of thef-'U.OCO.OOOorthe Ogden estate has devolved largely upon Mr. Sheldon, who was himself wealthy. Rev. William Nassau Molesworth. London, Dec. IB. Kev. William. Nassau Moles worth, M. A., the well-k.nown author, died to day. He was a son of the Kev. iohn Edward Nassiu Molesworth, D. D,;was born at Mill brook, near Southampton, November 8, 1816, and educated at the King's School, Canterbury, and at St. John's and Pembroke Colleges, Cambridge, cradnatlng as a member of the latter, B. A. In ISM. and M. A. In 184i. Taking orders, hebecame incumbent of St. Andrew's, Manchester. In 1S11, andvlcar of St. Clement bpotland, Hochdale. In 1814. Mr. Molesworth's works are "Au Essay on the lieliglous lmportai ce of Secular Instruc tion," 1857: "I'laln Lectures on Astronomy;" "England and France," I860, being a prize essay on tne Importance of a close alliance between the two countries: "A History or the Reform mil of 1832," ISM, second edition 1865: "A Aewbys. tem of Moral Philosophy. " 1867: "Prize Essay on Education." 1867. and "The History of England From the lear 1830, " 3 vols.. 1871-T3. Richard Parker. Klehard Parker, a well-known resident of this city, died jestcrday, at 5:30 A. M at his resi dence, Bedford avenue and Morgan street He was born in Westmoreland county, England, coming to this country when but 11 years of age. He was several years employed as cutter lor John Forsythe. merchant tailor, on Liberty street. In IMS he entered Into partnership with tho late William Lowe, under the Ann name of Parker Jfc Lowe, merchant tailors, on Smithfleld street. He soldouthlslnterestto his partner In 1867, and re moved to the'lhlrteenth ward, where he had built a home. In March. 1885, thishome was burntfrom the shock of which he never fnllv recovered. He leaves a wife and six grown children to mourn his death. Mrs. Washington Anderson. Dubuque, IA Dec. 19.-Mrs. Washington An derson, over 90 years old, was burled here to-day. It is claimed that sh6was the last living repre sentative of the family or General George Wash ington. The remains wero brought from Red Cloud, Neb., and were laid beside those of her husband, who was also related to the Washington family. Joseph F. McLaughlin. Joseph F. McLaughlin, son of Thomas Mc Laughlin, or Chartlers township, died at the residence of his parents yesterday, altera painful illness, but with true Christian fortitude. He suffered patiently until Providence relieved him from the pains and trials of this world. He was esteemed and respected by young and old, Hon. A. H. Phelnn, Journalist. ST. LOUIS, Dec 19.-Last night the Hon. A. H. Phelan dropped dead on the sidewalk In this city. Mr. Phelan was the publisher of the Western Watchman, and a brother of Father Phelan, the editor of the paper. He has for many years been a prominent fignre locally and lncathollo affairs. . , Mrs. Margaret Nealons. Mrs. Margaret Nealous, one of the most highly respected old ladies of Allegheny, died yesterday, at the extreme age of W years. Her funeral will occur Sunday at 1:30 from the residence of Cap tain J.K. Barbour, Secretary of the Oil Exchange, on Page street, Allegheny. Mrs. Sarah Cargo. Mrs. Sarah Cargo died yesterday at her home in West Deer township. Allegheny county, at the age ofSl years. The funeral will occurSunday at 2:30 P. M. 3L Polos, Belgian Socialist Bbusseis. Dec 19.-M. Polos, the Belgian Socialist leader, is dead. .SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON. Some of the artists on the operatic stage are very high toned. Do you ever think about testing the boiler T The careful engineer Knows to a pound just how much steam he can carry, to be sure. He has tested his boiler and knows its capacity. But yon don't test your boiler, do yon T I mean your body, of course, for isn't that your boiler? No, indeed. You haven't time. Day in and day out you turn on a full head of steam and forge ahead nnder high pressure. You don't even clean the flues, examlno the valves, look at the ganges. Tho old shell has stood the strain so long and well that you grow strong In confidence and recklessly fire up, regardless of the looae rivets, the spreading seams, the gnawing crust inside and the signs of docay outside. You look into the glass hastily and fail to see signs of wear and tear. Pleasure is the stoker and at yonr bidding it furnishes hot fuel and keeps the steam up to the limit No safety valve there to sound a warning toot So when the boiler bnrsts the wreck is generally quite complete. If it isn't you begin to patch up. After an overhauling yon find that the clay shell, is not completely burned ud nor irreparably cracked, and the feed valve is turned on again and you steam ud. But the old boiler has seen its best days. The pres sure is lowered, but it won't bold steam. It hisses and sputters, but only onnces instead of pounds can be carried now. Poor old shell. Isn't it after all? How fast it rusts, how quick the flues clog, bow wheezy, seamy, shaky