fcsaKs a r -W??33PW5l8iraTr THE PITTSBURG ' DISPATCH, MONDAY, 'DECEMBER1 29, 1890. "v.. $&t ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 8. 1846. VoL4S, No. S3 -Entered at Pittsburg Postoffice, November 15. 1SST, as second-class matter. Business Office Corner Smithfield and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publishing House 75, 77 and 79 Diamond Street EASTERN- ADVERTISING OFFICE. ROOM SI, TRIBUNE BUILDING. NEW TOKK. where complete files or THE DISPATCH can always be lound. Foreign advertisers appreciate the con venience, llome advertisers and friends of THE DISl'ATCH, wlille In New York, are also made welcome. THE DISPATCH is regularly on sale at Breniino's, S Union Square. Aew York, and 11 -rlre. die VOpeia, Paris, France, where anyone who has been disappointed at a hotel news stolid can obtain it. TERMS OF THE DISPATCH. TOSTACE TREE IX THE USITED STATES. Dailt DisrATCn. One Year S s CO Dailt Dispatch, 1'cr Quarter S 00 Daily Dispatch. 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Cold tea still warms the Congressional system at both ends of the Capitol, notwithstanding a perlunctory prohibition; and all the signs indicate that the co-ordinate branches of the Government will inaugurate the New Year in the usual bibulous style, with variations and annexes as may be required. It is certainly to be hoped that the re formatory people who are taking the lid off, which covers this evil, may succeed in re forming the capital, or, at least, inducing a more sober frame of mind on the part ot our rulers. It was to be supposed that the recent elections would have had a sobering eflect on the majority party at the capital; but if so, its reformatory influence has been overslaughed by the tendency to undue festivity on the part of the minority. It is to be reared that the task of inducing the governing powers at Washington to forswear the cup that in ebriates more than it cheers, is almost as heavy a contract as to get them to aDJure special legislation, treasury raids, corporate jobbery, or spoils-hunting. Indeed there is reason to believe that the only remedy which will cure this evil is the one which The DISPATCH has heretofore pointed out as the sole cure for "the other abuses, namely, a new breed of politicians. A tkeuaky reform. There is a good deal of sensation in the many circles which committed themselves io admiration of General Booth's book on "Darkest England," over the assertion which appears to have been substantiated that General Booth did not write the book. The alienation made is that the work was done by some one else, and that the very plan which gave that work its character was not his. That this is true as alleged, is not yet licmonstrated; but as tbe most yet asserted in the General's behalf is that he actually wrote two chapters ot it, it looks like a con fession as to tbe rest of the work. The plan for transplanting and reforming the poor of London, set forth in that work, is a good one; but as part of reformation all around. General Booth, as well as the destitute cockneys, should be reformed of the dishon esty ot passing off other people's writings as their own. A SUCCESSFUL GUN. It is interesting to learn that, though tbe earlier experiments with cast steel can non were failures, at the test last week at Sandy Hook of the latest construction in that line a decided success was scored. At the same time, a remarkable measure of the progress made in gunnery was given by the range attained by the new pun. During our civil war the achievement of the "Swamp Angel" in throwing shells into Charleston, a distance of five miles, made the high water mark of long range gunnery up to that time. The new cannon at its test, the other day, threw shells a distance ot fitteen miles, thus if the distances were accurately measured surpassing the achievements of European artillery, which has heretofore at tained a range of twelve and thirteen miles. There is an industrial interest in the test, because it demonstrates that steel guns can be cast, with as good results as arc attained by the costly building-up process. Al though Pittsburg's Bessemer cast steel gun went to pieces on the first trial, the interest of this city in the successful manufacture ot cast steel cannon is still decided. No matter where the guns are made, if the casting process is a success, it will so cheapen the manufacture as to create an additional de mand for the steel of which onr city is the largest producer. Beyond that this success of a cast steel gun shows that there is no rea son why our steel works should not resume the enterprise of making cast steel guns, which was rather rudely interrupted by the failure of the Hainesworth experiment Pittsburg, both by its situation and indus tries, ought to take a leading part in furnish ing the Government with its new artillery. PRINCIPLES AND PARTISANSHIP. Senator Hoar has just assumed the same unfortunate position as Speaker Seed, in being found to have put himself strongly on record as belie viug'.that the parliamentary privileges which he has made tip his mind to try and suppress are necessary and impor tant safeguards of free government. Mr. Reed, in 18S0, declared that the privilege of the minority to withhold their rotes and force the majority to pass partisan measures by a quorum of their own number was an essential protection against the tyranny of the majority. Senator Hoar, having just made up his mind to urge a change in the rules so as to shut off the Democratic speeches against the elections bill, is con fronted by the following extract from an ar ticle of his on the Senate, published in the Youth's Companion no longer ago "than last November: In this assembly Itlie United States Senate speech is absolutely unfettered. Every meas ure can be discussed fully without restraint and amended without limit. This is of immenso importance, not only to the perfection of legis lation, bat also to the dignity of the Senate, and, in my opinion, to civIUiberty itself. If a member of the Senate, for no partisan purpose, and simply to expedite business, should desire to provide in the Senate rules for xaoving the previous question, he would be exercising the right of individual judg ment and would find many people to agree with him. But Senator Hoar and Mr. Beed have by their own acts convicted themselves of a readiness to throw overboard their own convictions in order to pass par tisan measures. Here is a parliamentary right which Senator Hoar has lately declared himself to believe "of immense importance, not only to the perfection of legislation, but also to the dignity of the Senate, and, in my opinion, to civil liberty itself;" and Sen ator Hoar proposes to throw aside the dignity of the Senate and civil liberty in order to carry out Speaker Eeed's plan of "doing our counting and making out our own certificates." Senator Hoar shonld understand that the partisanship which leads public men to dis card their avowed convictions is of the kind that most surely earns the public condemna tion. THE THIRD TARTX POSTPONED. ATopeka, Kan., correspondent gives else where the factors developed by the trip of the Kansas Farmers' Alliance representa tives through the South, showing a third party movement as the result of that organ ization to be impossible, at least for some years. The reason is, briefly, that while the old issue of race supremacy is at stake the Southern farmers will not consent to aban don old party lines, except upon a platform which saddles the principle of white suprem acy upon whatever new issnes the third party should raise. This view is probably the result of the contact between the most strongly Bepub lican