THE PITTSBUJRG-" DISPATCH, 'THURSDAY, DECEMBER
25, 1890.
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PITTSBURG. THURSDAY, DEC. 23, 1890.
OLBO MAY HE SOLD.
Oleomargarine may be sold in this State,
in defiance of the prohibitory law, if in the
original packages. This is the decision of
the Court in Philadelphia yesterday. The
decision simply affirms in regard to the but
ter compounds what the Supreme Court of
tne United States afHrcned in the famous
oricinal package decision of last spring.
Of course that d,(-cision covered the present
case, though ii'was delivered in the appeal
of a liquor selling case.
Applying the decision in this State makes
it mrare clear than ever that the prohibitory
la.'w of Pennsylvania is an incumbrance to
the statute books. It is not merely that, but
is a harmful incumbrance. It would he far
better to repeal the useless law and rest the
case with the United States law, which re
quires the butter compounds to be sold for
what they really are, instead of being sold
for pure butter.
The product of the farm is still in de
mand. As long as it is superior to the com
pounds it will have a market and command
a better price than the imitation. When
ever the imitation excels the real article it
will be better to quit making butter. There
is none too much profit in the trade for the
farmer, anyway, and the prohibitory statute
has not increased the farmers' revenue any.
It may have adiled to the profits of the deal
ers in begus butter, but it is hard to see
wherein it has benefited anyone else.
A VETO BY HARRISON.
President Harrison seems to nave stirred
up the Maine delegation in Congress by a
veto yesterday. The measure on which the
ax fell provided for a public building at
Bar Harbor, chiefly famous as a summer re
sort. And judging from the assertion that
the janitor's salary would amount to more
than the Government now pays in rent and
all other expenses, the building must have
been desired for the convenience o: the sum
mer visitors as an additional attraction for
their patronage. President Harrison has
been sparing in the use of the veto power,
and he must be commended lor this one,
even it all Maine howls like Home is sup
posed to.
A NATIONAL OPPORTUNITY.
The "World's Columbian Exposition has
cow the official sanction of the President of
the United States. President Harrison is
sued a proclamation to this effect yesterday,
in the course of which also he invited all
the nations of the earth "to partake in the
commemoration of an event pre-eminent iu
human history and oi lasting interest to
mankind." The preamble of the proclama
tion conveys the assurance that the ten mil
lion dollar lurid for the Exposition and ad
equate grounds and buildings have been pro
vided for by Chicago. The President is Satis
fied, in short, that Chicago is able and willing
to give a "World's Fair in a fashion worthy of
the anniversary it will celebrate. This inti
mation will give general Satisfaction, for so
much doubt has beeu cast over the whole un
dertaking br the disputes and delays of the
managers that a great many people had be
gun to think that Chicago was unequal to
me task. Now the way is clear for the Fair,
in so far as the country at large is concerned.
It remains for Chicago, and the various offi
cers selected, to produce an exposition out of
what has till now resembled chaos, to take
the work in hnud manfully. The time is
none too long, but little more than two
years, and the enterprise is gigantic. It
will take constant effort under most intelli
gent direction to achieve success. But Chi
cago ought to have, and we believe will
have, the assistance of the whole country
from now on. It is not Chicago's affair
alone; it is the nation's. We cannot afford
as a nation to let Chicago fail. The inter
national Exposition in 1893 will be the op
portunity of the United States to show the
world what they are mace of. We have no
doubt that the nation and Chicago will
emerge triumphantly, and Pittsburg and
Pennsylvania will do all in their power to
bring about such a result.
THE LEGISLATIVE MANAGER.
The discussion which has recently arisen
among the strictest sect of Pennsylvania
ltepublican organs over the important ques
tion who shall manage legislation at the
coming session of the Legislature, presents a
novel and interesting picture of the source
of legislative action iu this State. There
is an ideal and impracticable theory that
the Legislature itself is established to man
age legislation with its committees ap
pointed to take charge of shaping the details
of legislation. Butanysuch theory as that
has been reduced to the rank of a barren
ideality by the simple political device of
electing that sort of Legislature which is
unable to manage itself. Consequently, it
becomes as plain as a pike staff that some
one must be provided to manage it.
Mr. Andrews, who recently attained some
prominence as the Chairman of the ltepub
lican organization, wants it understood that
he does not intend to surrender the position
which he held in the last Legislature. The
reason for this is frankly asserted that there
will be some political measures to be en
acted, and Mr. Andrews wants "to get his
finger in the pie." This way of putting the
case is enough to justify the opposition of
certain other Republicans, who have in ad
dition made the discovery that if Andrews
should manage things a little while longer,
there will be nothing left for any one to
manage.
Bnt the opposition to Andrews is evi
dently imbued with the idea that the Legis
lature must be managed. It is conceded
that the managers will not be the actual leg
islating power; bnt as he will transmit the
orders of that power to the nominal legisli"
aaa.
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tors, the position is correctly esteemed to be
very important. The argument which the
opposition to Andrews advance in behalf
of their man is the most unique on record.
State Treasurer Boyer is the man to manage
the legislature, they say, because he has
the power to hold the members. The power
lies in the simple price of refusing, as State
Treasurer, to advance money on salary ac
count to the members who do not vote in ac
cordance with his orders as legislative man
ager, and of advancing the funds to those
who vote as he wishes. By this, beautiful
and economical method of purchasing votes
with the public funds, and preventing the
members from developing such novel qual
ity as their own judgment, it is expected
that Mr. Boyer can control the situation and
is thus evidently the man for the place.
The sketch thus presented of a Legisla
ture which enacts or rejects legislation in
accordance with orders from an extraneous
power; of a recognized agent for the trans
mission and enforcement of these orders,
and ot an open competition as to who shall
hold that desirable place; of party organs
openly stating as a desirable course that the
State treasury shall use its funds for re
warding the members who are obedient and
of punishing those who do not vote as
ordered; and finally of the universal agree
ment that the one thing that is out of the
question is to leave the representatives of
the people to vote in accordance with their
own ideas of what is for the public welfare,
is something that is calculated to inspire
deep reflection in a thoughtful mind.
In the popular interest, it is certainly to"
be wished that our political magnates might
leave the Legislature to manage itself. The
results might be fearTul and wonderful so
far as the present body is concerned, but it
would tnrnish the people with a valuable
object lesson on the importance of electing
legislators who are capable of that important
task.
THE WINTER FESTIVAL.
