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SATURDAY. DEC. 27, 189a A COMPREHENSIVE FROJECT. The fifth in The Dispatch series of articles on river improvement treats of the problem which has puzzled engineers and formed a national subject of dispute for two fenerations the drainage of the Mississippi Valley Irom Cairo to Baton Rouge. On this the writer presents some ideas that are certainly worthy of public consideration. Briefly stated, the argument of this paper is that there are some thirty million acres of bottom lands alone the Mississippi in this section which is treated separately from the swamp lands of tbe Gulf States that are capable ot the greatest improvement They possess the richest soil in the world, but at present they are depreciated in value, rendered dangerous in seasons of flood and unhealthy all of the year, by their liability to floods and the resulting malaria. All this trocble, together with the forming of shoals, bends and finally cut-offs from the eating away of the banks at certain places, is shown to be due to the fact that the rirer bed is too high in relation to the surround ing lands. The solution of the problem, therefore, lies in the direction of lowering the river's bed. This our contributor proposes to do by the syIem of movable jetties, described in a previous paper. By these appliances, it is held, that the bais can be cut through, the river strai:htened or reduced to very grad ual bende, the channel brought to uniform depth, and tbe current given a steady move ment. These vast improvements, all finally tending to the s-ime end of lowering the bed of the river and providing thorough drain age for tbe fertile bottom lands, can be ac complished at a cost of from three to five dollars per acre. As the increase in the value of the land would be five times that cost, without including the immense benefit to navigation embraced in tbe improvement, the great results held out by this scheme of making the current of the river do its own work, can easily be recognized as far ex ceeding the estimated cost. As to the engineering practicability and cost of the work proposed, that question can only be determined, outside of the crucial test of actual work, by the opinion of ex perts. Many of that class have already per ceived in the development of the system, in these Dispatch articles, engineering sug gestions of the greatest and most original value. Apart irom that, the entire public can see that the project comprises the widest scope and most thorough attainment cf all the objects of river improvement, in a uni form flow of water, a deep and permanent channel, and a complete drainage of the lands low subject to over-flows. PROGRESS IX AUTISTIC TASTE. It is with pleasure The Dispatch notes the progress of this community in art and artistic taste. The exhibition of the Vassili Verestchagin collection which will be made in tbe Carnegie Art Gallery marks a dis tinct era. in this line. It is the first large and famous collection ever brought here, and it means the establishment of a reputa tion for the community in art matters, as well as denoting growing artistic taste. The collection has only been seen in the largest cities in this country, Boston, Kew York, Philadelphia and Chicago, and it is worthy of note that we are ranked with those cities. The exhibition will be a rare treat, as the pictures cover a wide range and are really a history of the travels and studies of their wonderful creator. The ex hibition has been brought about through the efforts of some of our best citizens, who are deserving of credit for their activitr. s KEEP UP THE DRILL. The drilling at the Exposition gas well has progressed about a hundred feet beyond the point at which the first flow ot gas was observed, without noticeably increasing or diminishing the pressure. Of the hundred feet twenty-five or thirty feet were in the strip of sand which yields the gas and the remainder has been slate. We are informed that if the Grilling does not develop decided lesults within tbe next three or four days, the Exposition Society will not feel justified in using its funds to push the work further. If the drilling should stop now the Expo sition Society would hare gained a moderate supply of gas and the public would have some interesting information concerning the ( geological state under our city. But there are some points of interest and importance to the wuole city that would be left un- settled. The sand penetrate may be simply a spur of the real gas-bearing body which lies lower. There may be an inexhaustible reservoir of gas or oil to be tapped if the drill goes deep enough. The informa tion to be obtained by exploring the deepest strata may be of the greatest importance to the community, even if it should not include a strike of gas. It happens to be the case here that this information can be obtained at a minimum of coat The tools and machinery are on tbe ground, and we are informed that no charge will be made for their use if the hole is to be drilled deeper as a public enterprise. The only cost in pursuing the work will be that of actual labor; and that is stated to be about a dollar per foot. If ten men in this city would contribute fifty dollars each, tbe well could be drilled to below 2,500 feet. If twenty more gaye $25 each the depth of 3,000 feet could be reached. If 100 more gave $10 each a 4,000 feet hole could be completed. W Ufa. tfie chance that in the first hundred feet or so, the presence of a large supply of gas might be established, the slight snms necessary to keep the drill going ought to be promptly forthcoming. Any person wish ing to pay for drilling, ten, twenty-five or fifty feet deeper can do so by sending his check for tbe corresponding number of dollars to the Exposition Society. A FORECAST FOR THE IRON INDUSTRY. A pamphlet by Edward Atkinson on "The Future Situs of the Principal Iron Production of the World" has just been published by the Manufacturers' Record. It advances some ideas that are sufficiently novel and important to attract the attention of communities in which the iron industry is established. Mr. Atkinson's first point is that the pro duction and consumption of iron has main tained a Steady ratio of growth since its earlier development. His estimates for the future arc based upon this ratio, backed by the fact that three great continents Asia, Africa and South America are just being opened up to development, and will create an increased demand for iron products equal in proportion to that which Europe and North America have famished for the past quarter of a century. On this founda tion he arrives at the conclusion that the world's consumption and production of iron will rise from 25,000,000 tons in 18S0 to 50,000,000 or 00,000,000 tons in 1900. Side by side with this production Mr. Atkinson argues from the partial exhaustion and in creasing cost of the materials for iron making in England, that that country which has heretofore enjoyed the greater portion of the increase in iron production outside this country will not be able to meet the