it is, to be sure. It was Intended to last a lifetime, bnt here it is dis abled at the half-way station barely able to carry enough steam to pull you along the hours instead of tho days, weeks, months, years. Well, you didn't test it in time. It was overheated and overrated. It wore as well as could be ex pected, after all. Now it is patched, battered, caulked. When the fire is drawn it will fall to pieces. And the Force it could no longer carry, what of It? That will then bo your Secret, not mine. The summer girl makes a deliehtful winter companion. A fact can be distorted until it masquerades as a lie. A stock special says money is getting cheap. A dollar seems to be worth the same old hun dred cents in this region. What a note would say if it could talk: "I know that my redeemer livcth." The loafers who are looking for winter quarters will not ref nse dimes. The winter dude is in the swim when he parades in sealskin gloves, minus overcoat Of course he cannot afford both. A kan dropped dead while running for a street car yesterday. He undoubtedly ran till he was out of breath. A Common Occurrence. She was clad in costly fur of seals. And looked quite cute and sweet The tip-tap of her high French heels Made music in the street She spun along o'er the slippery pave, Glancing from side to side. Then gavo a yell, but no hand could save, And boys yelled, "Let her slider' No matter what becomes of Africa, she will get bor deserts. A heir worker The lawyer engaged to break a will. The fellow who sees a pretty girl caress a pug longs to lead a dog's life. Ihe railroads are talking about laying a new Atlantic coast line, but the map-makers will not reap any Dencnt irom it. The gamblers, like other folk, are at the mercy of dishonest dealers. Men who are blinded by jealousy seem to be able to shoot straight when they get hold of a gun. Pittsburg) was undoubtedly taken by storm during the week. AN exchange asks: "What makes men and women drunkards?" Whisky, dear boy, wbisky. Soke good workers are grate setters. Congress will doubtless be in good fighting trim about New Year's. It is merely sparring for points now. The newest clocks in tho shops are second banded. A Lowland Prayer. O, beautiful snow. You are deep we know. When you start to go Will you please go slow? Full notes are to be found in bars of music A great many people are propelled by force of circumstances. Parnell's eyesight is not so badly impaired as the cause of Ireland. Sponges aro found in tho sea of humanity as well as the deep, bine ocean. Auctioneers should make good pugilists. Tbey are experts in knocking down, Parnell is now engaged hunting a sight Movements always seem to start on foot This is the reason why so many of them are slow. Door-bells receive more engagement rings than society belles. A DRV joker The thirsty clown. After murdering eight people, a Mexican has been sentenced to be hung. The laws of the Greasers must be very slippery. It sounds queer to hear of a failure in Provi dence, doesn't It? A friend in need is a needy friend, of course. A revenue cutter Mills, of Texas. A Child's Error. "O, mamma, dear,wbere's the flying machine?" Asked a little child one day. His mother replied: "What do you mean? 'Flying machine,' did you say?" Then the little' chap spoke up once more, And glanced in bis mother's eye, "Why, didn't pa say that bis head felt sore After last night's little fly?" Always subject to change. The weather. A religious sect up the Allegheny river say tho world will go to smash about 1900. Tbey probably mean that it will go to naught then. Bricklayers often ascend the scaffold. Sullivan would be a handy fellow on a farm about harvest time. He's a good thrasher. The lazy man is wedded to his idle hours. Remember that you will have to die to find out the Secret WHENJoslyn builds his theater dramatic managers will be jostling each other In Pitts burg. When the gambler cuts the cards the chips fly around. Have you made up your mind what yon will give her? The early purchaser catches the bar gain, you know. The blacksmith's helper is a most persistent striker. Life Is always satisfactory to those who are satisfied. The tired tramp never resists a rest The scull also takes a prominent part in the tank arama as well as "Hamlet" Uncle Sam got worsted in the recent woolen goods decision, Willie Winkle. ENTOMBED ALIVE. Horrible Case of Suspended Animation Taken for Death. Denver, Dec 19. Louis Brenner, aged 85, died here November 13 from over-indulgence in malt liqnors, and was burled December 2 by the Independent Order of Red Men. When the body was placed in the hearse the horses, used for that purpose for years, became unruly and another team bad to be procured. Then one of the horses of a mourner, Henry Speck, would not go. A runaway team crossed the f uneial procession on the way to the Riverside Cemetery and collided with a buggy contain ing two of the friends of the deceased. Arriv ing at the