clement of the Alliance with the Southern members who adhere to the most bigoted of the Southern Democratic views. So long as these conflicting elements keep up their divisions on old issues, the best thing they can do is to stick to the old party lines. But it may be questioned whether considerable elements of the Alliance, both North and Soutb, are not approaching the point where they can discover the old issues to be settled, and amalgamate on the more recent ones which are still to be decided by the people. The organization of colored Partners' Alliances in the South as auxiliary to the white bodies, is a most encouraging sign that a certain element in the South is on the point of finding out that the best solution ot the race question is for the whites to co-operate with the colored people on points in which both are interested, and to rely on the superior intelligence and abilities of the white race to preserve its supremacy. The growth of that idea may, it is quite evident, be so slow as to postpone the for mation of a third party; although it is no less a fact that some of the Alliance leaders expect to get their party into working ordtr by 1892. A postponement of the third party might accomplish one of two decided though very different results. It might dull the ardor which now inspires the organization and disintegate its political forces; or discus sion might purge it of its present economic vagaries, and give its platform a real strength that would command great respect and possess actual torce by tbe latter part of the decade. One thing may be counted upon, however. If the third party does not materialize there will be enough left of its original elements to make politics decidedly uncertain for the naxt few vears. XO RIGHTS AGAINST THE POWERFUL. It is an interesting outcome of the grand scheme for dividing up tbe territorie: of the African continent among the kingdoms of Europe that some of the people who have thus been assigned to the rule of different governments are protesting against a rule in which their choice has not been consulted. Almost at the same time come the dispatches stating that the Hovas of Madagascar refuse to accept the French as their rulers and that the Abyssinian king objects to the dictation of Italy. A cotemporary points out that both of these are Christian nations, which carries the rather peculiar inference that if they had been Mohametau or pagan, they would have no right to object to being par celled out among the civilized governments of Europe without their consent. There is more consistency in the somewhat brutal principle adopted by the European powers, that when their treaties agree, no one. Chris tian or heathen, has any business to say who shall be his ruler, nor any weak government the right to try to have its independence re spected. It is one of the severest stabs ever given to a public man to find a New York Democratic politician objecting to the Dana Senatorial boom, on the ground that Dana is a Mugwump, having been a Republican during the war and opposed Hancock and Cleveland.. This is a fearful retaliation upon tbe editor of the shining bat decidedly anti-mugwump Sun. The remark in The Dispatch about the rival production of Massachusetts and Ken tucky colonels moves the Springfield Republi can to deny the report, and to declare in addition that "the new Massachusetts colonels have no point of similarity with the Kentucky variety. They are not only a haudsomo set of men, but are entirely incapable ot carrying about old bourbo i whisky. If you question this state ment consult Brigadier General Taylor, of tbe Boston Globe, who is to have charge of the sup plies." This statement of tbe case will inevit ably lead an inquiring mind to propound to those eminent authorities, the Springfield Re publicans.nd Boston Globe, tho question what in tho world the Massachusetts colonels are there forT Possibly the reason why that Evanston co-operative cooking corporation is not re garded as a success is that it was not large enough to let the managers indnlge themselves in tbe practice of cooking the accounts. It is reported that "there is consternation in Chicago. News has rea cued there that a company with millions behind it has been or ganized to transport cattle alive from Wyo ming, Montana and Utah to Philadelphia for slaughter." As the transportation of live cattle has been going on for a generation, and dressed beet has displaced it as more econom ical, the cause for the consternation in Chicago does not appear plainly. If the project were to slaughter the cattle on the plains, and to save tbe cost of carrying tho offal, there might be more reason for agitation in the stock yards. The Commissioner of Navigation in his report favoring the elevation of the Commis sioner to the rank of a Cabinet officer has fur nished the best argument why there should be no Commissioner of Navigation. The Buffalo Express makes a comparison of Speaker Beed with Irby, of South Carolina, and on the assertion of the latter that he "did not care for precedents," bat was going to have the measures passed anyway, sagely defends Reed as never having done anything like that. This solemn defense of the Speaker, by finding one man who is more recklessly partisan than be, warrants a prayer on Reed's part to be res cued from the defense of that friend. What is the use of lugging it in as a for eign device under the title of "clotnreT" Why not call it a good old-lashioned previous ques tion? A Noeth Dakota Justice of the Peace has given a judicial ruling to the effect that Ignatius Donnelly's book really explains' the cipher in Shakespeare's works. Probably the Justice- decided this question on the basis that he understood the cryptogram as well as he did other points of law. The Court having sus tained Donnelly, no one can now dispute that Shakespeare was Bacon without incurring the pains and penalties of contempt. We have already had so much of the old fashioned winterthatwomighbbe satisfied to take a little variety of the new-fashioned sort. It comes lrom Springfield, Ohio, that the new Harvester Trust has saved $10,000,000 in ex penses over tbe competitive system. This sounds highly alluring; but'ln view of the fact that the trust aforesaid hat not been in work ing operation over two weeks, it is necessary to remark that the saving is so large as to indicate that it is altogether a saving ot the imagination. GOSSIP ABOUT OTJB "BETTERS. Mr. Cleveland has lost 75 pounds in weight, but he could well spare it and is more robust than ever. Napoleon Bonafabte dictated and after wards signed his lovo letters to Josephine a somewhat formal method of love-making, surely. Senator M. S. Quay is spending the holi days at his homo in Beaver, Pa., but declines to talk politics or discuss matters now before Congress. Leo SIIL, who Is an able financier, has already accumulated a considerable amount of money which is invested in loreign stock and deposited in foreign banks. The money is destined to create a reserve fund for the inter ests of the church. Victor Emanuel, tho heir-apparent to the crown of Italy, assumed a fictitious title while traveling in Russia and Germany not long ago, The title happened to belong by heredity to an impecunious Italian, who has now sued tbe Prince for compensation for its use. It is related of Queen Elizabeth that it was her delight to tantalize her courtiers during the Christmas season by donning an unusually stiff and wide ruff and standing under the mistletoe. It was upon one of these occasions that, Bacon having remarked that it was a pretty ruff on the Queen, Shakespeare replied that it was "also prettyrough on the