increased demand or from 22,000, 000 to 32,000,000 tons which his argument foreshadows for 1900. This increase, which he puts in round numbers at 25,000,000 tons, be points out, must be furnished in great share by the country which can assemble at the least cost the materials lor iron manu facture at the point for its production, and can provide tnere the labor which, by earn ing the highest wages, can really do the cheapest work. This country Mr. Atkinson believes to be the United States, and he gives cogent leasons for his belief. From that point he develops another important and startling one that witHin the coming decade, by rising to the positipu of fur nishing some 20,000,000 or 25,000.000 tons of iron to the rest of the world, tbe United States will come to the point where it will not care whether there is a tariff on iron any more than it does whether there is a tariff on wheat, Mr. Atkinson's views on the tariff are such that he regards tbe present tariff ou iron as an obstacle rather than an aid to tbe development of the iron and steel industry; but if he can make good his prediction that wp shall in the next ten years solve the problem by exporting more iron than we consume we need not quarrel with him for that unique opinion. Finally Mr. Atkinson locates the great iron center of the world at the beginning of the next century in the Southern region, be ginning in "West "Virginia and extending to Alabama, with the Piedmont district as the special locality which seems to Mr. Atkin son to contain the greatest promise for the future. His argument on that point is a summary of the enthusiastic reports concern ing the mineral resources of the South that have heretofore been published. Pittsburg can take this prediction without jealousy, and, accompanied as it is by tbe prediction of an unprecedented growth of the iron trade of the whole country, even with toler ation. There is no doubt that the Souther iron industry is capable of magnificent developments. But Pittsburg, lying as it does at the northern end of the mineral region extolled by Mr. Atkinson, and commanding tbe additional resources of the Lake Superior ores and ConnelUville coke, will not yield the supremacy in iron production without a struggle. If there is to be such a development of the iron trade of this country as that gentleman predicts, Pittsburg will rely upon getting her fair share of it But in view of the magnitude of the prize and the wonderful opportunities of growth held up to us, our city should be keeu to im prove every chance for strengthening its position as an iron and steel center. If we ran no longer rely on natural gas fuel to fortify our supremacy, the use of petroleum or any other process to utilize our fuel sup plies to the utmost should be urgently pushed. If we can increase our present fifth of the iron production of the country to 7.000,000 or 8,000.000 tons of actual product, the canal projects which will bring tbe ore for that production to our doors, at an economy of 50 cents a ton, will pay for itself in six years. By developing every method to increase and cheapen its manufacture of iron and steel, Pittsburg can, if Mr. Atkin son's calculations have any foundation, hope to make the coming decade a period of growth and prosperity far in excess of the gratifying record of the past decade. CONTRASTS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE. Tbe difference between the methods pur sued in French criminal trials and the rules which govern tbe similar system under Anglo-Saxon law, as illustrated by the trial of Eyraudand Gabrielle Bompard, has at tracted wide comment in this country. The features of that trial, 'which consisted of the Judge examining the defendant like a pros ecuting attorney, and exploring all the deeds of his past life in tbe effort to make him acknowledge criminality; tbe spectacle, like a scene irom -a cheap melodrama, of Judge, counsel, witnesses, and defendants joining in a heated colloquy over disputed points, united in this case with the accusa tions of each prisoner against the other, all of which is taken as bearing on the question of guilt or innocence, is a sufficiently re markable one from tbe standpoint of Anglo Saxon j jurisprudence. But there is a more radical contri-st be tween the two systems. The English tys tem declares that a man need not testify against himself, and warns him on his arrest against making any crim inating admissions. The French system subjects each defendant on bis trial to a severe examination, and woe to him if he cannot tell a clear story) Before that he is subjected to a process which seems peculi arly repugnant to our ideas of criminal jus tice, in the shape of an official and private examination. This is the function of a ju dicial official, whose time and talents are devoted exclusively to that work. Until the prisoner is examined by tbe Juge d'in itruction he cannot even consult with the lawyer who is to defend him. If he has not made criminating admissions to the police officers who arrested him, he may be con fused and browbeaten by the Juge d'in struction into admitting his guilt On tbe other hand, it is no doubt possible that the investigation of the case by this official will result in establishing his innocence without a trial. But it is nevertheless true that, from first to last, a prisoner before the the French courts is in a very different posi tion thau the one he would ociupy before the English. This difference in method is not a mere freak of French justice. It is fact that the French courts approach their work with a different conception of their purpose. Crabbc Robinson says in his journal: "I should wish to be tried in England, if guilty if innocent, in France." This is an extreme approval of the French system, inasmuch as it expresses the unfounded idea that the innocent de fendant has a better chance uuder the French than under the English methods. There is more accuracy in Southey's com mentary on that remark: "The English system seems to have for its object that no innocent person should unjustly be found guilty; the French system that no criminal should escape." Tbe same idea is expressed in another way by the English maxim: that it is better for ten guilty men to escape rather than one innocent should suffer pun ishment; while the basis of French methods is clearly the idea that the individual pro tection of tbe one innocent .man is of less vital importance than tbe protection of so ciety from the ten criminals. The results are as illustrated in the recent famous trials, that while in England and the United States it is often difficult to con vict a criminal, in France it may sometimes go hard with an innocent man under suspicious circumstances. While tbe spectacle of a judge indulging in catechising a prisoner in a way which no Anglo-Saxon judge would dare to copy, since Jeffrey's time, seems especially repugnant to us, there are some respects in which the French system is not without its merits. It would be impossible in France for the spectacle to be presented of witnesses rescuing a prisoner from