If the only present in Pittsburg's stock
ing this morning is a continuance of the
prosperity which for several years has en
abled her industrious citizens to celebrate
Christmas with a richt good will, she should
be content And without pretending to an,
assured knowledge of Santa Clans' inten
tions in this regard we believe Pittsburg
will not be disappointed. There can be no
doubt at all that Pittsburg has a good ap
petite for her Christmas turkey. Plenty of
work, good wages, peace and health are
famous aids to appetite and digestion, and
there are very few in this city who have not
enjoyed them during the past year. Christ
mas, too, comes this year in old fashioned
garb; a mantle of snow trimmed seasonably
with ice covers the earth, and a frosty air
makes the steady gas fire as cherry
as the blazing yule log. If the
thronged streets and stores are any
sign full stockings and stomachs will be the
rule to-day. In such a workaday world as
ours the winter festival is most welcome; it
breaks in two the most trying season of the
year, and cheers the heart of man to face the
trials of the new year at hand. And charity
that blesseth him that gives and him that
takes is no idle word at Christmas here; it
is translated generously into practice, so
that wherever the sound of the Christmas
chimes shall penetrate to-diy it will carry
the message of peace upon earth and good
will toward men which centuries ago the
day brought to Bethlehem. Old as they are
these tidings retain their gladness, and the
anthem of responsive joy encircles the
earth. The Dispatch wishes all its read
ers a very merry Christmas.
SUBSIDIES FOB AMERICAN SHIPS.
Congress will be asked to consider two
measures intended to revive and support the
American Merchant Marine. Senator
Frye, of Maine, stands sponsor for both of
these bil s, which have already been dis
cussed in Congress, and of which the pro
vision of subsidies for ocean steamers flying
the American flag is the most important
feature. In the consideration of these
efforts to resuscitate this country's naval
glory and recapture the commercial advan
tage which the command of the ocean carry
ing trade assures, a review of the various
methods by which the leading maritime
nations have accomplished similar ends
cannot fail to be of interest The Boston
Journal has been to the paina to compile
such a summary of facts, and from it the
conclusion is clearly to be deduced that in
some form or other every important mari
time power on earth but the United States
subsidizes its merchant marine..
Great Britain, although her commerce is
most firmly established, still pays very
considerable bounties to her steamship
lines. The Peninsular and Oriental Line to
India, for example, receives about $1,200,000
a year from the British Government for ca
rying the mails to India. Last year the
mail subsidies paid by Great Britain
amounted to more than $3,000,000.
France has paid a shipping bounty since
1681. It amounts in the aggregate to about
22,000,000 yearly, and is paid both for con
struction and for navigation. The Com
pagnie Generale Transatlantique, for in
stance, receives 5864,254 a year for carrying
the mails to the West Indies and Mexico.
Germany pursues the same policy as Great
Britain. Since 1885 she has paid $1,047,619
a year to the North German Lloyd for its
Mediterranean and East Indian service.
Italy's shipping policy is more like that of
France, but her bounties for construction
are considerably heavier. Spain is making
efforts in the same way to increase her car
rying trade. The mail subsidy to the West
Indian line is $1,500,000 a year; to the line
to the Phillippine Islands $700,000 a year.
The Spanish line between Cuba and New
York gets not less than $8,000 from the
Spanish Government for every round voy
age sailed in the attempt to kill off the
American steamship business between New
York and Cuba and Mexico.
If all the rest of the world finds the grant
ing of subsidies to steamship lines so profit
ableand we may be sure that the policy
would not have been so practically indorsed
if it had not proved profitable why should
not we try the same medicine? Our mer
chant marine is admittedly in a bad way.
The much talked of commerce with South
America depends upon the establishment of
American steamship lines, and here seems
to be a plan which has been fully tried by
others and found successful. Why should we
not adopt it?
ABOLISH THE CAR STOVE.
Some of the railroads in this state are
showing a laudable disposition to get rid of
the infernal car stove, bnt no general reform
has been . inaugurated. From time to time
in the mean while the car stove gets in its
deadly work, and even under the best of
circumstances is a distinct and clumsy
nuisance that ought to be abolished by law.
The operationif the law in New York State
compelling railroads to heat their cars with
steam has been effective, and nothing has
been developed to impeach the practicabil
ity of the plan. The Legislature of this State
would do well to pass a similar law. The
New York Tri&uns calls attention to the ex
plosion of a heater, supposed to be one of the
best in use, which occurred recently in
Michigan. It filled the car "with live coals
and gas," and "the coals fell over the pas
sengers, badly burning several and setting
fire to the seats and woodwork." This occur
rence shows that no heater can be depended
on, and that the only safe way of 'warming
railway trains is by the use of steam sup
plied from the boiler of the engine.
THE XEW CASTLE CASE.
All of the alleged boodlers of the Twenty
fifth Congressional District Convention are
enjoying life out of jail. Judge Clark, of
the State Snpreme Court, has admitted the
three delegates to bail for their appearance
before the Supreme Bench in February.
The cause will then be finally adjudicated.
If the full Bench supports the lower court in
committing the three men, they will go back
to jail. The case is important The matter
to be decided is whether the defendants had
a right to refuse to ansvrer questions on the
ground that they might incriminate them
selves. The subtle phases of the question
must be left to the Court.
The strong points of the new Supreme
Court judge are being brought to light It Is
said now that Mr. Brown, of Detroit has killed
bis man. Better still, the man was a burglar
who songht to loot the house of Mr. Brown.
The President's choice will bo popnlar with
everybody bnt tho burglars.
The dancing craze has seized the Kick
apoos now. In these days of high kicking a
tribe so named could hardly be expected to es
cape the dancing contagion.
The figure of the sinking ship which Mr.
Cleveland used in his speech night beforo last
in describing the condition of the Republican
party was developed on the same lines and in
precisely the samo connection in an editorial
in Jlenry Watterson's Courier-Journal some
months ago.
A white Christmas and a merry one
and city folks must be content to know that
the snow is lying wherever it has a fair chance
to in tho country.
Attorney Wallace escaped from the
boodle prosecntion at New Castle Decause of
the refusal of Tate. Downing and Shaffer to
testify. Naturally enough be wants to get the
others out of the hole tho court put them in.
The removal of Sitting Bull seems to
have gone some way towards settling the In
dian troubles. It certainly has settled Mr. S.
Bull himself,
Netv York politicians have discovered
that Governor David Bennett Hill was left out
of the Reform Club banquet and there is more
howling over the eminent "reformer" who was
lost than the 500 who were there.
The Editor of the Bedford Inquirer says
be will take turkeys for subscription. We
trust he will take turkey for dinner to-day..
South America reports a disaster simi
lar to that of tho Johnstown fTood. As the
affliction falls on the already afflicted Argen
tine Republic, that strnggling country is en
titled to the fullest sympathy.
A man has some excuse for painting a
green Christmas red, bnt none when It is white.
Sobriety ought to reign to-day.
The Kansas City Star says that Senator
Incalls has the stuff in him to write a novel.
Nobody .will be inclined to dispute this; bis
political speeches abound in entertaining
fiction.
The snn starts north now, but we are not
inclined to follow his solar majesty.
AN IMPOBTANT ELECTION DECISION.
It Will Probably Seat a Democratic Candi
date for Governor.
New Haven, Dec. 24 Intelligence of the
greatest importance, as bearing on the con
tested Governorship, has just been received In
this city. It is the decision of Judge Hall, a
Republican, in a contested Judge of Probate
case at East Lynne. He decides that a paster
put on a blank space under the title, "Judge of
Probate," in a Prohibition State ticket makes
the ballot illegal under the State ballot law.