cemetery, the coffin was dropped from the hearse by blundering attendants, to the disgust of the mourners. As the coffin was being lowered into the gravo one of the ropes broke, and for a moment the people were horrified by seeing the coffin standing on end in the grave. Accordlag to the burial services of the Red Men it is pro vided for the liberation of a dove from a small box placed on the coffin just as the first hand ful of dirt Is thrown into the grave With a feeling akin to superstitious terror, some of the mourners saw the dove flutter from Its cage and alight at the very edge of the grave. It would not take wings until frightened away by the men who piled the dirt over the narrow home of the supposed deceased. The moro superstitious began to ponder over the matter and finally decided to disinter the remains. This work was done one week ago lat Sunday, and to their unspeakable horror they discovered, as soon as the lid of the coffin box was raised, that the coffin Itself was split and tho glass In the cover was broken, as if the dead had come to life, and in the unutterable agony of a realization of bis position had struggled with tho mad desperation of hope lessness and helplessness to free himself from the very grasp of a death whose horrors can be but feeblv imagined by the livlne. The coffin lid was raised, and the full horror burst upon them. The body was lying on its face, the lining of the coffin had been torn to shreds, the hair was palled out of the bead, the arms were bent and the hands so tightly clinched that the finger-nails had been sunk into the flesh. The face of the dead was dis torted from the awful struggle through which the man had passed, and the cheeks showed that in his frenzy the man entombed alive had dug his nails into bis flesh. EIVALS OF KOCH. Two Michigan Doctors Think They Have Downed Consumption. Detroit, Dec 19. Dr. E. L. Shurly, of Harper Hospital, and Dr. Heneage Gibbs, of the Michigan University at Ann Arbor, an nounced a few days ago the discovery of a sure euro for consumption. They propose now to make pnblic tests of their discovery on which they have been working for over a year. Their theory does not harmonize with that advanced by Dr. Koch. It is founded upon the belief that the chief injury in consumption Is caused by powerful alkaline poison3 which tho body is capable of generating, and that these poisons cause ulceration and tho Catherine of the cheesy matter In the air cells of theluncs. Owing to the complex nature of the affection no specific can effect a complete cure. The doctors decided that an injection or ani mal matter was dangerous to life, and. search ing for chemical, they hit upon the chloride of gold and chloride of sodium as the proper materials for the injection. In addition to the injection they decided to use chlorine gas. but chlorine gas has always been supposed to bo irrespirable. By introducing a spray of sodium into the room before the chlorine gas the doc tors found it not only rendered thegas breatha ble but also heightened its effects. The patient is placed in a cabinet with no communication w 1th the outside air except a breathins tube which is fitted closely to bis mouth. The air in the cabinet is rarified until the pressure Is eight pounds to the inch. The result of this is that the air rushes to the cells that have been broken down and debilitated, and the process of rejuvenation is started. This is helped out further by a series of chest exer cises. The hospital has spent 512,000 m perfect ing arrangements for the cure. A dozen cases attest the efficacy of the treat ment The most marvelous feature is the cure of Miss Jackson, of Windsor, who was taken to the hospital in a dying condition in an ambnlance seven weeks ago, and to-day, on be ing discharged as cured, walked two miles to her home, apparently restored in health. Both Dr. Shurly and Dr. Gibbs stand high in the proCession. THE PRESIDENT AND THE FAIR. The Chief Executive is Slaking Very Slowly in the Premises. Washington, Dec 19. Secretary Butter worth, of the World's Fair, to-day said that there was no change In the situation with res pect to the President's proclamation. The President he said, was going slow and making sure of everything; and as soon as satisfied ot the financial sufficiency of the Fair subscrip tions and Dond authorizations, be would issue his proclamation. It is expected that the proc lamation will ba announced early next week. Chairman Candler, of the World's Fair Committee, said his report of the result of tho visit to Chicago was to be made soon after the proclamation was issued. By delaying the committee's report, Mr. Candler can give in It an opinion on the Fair in its latest aspects, and hopes to materially reduce legislation to be recommended, so that there may bo little ad ditional for Congress to do about the matter. 