conviction by re fusing to testify, and then the prisoner as a lawyer turning around when released and pushing legal proceedings to free tbe wit nesses from imprisonment for contempt of court, which is one of tbe phenomena of our judicial methods just afforded to the public gaze in this State of Pennsylvania. While no thoughtful man would wish to see the French methods of hounding a pris oner into admissions of guilt adopted in this country, it is susceptive of debate whether a medium between the two systems might not be more conducive of actual justice than either. The rule tbat witnesses need not criminate themselves, which comes down from the dark ages, whea it was necessary to protect the unfortunate against having admissions of guilt wrung from them by torture, is one that appears susceptible of decided modification. Beyond, that it is quite possible that the effectiveness of our criminal justice might be enhanced by a general change in the direction of paying less attention to form and more to the work of arriving at the facts of the case by any means that may present themselves. TALKING OUT IN MEETING. The St Louis Globe-Democrat, although a regulation Bepublican organ, has reached the point of speaking right out in meeting concerning two leading public questions. On the Beh ring's Sea controversy it de clared: "All the seals in that quarter of the globe would not, if turned into cash, pay for tbe losses of a single month of war." With reference to the federal elections bill it also makes the outspoken assertion that "the fact is the masses of the Bepublicans in Pennsylvania, as well as in the other States controlled by the party, are steadily growing more and more convinced of the folly of that measure." When a few more Republican newspapers exercise the right of thinking for themselves, as the Globe Democrat does, the Republican statesmen may obtain some valuable instruction: MONEY IN CIRCULATION. Very flattering reports come from all sides of the holiday trade, and merchants argue logically that, however it may be elsewhere, money is not scarce or tight here. It may be remarked in passing tbat this is one of the best evidences that the recent flurry in stocks and financial circles was not deeply rooted, and has not materi ally affected real business interests. Further, this evidence of general prosperity will have a reactionary effect on commercial channels tbat cannot but help to relieve tbe strained condition of the money market A brisk holiday trade sets a vast amount of money in circulation. And what is needed now is quicker circulation. Depression is less frequently a result of too little circulating medium than of stagnation in tha move ment The signs are hopeful, to say the least RELIEVING FINANCIAL DISTRESS. Those Italians who are in custody of the United States Court for counterfeiting can hardly set up the claim that they have been hypnotized. But they may put in an equally reasonable plea, and one that will be as ef ficacious as that of Gabrielle Bompard, Have we not all been informed of the financial stringency? Have not capitalists from all over the country been going to New York to seek measures of relief and means to tide over the depression? Well, one of the alleged counterfeiters-did the same thing, according to tbe story told in court To be sure, he went down to the metropolis originally on a love matter, but finding more financial stringency thau love, he loaded up with sil ver dollars and set out to ease the money market At least this seems to be about tbe best plea the prisoners can make under the circumstances. Possibly the esteemed Philadelphia Press would like to make the Senatorial election in this State a test as to whether the rank and file of the Republican party demaud the enactment of tbe Federal elections bill. It is a striking instance of the survival of error to read In esteemed cotemporarlds tbe as sertion tbat the oleomargarine decision in Phil adelphia means tbat, "under tbe Inter-State commerce law," oleomargarine maybe sold in original packages. It Is to be hoped that some time In the distant future instructors of pnbllo opinion will learn ibat the later-State commerce clause of tbe Constitution and tbe intcr-Stato commerce law are two separato things. DELAilATFJt creditors are not hopeful, They even seem to hesitate about sending in their books and aecounts, lest there be a swal lowing apparatus located on tbe premises oc cupied by tbe late bank. The weather hereabouts is of the regular winter variety to such an extent that it Im presses the reader as an exceptional example of the kinds of weather that tbis country can contain at once to learn that Pierre, South Dakota, is plagued by a Chinook wind, with clouds of dust Pittsburg conld easily spare a portion of Its snow drifts to lay tbe dust la South Dakota, Tub tug in New York harbor which pos sesses the loudest whistle Is named the Chauncey M. Depew. The appropriate but un complimentary comparison beggars all com ment "Puck" says sarcastically thRt "tbe man who growls about his wife's cooking will cheer fully eat anything on the. safe Side of poison when he Js camping out" Wall, and why notT Onr humorous cotemporary does not seem to have the correct idea of tbe purpose of camping out Cooking Is oT no importance in Its aims, in view of the ultimate overruling purpose of drinking. There is cause for congratulation in the fact that tbe explosion at the United Mine did not result in loss, of life. The destruction of property is enough to be regretted. Senatois Stakfohd. is understood to allege tbat he has no ambition to be President Tbis modest, but not altogether imperative nolo episcopari is likely to be accepted by the Western farmers as relieving them from tha dnty of offering tbo California railway kine the presldental nomination in return for his land mortgago scheme. We violate no confidence in stating that Senator Farwcll, of Illinois, did not go through the holjday ceremony of "exchanging presents'' with the White House. A Rapid Transit Commission has just been appointed in New York City, and one sanguine journal notices the fact as affording "hope for rapid transit" If the experience of Philadelphia is duplicated in New York, it may contain bopo for rapid transit, bnt the hope will not bo likely to materialize before tbe next century. Probably when Mr. Adams, of Scott dale, gets possession of his housekeeper again he will take measures to keep her in jail. A railroad built wholly of wood in Novabcotia is the subject of sarcastic com ment by tbe railway interests of this country, but there is every reason to believe tbat as a building material for railways wood will yield better results than wind and water, which com pose too large a share of many ot our railways PB0HIHENT PEOPLE. Lady Randolph Churchili. is ill at Mel ton, bhe is confined to ber bed. Rider Haggard is at present in Mexico, securing material for a new novel. John L. Sullivan is now making 2,500 a week by playing, and bis personal expenses average nearly bait tbat sum. Bishop Kaiser, of Green Bay, Wis., has been