court." Tite notable Russian nihilist, who is known throughout Europe under tbe pseudonym of Stepniak, is a Slav in the prime of life, and formerly was distinguished in the higher ranks of the Russian Empire under the title of no bility, which be inherited. His movements are constantly watched by the agents of the Russian police, and he lives in danger all the time. Strauss recently suffered a severe loss. The third act of his new opera, "Ritten Pazman," disappeared in a most unaccountable way. The opera was complete, and about to be given over'to the artists, and the composer, before he bad left his country house for town, thought be had locked it safely in a cabinet, but it can be found nowhere. Some time ago the com poser gave a heap of old manuscript to his valet to be burnt, and ho now fears the third act was in that heap. Tnouon Mr. Spurgeon's sermons do notpro fess to be profound, and though their freshness is in tbe illustration and the "setting." rather than in the though , they are as compact and coherent as tbe most systematic mind could desire. The direct preparation only takes a few hours although it must bo remembered that in another sense all the preacher's life has been a preparation and nothing is committed to paper beyond the "heads," which fill half a sheet of note paper. THE SEA ROUTE TO SLBEBIA. The Life-Long Struggle of a Dauntless Navi gator Crowned With Success. Commercial and Financial Chronicl Hitherto explorations and discover! : in the Arctic regions have been comparatively profit less. If nothing should occur to cloud the prospect now disclosed, something like success ofagennine kind has at last been achieved. A sea route to Siberia would have been the last thing to be dreamed of a few years ago. Yet sach a route has been discovered. Captain Wiggins, an English seafaring man of some means, conceived the idea that the difficulties in the way of a sea route to Siberia were exag gerated, and began a series of explorations In 1874. Since that date up to last year he had made 15 voyages in an earnest endeavor to civo his idea practical shape. Captain Wiggins' ex perience was not uniform. In 1SS7 he was so far successful as to get bis ship, the Phoenix, to the mouth ot the Tenissci. In 1588 here corded one moro failure, the principa' diffi culty encountered being ice floes in the Kara Sea. Last year Wiggins all but accomplished the task ho had assigned himself. In his ship, the Labrador, he made his way through the Kara Sea and reached the month of the Yen isscl, experiencing no inconvenlece from ice. But Karaoul, tbe estuary, is broad as well as long, studded thickly with islands, and swept almost continuously with nortbeaserly winds. It was Captain Wiggins' belief that the waters were shallow, and. having no steam tug with blm. ho refusod to run the risk of attempting to reach Karaoul. A syndicate was afterward formed In Eng land, and no time was lost in getting things ready for another, and what was meant to be a crowning, expedition. Two vessels were fitted up for the purpose, with a little steam tug; and such was tbe faith of the promoters of the scheme in success that they put valuable and suitable cargoes on board tbe two ships. Un happily, however. Captain Wiggins was unable to join tbe expedition. His vessel had met with an accident and had to be laid up in dock. The disappointment was great, but tbe work was proceeded with. Toward the end of July tbe two ships and tbe little tug left the London docks. In 39 days they had not only traversed the Kara Sea, but had penetrated the estuary otthe Venissci. and sailed up as far as Karaoul. At this place, where they met the riverine boats from Ycnlsscisk and exchanged cargoes, they remained 19 days, and returning maae the home voyage In 26 days more. The immediate practical result of this last expedition is the establishment of this new waterway. TRIBUTES TO SCHLTEHANrT. Cleveland Plain dealer: Dr. Schliemann's labors in tbe field of Homeric archxlogical re search have made his name world famous, and Americans have reason to be especially inter ested in him because he was a citizen of tbe United States. Philadelph ialnqui rer: Through his Indefa tigable efforts we are brought into closer touch with the Greece of 1000 B. C. than was Pericles. What Marietta did for the Egyptology Schlie mann did for the archaeology of Greece and Syria. His loss will be felt keenly, but the re sults of his labors will remain a lasting monu ment to bis genius. Philadelphia Pre'ss: Heinrich Schliemann, wonderful as his archaeological dijeoveries were, is as likely to be remembered for what he was as for what be did. But the question which will thrill tho learned world on the news of his death will be where do the wonderful finds go which make up his great private col lection, one of the most valuable to-day in pri vate hands. New York World: When It came to actual work he brought to bear upon Turkish stolidity and indifference the wiles of an irresistible diplomatist, and secured whatever concessions be needed for his excavations. In the progress of tho work he combined the imaginative hope fulness of an enthusiast with the coldly reso lute temper of the scientific searcher for truth, and wrought results as wonderful as those of any fairy tale. No life could be richer than bis in instractiveness, and few have been more fruitful ot enduring results. Philadelphia Times: Tbanks to Schliemann, Troy is now a reality; the treasures of Priam have been found; the house of Agamemnon at Mycenm laid bare to the sunlight, and the relics of a lost age the gold, the ivory and the jewels so long hidden have been preserved once more to gladden tbe eye of tbe artist and quicken the heart of the poet of to-day. He will be remem bered also by tbe generosity with which he pre sented his priceless collections to the various institutions of learning throughout Europo and his unselfish devotion to a work which renders erery student of the classics deeply his debtor. Philadelphia Record: There are few lives around which a greater romance clusters than that of Dr. Heinrich Schliemann, the archaeolo gist, whose death is announced. Born in pov erty, and compelled in his boyhood to toil early and late, when he reached manhood he set him self to the task of studying languages alone and nnaided. Unexpectedly coming into posses sion of a fortune, he devoted himself to arcbav ologv, and by his researches showed that tbe Homeric epics were not mere legends; that the blind old man of Sclo's rocky isle, who "beheld tbe Biad and the Odyssey rise to the swelling of the voiceful sea," sang of men and women who lived and struggled; that tho Plain of Troy nas not a myth, and that tbe treasures of Agamemnon were real and palpable things. No greater work than this was ever done by scholar or antiquarian in unearthing the history of tho Golden Age of the world. SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON, The girls are frequently delayed on acconnt of a misplaced switch. Quiet now, isn't it? No hurrying teet over bricks and stones, no steely sound from horse hoofs on block or cobble, no ciunching, clat tering wheels or clanging wagons, no bumping or thumping over thoroughfares anywhere. How the thick coating of snow muffles the sounds of life the bustle of traffic. Only the merry shout of the children playing on tbe world's white breast and the jingle-jangle of the dancing balls in the brassy bells cut the sharp air and creep through the snow-banked door ways and window ledges. The sonorous gongs of the street car lines sound wheezy, cracked, hoarse. The wheels slide over the shining steels, making a sound so faint it dies in the big piles of snow