On alrao-t all the Prohibition ballots in this
State the Judge of Probate candidacies were
left blank and the name was written in for each
Probate district Under Judge Hall's ruling,
this would throw out some 3.590 Prohibition
ballots in the State and elect Morris (Dem.) by
a large majority. Judgo Hall's decision is the
more significant, as it gave the Democratic
candidate tho ofllco in the East Lynne district
A GOVERNMENT TEST OF STEEL.
Tho Best Record of Endurance of Strain
Beaten by 20,000 Pounds.
Reading, Dec. 21 At a test of steel manu
factured at tho Carpenter Steel Works, this
city, a one-inch bar broke at a strain of 233.833
pounds, being about 20.000 pounds in excess of
the highest record authoritatively known.
The test was made under the supervision of
Government officers.
Another Standard Concern Chartered.
Charleston, W. Va , Dec 24. The Eureka
Pipe Line Company was chartered here yester
day with a capital of $1,000,000. Tho incorpora
tors are Daniel O'Day, of Buffalo, N. Y.; C. N.
Payne, of Titusvillc, Pa.; H. McSWeoney and
J. It Campbell, of Oil City. Pa., and R, E,
Alexander, of Parkersburg, W. Va. The con
cern will operato in tho'West Virginia held.
WELL-KNOWN PEOPLE.
Dose Pedro has nearly completed his trans
lation of the "Arabian Nights" into the Por
tuguese language.
Rev. C. R. Duffie, who has been chaplain
at Columbia College for 34 years, ended his
active duties at chapel Friday morning.
The election of Senator Dubois, of Iowa,
Cives Yale six Senators; the others are Evans,
Dawes, Gibson, Walcott and Hiegins. Yale is
hardly yearning for a new apportionment
Prof. Koch has been made an honorary cit
izen of Berlin. He is the fourth man to enjoy
that distinction. His colleagues are Prince
Bismarck, Count Moltke and Dr. HenryScblie
maun. It was expected that Mrs. Navarro (Mary
Anderson) would return to New York this
month, but she has decided to remain In
England. Her husband is now on his way to
this country.
Mr. Caminettt, who has been awarded a
seat in the next Congress. Is of Italian parent
age, but a native-born Calitornian, and be is
said to be the first man from California in
either House who was born in the State.
Miss Julia Marlowe is rapidly regaining
her strength and has every promise of better
health in the near future than for months
beforo her illness. She enjoyed her first drive
on Monday, and now goes out daily when the
weather permits.
Thomas J, Clunie. who retires this session
from California's Congressional delegation,
was admitted to practice law at the ago of 18
years by a special act of the California Legisla
ture. He acted as junior counsel the first few
years of his practice.
William H. English, of Indiana, who Is
writing a history of Hoosierdom, might make
an entertaining appendix to the work by gath
erinc therein all the charges brought
against him at tho timo ho was running for
Vice President with General Hancock.
'Will Carleton, whose noems have done so
much to rteht the wrongs of domestic and so
cial life, as did those of Whittier and Lowell to
right the political wrongs of an earlier genera
tion, is meeting with great success upon the
lecture platform, by weaving his most popular
poems with bits of advice and counsel.
Prof. Simon Newcomb, of the Naval Ob
servatory at Washington, and who holds tho
chair of mathematics and astronomy at Johns
Hopkins University, Baltimore, has been
awarded tbo Copley medal for 1890. This medal
is for original scientific research, and few
Americans bavo been thus distinguished. Tho
medal has beeu awardod to scientists in
England, Franco and Germany for tho past 40
years.
SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON.
Don't grow too enthusiastic to-day and load
up with moro than you can carry.
Well, you got Something, of course. No
uss trying to conceal it. Your face betrays
tho secret You wear your heart on your
sleeve to-day, if at no other period of your
humdrum, work-a-day existence. No matter
what it was, it's a mark for the memory, at all
events. It lifts your eyes from the hard walk
to the shining stars. If yon are lonely it makes
you feel as if you were in jolly company. If
you are just "beginning to tire of the struggle it
will give you a fresh grip on the round of life's
ladder and lead you a step higEer, If you are a
stranger in a strange land It will show you that
hearts are tho came the world over that tbo
brotherhood and the sisterhood are not divided
by imaginary lines; that blood, while it may be
thicker thau water, doesn't flow quite so freely.
Perhaps tho gift you received was packe d in a
neat littlo box by loving hands. Perhaps a
wrinkled faco looked into it before the lid was
nailed down. Perhaps a tear fell on the token.
If so it was so puro that it did not
leave a stain. In such a gift you can see a
vision truer and plainer than that said to be re
vealed by the magic mirrors of the mystics. It
will never fade. Perhaps your gltt recalls an ab
sent friend, arosy Up, a laughing eye, a task well
done, a generous act a gentle rule a crumb
cast upon tho stream of lifo which did not get
lost in tho wreckage or mired in the mud. Ana
the givers, what of them? O, they'ro jnst as
pleased as the party of the second part of
course. A pleasant task is surely an easy one.
They are the lions of the hour. It would never
do for them to hear all that will be said about
them to-day. The praise, the kind words, the
sweet looks, the .bright smiles, the warm wishes
are not for their ears, but when the little birds
come back1 tiiey will sing them the secret Keep
your keepsakes polished and bright They
mark somo day, some word, some deed which
can never again return, be spoken or be per
formed. They commemorate apast pleasure or
a fleeting joy. They bind hearts and link
friendships. They are tho gems packed up
alone; the pathway. They are the flowers
plucked from the grave of Yesterday to place
on the brow of To-morrow.
Alium is suggested as tho new name for
aluminum. Life is too short to wrestle with
long words.
If Congress could be gagged effectually the
pifblic would not bs a loser.
To-day will give you an idea of what Sunday
would be if the city was "wide open."
A dam is worth $209,000, provided it is located
on the Monongahela.
A great many merry maidens will find a
marriage license in their stocking this morn
ing. The more the merrier.
Easily smoked out A cigar.
The pocketbooks of a great many people are
not very presentable this morning.
To An Old Friend.
Here's to the year that is going.
Here's to the absent friend;
Fill your cup to overflowing,
Let hearts with the red wine blend.
Drink to the joys left behind you.
Let sorrow remain where it lies;
The shadows should only remind yon
That they darken snnlit skies.
So when the glad bells begin ringing,
'Let your glasses merrily chime;
Drink to the youth who is singing
Over the grave of Time!
Tho' under white snow sleep the flowers.
The holly hangs over the door;
Wby should we weep for the hours
Lost in the Nevermore.
Think of your old friend's gladness.
Drink to his sunny side;
Don't embitter the cup with his sadness,
Joy with the wine should abide.
So when the cold moon is shining
On tho tomb of the dying year.
Welcome the glad youth reclining
By the side of the snowy bier.
Here's to the year that is coming.