appointed Archbishop of Milwaukee to succeed the lata Archbishop Heiss. Jules Verne is now a handsome man of 60, with head and beard quite gray, and with eyes which sparkle with all tbe fire of 20. George M. Pullman says tbat be is no happier than wben he did not have a dollar to his name, "and yet it is a comfortable feeling to be rich." Mrs. Elizabeth C. Ousted, the widow of the great cavalryman, says tbat she is not a candidate for the office of Stats Librarian in Michigan. Senator Warren, of Wyoming, is six feet tall, and bis form Js as straight as a Rocky Mountain pine. He is a blonde, rather good looking, and talks and dresses well. He is 46 years old. Queen Amelie, of Portugal, is now almost restored to health. She is tbs prettiest and most fascinating of the sovereign ladies of Europe. Bbe is tall and has a gracegul figure and a charmingly expressive face. Frederick Iyes, tbe former young Na poleon of Finance, is living quietly in New York devoting bis attention to acquiring an other fortune. He is the same well-dressed, suave and self-confident character as he was before bis fall, Mrs. Stanley expected to find only shanty cities outside of New York, but is qnlte charmed with whatsbe has seen of theinterlor. She says: "Nothing can be exaggerated about America. I have already learned to so much admire America and the Americans." Miss Constance Fenimore Woolson has settled for tbe winter at Cheltenham, England, where she is said to be engaged in writing a novel. Her winter of travel in the East fur nished ber with material which she has worked up into sketches and short stories, which will appear during tbe coming months. Mme. Anne Marie Mozzoni will stand for election to the Italian Parliament and is ask ing for subscriptions to assist in meeting her expenses. Mme. Mozzoni is an accomplished authoress, and her agreeable manners have made her generally liked among ber large circle of acquaintances. Richelieu at the Duquosne. There was scarcely a vacant scat in thoDu auesne Theater last night for the production of "Richelieu" by Mr. Barrett and bis compe tent company. That It was a finished perform, ance goes without tbe saying, and the audience was appreciative. Mr. Barrett was in goad voice and his rendition of tbe more powerful passages were most -warmly applauded. Miss Gale, in tbe rola of Julie de Morlemar, again gave evidence of tbe rare talent tbat is fast winning fame for her. Mr. Lane's Count de Baradas was fully np to the expectations his previous worlc warranted, and Mr. Hartley's de Maupral was very meritorious. Mr. Duval and Mr. Rogers must al-o be Included In the honor list of the evening. A better rendition of Bulwer's great plav in all its parts Mr. Bar rett can hardly expect to give. DEATHS OP A DAY. Mrn. S. II. Jackson. Tbe death, of .Mrs. S. H. Jackson, of l'enn avenue. Wllklnsturg. has csused more sincere xrlef in that community than any that bas taken place In the boroufrh for a longtime Mrs. Jack son was a daughter of tbe late Edward Thompson, Esq., and had resided In Wllklnsbu re all her lift. Tbe wife of tbo burgess of the borough, l)r, John Sample, is ber mother. She hai been a snflercr from astnma for 20 years, bnt her death, at S o'clock Christmas mornlnsr, came with the shock of surprise as well as (trief at last. Her husband and two sons, Edward and Howard, mourn an aflectionate wife and mother, and their grief Is shared by hundreds or friends In 'U'tlklnsburg and elsewhere. The funeral services will be held at the family residence at t o'clock this afternoon. Kev. II. S. Moore, pastor of the Wllklnsbnrg Presbyterian Cbnrch, will officiate. The remains will be Interred In lloraewot d Cemetery. Dr. John Davis. Cincinnati, Dec :6.-iIr. John Davis, one of oldest physicians of the city, died suddenly last night at his horn on Elm street. "He had been unusually happy with bis wife and a row friends at tbe Christmas dinner, and about 8:3a. while sitting in bis library, was attacked with a violent fit of coughing. Iu half an hour he was dead, due. It is said, to heart disease. Dr. Davis was nearly 70 vears old. He was an Intimate friend of ex President Hayes, and often entertained him and Mrs. Hayes on their visits to Cincinnati. Dr. Davis was, at the time of his death. President of the Union Central Life Insurance Company, and also President of the Law and Order League of Cincinnati. Sirs. Jennie J. Evan. Mrs. Jennie J. Evans. Elders lUdge, died yesterday at the residence of her brother J. Y. bmltb, of tbe wholesale grain Arm of B. D. Elwood & Co.. on South Hlland avenue at the nee of 49 years. The funeral will occur Sunday from ber late home. Cliarlotto Benton. about TO years, died In ltlchflcld bprlngs, yester I nay. oi imn uisiwc ji,,a. .v..w uasnniccc or Japoleon lioncpartc and tbedanghtirof Jucpli Bouapartc. Madame Kouhor. Paris, Dec J6.-The death is announced of Mme. Bonner, widow of Eugene Rouher, Napoleon IU.'s friend, adviser and minister. SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON. It you waste time and energy coveting that which you have uot you may Bee that which you have slip through your fingers. THBNineteenth century is about entering the homestretch, It has lived and prospered grown strong with years, brilliant with age. How many who were cradled when it was in its swaddling clothes are here to see It make the running to the finish? One hundred years going, a century shifting, a volume of the world's greatest and grandest history closing. Its record should be writ with a diamond pen on leaves of silver bound In covers of gold. Tbo mightiest iflind can scarce grasp its grandeur, nor tbe most retentive memory carry one thousand tb part of tbe treasures it has dropped along the highways and byways which cut up and criss-cross man's magnificent abode yon, and perhaps you, too, will live to see it die live to hear iy praises sung, to get a peep at tbe long scroll on wbicb someone, many, will try to inscribe the deeds of tha years, You, and perhaps yon, will have seenred the Secretwhicb those who attend the Dunal of the century will still be seeking. They will be nearer tha solu tion, of course, but it will doubtless come to them as it came to you In TheSleeo. But now, whila tbe century is slipping from the cipher to the "one box," as the printer would say eliding Into its last decade, weaving the last strand In tbe rope which will stretch further than a lifetime you can look over tha chapters if not the leaves and makoupyour own roll of honor to lay at tbe feet of the tot tering bearer of tbe last figure which means nothing or a great deal. Take time and think it over. You will snrely be amazed. When you turn over the new leaf next week you will feel like filing away the decades tha old vol umes and carefully clipping out tha days which will complete the scrap hook of the cen tury, wbicb, I sincerely hope, you will livo to finish. Htpocrisy will cloak sins that even the mantle of charity will not eover. When trade goes into a decline business Is the only lymph which can be applied. You can let the dust and the cobwebs settle oq your wine, but if you allow them to settle on your books your brain will become moldy. Does yonr hat fit you yetT You can safely assume that tbe one who gave you a present is of a yielding nature. The dootor soon learns to distinguish from the peculiar sounds of bis door Dell whether tbe manipulator is filled with hopeorfear. Tbe heartbeats are recorded on the brassy little messenger. The Thorn In the Rose. 