on either side. People push past with swift tread head down, bands pocketed, lips closed, eyes aglow silent, cold, speedy; Only the wind whistles and sings. Even tbe chirp of the cheerful sparrow under the eaves is missed. Icicles now hang where he wooed his mate, and surely his heart is sad. Soon after the shadows fall a silence seems to settle over the great city. The pulse beat is heard only on the main arteries. Tbe streets on either side are smoth ered in tne snow, shutout from the big world which throbs and groans and gasps for breath on their very edges. A solitude as deep as that offered the dweller beyond tbe lamp-edged limits of the town set tles with the night shade. The smoke clouds hang low, the stars look like tiny red lamps on tho brow of a black bill, but through the rifts which let in the silver streaks of the winter-polished moon they dance on the crystals that re flect their sparkling rays. Cold, quiet, white the city lies in winter's' grip. Bat inside, behind the tight-closed shutters, the drawn blinds, the battened doors, the weather-stripped win dows, the red fires and the bright lights shed warmth and give good cheer. The minutes swiftly reach tbe hours and the sleep god soon begins to throw the poppy seeds into your eyes. And how restful, how peaceful the slnmber in the silence of the muffled mart of life! Surely winter was made for rest. Get all you can. Gatner strength from the snow, hope from the frost, faith from tho ice. Bury care in the drifts and snatch joy from the firelight. Soon the tired feet will ba clattering again over the stones, tbe noise of tbe strife will be entering tbe open windows. The clang of the gong, the rattle f the cart, the din of a life suddenly aroused, but refreshed, will be heard. Then the birds will come up from the South to sing for you, tbe flowers will smile where tbe crystals sparkle, the sparrows will nest where the icicles hang. The man with a doublo chin can only raise one set of whiskers. Theatrical managers should make good astronomers, as they are all the while studying stars. Make up your mind that to-day is the last one and you will get the better of old father time. A UOET suit One over a gas bill. Philadelphia horses are affected with big head. They must havo caught the disease from some of their owners. A girl is frequently called chic simply be cause she cackles. An official is not a pauper, even if he is sup ported by the public Don't put on airs. Everybody can see through apparel of that sort. To the Snow-Bunting. O. bird of the cold white snow. Whence come you, whither goT I hear your peep-peep Where thj drifts lie deep Above the chill winds tha, blow, Sweet-throated bird of the snow! Do you eve. see flower or vine? Do you nest in the northern pine? I hear your gay twee." In the snow and the si -et, But never in summer sunshine; You sing best when snow is fine. Do you know no summer or spring? Never rest on a twig while you sing? I hear you chirp low While over the snow Yon flutter your black-brown wing. But never to branch saw you cling. Are th i crystals your only flowers? Dirt you mate in cold Arctic bowers? I know by your song That love camo along With you and tbe frozen white showers; Else you would not warble for hours. Sweet lark of the snow and tbe frost, White bird on the chill wind tossedl I know by your song The snow will lie long On the breast of that world you crossed. Sing sweet for the earth we have lostl What the African pigmies lose in stature they make up in stealth. Nature manages to equalize things somehow or other. The Signal Service men are always flagging the weather, but ic usually declines to stop. Always well worded A good dictionary. If your wife understands shorthand you can dictate to her occasionally. The signs of the times indicate prosperity, peace and happiness. If they have been read aright tbe weather can act as it pleases and humanity will not grumble. The "sockless statesman" Is the fellow the Kansas Alliance hopes to see knock tho socks off Ingalls. There Is more or less illusion-about tho bal let girl's wardrobe. A RACE horse can bo a bred winner as well as a breadwinner, providing the jockey is all right. Woodsmen always cultivate busbywhiskers. Where waves beat heaviest the pebbles aro brightest and the sand firmest. If you depend too much on others you will never develop your own resources. A poor excuse may bo better than none at all, but no excuse is better than either. A Life is so uncertain that you may be sum moned to attend a funeral while preparing for a wedding. Happily, we are so constructed as to be able to accommodate ourselves to either. The mind Is very elastic, hence the imagina tion is often stretched. Tho Situation at Present, Icicles bang from the dripping roofs, The snow clods stick to horses' hoofs; Hummocks grow where the leaky spout Squirted the freezing water out; Slippery spots are hid by snow, To walk aright you must go slow; The small boy hurls a chilly sphere Which you may catch on frost-bit ear; If by tbe cable you are hauled You run a risk of being stalled. Because the task they undertake Causes the motive line to break; Then you rebake the snow and ice In words more forcible than nice. When Western dentists begin to jaw each other they pull pistols. " " If joy killed a merry Christmas would indeed mean a fat graveyard. Some clergymen are fired through a church canon. Eyhaud, thanks to the French system which keeps a criminal in ignorance of the time set for bis execution, does not know which moment will be his next. "Blunt" men Gonld,Rockafellar, Vander bilt and the others who have secured the mill ionaire's piece on earth. Net earnings Tbe fisherman's.. The fellows who have been procuring J divorces without publicity are having more jUMUWJ till UVj Uai(,MUVUAWti tfX The safe burglar is naturally a man Via very prying disposition as well as a bore. A woman can drive a bargain better than she can drive a tack. The stocking is still hung up in Wall street Marriage shonld not be a limited partner ship, but a great many believe it is. It is easy to make an impression nowadays. All you have to do is to lie down in the snow. The sculptor frequently goes on a bust. Real estate always goes up when a mort gage is placed on it. A fashion writer says evening bodices shonld not carry sleeves or straps. This is how the girls are forced to bare arms'. A great many people gave their friends a cold stare yesterday. The couples who wed for gold seldom stick together long enough to celebrate tbe golden wedding. The tumbler in the circus is always jumping his board. This Is splendid weather for making taffy, girls. Wixlie Winkle. CONGRESSIONAL BUSINESS. The Papers Have Something to Say About National Measures. Impossible to See the Relief. Denver Kepnbllcan, Kep. J It is impossible to see that Senator Sherman's scheme for tbe issue of 200,000,000 2 per cent bonds would add anything to out-present circu lation. In the first place, these bonds would be sold for cash, and if the demand equaled the supply the sale would take $200,000,000 out of circula tion, temporarily at least. If the bonds should be substituted for 4s or 4Js. now held as secur ity for national bank circulation, the substltu- tlon would restore the cash paid for the 2 per cents to the circulation, bat that would cause no increase of currency. If no substitution should take place, and the national banks should buy the 2 per cents for increased circu lation, the withdrawal of currency which the purchase of 8200.000,000 of 2 per cents would cause would offset the subsequent Increase in national bank notes. Neither One Sorry. Philadelphia Record, Dun. After brooding for more