ilwFI ' THE ' ' -TITTSBUBQ-! DISPATOHfTUESDTDEoMBERPiSOf "1890? cgrm ; rSTABUSUED FEBRUARY S, 1S45. Vol.13, o. XX. -Entered at Pittsburg Postofficc November 11. lsS, as second-class matter. Business Office Corner Smitnfleld and Diamond Streets. Kews Rooms and Publishing House 75, 77 and 79 Diamond Street. EASTERN ADVERTISING OFFICE. ROOM 21. TRIBUNE BUILDING, SEW YORK, where complete files of THE DISPATCH can always be found. Foreign advertisers appreciate the con venience. Home advertisers and friends of THE DISPATCH, "nhllo in New York, are also made welcome. THE DISPATCH is regularly on sale at i'rrofano'. S Union Square A'cw York, aid 17 Are. tie COpe a, Paris, E.-ance, xrhere anyone uho hat been disappointed at a hotel nctcs stand can obtain if. TERMS OF TIIE DISPATCH. TOSTAGE TKEK IX THE CKITED STATES. 1'AILT Dispatch. One Year ? SCO Daili Dit-r-ATcn, Per Quarter 2 CO Daily dispatch. One Month - Daiu Dispatch, Including Sunday, lvear. 10 CO Duly Dispatch, including fcunday.ain'ths ISO Daily Di'Patcii. Including fcunday. lni'lh 90 fcfMiAY DlsrATCII. One ear 150 VEhKLY DlsrATi-H, one Itar 1 25 The daily Dispatch is delivered by carriers at ;Scenu per w eel, or Including bunday edition, at 2Ccent per week. PITTSBURG. TUESDAY. DEC. SO, 1894 TIIE MAYOR'S MESSAGE. Mayor Gourlcy's message to Councils con veys the idea of a broader and keener ser vcillauce o' city affairs by the Chief Execu tive than has hitherto been custoniarv. This is one of the results of the Charter of 1S87, which divested the Mayor of the petty func tions of a police magistrate, and set before him instead a larger consideration of all matters of municipal interest Mayor Gourley approaches this task with an ade quate view ot its scope. The most salient of his recommendations yesterday is an amendment to the Charter by which the heads of the departments shall be elected br the people, in place of being chosen as now by Councils, and that the Mayoralty it self be vested with authority involving 1-rger responsibility than attaches to mere suggestion and review. Both points are well taken. The present heads of the departments in Pittsburg have in the main been very efficient; and some of them, notably the Chie.s of Public "Works and Safety, have shown even a laudable zeal for good government and for the city's inter est. These officials hold their placi by Cour.cilmanic selection. This, however, by no means vitiates the idea that an amend ment placing the choice directly in the hands of the voters would be a guarantee for the future. That the people are capable of direct appreciation of efficient and honest work in office is not to be doubted; and the tenure of capable men would be more likely to be secure in this way than otherwise. A three years lerni would prevent too fre quent changes. Tne Mayor discusses with considerable force the need ior a reiormation in the sys tem of real estate assessments, better equal ization of burdens than is now done. Until, iiowevcr, a new system be devised city assessments remain a matter of detail for the judgment and conscience of the assessors. It would be a good thing if Mr. Gourley and others were to present a plan to work out the desired end. The present system has been abundantly and justly criticised, so that interest would readily awaken in any thing better that might be offered. The tame remark applies with even greater force to county assessments, which are not only not so fair as those of the city, but are often a mere travesty. The Mayor's position on the free bridge question and upon the management of the sinking lund will also commend itself to the public as sound. He realizes that the difficulty and delay in purchasing any ot the existing private bridges, at such prices as the owners would be sure to put upon them, would either postpone free communi cation with the Soutnside indefinitely or else involve a ourden ot cost far beyond the extent of new constructions. By selecting the site for the initial free bridge at Tfrcnty fifth street, near which no bridge now exists, and which would yet give the most direct and immediate connection with Schenlev Park, the Mayor follows the drift of popular needs and opinion upon the Snuthside, and at the same time gives no excuse for such opposition as the private corporations owning the present toll bridges would interject into Councils if the first free bridge came so close as to trench upon their revenues. The Mayor's message, on the whole, is worthy of attentive consideration and of favorable action hereafter by Councils. BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS' BENEFITS. Building and loan associations may lay claim to having benefited a great many peo ple in this community during the past few years. The industrial classes have been se curing homes of their own at an unprece dented rate, and it is estimated that lully one-halt of this class, who have secured homes in the past two years, have been as sisted by these associations A feature of the recent business of these concerns is their willingness to loan so large a percentage of the value of property as 75 per cent. This indicates, first, a prosperous condition on the part of the building associations, and, second, the estimation in which Pittsburg real estate is held as a securitv. OUR PECULIAR TAX SYSTEM. 