No matter what it may bring;
We know that the bees will be humming
And birds In its springtime sing.
A sigh for the Past and its sorrow,"
A toast to tho Is To Be;
To-day we can drink, but To-morrow
May end in Eternity 1
So when tho shadows are falling.
And bells peal a merry chime,
Drink to the strong youth crawling
Over the grave of Time!
To-DAYyou need not be a physiognomist to
read tho hearts of the peoplo'in their faces.
The forger always writes a wrong.
New York divorces aro now about as bind
ing as some of the marriages.
If you aro forgotten In the passage of the
presents to-day don't covet those the others got.
You will spoil your holiday if you do.
A straw vote taken by the farmers shows
that Blaine and Cleveland lead in their re
spective classes. It hardly indicates what the
harvest will be, however.
The Senate should have applied thn closure
to the doors beforo the Duvall baby blew in.
The customs inspectors render valuable
service to the country.
A Gentle Bemlndcr.
Let gladness and joy crown the glorious feast
In honor of Ho who was born
Long, long ago in the far distant East,
And gavo earth its Christmas morn.
Pabnelx is a lady's man, and that's wby
Kilkenny's clergymen turned him down.
, TnE better you live the truer will be your
obltuarv notice.
i
You will make a mistako if you attempt to
walk on a man who has a stoop on his
shoulders.
The cry of distress Help I
This is not the Fourth of July, boys. It is a
christening. Stick to water.
Watterson wouldn't bite at the Duvall rag
baby. The star-eyed goddess demands all his
attention.
When you taste the sour grapes wouldn't It
bo wise to swallow the juice without making a
Inss about it?
The superstitions clustering around Christ
mas are sanctified. The idol sbattcrers have
not the heart to tear a thread in the veil,
A Fair Exchange.
We met by chance.
One tender glance
Set both our hearts aflame;
'Twas bargain old.
Her heart she sold;
I bought it with my name.
The mistletoe is an emblem of love, but if
your best girl stands beneath it anfl some other
fellow claims the forfeit it is liable to be to you
an emblem of hate.
Always hard pressed Newspapers.
Wnynotwrap some of Sitting Bull's obituary
notices around his cold corpse and let his spirit
roam in peace through the bad Indian's happy
hunting grounds?
Philadelphia women have cracked a safe.
If the girls are not interfered with they will get
there like little men.
The slanderer doubtless imagines that char
acters, like clothes, should be aired once in a
while.
Every Rose Has Its Thorn.
To-morrow morning little dears.
Who filled up for the frolic,
Will weep some very bitter tears
Because they'll bavo the colic-
All days are very much alike to tbo busy
man as well as the loafer.
Brown, the new Supreme Court Justice,
went to school with Chauncey Dcpcw. This
fact evidently satisfied the President of his fit
ness for the place. , ,
About the only square thlnirs In New York
are the public squares.
A popular light ship Courtship.
C Jay Gould doesn't care so much about secur
ing peace on earth as be does about getting a
piece of the earth."
A convertible bond Matrimony.
The rear guard, uader command of Jame
son's brother, promises to overtake Stanley.
Judging from a description of some of the
'new members of the next Congress, the dime
museum managers have overlooked a great
number of freaks.
The fireworks trust may go up like a rocket
and come down,llke a stick.
The manner in which Congress is goine
about the work of settling the financial dis
turbance leads a great many to believe that the
remedy is worse than the disease.
If the new copyright law will shut out the
rearguard's diaries and Tolstei it should be
rushed through. .
As a waiter the Prince of Wales is a pro
nounced success. Willie Winkle.
AMID SOCIAL PLEASURES.
Brilliant Success of the Subscription Dance
at the Pittsburs Club Celebration of a
Silver Wedding Gossip Current In So
ciety Circles of Both Cities.
FIowers, music, beauty and brilliancy, with
fair ladies and gentlemen, comprised a most
enchanting scenevat the Pittsburg Club last
evening: The event. that lined the street for
some distance on both sides of the handsome
clubhouse with the equipages of the world of
fashion and of wealth was the subscription
dance given by the younger element of the
ultra circles of both cities, acd the assembly
balls will, indeed, be affairs of great splendor
if they eclipse in magnificence the dance of
last evening.
Wrapped in furs of feathery softness the
ladies emergedfrom their carriages, and passing
under the awning entered the realm of light
and brightness. In the dressing room the deft
fingers of the maidens quickly removed the
rich carriage wraps and slippers of the ladies,
displaying toilets of rare beauty and loveliness.
The entire clubhouse was transformed into
a vast conservatory of sweet smelling flowers
and luxuriant tropical plants, whose beauty
was strikingly effective acainst the tone of
purity obtained by the fresh crash that covered
parlors, library, reception room and balls. Tho
dining room was especially pretty in its garb of
plants and flowers whose fragrance mingled
with the delicate ar'oma of the appetizing re
freshments served by the club's caterer.
The dancing did not commence until rather
late, though the invitations read at "830." but
it was continued until quite early, and the
wishes of a "Merry Christmas" were coincident
with the hour and occasion that caused them
to be spoken.
The patrone5ses of the affair were Mrs.
Joseph S. Brown. Mrs. Frederick M. Magee,
Mrs. George W. Dilworth, Mrs. Samnel Sever
ance, Mrs. Christopher L. Magee, Mrs. Henry
Darlington, Mrs, Charles C. Scalfe, Mrs. John
S. Hays. Mrs. Albert H. Cbilds, Mrs. Henry
W. Oliver. Mrs. William H. Forsythe, Mis.
William II, Sineer; and the committee: Mr.
Joshua Walter Rhoades, Mr. William Christo
pher Bobinson, Mr. James Verner Scaife, Mr.
Frank Ward Severance and Mr, William Henry
Singer, Jr.
A SILVER WEDDING.
Ex-Councilman Frank to Celebrate the 25th
Anniversary of His Marriage.
Ex-Councilman Frank will be married to-day.
He weds the same lady he did in 1861 Both he
and MrsFrank have enjoyed trotting in double
harness so well that they wish to renew tbe
splice, and their silver wedding and Christmas
falling on the same day saves trouble.
From the number of presents already re
ceived, the affair promises to be imposing. Mr.
Frank Bays that, judging from the longevity of
their ancestors, both he and Mrs. Frank have a
very reasonable prospect ot living to celebrato
their golden wedding on the 25th of December,
1915, the anniversary of the battle of Waterloo.
A Master of Transportation Remembered.
J. B. Yohe, master of transportation of the
P. & L. E. railroad, was presented yesterday
with a Mexican onyx French clock and a solid
silver water pitcher and cups by the employes
of th i train dispatcher's office.
Social Chatter.
The various churches held their Christmas
entertainments last evening.
The wedding of Miss Lotta M. Jones and Mr.
Edgar L. Brown takes place to-night
Miss Jennie E. D. Riddle is to be married
to Mr. Grant Drum, of Observatory Hill, to
day. The dance last evening at the Kenmaur
Hotel, in the East End, was a particularly en
joyable affair.