than a week on the Republican caucus bill to prevent a dreaded centraction of the currency, the Finance Com mittee of the Senate has reported the measure in a very different form. The provision for is suing silver certificates and should silverlbe wanting, greenbacks in case the national bank notes should fall below a certain amodnt, has disappeared from the bill. As this clanse was a little compromise of opinion between the silver-mongers and the flat-money advocates, neither faction is likely to complain much over its omission. The Senators in a Quandary. Denver News, Dem.l The Republican Senators are in a quandary. Both Vice President Morton and President pro tern. Ingalls decline to preside and rule out of order all debate on Mr. Aldrich's new pre vious question rale. Unless the presiding officer arbitrarily refuse's to have tho question deba.ted the rule cannot be adopted. To shut off debate will be to defy tbe present rules. Such action would be revolutionary. A pre siding officer may be found who will make this ruling; but the next question is, will the major ity of his party stand by him? Wants a National Bankrupt Law. Philadelphia Times, Dem. There are now many honest debtors who greatly need an honest bankrupt law; bat they are an inconsiderable nnmber when compared with the thousands of creditors who need it. The conflicting laws for the protection of creditors and for the collection of debts are as varied as 'tbe Interests of tbe 44 old and new States wltb several Territories added; and it is well known that in most of the new States the laws specially protect the local debtor against the distinct creditor. This Man Would Abolish the Senate. Omaha World Herald, Dem.J The madness said to be cast by the gods upon those whose destruction is foredoomed has certainly seized upon the United States Sen ate. This is sufficiently indicated by the an nouncement of tho intended action upon tbe cloture measure, which is tbe amendment to the rules providing for cutting off debate and calling the previous question at the will of tbe Speaker. Amendments Have Killed It. Chicago Herald, Dem. The Steering Committee's bill "to provide against the contraction of tbe currency and for other purposes," tbe chief of the other pur poses being to promote the interests of specu lators in silver, has been reported from the Finance Committee with amendments which practically settle its fate. The Consolation Stakes. Youngstown Telegram, Hep. Tbe shipping bills are in danger of defeat in the House of Representatives because of the discovery that certain speculative members have been buying stocks in anticipation of their passage. The only consolation in case they do fail will be that those responsible for it will lose their money. McKlnley Bill Growing In Favor. Chicago Inter-Ocean. Kep. Day by day the falsity of the opposition to the new tariff law as the source of "high prices" becomes more evident. It really is a law to reduce revenue, to make prices lower, or to make qualities better in all things that are ot general consumption. Will Test Their Statesmanship. Denver Times, licp.l Tbe financial bill, which the Senate Commit tee on Finance has ordere5Senator Sherman to report to the Senate, is testing tbe states manship ot the Senators, East and West, as no other measure has done for years. Why Not Smother tho Session? Chicago Globe, Dein. Silver men have decided to smother tbe force bill in the Senate. Good. And now if only the silver Senators could be smothered in tarn the short session would prove a blessing in disguise. THE GREEN MOUNTAIN E0TS. The Battle of Bennington Soon to be Cele brated on the Historic Spot. Montpelier, Dec 28. Tbe elaborate cele bration to take place at Bennington during the summer of 1S91 in the observance of the cen tennial of Vermont Statehood and tbe dedica tion of the lotty battle monument, is already taking form. An act of tba last Legislature provided adequate means for carrying out ot both these events, and the responsibility lies with tbe State and not with- the Battle Asso ciation. The anniversary of the battle of Ben nington falls on August 16, which will be Sun day, so the 17th has been chosen instead. In 1877 the centennial of the battle was observed and was one of the most remarkable ceremon ies ever held in the State, graced by the pres ence of the President and others. It is believed tho coming anniversary will excel this, and it is estimated that 75,000 people will visit the historic town. The encampment of the State militia will take place at this time' and will occupy the grounds of the Soldiers' Home. President Harrison and many of the Governors will attend. The battle monument stands on the crest of State Arms bill. It is a magnificent obelisk of slate color, a shade that blends harmoniously with the surrounding hills, while the height of the monument gives it a good proportion to the peaks of which Mt Anthony is tbe greatest. Tbe monument Is higher than Banker Hill monument, and these two added to that at Washington, also similar in design, make three great structures In America which adequately commemorate the greatest conflict of tbe Nation. A Modern Love Story. Washington Fost.i Inspl Sel AS section, S3 J, SNOW AT THE CAPITAL. An Event Bo Rare as to Cause a Genuine Sensation The New and Old Ministers T'rom.Brazil Investigating a Theosoph ical Social Washington Notes. IFBOK A STAFF CORRISPOJTDENT. J Washington, Dec 2& Washington really has snow in winter once in a while, and when it does come it is a signal for fun and frolic such as more northern cities know little of, where snow is as usual in December as roses are in Jane. Yesterday there was sleet, snow and rain, sidewalks dangerous, street car tracks blockaded, the poor horses abused shamefully, only standing room in tho cars, a score of cars often stopped in line, tbe horses or the front one unable to go farther, though there were four and six instead of two. To day all is bright overhead, tbough our nearly AlVilVl ffanl.1 nMH.1 . - I.-- ...,- l- - .. j ,..., ot,cmu suit uu uiaue lb ouuie- what slushy under foot. A Sleighing Carnival. An old custom here In tbe event of a snow is a sleighing carnival on "the avenue," meaning always, as jou doubtless know, Pennsylvania avenue, which, with all the movement in other directions, will remain till the end of the Re public the great avenue of tbe Capital, and destined to be the grandest avenue of the world. I have just come in from a glance at this carnival. Eeverybody who can muster a pair of runners, with something on them to sit in and ahorse, or the shadow of a horse, to pull them, is out. on the avenue. The street each side tho car tracks is much wider than the entire width of most streets, and both sides from Treasury to Peace monument, a fall mile, are abandoned to the winter madness, which is excused and encouraged on account of its rarity. Big country sleds holding eight or ten couples, drawn by tough-looking plow horses; single, double and triple cutters, magnificent in pattern and decoration, whisked along by two, four and even six English thoroughbreds with tails docked short; fast, trotters in cutters so licht and graceful they glide over the snow as a bird on tbe wing; tbe conventional livery rig, which can be discerned as far as one can see; a tally-bo coach body on "bobs;" rough boxes hammered together for the occasion, on runners of plank; hogsheads sawed in two, and even a big wash tub, are made to de duty as sleigh boxes; and all are mingled together and driving pell-mell, with oc casionally an upset and a runaway to vary the performance, which would be quite lively enough without them. Everybody In the