'Twas the morn after Christmas, when all thro' the land Lay foolish young men with their bead in tbelr hand. Who made a firm vow, when they felt a sharp pain, Tbat from the red wine they'd in future ab stain. With a tear in tbelr eye, and a coat on their topgue, In tbe height of despair to the pillows they clung. While the bed underneath them spun like a top, And the ceiling above was preparing to drop. In tbelr heads little imps were dancing a clog, Uhelr brains thumped as it they had broken a cogt They felt very thirsty Imagined their mouth Had passed thro' a season of terrible drought; In this awfnl plight tbey believed if they'd try They could drink from a river until it was dry. Still tbey suffered in silence apd clung to the bed. Knew they were alive, but wished they were dead) But after awhile, when tbe room spun no more. They were able to gather tbe clothes from the floor.; After laboring hard they managed to dress. But the hat on their bead tbey scarcely could press; What they saw In the glass completed their grief, And they there and then vowed to turn over a leaf. But alas I for the pledges produced under paint Ere these died on their lips they were at It again. Past follies are more painful to recAllthan past sorrows. Ir you lose your head you will find it as soon as you recover your senses. The prosperous oil producer Is well satisfied, especially if the marKet is going his way. Winter guests Coughs, fevers, rheuma tism. You cannot figure nut the price of the over coat by tbe height of the collar. Not for many Tears has such white looking snow covered the streets ot this coal dusted city as tbat of yesterday morning. Discolor ation soon set in, however. A 'well bred dog will seldom act like a cur. It's the trifles that upset us every day, not the great big boulders. The man who lives beyond his means does not mean well. Another 700-pound gasser bas come In. Will onr jealous neighbors down Kast please make a note of this? The policeman is always on top of the man under arrest. Sfortino notes The dollar, bills In the pocket of a gambler. Christmas very much resembled Sunday with tbe lid off. After pulling at tbe bottle the inebriate is usually pulled in. In overcrowded, king-ridden and poverty cursed Europe the starving toilers are crying for bread or work. In broad-acred, people ruled, prosperous America the employer is short-handed and tbe toiler well-fed. Tbe Re public is not a failure, by any means. The costliest and newest gloves are always w"Sll fingered. How to Win Appreciation. Tbe citizen who lives aright And would keep his mem'ry green. Should in between the morn and night Keep his front pavement clean. This is the season when tbe indnstrlous cor respondents all over tbe land scour tbelr terri tory for crime. You will go astray If you im agine that tbe world is any wickeder to-day than it was yesterday. Bays tbe pennies and you will escape the discomforts of penury. Is-you drop into a reverie you generally lose yourself. Parnell says he never expected to win. This is equivalent to a confession that he be lieves in the rale or ruin policy. A tryino ordoal Fitting a dress. You never discharge the cook for g'Ting you a roast, especially a good one' Two is company and three is a crowd even In politics. A Connecticut widower who suicided left this note: "Left alone in the world with three small children." He was an abject coward, else he would have'lived to take care of them Vert bad policy The 4-11-41 game. t The Eastern syndicate which wants Western Pennsylvanians to go into the sheep raising business again may be trying to pull tbe wool over tbe grangers' oyes. According to Parnell the coercion club can be swung both ways in Erin. Pittsburg's police have fonnd what the .Now York Vidocqs hare been looking for. The capture Of theeoniaekers, isa fine feather in the cap of our "finest" Tnr. old folk smile when they see tbelr son. In-law. Opticians as well as stovo men deal in eyes-in-glass. The pen la undoubtedly mightier than the sword at the seat of the Indian war. If Congress could only be gagged so it would choke to death the country would bo a winner. The electrical scales have very winning weighs. Bristling with points The hair brush. Judging from, tbe long processions of furni ture vans oq the streets and Uie long lists of marriage licenses Cupid must be doing a fine holiday business. The snow Ueth wherever it drif teth. Ppesenoe of mind is a gift; of the will, and is valuable at all times. Willie Winkle. TWO PEE CEHT B0HDS. Several Reasons Why It Is Wanted but Will Not Relieve the Stringency. Philadelphia Press, Hep. Under these circumstances we believe a 2 per cent bond would sell as well as a 3 per cent bond in 1SS1. It would enable the Government to redeem the i per cents due next Septem ber, even If the national revenue is affected by the current business stringency, and to con tinue the redemption of the outstanding i per cents. A 2 per cent bond at par wonld also furnish asafe and economical basis for bank currency. Its existence would perceptibly re duce the rate at which States and municipali ties can borrow a great pnblio economy. These are all-valuable results to secure from a 2 per cent bond. It would cost the Govern ment nothing to authorize these bonds, and its proflt would be great if it sold at par. The savings of the million are so enormous and per fect safety is demanded by so many small in vestors that there is every reason to believe that a 2 per cent bond would both sell at par and stay there. PBISONEBS BEMEHflEBEP. They Feasted on Roast Turkey, Potatoes and Miqce Pies Like Freemen. Philadelphia. Dec. 26L Warden John J Rowland, of tbe Delaware county prison, did not allow Christmas to go by without remem bering the prisoners In his charge. There are over 60 prisoners in the jail, and, by order of tbe Prison Inspectors, on Warden Rowland's suggestion, they were givtm a Christ mas dinner of roast turkey, potatoes and mince pie. Six' Urge, fat turkeys were roasted and served for tbe dinner, and every prisoner was given as much as be or she could eat. Inspec tors William E. Williamson and Henry CJ. Snowden were at the jail, and assisted In carv ing the turkey and cutting the pies. Tbe pris oners enjoyed the repast, and every one of them was able to do it justice. Retire Him for the Public Good. St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Bep.l As i Governor is to be elected in New York about ten months bence, it is to be hoped, in the interest of the Republican party, tbat "Tom" 'Piatt will see his way clear to vacate the bosship or emigrate sometime within the next five or six weeks. Weeding Out Old Hacks. Pawtucket Telegram, DeraJ The next