11 Is proposed to incorporate in the report handsome lithographs of the Fair bmldings. There was a report in circulation to-day of trouble over the World's Fair subscriptions growing out of rumors that some German sub scribers and others had threatened not to make payments of subscriptions unless assured that there would be no closing of any part of the Exposition on Sunday, as proposed by Sena tor Blair's resolution introduced to-day. No importance was attached here to these reports, however. GEUEBAL TEEEY AT BEST. A Funeral Marked by Quiet Simplicity Takes Place at New Hsiven. New Haven, Dec. 19. The remains of Major General Alfred Howe Terry were placed in their last resting place this afternoon. At 1 o'clock services were held at the home of the deceased hero for members ot the family only. The remains were then transferred to the United Church on the Green. Until 2 o'clock the pnblic was allowed to gaze upon the face of tho deceased, and tben public services were begun. During the services minute guns were fired and the bell in the City Hall tower tolled. The members of the City Government wer present In a body, as wero also tba members of Admiral Foote Post There were also present a large number of the survivors of the Seventh Connecticut Regiment General Terry's old command, and several of bis staff officers. The various bodies and organizations occupied the body of tho church, tho galleries only being open to the public After the exercises the remains wero trans ferred to the Grove Street Cemetery, where tho interment occurred. In accordance with the wishes of the family, there was no military pomp or civic alsplay connected with the pro cession. The bearers wero eight sergeants from the Second Regiment The honorary beaiers were ex-Governors Henry B. Harrison and Charles B. Ingersoll, Lieutenant Governor S. E. Mervin, Judge John C. Hollister, Francis Waland, Dean of the Yale Law School; Henry A. Blake and Arthur D. Osborne A GREAT STRIKE AVERTED. Northwestern Railroads Grant Trainmen an Increase of Wages. Chicago, Dec 19. For some months past the railroad switchmen in all of the larger cities of the Northwest outside of Chicago, have been agitating for an advance in wages to a parity with those paid in this city. As a result the General Grievance Commit tees of the Chicago and Northwestern. Chi cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, and Illinois Central rail roads were called to this city some days ago, since which time tbey have been in conference with the officials. The result is that a general advance in wages has been agreed upon. The advance has not been fixed, but it will be some what less than the men at first demanded. This is Special Pleading. From the Buffalo Express. The occupation of the pawnbroker will be gone if Congress passes a free coinage bill. A man could then take bis old silverware to the Government mint and have it made into standard dollars. He could realize much moro in this way than by leaving' the goods with his uncle. The American Health Association. Washington, Dec 19. The American Health Association, which has been in session bero during the lat three days, adjourned this morning. The next meeting will be held in Kansas City, Mo., next December, the date to be fixed by the Executive Committee. lae atanaaru ausufub dnoiaer xuvai. Lima, Dec 19. The Standard Oil Company has gobbled another Independent company, the concern being the Delaware Oil Company. The sale of the Delaware leavos only two inde pendent concerns in operation. TWENTT-FOTJK pages, 193 columns, will be issued by THE DISPATCH to-morrow. It -will give all the news. THE TOPICAL TALKER. tf Working the Weather Oracle. The little den at the top of the Hamilton building wbere Mr. Stewart and other soothsayers In the Signal Service hang out is a busy place in these portentous times. The weather Las been interesting to all of us since Monday, but to everybodv in the river business it has overshadowed all the other affairs of life. So all day long and late into the night since the snow began to fall steamboat captains, pilots, coal men and representatives of all the river interests have sailed ud by elevator or pain fully climbed the sixteen flights of stairs to In terview the vicar of the weather clerk, ers On Wednesday afternoon when there seemed to be a good prospect of a sudden and general thaw the anxiety of everyone concerned In water navigation was intense. It looked like very high water then. There has been enough freezing weather since to defer the prospects of a flood. But the Signal Service station will bo a shrine for devout visitation by river men for some time to come. Rubbers ! Tt is safe to say that more rubbers of all sorts, Shanes and sizes have been sold in Pittsbnrg since Tuesday's blizzard than in all tho previous weeks of this winter. In one store alone over 400 pairs were sold on Wednesday. The flooded state of the streets compelled men who had the deepest and most conscientious scruples against rubbers to take ref age in them. Another feat