Swim. Liberty and equality, if not friternity, are supreme. The retired millionaire is of no more account than the ex-slave, still slavish enough, but full of the spirit of tbe times, who has loaded the body of his ash cart on improvised runners of slabs, and endeavors vainly to whip his bony Rosinante into a decent trot. Sena ators and cabinet officials and small clerks and messengers; great capitalists In business and their $40 a month counter jnmpersrprohibltion ltsand saloon keepers; speculators in real estate and stocks; gamblers on margins and gamblers on green baize with cards and ivory chips: grand ladies of tbe haut ton, wbo ocenpy tbe front pbws in the most fashionable taber nacles, and tbe not less elegantly clad of the proscribed class from glittering drawing rooms "below the avenue," mingle together, for once on a common level, and tbe presence and mer riment of tbe one apparently never dampening tbe enjoyment of tbe otber. All That Is Necessary. "I see by The Dispatch that a Theosophist Society Is being organized in Pittsburg," said tbe blonde, leonine and profoundly philo sophical Prof. Elliott Cones, to me the other day. "Well," he continued, "that is very easy. All that is necessary is an understanding be tween half a dozen people wbo have been or wbo want to be gulled, or who want to gull other people for money, and wbo are able to contribute $5 apiece to W. Q. Judge, of New York, whose business it is to take the money and send a neatly decorated cbarter which probabl' cost blm 10 cent'. Judge and bis cbarter mill an about all them is' now of tho Blavatsky-Olcotc American Theosopbical So ciety, though I notice in tbe newspapers that Madam Blavatsky has now split with her dupe, Olcott, or be with her. How any respectable person can be associated with even the shadow an organization in which this gang ha any voice, now that they have been exposed, I can not conceive," Something of an Investigation. Prof. Cones, it will be remembered, went into the Theosophist Society for tbe purpose of in vestigation, and as a result published tbe most unmerciful exposure of Blavatsky and her crowd that I have ever read. The Professor is a profound investigator, but is not to be de ceived by trickery. He Is one of the most active and famous members of the Society for Psychical Research, has seen many strange things, even to the creatures called tha "ghosts," but is not convinced that any of the so-caueu supernatural puenomena are not mere illusions ot sight and mind. He goes on with bis investigations, and meanwhile is always a most charming companion. A Recall That Causes Regret. Everybody who knew him is sorry on account of the recall of Senor Valente, late Brazilian Minister. Tho little, dark featured man was one of the mostgenial and affable of diplomats, and If loyal to tbe monarchy was a prince of democrats in conduct. When he had a good bit of news and bis newspaper friends failed to come to the legation for it, he would go to tbe newspaper office, be it day or night. That is my style of diplomat or politician. Bat if we speed the parting guest wo must surely wel come the coming one for Senor Mendonca, the new Minister,;is anotber good fellow, with a Maine Yankee girl lor a wife. He is rich and cultivated, and a liberal patron of the arts. He has a costly collection of old Spanish and Italian masters, and many fine specimens of tbe modern school. What is best of all, he doo3 not decry an artist because he is an American and still livinc and painting. A few months ago he brought Max Weyl. of this city, and one of tho foremost American landscape painters, to the Adiron dacks with him as his guest, giving tbe artist a splendid chance for autumn sketching, and not only that but bought several of the resulting pictures at good prices. Such patronage from a severe critic of art is giving Weyl quite a boom, and his excellent work bids fair to be come tbe fashion. Mr. Fischer, tbe leading art dealer.andafine critic of art works.has sold sev eral Weyl landscapes at high prices during the holidays. A New Art Gallery. Woodward A Lothrop, proprietors of one of our immenso bazaars. In building a spacious addition to their storehouse, constituted a large and beautiful room for a permanent art gallery, and'in the Intitial collection are a Jacaue, a He nner. a Rousseau, a Diaz, Joseph Israels, a Ricot, and otber good works. An immense canvas by Otto Wolf, not without some fine qualities, is purchased by the Arm to remain in tbe room. Local and other artists will be given tbe room tor exhibition free of charge, and without commission on sales. So liberal a movement is worthy of the highest praise. Tho only important picture purchased within the year by the Corcoran art gallery is a head by Couture, a good example ot his work. Tbe gallery is "saving up" for tho Seney sale which will soon take place in New York. Failing to secure the "Angelas" at the Secretan sale, though they bid upward of $100,000 for it, they will at tbe Seney sale have the oppor tunity to get tbe "Blind Tobias," which Is one of Millet's best. Tbe fond in band la sufficient to bay almost anything they want. At a former Seney sale tboy bought tbe "Help ing Hand," by Renouf, which is a very popular canvas. E. W. L. .HOLIDAY PARAGRAPHS, Oil City Blizzard: There are some people wbo, if given a present, will beg a basket to carry it borne in. York Gazette: The turkey that escaped Thanksgiving day and Christmas contemplates New Year's day with grave misgivings. Warren Mirror: It is time to think about what your Ne v Year's resolutions will be. The young man will generally resolve upon some thing very easy to break 07er. Cleveland Plaindealer: Itisabont time to bant up your stock of good resolutions lett over from last January. Brush the dust off them to-day, so thattbey will be bright and ready for us next Thursday. Lancaster Intelligencer: There la no doubt that there are many poor people in this city wbo are deserving ol charity, but Is also certain tbat there are quite a number of imposters. It is tbe general belief of people tbat some of the latter class are now receiving the benefit of the soup bouse and other worthy charities. People who desiro to give to tbe poor shonld investi gate many of tbe cases and see whether the ap plicants really are worthy. Philadelphia Times: With the perennial faith in himself which is one of the mos charming of bis qualities, civilized man will begin again daring the next few days to tabu late bis individual schemes of reform, these to take effect as binding on the first of January. The universal adherence now given in to this semi-superstitious observance has frequently been commented on. So universal is it that tha earlier weeks of any January are safe to be marked by an amelioration ot human con ditions and human nature almost equal to a i toy millennium. OUR MAIL POUCH. Eflect of Shooting the Well. To the Editor ofThe Dispatch: In your issue of 26th Inst. I notice the Ex position managers expect to put a charge of explosives in their well at the Exposition for the purpose of Increasing the pressure. I should like to ask what effect the shot will have on tbe flow or pressure of gas. I maintain tbat the pressure will be decreased fully one half, but that the volume will be increased more than half, basing the 'assertion on tbe rock pressure The well now has all the rock press ure of that vicinity. Why and how can the shot increase something tbat is not there? On the otber band, yon have so many square laches of surface in the walls of well which are filled with pores through which the gas es capes, driven by the rock pressure. Suppose you have 3,000 square inches. Your charge of