'Concerning: the fact that the State of Pennsylvania realized 51,378,000 from the collateral inheritance tax last year, the Philadelphia Xorth American calls it "confiscation to just that extent" It is rather difficult to see why the taxation of inheritances should be deemed confiscation any more than the taxation of any special class of property or privilege such as licenses for example. But there can be a more general agreement in the assertion that, if inheritances are taxed at all, they should all be taxed on an equal and general plan. There is a remarkable lack of public consistency in the rule by which, if an immense fortune goes to one or two direct heirs, it escapes taxation; while if it is distributed among a great many beneficiaries who are not heirs of the body, it must yield a large share to the State. Another peculiar feature in this connection is that the Pennsylvania fiscal system contains features which go tar toward justifying what are generally con demned by organs of the financial school, ai demagogic theories of taxation. The taxation of inheritances and a graduated income tax have both been urged as measures for discouraging the perpetuity of great fortunes; and both have been corre spondingly condemned as sciolistic measures. But we see here that Pennsylvania taxation contains the feature of an inheritance tax, although so imperfectly adjusted as to de feat the distribution of great fortunes; and the sane thing is measurably true with re gard to the income tax. The opponents of that sort of tax have called it "a tax "on en terprise." That is incorrect; as the income tax is rlally a tax on prosperity. It is a tax on enterprise when it is levied directly on the gross traffic of persons, firms or corpora tion! engaged in any sort of business; and exactly that tax is levied by the business tax under the Pennsylvania laws to-day. If principles were observed in taxation it would seem imperative on Pennsylvania to conform these features of taxation to one or the other of the opposing systems. It should either repeal its inheritance and business taxes altogether, or it should make them uniform, and adjust them so as to bear equally against wealth, instead of having a partial and abortive application. THE DANGER OF THE COMBINATION'S. Concerning the report that the plate glass manufacturers and jobbers are to get together in a combination to advance the price ol plate glass 25 or 30 per cent, the New York Press (Republican and tariff paper) makes the lollowing pointed remark: The avowed intention ot. the Plate Glass Trust, which Has called the meeting, is to keep plate glass prices at the highest flguro possible and at the same timo shut out all importations. It is by such combinations that the effect of protection, through competition reducing prices, is prevented from having Its way. The Dispatch has often pointed out that the purpose of such combinations in the protected industries was antagonistic to protection, exactly as the New JTork Press, the most active organ of protection in the country, puts it. We do not understand that the plate glass combination is a settled thing; but if it should be formed it would prevent a striking example of the way in which such devices defeat protection. Un der protection the plate glass industry has thriven and expanded to a remarkable de gree The competition between the domes tic establishments has reduced the price of plate class; which was the avowed ob ject of the protective tariff. At the same time, the industry has been so prosperous that within the past year several new establishments have been organized. "With that record of suc cess, the formation of a combination to put prices 25 or 30 per cent above the level fixed by domestic competition would put the in dustry in the attitude of seeking to defeat the avowed public purposes for which they are protected. Another point might suggest itself to the members of the industry contemplating this combination. There has been some com plaint among them that too many new fac tories are being built, with the prospect that tb- competition will cut into the rich profits that they have enjoyed in the past. But if the range of prices prevailing this year affords such profits as to attract new capital largely into the business, and to in duce even the people making this complaint to invest large sums in the extension of their plants, wha. will be the result if prices are put up 25 or 30 per cent? Can there be any surer way of creating ajush of capital ior the construction of new factories to share the enhanced profits? Another, and scarcely less inevitable re sult of such combinations in the protected industries, is set forth by the sentence with which the New York Press concludes the remarks just quoted. It is: "In such cases Congress would b supported in taking the duty off the product." When the most ultra high tariff paper in the United States makes tha. statement the member" of tariff protected combinations should reflect that they are not only doing their best to defeat the legitimate