Miss Chalfant and her Sunday school class
gave tbe little folks of tbe First Allegheny Day
Nursery a Christmas tree yesterday afternoon.
The entertainment of the Y. M. C. A. course
booked for to-morrow evening will not be given,
as the Boston Mandolin Clnb. which was to ap
pear, was in a recent railroad accident and
rather seriously demoralized.
A STATUE TO C0BTEZ.
Tho Conqueror of Mexico OfflclaUy Hon
ored in a Spanish City.
Washington. Dec. 2i The Bureau of the
American Republics has information that the
first monument to Hernando Cortez, the con
queror of Mexico, was unveiled in his native
city of Medellin, in Extremadura, Spain, on the
2d of December.
Tho statue was erected by tho municipality of
Medellin, aided by the contribution of $1,000
from tbe Senate and $1,200 by the Chamber of
Deputies of Spain. The statue is tho work of
a young Spanish sculptor, Eugenlo Barron.
DEATHS OP A DAY.
Dr. Dlller Luther.
Heading, Pa., Dec. 2L Dr. Dlller Luther,
who has been ill for the last month with a dropsi
cal affection, died at his home In this city last
night, lie was until lately Secretary of tbe State
Board of Public Charities, and always took an
active Interest In its affairs. In 13 he was ap
pointed lnternnl Revenue Collector for tills dis
trict, by President Lincoln, and held that office
for several years. Prior totlili he had practiced
medicine In this city from 1832. Be was also a
pioneer In the coal mining business. He was 82
years of ace.
John S. Sample.
John S. Sample, well and favorably known by
the veterans in this county, died at midnight
Tuesday, aged 48 years, at the residence of his
sister, Mrs. SI. D. Monlger, Page street. Alle
gheny. The deceased had served with distinction
as a member of the Sixty-first Regiment, I'ennsvl
vaula Volunteers; Cownany E, First .Battalion
Pennsylvania Cavalry: First Battalion rdglit Ar
tillery, and Sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Heavy
Artillery.
Joe Hoy, Labor Leader.
SPECIAL TELEQEAH TO TUE DISPATCH.!
SCOTTDALE, Dec. 2L Joe Hoy. the well-known
young labor leader, who was a member of the Ex
ecutive Board of the Knights of Labor and was
very active in building up that organization In
the coke regions, expired at his home in .New
Haven Monday. Bis remains were laid to rest
this afternoon, the funeral belnjr attended by a
large number ot members of tne K. of L,
John Paxton.
"WASHINGTON, Pa., Dec 2L-Grocer John Pax
ton, of Houstonvllle, who Is probably as widely
known In Washington eouuty as any mau, died
this morning. The deceased was about 80 years of
age, and leaves a family of four children, two of
whom arc Rev. John K. Paxton, tue noted Pres
byterian minister orNew York, and Wilson Pax
ton, of Washington, D. U.
J. E. Lauffer, District Attorney.
Gbeensburo, Pa., Dec 2L The death of Dis
trict Attorney J. K. Lauffer, which occurred
early this morning, has cast a gloom over the
commuulty. He was about 31 years of age and
had beeu practicing at the bar for about six
years. Be was very popular and had a large
practice.
Weldln Swope Mason.
Wcldon Swopc Mason, eldest son of II. L.
Mason, member of the arm of J. K. "Weldln & i
Co.. died yesterday, aged 28 years. Mr. Mason
was well and lavorably known In business and
social circles.
W. B. Daniel, Merchant
Denver, Dec. U. W. B. Daniels, the wealthiest
drygoods merchant In Colorado, died this morn
ing of paralysis. The deceased was Co years of
asc, and leavcsjjne son, now In Japan,
Mrs. Mary Hlppely.
Mf. Mary Hlppelv, wile of Mr. Isaac HIpjely,
of tbe brewing firm of Hlppely & Sou. died yester
day, aged 43 years, at the family residence, Spring
Harden avenue, Allegheny.
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
Santa Clans' Sweet Tooth.
It would be Interesting to know how much
candy will be eaten in this country to-day. A
somewhat prolonged sojourn In front of tbe
counter of one of tbe most popular Plttsbure
candy stores yesterday afternoon convinced
me that this generation has a very sweet tooth.
The fair sex was slightly In the majority but
only slightly. It was a patient crowd on the
whole, and it was noticeable that the women
were be'tter waiters they stayed Better.
Women are used to being kept waiting in stores,
and they are not averse to putting in an after
noon shopping. Men are not
There were fathers who wanted candy for lit
tlo stockings, husband3 who desired to placate
tbe genius of the fireside with sweet sacrifices,
and lovers who had a mind to conjure Cupid's
favors with bonbons. There were mothers and
wives and maidens fair ot all degrees, whose
purchases were in kind tbe same as their mas
culine competitors. Tho children for the most
part simply longed for caramels for their own
sweet sake. As fst as a score or so of bright
yonne men and women behind the counter
could weigh, sort and pack un the sugary goods
tho buyers squeezed their way to tbe street.
Their places were taken at onco by others and,
by the way, at one time I counted 87 persons in
the store. In all the other stores I visited dur
ing the afternoon, while the crowds were great
everywhere, the scene in the candy store was
not equaled.
, How OU Drillers Celebrate.
The town will be full of men from the oil
fields about Pittsburg to-day. Pittsburg is
headquarters forthem-on Christmas Day. If
you run across a genial, well-dressed man with
plenty of money in his pockets and an evident
desire to spend it upon others to-day, you are
very. likely to discover that he hails from tbe
land of the derrick and the drill. The tool
dressers and drillers generally follow their own
devices on Christmas Day about here. Most
wells in the Pittsburg field flow and tbe men
employed about them are civen the holidays.
Where the wells are pumping the owners see
that the pumpers get turkeys and something
to keep them warm and cheerful. The National
Transit pipe Line treats its employes gener
ously, too, at this holiday season, and indeed
you will find that there is a good deal of heart
in the oil business everywhere.
The pumpers cannot leave tbe wells, and
some Christmas dinners will be eaten in tbe
shadow of the derrick, but they will be rel
ished ail tbe same. But in this field, where the
wells generally are flowing, tbe drillers and
tool-dressers will get into Pittsburg to cele
brate. Christmas Below Zero.
"I have a very vivid recollection of a
Christmas Day I spent in tbe field," said a vet
eran prodncer yesterday. "It was about six
years ago, I guess, and I was located in the
Franklin heavy oil district There were 15
wells on the lease, all pumping under the
sucker rod process. The wells wero scattered
about on the hillside m a very bleak bit of
country; some of tbem were half a milo from
the boiler. I had to trot about from one well
to another, carrying hot water in buckets all
day and night to keep them in trim. It was 12
below zero that night, and I can tell you it was
no joke carrying a bucket of hot water half a
mile against a wind that camo in cutting gusts
down the valley. But hot water had to be
poured into the stuffing box continually to
keep the polish rod from getting frozen up;
and it kept me hustling. There wasn't much
merry Christmas about that for me. I got both
my toes frozen that night, and I didn't get any
turkey, either!"