ure of the rush for rubbers has been the adoption of ladies' rubber boots by men. The ladled boot is lighter and less cumbersome, and it apparently comes in sizes large enough for the average man's foot, for a round half dozen men I know have succeeded in wearing their better halves' shoes. If a rubber shoe could be made that would not make the foot ache, what a fortuno would fall to the inventorl The so-called watertight leather shoes are in nine cases out ot ten abso lute humbugs. If rubbers did not provide such an easy, though unhealthy, way to keep the feet dry, and so command almost universal use in this country, tho shoemakers would feel en couraged to make water-proof shoc3 of leather. In England, with all its rainy weather and in some parts it could be truthfully said tbat It ralnt every day for nine months out of the year rubbers are practically unknown. The few tbat exist for the delectation of nice old ladles in tbe rural districts are concealed under the euphonious name of goloshes! I think the reason Englishmen never have taken kindly to rubbers is largely that they go in for thick soled shoes outrageously thick according to our ideas and their shoes are in every respect more substantially built than ours. The weight and size of tbe English girl's shoe are peren nial sources of amusement to the American tourist but tbo3e broad, low-heeled, thick soled understandings make the English girl a famous walker, and have not a little to do, in directly, with theirgood complexions and con stitutions. A Good Show for Life. ,T SEE P. T. Barnnm is better." said the ticket seller. "Guess the old man has a good show of recovering." "He always did have a good show," remarked tho stage manager. Rough on the Artist Cnswas hammering a tray of brass, not for the purpose of making a noiso. as tbe vulgar might suppose, but of making an artistic impression upon the metal. The cook, a lady of French origin possibly, came into the studio and looked at the design of a bird which was appearing in relief upon the brass. "Is thot an eagle, mom?" she asked. "No. Kate; it's a kingfisher." "Oh! Excuse me, mum; I thought it had wings." Superior to Storms. T5 ougii weather is usually tbe season of kicks, grumbling and growling of all sorts, and tho railroads, and other means of locomotion come in for tbe lion's share of the abuse. There it i3 particularly pleasant and a novelty under tbe circumstances, to congratulate the Fort Wayne Railroad Company upon their management under the stress and disturbance of tho storm. The express trains, as well as the accommodations, have been on time, as a xulp. ever since the snow fell deen and drifted deeper upon the tracks. It would have been excusable if the schedule had subsided into desuetude under the strain of such weather, and the contrary result Is a feather in the cap, or better, caps of the gentlemen who have held up the train service so well. STJMMEE WEATHER DT DAKOTA Instead of Freezing in Blizzards, Children Ran Around Barefooted. DlCKERSON, N. D., Dec 19. The weather thepast month in this wholo section has been tho finest ever experienced by the oldest set tler. Tbe sun has shone with excessive bright ness and beat To-day numbers of children can run around barefooted and without hats and coats, not on account of poverty, but be cause they are more comfortable. At railway headquarters tbe thermometer registered 50 above zero at noon. There are no signs of a change A dispatch from Sioux Falls, S. D., says: Tbe thermometer registers 60 above zero to day. A REPORTED DIAMOHD DISCOVERY. A Poor Indlanan Makes a Startling Dis covery on His Farm. Shelbyville, Ind.. Dec 19. Charles Stader. a poor farmer, who owns 40 acres in Jennings county, has found two stones on bis farm which are said to be diamonds. They weigh three karats each. His 40-acre tract of land, which has hitherto been unsalable, is now an object of speculation. MANY MEN, MANY MINDS. Discussion of Thoughts and Things by the Press Gang. New 1'ork World: If economy is wealth tbe tariff is in a fair way to force us all into tbat way of makinga fortune Chicago Herald: Mr. Gould thinks the country is all right, and we shall doubtless hear in a day or two that he has bought it Detroit Journal: According to all accounts which represent the late Sioux leader as a med icine man. not a warrior, he was misnamed, "bitting Bully" would have been better. Washington Star: What the people of this country really need more than anything else is a plain, democratic dollar that will meet them more than half way and be easy of approach at all times. Boston Herald: Notwithstanding the well established principle tbat patronage hurts more than It helps a party, there are a great many anxious Democrats in these parts now adays who are perfectly willing to run tho risk. Philadelphia Inquire! : It seems we had all of Wednesday's excitement over a tuppenny cale that at no time reached a velocity of 50 miles an hour. Even