purpose of protection, but they are furnishi g the strongest incentive for an agreemen. between protectionists and free trader.: alike to repeal the duty on their products altogether. A COMMITTEE OF FIFTY. The "committee of fifty" in Allegheny may accomplish some good, if its purpose is merely to indorse the good men nominated for official positions, and work to secure the nomination of such men only. Such an ob ject is one for worthy effort at all times, not only on the part of a "committee of fifty," but a committee of the whole population. The one danger about these committees is that they may get corrupting elements in them the same as the large body politic We -wiBh the Allegheny committee better luck than this. TIIE LOCAL LEGISLATOR'S POLICY. The action ot the Allegheny County Leg islator's caucus yesterday was on the whole about what was looked for as probable. It consisted merely of the indorsement of Sen ator Cameron for re-election, and of the appointment of Mr. Stewart as spokesman and leader. The proposal to discipline the Senator because of his sensible antagonism to the force bill evidently was not a con sideration. By reason of his unopposed canvass and of the support of active poli ticians through the State, it is almost un doubted that Cameron has the situation to such an extent in hand that only the inter vention of Quay could raise a likelihood of his defeat at Harrisburg; and there seems no reason, at present, to doubt that Qnay is as actively for his re-election as any other adherent The late Delamater defeat ap pears to have left no lasting resentments in that quarter so far as the junior Senator is concerned. The caucus failed to take advantage of its opportunity in 'not formally declaring for good country roads and canal navigation. But we are glad to be informed that at least some of the members have strong views on both these important public questions. Nothing will more please The Dispatch and the public than that occasion should arise in the future to give them credit for effective work. We shall wait with some interest and see without being too sanguine. A MISTAKEN POLICY. The remarkably good showing made by the statement of the Pennsylvania .Railroad, which shows net earnings on the Eastern lines or 519,025,000 for the first eleven months of the year, an increase ol 5872,000, naturally calls forth a deserved tribute of praise from the financial journals of New York. One ratherquestionableindorsement of the Pennsylvania's policy takes the fol lowing form: The Pennsylvania Railroad 13 one of the few companies which spends most liberally when it earns most Its charges against operating ex penses are liberal, and when the earnings fall off expenses are very promptly cut down. For that reason a reduction in the operating ex penses in proportion to gross earnings may be taken as a red flag of danger. So far as the splendid management of the Pennsylvania Railroad is concerned which, while we may often have to criticise the steps which that corporation may take to prevent competition; The Dispatch is always ready to recognize the above remark will apply only to such diminutions of expenses as may be justified by a decrease of traffic We may take it for granted that the Penn sylvania Railroad will maintain all such expenditures as are necessary to main tain -its road-bed and rolling stock in first-class condition. But ai the above extract, with its context in the journal from which it is quoted, implies au indorsement of the policy to which railroad corporations are prone, of cutting down necessary expen ditures for maintenance of way and replace ment of rolling stock in periods of dullness, it is pertinent to point out the false economy of such a course. In the first place any far-sighted policy will recognize that while periods ot light traffic may intervene the ultimate increment of freight must from the very nature of com merce and industry maintain its average volume It is just as necessary, then, to keep a railroad in first-class order, to replace worn out track and buy new rolling stock, in periods of light traffic as in periods of heavy traffic. It is a natural fault for rail road managers, when-put to their trumps to find net earnings enough to pay dividends or fixed charges, to seek their enhancement by postponing needed repairs. But an im partial view of the subject will readily per ceive a double evil in doing so. In the first place it leaves the road in a bad condition, and, in proportion to the duration of the policy, it cripples it for the time when the increase of traffic makes an urgent demand on all its facilities. It is to this policy more than any other that we owe the periodical trouble of car shortages and the apparent epidemics of derailment Beyond that, it is the fact that the policy of cutting down purchases of rails and roll ing stock when traffic is light is a powerful factor in aggravating the alternations from dull traffic to excessive traffic. The grain movement falls off, let us say, and as a resnlt the railroads discontinue their pur chases of rails and the materials for cars and locomotives. By so doing they cut off another source of freight business