glycerine will open and teara hole in the wall tbat will give many times the square inch surface. Then by exploding more of the porons rock, it will give more volume, but not pressure. If my theory Is wrong should like to be corrected by some of the gas experts. Experience. Dee, Pa., Dec 27. Some Biblical Lore. To the Editor or the Dispatch: The word "husband" is first mentioned In Genesis ill.. 6, and the word "-father" is first mentioned in the New Testament in Matthew ii.,22. W.G. Pittsburg, Dec 27. The above is pne of a score of answers to a query in The Dispatch the other day. All tbe replies do not agree, especially upon tbe second question. "A Constant Reader" says that the word "father" in the New Testament is first fonnd in Mattbew lit, 9, while still an other places it at Matthew lv., 21, Who Can, Give This Information? To the Editor of the Dispatch: Please state the year and date of the murder of Harriet Lane in London, Eng. SUBSCRIBER. Beaddock. Dec 23. He Was a Candidate In 1884. To the Editor of The Dispatch: To decide a bet state what year Ben Butler ran for the Presidency. James Campbell. Pittsburg, Dec 27. LIVE PENNSYLVANIA T0PIC3. Various Tlews Expressed by Editors Both In and Ont of the State. Fattison and the Australian Ballot. Albany Argus. Dcm.l Governor Pattison, of Pennsylvania. In his inaugural message, proposes to urge the Legis lature, as strongly as he can, to provide for a Constitutional Convention, so that the Austra lian ballot system may be adopted in that State. The sincerity of tbe Republican party in the matter of honest elections will thus be put to a direct test. It Is notorious that bribery and coercion at the polls are now as prevalent in Pennsylvania, as they were in N ew York State until our new election laws virtually put a stop to them. The chief States which now hold ont against the Australian system are Pennsyl vania. Ohio and Maine. In Pennsylvania, Gov ernor Pattison hopes enough Independent Re publican members of the Legislature will join the Democratic minority to pass tbe necessary legislation. The Oleomargarine Decision. Wheeling News. Judge Reed, of Pennsylvania, has substanti ally declared tbe oleomargarine law of tbat State unconstitutional. Oleomargarine i3 as wholesome and as legitimate an article of food as dairy butter. If made and sold as oleomarga rine it should have tbe same rights in tbe market. The laws against it are pieces of class legislation, which no one but politicians bidding for votes would have pnt on tbe statute books. Republicans and the Ballot. York Uazette, Dem.l Tbe ballot reform advocates will have every opportunity this winter to note the sincerity of the professions of Republican members of the Legislature in its favor. Governor Pattison will, it is expected, make it a leading feature in his inaugural address. A secret ballot bill will be presented tq the Legislature for passage and the legislators will have to go on record as to their position upon the question. Cameron and tlie Senatorshlp. Philadelphia, Bulletin, Kep. Mr. Cameron will not only be re-elected, but he will return to his seat with the general approval of the party so far as its action in tbe last campaign may be accepted as an expres sion of feeling: Mr. Cameron's canvass has been made openly and fairly, without any at tempt at coercion and without the aid of the Federal administration. Kepnbllcan Foresight and Hindsight. Norristown Herald, Kep. On January 20 Robert E. Pattison will be In augurated Governor of Pennsylvania. II the f oresight of the late Republican State Conven tion bad been equal to its hindsignt the name of the party inaugurated on that date would have been Hastings. A Plea lor Radical Politics. Lancaster Intelligencer, Rep.l 3 If Cameron has secured the Legislature, as seems probable, it is too late to defeat bim; but it is not too late to make a flgbt over bis shoul ders for radical Republican doctrine Reading Out of the Party. Springfield Bepuhlican.I One of tbe most remarkable of the phe nomena attending tho present period In the life of the Republican party is the effort of almost everybody to read ont of tbe party everybody else. Our readers are familiar with the attack of the Philadelphia Press upon Senator Cameron. Hardly less conspicuous is the branding by the Cincinnati Times-Star of Sena tor Preston B. Plumb as an apostate Republi can because be opposes the McKlnlev and federal elections bill and favors free silver. If this sort of business is carried to a logical con clusion, where will it end? Will it be Mr. Blaine, wbo has the rampant West at bis back because of his supposed hostility to McKinley ism? Will it be Mr. Ingalls, branded as a traitor by tens of thousands of Kansas farmers whose Republicanism is part of their religion? Will it be Mr. Hoar, whose pet scheme is de nounced by the Republican Senator from Nevada? Or will it be Mr. Halstead, whose pen refuses to scratch while the "force" bill is made the test of party fealty? In short, what is Republicanism, and wbat party man is its living exemplar? Tho people are someweat be wildered and will need enlightenment right soon! The Evanston Co-Operative Failure. Boston Globe. Tbe Bellamy experiment of co-operative housekeeping in Evanston. lit, has collapsed because $7 board was furnished for $1 a week, and the association soon found tbat $2,000 of its capital had disappeared. Besides, some of tbe Bellamyites complained that the cooking was too Frenchy, while others grumbled De cause it wasn't Frenchy enough. After all. tbere are some advantages in the old plan of housekeeping, where every family has its own cook-stove and can dictate its own culinary policy, having no one else to blame 11 things go wrong. Up to date the boarding house re mains tbe only practical solution of the co operative housekeeping problem. Still the idea is attractive, and some Napoleon of cookery may yet carry it to success. Indian Soldiers and Police. Brooklyn Standard-Unlon.i One recent lesson of the Indian troubles is worth noting, thinking a great deal about, and extending. We refer to the adaptability of the Indian to become a mounted policeman and look after other redskins. If it is necessary tbat there should be blood-letting among the Indians, let them kill each other. And the evo lution of the Indian police is Indian cavalry. There might be a couple of regiments of red horsemen; and well officered, they would be equal to Cossacks or tbe Lancers that are tbe pride of tbe British army in India. Tbe Indian likes buttons and sblning arms, and pomp and parade, and is not insensible to tbe advantages of being well fed and clothed ana the pos session of a little coin. Kcan's Treasure in Heaven. Chicago Ulobe.I It appears now that 10 conts on the dollar is too liberal an estimate of the Kean bank assets. The other 90 cents are laid up in heaven, perhaps. CURIOUS (MDENSATI0HS. Ice is 570 k ton in Colon. Of every million people in the world 800 are blind. Gatchina, the Czar's home, contain! 