the wind doesn't seem to be able to get up genuine rapid transit in Philadelphia. New York Star: King Kalakaua Is writing articles on the labor question for a San Fran cisco nevspaper. AVe had always supposed that Kalakaua's knowledge of labor was con fined to the work of handling poker chips and shuttling cards. Cleveland Leader: Every citizen of honest Instincts an! purp03e3 will rejoice to have an end put to gerrymandering of the Congression al districts, and the only way to effect this is through a federal law of uniform operation throughout tho whole country. Philadelphia Bulletin: Pittsburg's ex perience with ilectrlc street cars on the over bead wire system goes to show that they are not adapted tor snowstorms. The wires break, their deadly currents are let loose, and. while men and animals ate In danger of being killed by them, tbe car service stops juit at the time when it is most needed. The cable car service is better than that and tho horse cars are as good. Philadelphia Press: It may bo taken for granted that tbe Democrats in the House will continue the captious opposition which they began yesterday to the bill designed to revive tbe American merchant marine. No consider ation of patriotism, nor ot the practical utility of creating steamship lines to tbe countries with which we are endeavoring to cultivate commercial relations, seems to appeal to tbe stubbornness of tbe men who are resolved that tbe Government shall not aid in the restoration of the national colors to their place upon the A high teas. C1JBI0DS CONDENSATIONS. San Traiicisco blacksmiths complain because O,0O0,0CO worth of their work Is done in the East The city of London, England, will build and rent houses to workmgmen at a slleht profit Two million and a half is the number of persons who are said to work on Sundays in this country. It is said that Judge Means.of Evinston, realized J16 per box for tho first tangerines shipped this year. Emperor "William has given orders that women shall not be employed at night in any Government factory. It is alleged that the catacombs of Rome contain tho remains of 8.000.000 human beings, and those of Paris about 3,000,000. The Socialists are again active at Ams terdam, the police having torn down several placards with the words: "Long Livo tho Re public" All of the postofSces iu Italy receive money on deposit allowing interest at tbe rata of 3 per cent per annum and a dividend paid every five years. There are a dozen bathrooms in "Wash ington that have cost all the way from 31,000 to $10,000 apiece. One Senator's house has nine bathrooms, all of which are finished in ma hogany. The use of Prof. Koch's curative lymph will be prohibited by tbe Russian Medical Council until mch time as tbe specific has been investigated under Government super vision. Cobweb parties are a new thing and popular in tbe country. It is played by biding packages attached to intricately woven cords, and the fun consists in following a special cord to its prize. The balloon proposed for polar explora tions is S3 feet in diameter and 500,000 cnbic feet In volume. The journey will he made from Spitzb-rgen, and, with a favorable wind, will last four or five days. The Spanish Government has instructed the Minister of Finance to issue decrees rais ing tbe duties on foreign articles of food. The Minister has also been instructed to prepare a new protective customs tariff. Engine 186, St. Louis division of the Big Four, on Sunday last hauled the South western limited train of six cars from Paris to Terre Haute, making one stop, in 21 minutes. The distance is 20.7 miles. Smokeless powders are not noiseless, as is so frequently stated. The noise is somewhat different from that of black powder, being on a higher key; but it can be heard quite as dis tinctly and as far as when the latter is used. Some one has invented an electric mouse trap. It consists of a metallic cage containing cheese. Tbe mice naturally approach it for the purpose of investigation, but tbe instant they touch the wire an electric current strikes them dead. Cloth is successfully made from wood. Strips of fine grained wood are boiled and crushed between rolls, and the filaments, hav Ing been carded into parallel lines, are spun into threads from which cloth can be woven in the usual way. The principle of the compressed paper car wheels, which are so widely used through out the world, is applied in France to the manu facture of pulley3 for power transmission. The pulleys are said to be very light, cheap and serviceable in every respect Br. Eraser, of Fernandina, Fla.. has an interesting fossil experiment from theBIacK Hills. It is tbat of a fish embedded on a rock that seems to be half standstone. half clay. It is about tour inches long, and the outlines of the finest fin is as distinct as that of the verte bra;. Workmen on the farm of Abraham Drusbel, near Canton. O., have discovered tbe remains of a huge animal, supposed to be a