and in tensify the dearth ot traffic If the ex penditure for materials were an unnecessary one, it would of course be bad economy to make it simply to enhance the freight move ment But with the knowledge that these expenditures must be made sooner or later, it is no less bad economy to let that branch of their traffic be cut down until the revival of the general freight movement causes a universal demand for railway supplies and s general overtaxing of railway facilities. A settled railway policy such as we be lieve the Pennsylvania Railroad to pursue, notwithstanding the somewhat ill-advised laudation which we have quoted will re gard the expenditures necessary to keep track and rolling stock up to a high stand ard as a fixed annual charge hardly second to that for interest, and prior in its im portance to that for dividends. But if any discrimination is to be made between sea sons, it will be wiser ior the railroads to ex pend lreely for repairs and replacements when traffic is light than when it is heavy. The work can be done with less difficulty then; it will keep up at least a share of the movement of freight, and diminish the ex treme character of the fluctuations from dull to busy season:; and finally it will leave the railroads in the best condition to handle the increased traffic when business revives. The following outburst from an esteemed metropolitan sheet indicates a singular mix ture ol the highways in the vicinity of New York: "Somehow it looks as it homicide were justifiable when a pig-headed farmer trottles along with his market wagon in front of a mail tram, thereby delaying it one solid hour. What wa3 the matter with throwing the bucolic chump, cart and all, into the snow at the sideT" A more pertinent inquiry would be what would be tne matter of arranging things so that mar ket wagons and mail trains will not run On the same roads. Concerning the mention of Governor Pennoyer, of Oregon, as a Democratic Presi dents quantity the New York Press remarks: "If all tbo Democratic Governors come to tho Democratic; National Convention with their State delegations supporting them what will Grover Cleveland's chances be?'' The :- tranrdinary nnmber of Democratic Governors this year does seem calculated to impress th. standing Democratic candidate a. well as th '. Republican organs. It is a subject of regret to learn that Mayor Patrick Gleason, of Long Island City, is accused of extorting money from applicants for liquor licenses. That is a municipal prac tice which is entirely too commonplace for a man of Gleason's originality. He should con fine himself to the unprecedented and wholly unique municipal function of chopping down the sheds of railway corporations which en croach upon the public property. The new device by which, it is stated, the watch can bo made to act as a compass by ob serving the position of tho hands toward the sun, is a very interesting one. But with regard to utility the fact that people have for cen turies been able to determine the points of the compass by tho sun, and that compasses are needed most urgently when the son is not visible, it is to be feared that the watch will be a sorry snbstltnte in actual use. Snowballs and small boys make quite a dangerous combination sometimes. By all means let the small boy hare his fnn. and his old-fashioned snow-balling matches if he wants them. Bat where is the fun in pelting an inoffensive old lady with snowballs as she passes along the street, or knocking an ear off a strange man with an iceball because he happens to be out? Brother Clarkson still persists in de claring that It is the duty of the Republican party to "reinforco its press." True; andhe best way to reinforce the Republican press is to take a course that will enable the press to con vince the people that the Republican policy is a sincere one. Still another combine. This time it is the manufacturers of road-making machines who will form a trust Our roads are bad enough, now, in all conscience. A trust to make good roads would be more in the line of patriotic progress. Daylight bank robberies are hardly to be preferred to midnight burglaries, though either are preferable to the long-drawn-out despoilment of the crooked cashier. The rob bers usually leave something for, the de positors. The order of the Department of Public Safety that nil saloons must close at midnight, is calculated to put a much-needed limit to prolonged and exaggerated inebrity. An Ohio caucus is reported to have turned McKinlcy down and Sherman up. Tho tronblo with caucuses is that the people do not always follow their precepts. Big Foot's surrender indicates the suc cess with which the United States has put a larger foot down on tbo threatened Indian rising. Ignatius Donnelly as the farmers candidate for President would bo as nncalcula ble a quantity as the Shakespeare-Bacon crypto gram. Mr. Gladstone is to be congratulated on his doable anniversary. May be still bo able to cnt down Hawarden trees for another year. Next week we shall have both the State Legislature and Congress. There is no telling what other calamity may afflict us. While that new Kansas statesman is de scribed as "sockless," it