Congress will be notable for young members and for the absence of political backs w'io have been given an asylum in Congress as a reward for, long party service, or to remove them from tha field of active politics. A Christmas Echo. St. Louis Kepnbllc, Dem. A merry Christmas to Dr. Dana, and maybe, in tbe plentitnde of his stuffed turkey, forget all other stuffing and cease to stuff his readers with political chestnuts, howsoever hot. THIS AND THAT. Commentators Who Have Various Ideas About Timely Topics. Host on Herald: With Brlght's disease and the guillotine staring him in tbe face, Murderer Eyraud must think this world is all a fleeting show, to man's illusion given. New YorA1 Herald: What does President Harrison mean by tbe bungling conduet of tbe Bebring Sea controversy? Js it his purpose to force us into a war with Great Britain? JBuffaloj Exprest: Some of onr cotem poranes are howling about tbe danger of a Behring Sea war as if they really believed that Johnny (Bull) was at last about to get bis gun. Indianapolis Journal: It is greatly to the credit of Judge Brown, the new member of the Supreme Court, tbat most of the Democratio editors of tbe country are not acquainted with him. Cincinnati Enquirer: There is a woeful gnashing of teeth over tbe moribund condition of that Jshlp subsidy bill. The President should hasten his proclamation f f war with Kncland. Denver .Republican: The railroads are short of cars to transport the traffic of the country, and the people are short of dollars to carry on tbe necessary business. Let us have more cars and more dollars as soon as possible. Boston Globe: The Indian "Messiah" has been arrested and found to be "only a harmless crank after all." For a harmless crank this unique specimen of tbe song and dance man seems to have got in some pretty harmful work, however. Kew Xo k Herald: Senator Chandler Im puting corruption in politics to a railroad cor poration in New Hampshire is a truly edifying spectacle Tbe coons of the Granite State will probably next call a convention to denounce chicken stealing. Denver Times: The position taken by tbe United States Government in tbe Behring Sea dispute must meet with the hearty approval of every patriotic citizen of this country It is a great thing tr have an American with a big A at the head of the State Department. Zeadville Herald Democi at: A recent con signment of wild animals arrived in New York recently, from the Orient Tbey were sent into tbe interior. New York probably believes it has a large enough menagerie in the shape of Tammany HalL Tbe menagerie is at least ex pensive enongb, Omaha World Herald: Owing to tbe laxity of South Dakota's divorce laws, envious States are attributing the increase of population to the fact tbat unhappy married people are taking refuge within its boundaries. The young State now repudiates this unjust charge by making an effort to have its laws amended. South Dakota is going right ahead. Philadelphia Record: Tbo steel rail mills of tbe country have failed to agree npon a plan for limiting production and maintaining prices. This is fortunate. No owners of steel rail mills are obliged to make rails anl sell them at a loss; and tbe bnyers of steel rails, seeing tbat tbe Government confines them to tbe home market, are entitled to whatever advantage may result from compstition, Philadelphia Enquirer: Labruyere, the French Anarchist who boasted tbat he had helped Fadlewskl. the murderer, to escape, has been sent to jail for 13 months, and Mme, Duquercy, his accomplice, for two months. They got off easily, but hereafter, when en gaged In tbat kind of business, will probably keep quiet. Ypur genuine Anarchist, how ever, is never happy unless tbe world knows of his villainies. Minneapolis Tribune: Democratic papers are trying to make their readers believe that New Mexico was refused admission as a State because it is Democratic In support of this assertion tbey cite the fact tbat Its population is larger than that of Montana. Idaho or Wyoming. Tbey studiously Ignore the fact tbat tbo bulk of tbat population is made up of greasers and half breeds. But it is Democratic all right enough; the character of its popula tion naturally makes it so. Cincinnati Commercial Qazeilt: There is a tendency to apply English names to things. As yet it has not become very noticeable, but if It becomes a fad, as it'may, tt will not be long be fore the plain, every-day American names for things' will ho supplanted by typical English names. Stores are already shop," weariness will be called "knocked up, jou know," and there are now half a cozen gentlemen's fur nishing stores down town tbat hang out signs with "haberdasher" painted on them. The old names are good enough. ' THE TOPICAL TALKER. No Woqder the Piano Lost Tone. Por some time past a grand piano in an East End house has shown signs of indisposition, CcrtiMp chords invariably sounded dull when struck, and the brilliancy of tone which had been sold at a very high flgnrewlth the maker's name had disappeared. But nobody attributed the decadence of the Instrument to anything but a little too much use perhaps. A surprise was in store for them. The 'other night the household and a few guests were assembled In the music room. One of them, a lady of great ability as a pianist, sat down at the Instrument and began to play. The muffled effect was more noticeable than ever, Somebody suggested that an inquest be held on the piano. Then one of tbe adies without more ado lifted the cover of the piano and well, there was a panic A big rat jumped out from among the strings and galloped across tbe room. It escaped, of course, for everybody was too much astonished to attack it; there were sqreams and a great leaping upon chairs. Wben everybody cooled down the inquest proceeded.' 'It was luunutnattne rat nau nuus a ciiiiiioiwuia nest of paper among tbe wire". The rat evi dently had a keen sense of the fitness of tkings as well as a love for music for its nest was found to be made of selections from Beeth oven's sonatas, with a few scraps of Chopin. There was not a trace of "Annlo Rooney" or comic opera in tbe nest. How the rat got tbere, why It stayed there and what tbe effect of a musical training upon the rat is likely to be, are still unanswered questions. Lost In Allegheny. Two broken-spirited mnles were dragging a Troy Hill car up the Sixth street approach to the Suspension bridge through tbe snow storm which made the close of Christmas day too old fashioned if anything for those who ba.dtogo out. At the toll-honse a little gray-haired plncbed-no man with a weak mouth and a strong breath entered the car. Perhaps It would be more accurate to say that he fell Into the car. He got a seat and snored apd hic coughed all the way across the bridge. As tbe car jolted down Federal street the little old man said to a stout and cheerful man opposite: 'Sense me, sir, does this cc car go to Pitts burg I" "No, sir this car is going the other way and it's in Allegheny now." I wan' t' go f Pittsburg" said the little old man. "Then you'd better get off tbe car," said