mecalherium. They were digging in a marsh which proves to be the bed of an ancient lake. One short rib measured 3 feet indicating 6 feet for tbe lonsrest rib. The claws, still perfect were 6 inches long. The Old Colony Railroad Company is trying a new wrinkle in locomotive driving, having built anew engine in which the engineer is seated on the left-hand side of the cab, in stead of the right as Is Invariably the custom. This road also runs its trains to the left but has never before departed from tbe usual practice regarding tho engineer's position. At Vclepicb, in Southern Russia, a Jewish father has been arrested for having his child circumcised, and tbe police are looking for tbe rabbi who performed the operation, but who disappeared on learning that he was being searched for. Tbe charge Is criminal maiming. It is tbe first time tbat any such prosecution has been instituted in Russia. An Irish farmer named Cassidy was re cently evicted from bis farm in Kingman county, Kan., by the Jarvis-Conklin Loan Com pany, which had foreclosed a mortgage on tba propertv. A tenant wa3 put in possession. One night this week a dozen men broke into tbe house, bundled the occupants out In the cold and reinstated Cassidy. The tenant rec ognized two prominent farmers in the group. A negro hack driver in JIacon, Ga., drove a blind man to his home and received in payment what he thought to be two dimes and a nickel. After awhile, when the negro was balancing his cash, be found a J5 gold piece among his coins. He at once remembered wbere he had gotten it and as be conld not find the blind man, be carried it to the city officials to be turned over to its owner. A Wichita, K3n.. jury was out on a murder case for 54 hours, when tbe Judge con cluded to hurry matter.'. He went with a clergyman to the jury room. The' minister sung a hymn, tbe jury joining in the chorus. Ho then preached for anhonranda half on the "Immortality of the Soul" and left When court opened the jury came in with a verdict reached on the first ballot after the sermon. The case will be appealed. There is an old graveyard in Clarke connty, Ga., which is held in superstitious fear by the neighborhood. One story about it is that a rabbit has taken up its home there and burrows in a sunken grave. The boards cover ing tbe vault have rotted. leaving a cavern ex tending Into tbe coffin itself. For a long time a rabbit has used tbe den as its lair, and can be seen at almost any hour entering or leaving the cavern. Time and again the hunters hare sought to kill this particular rabbit but it la like firing at a sun ray. The little quadruped seems quitn tame, and will invite a near ap proach of the sportsman, but upon the dis charge of his gun Brer Rabbit bounds off un harmed. And no dog, either, can be found to chase tbat rabbit any distance. They will run it a few vards and tben return to their owners, with a mystified look and their tails dangling between their legs. A FEW PLEASANTRIES. Oar Stanley's backbone's stiff as starch, In spite of sundry statements solemn. That while upon bis Afrlo march He'd trouble with his final column. Sew Xork Birald, W. Fearless Gall Whydidn'tyon intro duce me to your friend Astorbllt Just now? Didn't you see me wlak at you? Gorbam Ware Tes, and I would have, my dear boy, with pleasure: bat you "see Astorbllt winked at me first fuck. Dashaway Do yon remember that some time azo 1 borrowed an umbrella from you one night when It was ralnlnz? Here it is. Cleverton You don't mean to say you have brought ltbackl Dashaway Of course I have brought it back. X want It re-covered. Sew Xork Sun. The fretful porcupine is said to have an inordinate fondness Tor chewing leather, which it regards as one of the daintiest of esculents. Man prefers tobacco. That's one difference between a man and a porcupine. In another respect they do not differ so much that la to fay they both get Jags on. Oil City Blizzard. Dr. Koch will be expected to work mira cles by restoring a lung; tbat has been taken away by disease, ne will have trouble with his Hoop Long and Wun Lung patients. Sew OrUant Picayune. baby JIcKee is said to be a Democrat This is probably because he keeps "Gramp" Harrison awake nights. Atlanta Constitution. What not do we know full well, W hat to do Is often puzzling. Life's lesson is but one long "Don'tl" (Except to those who do the muzzling). fuck. It is worthy of note as a coincidence that Sitting ISull and Ben Butler retired from nubile life on the same day tbe former in a skirmish and the latter in a lecture. St Louis Globe Democrat. Dimmick Get on the ambuscade and I'll see how heavy you are. Kickshaw Why do you call the coal scales an ambuscade? "Because they lie in weight" Xunsey't Weekly. Binks Why do you wear yonr glasses so high on your nose. Jenks7 Jenks (who reads the papers) The Slashtr says that the tariff has mie eyeglasses go up.-VtwiM lert' Circular,
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