is intimated that he has a sock in store to give Ingalls. Pernicious activity In snowballing is marked by tbo'police for suppression. Mayor Gotjrley's maiden creating quite a breeze eflort is SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON, The man who moves In a set circle is not such a good all-around fellow as some people imagine. The country folkaro getting the best ot the winter for a fact Ont beyond the lamps and the water mains the snow is white, the air pure, the clonds higher, the moon brighter. In the city limits the chimneys belch soot which blackens the white spread, thousands of feet stir, mix up and trample it out of Bhape and mix it with the slims of the gutter. It is slushy in the shadows of the tall buildings, and Arm, crackling, pure beneath the bare arms of the trees. In the city tho young and the old shiver and shake over the flakes: in the country they wado knee-deep In the drifts and grow waiin at work or play. The good house-wife can bleach her linen on the snowy lawn in the oountry, but in the city washday means a steam saturated abodo and a roaring fire suds. Boot and sadness. A sleigh ride in the country is not a long parade -of sqnealcy, patched, antiquated rigs on runners scraping over steel and stone at regulation speed, dodging cars and carriages, policemen and street arabs. It moans a spin in tho white solitude a slide over the glazed,! rost-crackling, ,rutless, stoneless roadway, your feet In straw and your heart not in yoar month for fear of a mishap' and a bill from the liveryman. And tho hill-sliding of the youngsters Is different, too. The man with the club is not at the foot of the long slope, they have no fear of getting tangled up in the wheels or trampled by tho horses. It's smooth, swift sailing on tho Blip-, pery slide until little limbs tire, little hearts beat fast little voices grow weary with the laugh and the chaff of thecoastlng frolic Then they skate and spin in the open air, too, instead of under roof on a speck of spongy, gut tered, overcrowded ice. But It's all in a life time, after all. The country has Its charms, the city its pleasures. If you jog along quietly and keep in the right road you are bound to get a taste of tho life here and the life there If not this winter, perhaps the next, or tho next Time may swing you out ot the circle in which you now revolve, and there's no tell ing where yon may land. I hope on your feet on top. If you do your best to-day you maybe able to fairly guess what the future has in store for yon. When you hold it catch a pretty girl's eye don't Many a yarn is spun before tho cloth is woven. If stomachs and livers never went wrong laughter would be louder the world over. Fowl, play Raising chickens for fun instead of profit Time seems to be about the only thing pass ing in Congress. Ir the sun arrives from the South before the snow slides into tbo river they better look out below. The working capacities of the electric roads are being fully tested now. Meantime the pub lic and tbo stockholders should be patient Wipe Oat the Score. Soon the year will pass away. Old and feeble, worn and gray; But another blithe and gay Soon appears. At the foot of Time's long stairs, Let us place onr worldly cares, Joy and sorrow thrives on shares, Not on tears. When the funeral task is o'er, And the old year is no more. Wipe out its unsettled score With a smile. Join the youth who In Its stead Enters with a noiseless tread. Heedless ot the coffined dead In the aisle. Hand in hand together go Where the greenest grasses grow. Where the purest waters flow Past the flowers. Don't look backward with a sigh To the spot where shadows lie Sorrows thrive, but joy will die On tear showers. The midnight bell will hereafter bs the clos ing knell for the city saloons. Alleghent is to have a Committee of Fifty, She forgets there's luck in odd numbers. Timid people often venture where brave folk fear to tread, simply because they are blinded by fear. The Recorder's office is full of good deeds and old and new conveyances. When you payjour respects you wipe out a social debt A hound of New Year's calls frequently makes the callers very dizzy. If you are the victim of a liar you can easily conjecture where the trouble lies. When you lose your temper you generally stamp your foot Every profession, trade and business carries a rear guard made up of laggards who are con stantly snapping, snarling ana crying over their poor luck, but who never have anything to say aboutthcir poor pluck. But those who keep up with the procession and lead instead of follow have no ears for the lamentations of the strag glers, and when these drop out of line are not missed by those whose company they kept or the patient public' Tennyson is a well versed man. Bio Foot has been captured at last Thus has Mills performed another great feat When It WIU Wake Up. Soon Harrisburg will entertain The statesman from Wayback, Who will appear in clothes quite plain. And tote a huge gripsack. The warrior bold of modern times is not al ways a bold warrior. You can pledge your word, but you must not expect to get anything on it while money is tight Statesmen are the only poople who are