Her Stocking WBI Overflow.
Ex-Delinquent Tax Collector Tom Phelps
was a shining example of tbo average man on
Christmas Eve, when I met bim in a store on
Wood street yesterdav afternoon. He was
loaded like a freight boat in a busy season with
all sorts of boxes and bundles. He bad not half
got through his shopping then, though his
arms were full.
"A man doesn't know what Christmas is," he
said, "till he has a little cheiub of his own to
introduce to Santa Clans. The filling of my
little girl's stocking Is the merriest part of
Christmas for mo, and I'm enjoying it to the
full just now."
Jumped on HlmselL
The worst roasting I ever knew, I gave my
own show," said a theatrical advance agent
yesterday. "It was in a little town in Indiana
that I turned loose on myself, so to speak. I
bad a pretty loud burlesque company in tow,
and we were to open Monday. There were two
papers in the town, the Sentinel and theifrpuo
Ue. The Republic man got Into a fuss with me
about passes, aud I wouldn't advertise with
him. Tho Sentinel got a double ad and gave
me leave to write any kind of advance notice I
liked. So I spread myself in a pen picture of
the superb aggregation of feminine charms
and witching music and gorgoous costumes
that the theater would bold the next night
The next morning when I read what I bad writ
ten in print, I was horrified to find a paragraph
that wound up with "it A full of amusing inde
cency." I knew I hadn't written any such
thing and I went np to the Sentinel office and
waited three mortal hours till tbe editor came
around. I called his attention to the offending
sentence, and be went out into tbo composing
room, and after rummaging a good while camo
back with my copy. We looked it over and
found tbe sentence. By some chance or other
I had written incidents 'indicents' a curious
and calamitous transposition of letters. Tho
typesetter had jumped at the word nearest to
it in sound and made it indecency.
"Well, tbe editor of the rival sheot which I
bad slighted, the Republic, paid bis way into
see my show and began a scathing criticism
of it with: The audacious promise of tbe
meanest manager who has ever polluted this
community with his presence was in a certain
sense f ulUlled. The performance was full of
Indecency, but it was not amusing.' "
Drop the Elections Bill.
Philadelphia Inquirer, I'.epO
The Republicans of tbe Senate are appar
ently drifting into a snarl from which they will
not be able to extricate themselves unless a
spirit of compromise is evinced. The stumb
ling block is the Elections bill. Were this
measure out of the way there would be com
paratively plain sailing. Wby not drop it, or
at least postpone it until the work is suffi
ciently advanced to make an extra session un
necessary ? .
PLATS TO COME.
The William A. Brady Company, presenting
the late Dion Bourlcault's melodrama. "After
Dark," will be the attraction next week at the
Bijou. The story deals with life in England's
gieal metropolis. The production Is to be
mounted here with new scenery from the brush
of Harley Merry. Among.the many thrilling
Incidents connected with tbo representation is
a fine view of the famons Thames embankment
by moonlight an underground railroad tunnel
showing a daring rescue from the railroad
track of an insensible man, and besides many
others, a realistic picture of a London music
hall, which serves to introduce a host of vaude
ville and minstrel artists.
The latest work of the clever author and
actor, William Gillette. "All tbe Comforts of
Home," will be tho New Year's attraction at
the Duquesne Theater. It will bo produced
here by the original New York company, in
cluding Henry Miller, Maud Haslam, Charles
Dickson, Bijou Heron, Samuel Edwards. Kate
Dorrin Wilson, and other accomplished play
ers, under the direction of Mr. Charles Froh
man. The production will be Identically the
same, scenery and all, as distinguished the play
in Its New York triumph. It is a rushing,
roaring occasion of fun, and has led New York,
Philadelphia, and Boston into easy captivity.
A special matinee will be given New Year's
day.
"Poor Jonathan,'' at tbe Grand, New
Year's week, promises to be a musical treat for
Pittsburg, as the opera is decidedly one of the
novelties of the season, and as such alono it
commands tbe attention ot theater goers. But
more than that "Poor Jonathan" is said to be
of musical worth. The score is plentifully
sprinkled with really melodious numbers, the
chief', ones being. "Wilt Thou My True Love
Bet" and the fluent waltz movement "I'm the
Unfortunate Jonathan," which permeates the
whole opera. There are many other pretty
things in tho entertainment and the West
Point cadet drill In tbo last act is a notable fea
ture. Mr. Aronson's company comprises many
well-known comic opera artists. Among tbem
are Camllle Darvillc, Marie Hatton, Louise
Eisslng, T. H. Ryley, Fred Solomon, Henry
Hallam, George Olmts, Max Lube, and others.
OUR MAIL POUCH.
Increase of the Official Salaries.
To the Editor or The Dispatch:
I see that Mr. J. B. Corey is calling upon
The Dispatch to sound tho alarm azalnst
the scheme to double up tbe salary of the
county public officials. If you will allow me I
will say to Mr. C. that his fears are groundless.
It is true that there was a party conflict to in
crease tbe Controllers salary from $1000 to
$8,000 per year, and the Clerk of Courts to
$10,000, and the Treasurer and Sheriff to $15,000.
and others in tbe same proportion. Tbe act of
1831 cannot be construed to warrant a fraud
like this would be upon tbe public treasury. If
the Controller were to Mue warrants for this
illegal increase of salary, bis own bondsmen as
well as tbe bondsmen of all the other officials
would be liable to sink. The act of 1831 will
not hold In this Instance, so Mr. C. need not
give himself any farther concern. He has on
band, however, a goo'd case of looting
of the public treasury, and should
not allow bimself to be turned
asido on an imaginary one. Tbe instance of
salary grabbing on part of county scbool
superintendents, which Mr. C. has been writ
ins up. Is illegal, as well as an unwarranted raid
upou tbe public treasury, is a case where the
treasurer is warranted in retusinc to cash tbe
warrants for this increase of salary. In ad
dition to being a conspiracy, I don't believo
there is any law or provision by an act of
Assembly by wblcb the county can be made
liable for the 51.000 increase, which a few from
Braddock and North Braddock township suc
ceeding in springing on the convention of
the school directors, and bad declared passed
before the majority of tbe scbool directors
were aware that such a project was on foot.
Tbe scheme was hatched at Braddock, and all
cut and dried and sprung upon the convention
by tbe directors from Mr. C.'s own district
Only a few voted for its passage, none voting
in tbe negative. Tbe president declared it
passed, although the limit of tbe Stale's ap
propriation forbid the increase. It was voted
illegally to mulct tbe county for the $1,500 in
crease per year. M. C. should enjoin the county
treasurer from paying this illegal warrant, and
the people should see that all the school
directors who voted for it, or by tbeir silence
permitted this salary grab, are voted out at tbe
coming spring election. Let Mr. C. see to it
that bis own district does not indorse this
great wrong against the taxpayers.