700 rooms. A negro in Alabama lived for nearly two weeks after drinking a quart of whisky ort a wager. India takes the palm for cheap postage. Postal cards cost half a cent each, and a letter goes for 1 cent. Of the 26 nobles who signed Magna Charta all bat three had to "make their mark," being unable to write. To such an extent is ether drinking practised in Ireland that it is now being Include edin the teetotal pledge. A combined chemical engine and hose cart has been patented by Chief Engineer Aitcbison, of Hamilton, Ont. London has 60,000 families tbat live in cellars, in some cases as many as 12 persons liv ing and sleeping in a single "apartment." There are in the United States 63 citieU with a population exceeding 25.000. Half a century ago towns of that size were compara tively scarce in this country. A surgeon says he can take any human face an d with four cuts of the knife and a few stitches so alter its original expression that a man's mother won't know him. A lady wbo advertised for a girl "to do light housework" received a letter from an ap plicant who said her health demanded sea air' and asked where the lighthouse was situated. Lancaster has a sonp house from which, cb arity dispenses bountifully of its products to the poor, tbe material for making the soup be ins contrl buted in large amounts by the pupils of the public and private schools. A newsboy named Armstrong took ilrs. Draper, who is old and crippled, to the In firmary at Cleveland, O., the other day, and es corted her home because she was too feeble to go well by herself. Mayor Gardner heard ef tbe lad's kind act. and "rigged bim out" In a new suit of clothes. There is a temple of Siva, near Allaha bad, in India, surrounded by a high mound, composed wholly of the fragments of earthen bottles. On one of the last days of February from 20,000 to 40,000 pilgrims assemble, each be ing provided with two or three earthen bottles, containing water from the Ganges, and a few copper coins. A swimming glove, which insures swift movement; in the water, has been invented by a Spaniard. The glove has webbed fingers like the feet of a water-fowl, so that on spreading; out the fingers daring the propelling stroke in swimming, a comparatively large surface will be presented to tbe water, and consequently the propelling action will be greatly increased. A half acre of ground and 510,000 worth of buildings slid off the earth at Iron Mountain, and into the lake and quicksand. Farts of the buildings were carried 50 feet. Fortunately tbe occupants were forewarned, and no lives were lost. Tbe bluffs are underlaid with quicksand, which is frequently carried oat by springs, causing acres every year to move into tbe lake, where the shore is not protected. The Czar of Russia is said to ha've given his son a quantity of advice before be started on his "globe-trotting" expedition. Among the things specially impressed on tbe Czarevitch, was tbe necessity of sbowing an almost prodi gal profusion in bis expenditure. Tbe Czar has also attached a photographer to his son's suite, and he has requested tbat all the letters sent to him by tbe Czarewltch may be accom panied by photographs of any scenes or cere monies of especial interest. Bev. Mr. Osborn, of Three Kivers, Mich., is a Baptist preacher who believes in tackling the sin of the world as he sees it and thinks there is as much opportunity for mis sionary work in Three Rivers as anywhere else. This style of preaching did not interest or please the pillars of the church, and they Invited blm to go elsewhere. He went, but not far. Organizing a crowd of strong Christ ians around blm he built a nice little chapel, and tbat chapel was opened Christmas night. In Scotland the parlor of the Comte de Paris Is exactly like a schoolroom- Each m em ber of tbe family has a desk-table of pitch pine, at which to read and write. Nobody mast med dle with tbe tabla of anyone else. Silence is the rule, unless when tbe Comte nr Comtesse de Paris gives leave to break it. Frencb visitors get very tired ot the domestic example set by their royal host. The royal hostess, they say, enjoys her field sports too thoroughly not to drop asleep tbe moment abe leaves the dinner table. The possible danger in the wearing of cheap combs and Dracclets made of celluloid was most curiously illustrated recently in Paris. A young girl sat down before the fire to study her lesson. She had on wbat is called a "crop comb." As she leaned forward, the comb be came heated, and burst into flame. The girl's hair was partly burned off. and for a long time arterward no bair would grow, as the skin of tbe head was much injured. Celluloid must be at ISO degress Fahrenheit before it will burn. The appliances for extinguishing fires that are now attracting greatest attention in Boston, as well as otber American cities, are the chemical engines, which have been found to give eminent satisfaction, their use resulting in the rapid suppression of fires, wbile avoiding the usual vast damage caused by water. Tbe officers of tbe Boston department are very warm in tbeir praises of these machines, which they claim have prevented very large losses, which would certainly have occurred if the firemen had to depend on the ordinary appar atus. A church society not far from Chicago has struck a method of raising the wind and its cbnrch debt tbat beats fairs, kirmesses and grab-hags all hollow. They extended their large church debt for five years at 6 per cent. Tnen raising $20,000 cash among tbe members, tbey intrusted it to a sharp Chicago real estate dealer, and he went West. Near the limits of one of the boomlne Western towns he pnr chased 40 acres at 550O per acre. In other words tne cburcb went speculating in dire Itis con fidently believed tbat in five years those 40 acres will be so badly needed for building par poses that people wanting homes will pay tha church $20 per loot, or $160,000. The day after the tobacco factory in Madrid was burned, 10,000 women invaded the palace court-yard, and Queen Christine gave orders that a delegation should be allowed to come to her. It was a strange sight, says an eye-witness, to see these cigarieres. with their sbawls crossed on tbeir hips and their red foulard handkerchiefs on their heads, mount ing ihe staircase of Charles V. never before so invaded. Tbey brought with tmm a little boy about tbe age of the young King. who. mounted on the shoulder of his mother, lisped out a little speech to tho Queen. Qneen Chris tine much touched, took the little fellow on ber knee and kissed bim several times. Tha Queen promised help, and in tbe meantime gave $2,000 to the cigarieres. WHAT TICKLES TJS. This world is like a crowded 'bus, A few good men. perhaps. May and a seat, but most of ns Mast hang on by the straps. Spare Homtnti. Angry Office Man Confound yon, you don't work half the time. Btylographle Pen-And you don't work the other half. Our hours differ that's the trouble. Texas Sitings. Distressed young mother, . traveling with weeping Infant: "Dear, dear! I don't know wbat to do with this baby." Kind and thoughtful bachelor In next teat: "Madam, shall I open the window or yon?" Spare Moments. Stranger in Washington What baa hap. pened-what Is all that noise about? Kesident Oh, that's General Greely celebrating one of his weather forecasts has come true. Sea Xort Sun. "Why don't you try the Faith Cure?" So I did." "And bow did It work?" - "Oh, successfully!" 'By Jove ! and It enred your asthma?' ' "Ob, no! Bat It cured my faith." Grip. A Watkins man has invented for his wife a clothesline that holds clothes without tbe aid of pins. Me will prove himself a more kind husband If he will go ont In the back yard and takedown the clothes when they are frozen still as a board. Korristoum Herald. He Whom do yon think the prettiest girl In the room? She (with a blush) Well, If I were someone else 1 shonld say 1 was. Eng tish paper, Hardup What! Thirty-five cents for butter? Grocer Yes; it is gilt-edged. Hardup It ought to be solid. Jew lori Herald. Cholly (tenderly to his darling) And what is Dnckle going to give ber Cholly for C'hrlstmai? Dnckle (blnshlng and twittering) She islgolnz to glYelilm her own little self. Cholly (with much more sense than ws ex pected of blm) What an expensive present. Springfield Bepvtltcan,
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