per mitted to pass bad bills. With the new year comes the Legislature and all that the word implies. Don't judge the standing of the bank by the strength and finish of its safes and vault Always well posted A good fence If New Year fell on Friday this year the su perstitions would be prophesying all sorts ot disaster. It makes a ten-dollar bill look sick to ride from Pittsburg to the East End in a hired sleigh. ONE of the old saws runs: If Christmas Day on Thursday be, A windy winter ye shall see. It fits to perfection this time Edison Is perfecting a telephono attach ment which will do away with the central girls. Now, if he could invent something to do away with the attachments between the typewriter girls and some employers many matrons would breathe easier. An inebriated Individual is always wealthy, for he sees double. The girls have transferred the gum from their month to their feet The aristocratic dinner table always appears in evening dress. If yon fall while you are carrying orders you cannot break them. Walls have speaking tubes as well as ears nowadays. A sharp answer may turn -away tbo hired girl. Don't begin the new year with a pain in your bead and a bad taste in yonr mouth. SOLD ocean always keeps Itself tidy. Willie Winkle. OTO. OLD-FASHIONED WINTER. Tho Merry, Merry Bells. Boston Globe The old year is going but to the merry.music of sleigh bells. Nuts for (he Ice Man. Boston Uerald.1 The Maine ice crop this year is estimated at 8S9,0u0 tons, tho profits of which are set at a cool million. Not on Chestnut Street, at Least Philadelphia Record. Wintry weather brings one consolation the Indians cannot find the warpath without Bait ing their tracks. Soon Needs Washing. Cleveland Plalndealer.J Tbo beautiful 'snow is beautiful tho day it falls, but to keep it beautiful in Cleveland it needs a thorough washing the next day. Should Not Bo Fat Churchyards. Boston Courier. We had a green Christmas, it is true, but the snow came bo soon afterward that it should re move the danger of the old proverb, and not result in a fat churchyard. Jack Frost's Grip Good. New York AVorld.I The tintinnabnlation of the sleigh bells yes terday fnrnished the merriest and tho com pletest confutation of the theory that Jack Frost has lost his grip on our winter climate. Baseball and Snowball. Detroit Free Press. They are playing baseball in Dakota the land of blizzards and snowballing in Louisiana a State of tho sub-tropics. It will be noticed that this is a largo and a very versatile country. Baby and Full Grown Blizzards. New York Press, If a baby blizzard can paralyze trade check commerce, delay mail trains and literally balk the ongoings of an entire country, what could nature do with a full grown blizzaid of fair proportions? An Ice Palace in the East . St. Paul Dispatch. The conditions at present prevailing In New York, and, indeed, generally throughout the East, suggest the inquiry whether that enjoya ble and health-giving pursuit the winter car nival and ice palace, might not with all wisdom be established In the metropolitan city. DECLINED TO BE TREATED. An Old Colored Man Not Hankering Artor the Koch Treatment. fmOM A 8TAJT CORRESPONDENT. Washington. Dec 2D. Ever since the first consignment of Dr. Koch's lymph reached this city the local physicians have been anxious to secure a nice, well-devoloped case of lnpus to work upon, and to-day a white man, of tho Southeast section, came to the Emergency Hospital and offered himself for an experi ment which will be made within a day or two. Dr. Middletown recently got on the track of one of the lupus sufferers who used to be known to the physicians here. This patient is an elderly colored man. who lives in Sonth .Washington. Most of the- nnse and a large pan or me race nave oeen eaten away by this dread disease, which he has always insisted he contracted by eetting bis nose poisoned from a brush fire. When the nature of the remedy was explained to him, and relief if not com plete recovery was promised, he declined ab solutely to bo treated. "No. sab." said he to Dr. Mlddleton, "ef de cood Lawd intends me to go to de grave wid my nose eat away and my face scyahed all up, why den dat's all right I ain't a gwine to meddle wid it He knows de best." Tho old man could not be moved, and science will have to get along without that interesting case OCTAVE FEUILLET DEAD. The Famous French Author and Dramatist Passes Away. Paris, Dec. 29,-Octave Feuillet, the well known French author and dramatist died to day. Feuillet wrote a large nnmber of ro mances, comedies, dramas and farces, nearly all ot which have been received favotably. It was in 1862 that he succeeded Scribe as a member of the French Academy. Among blsrjnvels'are "Pollchlnelle," "Ones ta,'" "Redemption," "La Roman D'un Jeune Homme Pauvre," the latter having been trans lated into many languages; "Historic de Si bylle," scarcely less popular than the preced ing, and "Monsieur de Camors," a story remarkable for invention and vigor, but re garded as exceedingly demoralizing in its ten dencies. His plays were numerous, the last and most sensational being "Le Sphinx." PERSONALS. Dr. Joel P. Justin, the inventor. Is report