a young fellow with a fierce mustache,and tbellttle old man arose and fell nil be car. Tbe last that was seen of him he was pursuing the car with uneven footsteps. If an old man with gray hair and a weak mouth is missing from bis home in Pittsburg to-day the probabilities are that he may be found on Observatory or Troy Hill. Chickens In the Soap. Perhaps if you are in the habit of eating meals at tbe lunch counters about town you may have noticed tbat stewed chieken is one of the most popular dishes on tbe bill of fare. Tbe popularity of the chicken after it is, so to speak, in the soup, is not an astonishing thing when you consider bow a long season of stewing will reduce tbe toughness of an elderly bird. It is a' toothsome disb, in this wintry weather partic ularly, though it is likely to go beyond the reach of tbe lunch counter if tbe deep snow lasts. Tbe other day I asked the proprietor of a modest restaurant where things are better than they look and everything, anyhow, is clean and Wholesome, bow much the popularity of stewed chicken taxed his resources. And bow many chickens courtesy demands that every bird should be called a chicken till proved guilty do you suppose go into the pot at this single res taurant in a day 7 From 20 to 45 daily was the average during November and tbe first weeks, of this month. Politicians Find Chrktmas Costly. A good slice of his income is wbat the aver age politician in office must give up for Christ mas presents. It is not only in treating "the boys" to liquids and cigars whenever he meets them during tbe holiday week that be must spend many dollars, but for more substantial presents for Influential men, the leaders of the ward, city, county or State, as his ambitions extend their range, his expenditures must be large. This was impressed upon ms a dozen times yesterday afternoon as I encountered the traces of a county official's generosity in tbe shape of cigars, umbrellas and other presents. A poli tician who now enjoys tbe bliss' of seeing others in office told me tbat daring his term of office as a high functionary in tbe county gov ernment, he never got past Christmas and New Year's without paying toll to the tnne ot at least !50CL "Since then," said be, "I believe these cbarming little tributes of the season have grown mora expensive, and I question if tbe gentleman who now sets in tbe cbair which I held duwn escaped as lightly as 1 did." New Sealskins for Many. Tbe dealers in furs have regarded the cold snap with calm complacency. The snow and frost came most opportunely for the furriers just long cnougb before Christmas to empha size tha'appiopriateness of seal garments, boas, muff3 and other armor against the cold for Christmas presents. The sale of furs in tbis city tbis winter was very satisfactorily Urge. At one of the most popular stores I was told yesterday tbat tbe business done this Christ mas exceeded that of last year, although tbe sa!e3on Wednesday usually tbe largestintbe season were smaller than- on Christmas Eve, 1889. One very bad day of heavy rain In the week prior to Christ mas in ISStf bad tbe effect of concentrating tbe business on the day be fore tbe festival. A Convenient Custom. Very few clerks in the Pittsburg banks go out to dinner or lunch at midday now. It Is not that they are emulating Succi or practicing economy. Tbey eat their noon meal within the precincts of the bank. Tbe custom of serving tbe meal in the bank building bas long been the custom In certain Old World banks notably at Cbllds' Bank and Coutts' in Lon don and it fonnd favor In certain Kastern houses as lonft as a quarter of a century ago. Tbe banks In Pittsburg have been falling into line in tbis regard steadily during the past five years, and now. I behove, nearly all tbe banks here serve their employes witb a midday le past usually exceedingly good. The saving in time and money whlcb-in the retention of the clerks within the bank all through thebuslness day effects Is said to be quite considerable. Several manufacturing concerns have adopted the same plan. Too Much Gun. Detroit Free Press. The Indian Is willing to take his chances with a soldier's musket or carbine, knowing that they shoot all over the country, but when the boys get to work with a? Hotchklss or Gatling gun then the redskin takes a trip. The scream of a shell makes all his teeth sore, and when one bursts and lets a hundred bullets loose at once be can't tell which way to dodge. Where They Ought to Be. Practical Klectrlclty.l Tbe Postal Telegraph Cable pompany have their 52 through wires at Cleveland, O all un der ground and in perfect working order. GRANDFATHER'S NEWSPAPER. See him sltttnr, reading, there. In his Sleepy Hollow" chair: Tbrongn with passion's wear and tear. Angels mark blm for then- own Jlv tbelr Hint, around him thrown. Till bis balr bas snow-white grown. Yoq may know his blood runs slow. And the tide of life is low. By tbe way bis pulse-beats go; By his trei&bllng, withered hand, v bltened as the gray beach sand When tbe tide ebbs rrom tbe strand. And bis voice, somehow, will bring Thoughts of Instruments that ring Out or tune, with broken strlnjj. As he reads the columns throirgh. In a panoramic view Old as time, yet ever new. He beholds the world go by Men, whose one great err Is "I, " Bushing, striving, till they die, Some for riches, some for fame, Gaining both to leave a name, Losing both to sink In shame. There he read nine name, well known i:vercneo ho knew his own. Beady for the graveyard stone, And he lays his paper by, Shakes-Ms head, with half a Ugh, And Is napping presently. Cortt Davit Jfenton in Wisconsin, CURIOUS COPENBATI05S. Rabbits are so thick in tbe vicinity of Richmond, Mo., tbat tbe boys kill them witb clubs. -VTo tlieBenedIctine Order have belonged 4? pones. 20H cardinals, C00 archbishops, and more than 40,000 bisbops. Golf appears to be flourishing at Cam bridge, England, for the University Club has just decided to expend LC09 In building a new bouse far the members. John Sleqsby, Sr., of Milwaukee, is about SO years old. His years are not troubling him so much as is tbe fact that his wife has left him. She was his sixth, Egbert Storer, of Norwich, Conn., who is reputed to be a descendant of Hendrlk Hud son. the navigator, bas a trunk wbich is said to have belonged to that pioneer. A deacon of a Lakewood, 2T. J., cbnrch on a recent Sunday shot a coon tbat took pos session of a tree in his bacU yard, and now the The old Stale Board of Emigration held its last meeting at Castle Garden. New York City, Tuesday, and discharged all its employe except Superintendent Jackson. The Aldermen of New York City Tues day pasfed the resolution permitting the New York and Lopg Island Railroad Company to construct a tunnel under the East river. The noted bull in a china shop bad a counterpart in Norfolk, Va., tbe other day, when a steer took possession of a clothing store, from which ho was evicted with diffi culty. A company has been organized in Chicago for tbe delivery of parcels and light weight goods throusbout the city and snburbs by means of bicycle. Articles