Tbe Republicans owe it to themselves to see
that these same men are not ro-elecled. as the
Republican party has to bear the odium of
these raids upon tbe pnblic treasury. If they
cannot find honest Republicans wbo will serve,
let them elect decent Democrats who will not
allow, on sucii flimsy pretext, the looting of the
public treasury; and as there is on foot a proj
ect to elect several assistant superintendents,
wbo will also expecrto be paid such extrava
gant salaries, the people owe it to themselves,
at tbe spring election, to elect men who will
see that our schools are conducted on common-sense
principles. In any event let the
Controller rof use tn allow this illegal increase
of salary to be paid until compelled by a man
damus to do so, when, if the facts are brought
out, they will find there is no law for this un
warranted salary crab. A Lawyer.
Pittsburg, Dec 23.
Veneration and Adoration.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
The notice of a picture frame for the "Ma
donna di San Listo" at tbe Cathedral, in yester
day's Dispatch, represents St Slxtus, St
Barbara and tbe angels as adoring the Ma
donna; whereas, the adoration is directed to
tbe Divine Infant in her arms. Every person
should know that while Catholics may venerate
religious objects, their adoration is reserved
for God alone. W. L. Akers.
Braddock, Dee. 23.
That Is According to Hoyle.
To the Editor of Tbe Dispatch:
In eply to my inquiry about playing it alone
in euchre when the dealer's partner orders up,
I see that according to Hoyle a plaver cannot
order his partner up. Now if a player assists
his partner then can the dealor play it alone ?
Constant Reader.
Wheeling, Dec. 19.
Who Can Give This Information
To the Editor of Tbe Dispatch:
Will you kindly inform me through the paper
where tbe word husband, is first found in tbe
Bible. Also where father Is first found in the
N ew Testament. A Subscriber.
Pittsburo, Dec. 22.
The Goddess of Liberty Seated.
To the Editor of The Dispatch
To decide a bet please answer through your
paper which side of a half dollar Is called head
in tossimr no. A Reader.
Pittsburg, Dec. 20.
ALL ARE 1NV1XKD.
Nations of the World Asked to Take Part
in the World's Fair.
Washington. Dec 2L The President
signed the World's Fair proclamation this after
noon, and it was at once issued as follows:
By the President of the United States or
America:
A proclamation:
Whereas, Satisfactory proof has been pre
sented to me that provision has been made for
adequate grounds and buildings for tho uses of
the World's Columbian Exposition, and that a
sum not less than ten million dollars to be used
and expended for tho purpose of said exposi
tion, has been provided in accordance with the
conditions and requirements of Section 10 of an
act entitled "An act to provido for celebrating
tho four hundredth anniversary of the discovery
of America by Christopher Columbus, by hold
ing au international exhibition of arts, in
dustries, manufactnrcs and tbe products of tbe
soil, mine and sea. in tbe city of Chicago, m tbo
State of Illinois" approved April 25, eighteen
hundred and ninety.
Now, therefore I. Benjamin Harrison, Presi
dent of tbe United States, by virtue of the au
thority vested in me by said act do hereby de
clare and proclaim that sucb international ex
hibition will be opened of tho first day of May,
eighteen hundred and ninety-three, in the city
ot Chicago, in the State of Illinois, and will rot
be closed beforo tbe last Thursday in October
of tbe same year. And in the name of tho
Government and of the people, invite all
nations of tbe earth to partake in the com
memoration of an event that is pre-eminent in
hitman history and of lasting interest to man
kind, by appointing representatives thereto,
and sending such exhibits to the World's
Columbian Exposition as will most fitfully and
fully Illustrate their resources, their industries
and tbe process in civilization.
In testimony whereof, I bave hereunto set
my hand and caused tbe seal of tbe United
States to be affixed. Done at the city of Wash
ington, this 21th day of December, one thou
sand right hundred and ninety, and of the in
dependence of the United btatcs the ono
hundred and fifteenth.
Benjamin Harrison.
By the President.
James G. Blaine. Secretary of State.
THE HE3BEW BITTAi.
Changes Decided Upon by a Committee of
the Kabinical Conference.
CINCINNATI Dec 2L The committee ap
pointed at tbe Central Rabbinical Conference at
Cleveland last July, to formulate a ritual to be
used by all tbe synagogue in tbe United
States, met here and has agreed upon tbo fol
lowing: The Babbathand holiday prayers will be so
recast as to be in accordance with the modern
concep ion of Judaism, so that while retaining
the typical sentences in thoHebrew tbe greater
part of the service will be in Englisb. Special
forms of prayer will also be added for special
occasions, sucb as marriages, funerals, con
firmations, passover celebrations, etc
WELL BUY ABANDONED FABMS.
Trench Canadians Will Make the Wilder
ness Blossom Again.
Havre, N. ri., Dec 2L The statement Is
made on good authority that the French
Canadians living near the State line are form
inc organizations with a view of obtaining
many of tbe abandoned farms of this State, and
also of Vermont.
It is believed that there will ho considerable
emigration from the lower part of Canada into
the States the coming Spring. The movement
is well orcanized. and committees have been
sent to buy up abandoned farms. '
It May Come to Tills.
Buffalo Express. 1
Lawyers bave succeeded in finding heirs to
another larze section of Chicago, and they will
contest the titles of the present owners. Tbe
World's Fair Commission, should make sura
tbat there is nobody who can lay claim to
ground on which the exhibition will be held
and sue visitors to the fair for trespass.
Even Gold Plugging Barred.
.New York Star.3
The scheme of making bimetallic money by
taking a silver quarter of a dollar and insert
ing 75 cents' worth of gold into Its center will
not co. There is a popular aversion to plugged
quarters tbat It will not be easy to overcome
A Few Thousand Miles.
Chicago Inter-Ocean 1
It is said tbat Jay Gould will give the Union
Pacific to his son George for a Christmas gift
George must have extra long hosiery.
CURIOUS C0NDESSAT10KS.
Sumner (III.) farmsrs in a general hant
bagged 2,300 rabbits.
The city of London, England, will
build and rent houses to workingmen ata slight
profit.
A favorite Christmas doll recites in a
childish treble a few lines of some familiar
nursery rhyme or song.
Lorin Fletcher, of Minneapolis, it is re
ported, has just sold for S13LV00 a corner lot in
that city, which cost him $3,500 20 years ago.
An ingenious method of applying drugs
hypodermically to the body In which eleetricliy
is brought to bear, is receiving considerable at
tention. The Queen of Sweden, who still suffers;
from shattered nerves, finds ease in working
like a housemaid, and in weeding and digging
in her garden.
The Methodist ministers are discussing
tbe question "should women be licensed to
preach." Most of the married women are al
ready lecturers.
Kansas requires for the instruction of
her 500.011 school children 11.612 teachers. She
has 8,811 school-houses. She pays her male
teachers $42 a month and her female teachers
$31 a month.
The Maine lumber camps are unusually
bright with women tbis year. Tbey are house
keepers for their fathers and husbands, and
seem to have combined to keep obnoxious char
acters away.