of incorpora tion have been applied for. The Indianapolis JVetoj says the new binder and reaper trust will, on January 1, dis charge! several thousand men from the factories and office? throughout the country, as their services will pot be needed. The four-masted barkentine Charles F. Crocker has just been launched at Alameda. CaL She is said to be the largest barkentine launched on tbe Pacific coast. She is 240 feet long and will ply between California and tbe Sandwich Islands. Patrick McCabe, convicted of complic ity in the plot to blow up tbe Glasgow Gas Works in 1883, died Tuesday Ip prison at Perth. Ho bad been insane for two years. McCabe's rriends allege his death was due to the cruelty of tbq keepers of tbe prison. There was a decided earthquake shock at Knoxville. Tenn., Tuesday morning about 6 o'clock. Persons from the surrounding country report the shock so severe that houses were shaken and dishes rattled. Many persons at .h-noxville were arousea from sleep and much startled. Fairfield, Freestone county, Texas, .is stricken with a mysterious disease. The Gov ernor was appealed to Tuesday, by telegraph, for medical aid. Tbe sickness broke out sud denly and out of 13 cases 11 deaths have oc cured. It baffles medical skill and kills in a few boars. A Maine ladywho lately celebrated her one hundredth birthday tells how her mother taught her to write on birch bark. The chil dren of those days iir their wildest dreams conld hardly have iinaoined the advantages and luxuries tbat the Httlo folks of to-day take as a matter of course. Frank Ham, Captain of the steamer Kineo, and well known to tbe thousands who frequent Moosehead late, Maine, every year, fatally shot himself a few days ago to escape being married to a respectable young waman of Greenville, to whom he wrote Saying that he was unworthy of her. A telegram from Medicine Hat, Winni peg says: Superintendent Niblock bas just finished plowing his gardens. The weather is as warm as June, and baying is still in progress on many ranches. A cricket match and other sports are being arranged for Christmas Day. They are playing lawn tennis at Sonris. An example of a rare animal cryptop rocta ferox never exhibited alive in England until now, is to De seen at tbe London Zoologi cal Gardens. It bas the reputation of being one of the most ferocious and bloodthirsty of carnivorous animals. It is half-way between a cat and a genet, and inhabits Madagascar. According to statistics just published, the average Parisian consumes during bis life time 1.800 pounds of bread and 1,000 pounds of meat, and thee he washes down with 57 barrels of wine, 400 litres of alcohol, about 100 litres of beer, and an equal quantur of cider. He alo absorbs 11,160 esg'. 1.600 p'ounos of fish, 1,800 pounds of oil, L800 pounds of salt and 20,000 pounds of vegetables. ' It has long been the custom for the breweries in Chicago to pay for the saloon li censes of theirpoorcr customers. A few days ago tbe brewery syndicate decided to stop tbis and it was expected tbat 1,600 saloons would be closed. Jt was announced Tuesday, however, that an Independent brewery, with a prospective capital or 51.000.000, is being established and it will pay the licenses of Its customers. "While Miss Dunson, of Plainfield, N. J., was on her way to New York, a few days ago, to make a last inspection of her wedding trousseau, sbe received probably fatal injuries by being run over while endeavoring to alight from the train. She was taken to New York In an amouiance, ana at oer bedslda Rev. Mr. Stafford performed tbe ceremony by which sba and James Paisley Long were wedded. The cow tree, the sap of which closely resembles milk, is a native of South and Central America. It is a species of evergreen, and grows only in mountain regions. A hole bored in the wood, or even a wonnd made in tbe bark of this remarkable tree, i almost immediately filled with a lacteal-like fluid, Alexander von Humboldt was the first traveler to describe this tree and bring it to the notice of European.'. Schiller, Goethe and Lessing are about to be introduced in Constantinople. Tbe Crown Prince of Meinlngen, who has already earned some repute by his translations of German classics into modern Greek, will undertake the temporary management of tbe Greek Theater In the Turkish capital far tbe performance of Schiller's "Robbers." Lessing'g "Emilia Ga leottl," and other German dramas in modern Greek. The United States Government has pur chased from the Trinity Church corporation in New York, tbe block of ground bounded by Christopher, Barrow, Greenwich and Washing ton streets. This ground will form the site lor tbe new Appraiser's stores. The price to be paid is S320.BS0 24. A clause in the contract provides tbat the Government may withdraw from the purchase at any time before February lnext. The contract for the building of the Ainmen ram for the navy, wbich bas been awarded to tbe Bath Iron Works, is a much greater undertaking than tbe two gunboats," now nndcr construction at Bath. Armed with a powerful ram. and provided only with rapid firing pieces, she Is intended to engage and destroy her enemies by means of ber powerful peak. Farther to insure ber fighting efficiency she is to be provided with water compartments which, on being filled, will sink her deckto witbln a few feet of the surface of the water. This deck will be heavily armored, and will effectually prevent the ingress of any hostile shells. Tbe ram is the design of Rear Admiral D. A. Ammen, United States Navy. It is cal culated that one or two vessels of the Ammen type will effectually prevent tbe passage of a hostile fleet up New xork Harbor. The ram must be completed two years after date of issuing of contract. She was authorized by Congress during the last session. She will cost in alt a little over JLOOCOUO. BITS OF HUMOR. "What did your girl give yon for Christ mas?" "A hint." "And what did you give ber?" The 6bake." Philadelphia Times. The Visitor (viewing the new baby) Do you tblnk be la going to resemble his father? The Mother I shouldn't be surprised. He keeps me up all night. Sew York Sun. "I think Mary Finkins is a real mean thing. " said one young woman to another. el don't see why?" Because, If she wasn't she'd come out from under tbe mistletoe and give some ot tbe other girls a chance," Washington Past. A Congressman, fired with ind ustrions vim, Has quitted Columbia's clime. To find Dr. Koch and discover from blm. If It's good for consumption of time. Washington Star. "I'm in a quandary: for an appropriate character in which. to go to tbe New Year's ball." You might go as a good resolution." Pact. ' An Eastern Kentucky man calls his wile "Old Lace," because she has ruined ber health with a tight corset. A'eta Xork JJerald, Hojack An Italiin astronomer reports that Venus turn) round bnt once Tear. Mrs. Ilnjick Well drefeea women must be very scarce where she lives. Chicaio later-Ocean. Teacher Whit are the agricultural products of Ireland? Tammy-Potatoes and Irlsa bulls. BKfala j;re.
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