Philadelphia statistics show that 50
women 'are employed to 1C0 men in tbat city.
Not so lone ago tbe sight of a woman following
any avocation in public attracted a crowd. So
the world advances.
William L. Beattie, one of the pioneer
settlers of Saline county, Kan., died at Sweet
Springs last week". Instead of a funeral sermon
a paper be had prepared before he died was
read. He was 73 years old.
A negro at Hawkiusville, Ga.t fearing
that somebody mlzht steal his silver dollar, put
it in his mouth before he went to bed. When
he awoke tbe coin bad been swallowed. A doc
tor extracted it with difficulty.
Jaguar skin is a new material now meet
ing with approval for application on cloth and
woolens. The color is brown, shaded to amber,
and tbe surface is covered with irregularly
shaped spots in shades of yellow, red, and light
brown.
At Americus, Ga., the other day, a
negro was exhibiting a hawk that measured 3
feet and 11 inches from tip to tip. Tbe bird was
not dead, and was as fierce as an eagle. A lit
tle boy went too near and was clawed clear
through bis clothes, drawing the blood and a
loud yell.
While sinking a mine shaft recently at
Mysore, the workmen broke into an old shaft
dug perhaps a thousand years or more ago, and
in which were found implements of various
kinds tbat bore unmistakable evidence of the
former workmen being Chinese.
Prof. Thurston says: "The assumption
seems fair that tbe locomotive eneine will bave
been superseded when we double our sneeds,
and that we must find ways to utilize tbe
weights of the cars themselves for adhesion and
to make each carry its own motor."
"Prof. Rowland's thermometer" at the
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, is the
most perfect instrument of tbe kind in the
country, and is valued at $10,000. The gradua
tions on tbe glass can only be read by a micro
scope, tbey being too lino for the naked eye.
One of the efforts of the IPan-American
Conference is seeu in the establishment of a
new line of steamers on the west coast of
South America, tho capital belnc furnished by
the merchants and bankers of Valparaiso and
Santiago, encouraged by tho prospect of a
Government subsidy.
The fact is not so well known as It de
serves to be tbat cream constitutes an admira
ble nutriment for invalids. It is superior to
butter, containing more volatile oils. Persons
predisposed to consumption, aged persons, or
those inclined to cold extremities and feeble
digestion are especially benefited by a liberal
use of sweet cream. It is far better than cod
liver oil, and besides being excellent for med
ical properties it is a highly nutritious food.
George Schatchtal, who died a few days
ago, was known as the heaviest man in Brook
lyn. His weight was 500 pounds. At the time
of his marriage, 12 years ago, be was well prc-
?ortioned, 6 feet tall, and broad shouldered,
hen he began to get fat, and in spite of all his
efforts continued to grow. The coffin in which
he was buried was 7 feet long, 2 feet 7 Inches
wide and 2 feet 6 inches deep. It was lowered
ont of the window, as it could not be taken
down the stairway.
A young woman, an orphan, recently
masqueraded in Tennessee in male attire to se
cure employment After working for two years
she was taken sick and sent to the Memphis
bospitaL She remained there five weeks and
was convalescent before the city phvsician dis
covered his patient was a girl. He took a
friendly interest in tbe lass, learned she had
tramped from Kentucky there without discov
ery, adopting tbe male attire to avoid insult.
The sequel is tbe doctor and the girl are to be
married.
Prof. E. H. Snow, Kansas State Ento
mologist by study of the bacilli ana microbes
which prey upon the chinch bug. has discov
ered a process of inoculation by means of which
tbe bugs can be destroyed. Tbe chinch bng de
stroyer which really exists in a fungus growth
onco inoculated and given Its deadly virus,
will multiply with incredible rapidity. Tbe
snores of these fungi are easily 'carried and
scattered about by the wind, and In tbis man
ner can be readily diffused over a large area of
wheat fields without any special trouble.
Mrs. William Astor has a gold dinner
service valued at $50,000, and this service in
lion and unicorn repousse work, is set always
upon tbe finest ot white linen cloths, with no
sasbes or fluff of silk. The cloth is bordered
with broad white lace, revealinc a tint of pink
through its meshes of the exact shade of Gloire
de Paris roses, which forms invariably and at
all seasons of tbe year tbo table decoration.
The most valuable dinner service in the world,
howover, belongs to Queen Victoria, and occu
pies two rooms at Buckingham Palace, over
wbich two men watch continually.
One of the new occupations for women
now creatine a demand for which tbe supply Is
unequal is that pt Instructors in women's gym
nasiums. Tbe salary ranges from $500 to $750 a
year, with four montljs' vacation, and the work
is most hygienic and improving: but leading
manufacturers of gymnasium supplies are un
able to fill tbe orders that come to tbem for
trained teachers in the use of tbe apparatus.
There are five leading schools for physical edu
cation. Boston has a normal scbool in physi
cal culture, tho Adelpui Academy has another
well-known institution where tbe student is
taustht bow to fit up a gymnasium, and to
manufacture apparatus as well as to teach
their use. Tho summer scbool for teachers t
Harvard Collece is an important institution,
having bad 160 pupils in tbe three months of its
existence. The average cost of Instruction in
these training colleges is about $200 a year, and
a course of instruction for Graduation com
prises two years of seven months each.
BITS OF HUMOR,
The tramp will have no Christmas gifts
For others or his own;
No tokens or financial lifts
Shall from his hands be thrown.
Be may not deal out shoes and boots.
Nor plank the good things down.
Nor pass around the Chrlstsas suits
But he may skirt the town.
OU City Billiard.
Keely's motor is not yet in running order;
but there is room for more assessments on the
stock snares. He must bave another can of oil to
make his machine go. Keio Orleans eieayune.
The heated summer term is o'er;
Tbe perspiration leaves tne brow.
Tbe man who used to shut the door
Will always leave It open now.
Washington Star.
Names don't count for much. Ball Head
killed Sitting Hull. Toledo Made.
Johnny Shattuck Do the French people
build houses on microbes, papa?
Shattuck What an absnrd idea, Johnny! Where
did you get It?
Johnny Bnt don't they build them on Paris
sites, papa? Chicago later Ocean.
Waiter (producing bill of fare) What
will you order, sir?
Signor Snccl (waving it aside) Bring me every
thlngl Chicago Tribune.
Tbe yonns California woman who is walk
ing across the continent for $1,000 has undertaken
a great feat. But It Is nothing to what her own
will be after she has accomplished ft Chicago
Times.
In a divorce case in a New York town the
wife exhibits 1G3 love letters which her then lover
wrote her in three months. He sometimes wrote
her six per day, and his shortest notes contain six
paces. Be had been married only six months
when be boxed Iicr ears. Detroit fret Press.
IlIeeKs It is more expensive to give than
to reaelvc.
Klcefc Don't fool yourielf. I received a pair
of slippers from my pretty cousin last Christmas,
and she intimates that she is Just dying for a pair
of diamond earrings, Minneapolis Journal,
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