ed at work on an explosive appliance in which the clockwork idea is to bo combined. John D wis, of Kansas, is the first Socialist to be elected to Congress. He is 61 years old, and has twice been an unsuccessful candidate for Representative. Mrs. Stanley talks as though she expected to find a mild reproduction ot the Dark Conti nent in America and seems astonished at find ing "so much to admire" here. Mrs. Chandler, the widow of Zachariah Chandler, is erecting a beautiful bouse in Washington. Its walls are of pinkish yellow brick, with trimmings of grayish yellow stone 'King George, of Greece, is one of the most democratic of rulers. He has a thin and rather elegant figure, a fresh complexion and is bald. He is a fine horseman, but prefers walking to riding. Maurice Thompson is one of those fortu nate authors who can seek his own place to do the work, and at present ho Is comfortably nestled in a flower-covered bower "way down in Mississippi." Baron de Hiesch will fit up tho mansion In Paris which be bought overthe heads of the club that blackballed him, and will throw it open to any friends who may visit him in the French capital. Senator Charles B. Farwell, of I1H nols,seems to be confident of retaining his seat but he is opposed to betting, while his antago nist John M. Palmer, is reported to bo moro free and easy In that way. Jeanne Hugo Is to bo married to Alphonse Daudet's son at Passay (Paris) January 15. M. Jules Simon will make a speech on the occa sion of the union of the granddaughter of France's noblest old poet to the son of the charming Provencal novelist Mrs. Margaret Deland is taking a rest from literary work until after tho New Year festivities, when she will begin ber next novel. What its character will be tho author herself does not know, although she has had several offers for tbo book even before Mrs. Deland has crystallized the plot Lentherio Is tho great Paris hairdresser for ladles jnst now. He has revived the Valois style of wearing."waved" hair to go with the Medici style of dress. His "wavers" are cnnously shaped tortoise shell pins, with elastic attachment, and thebairhas tobedamp enedwlth a-"waving fluid." Obstruction In the Jury-Fixer's Road. Youngstown Telegram. J Hereafter. In Minnesota, "jury fixers" will have to provide, three men instead of one in order to carry out their purposes. At the late election an amendment to the constitution was adopted that five-sixths of a jury may render a verdictin civil cases. The Corncake's Running Mate. Wheeling News. . Spare ribs are now ripe. DEATHS OF.A DAY. John F. Cluley. Mr. John F. Cluley, one of the best known citi zens ol Pittsburg, died yesterday morning at his home on Center avenue. He was only sick about a week, and the cause of his death was heart lallure. Air. Cluley was born in Pittsburg in 1823. His son, John P., Jr., was connected with his father In the sign painting business. The only other child was Mrs. Dr. J. Guy McCandless, Mr. Cluley was for a time a member of the brass foundry firm of Phillips A Cluley, but retired ten years ago. William Booth. William Hooch, an Inspector In the Department or Public Highways, died at the Hoffman House, New York, Sunday night where ho had gone to consult a specialist. His brother, the City Clerk, was with him at th e time or his death. Mr. Booth was also a brother ot James J. Booth, of Booth & FUnn. The widow of the deceased lives at 171 )Vebit,eraveuue. ALL THE THEATERS, "Poor Jonathan," he New Comic Opera -"AU Jthe Comforts of Home" "After Dark" Variety in Many Forma. It was quarter past II when the squad of pretty girls in the garb of West Point Cadets, to the stirring strains of Aronson'snew march, "The National Guard," filed on to tho Grand Opera House stage. They would have been welcome an hour or two before for they are nnmistakably the bright est and best featnre of the performance. It may be as well to ray right here that their drill was as near perfection as conldbe; they went through the evolntions without a mistake, and they handled their muskets as if tbey bad been all their lives on the parade ground. No won der the sight of tbo girls in gray and white set New York crazy. Pittsburg is a good deal fur ther from West Point, but the audience was enthusiastic in its applause last night, and would have had the whole thing repeated If they could. The opera "Poor Jonathan" Is Carl Mil loecker's composition, and it does not matter a row of pins who the libretists were, for the story is a thin and involved one and the libretto is or tho regnlation rubbishy order which a translation for the American stage seems to involve necessarily. Tho music is not wonderful, but it is light and bright and cbeerfnl. Here and tbero a melody crops out that makes friends at once, but "Poor Jonathan" cculd stand more such outcroppings without being accused of over-melodiousness. Some of the songs are literally ruined for an intelligent audience by the incoherent gibberish of the lines. It was noticeable that Miss Darville and others In the cast were so conscious of thi3 defect in tho book that they sang lines oi ineir own concoction, rne numDerstnat will catch the popular ear are the song "Wilt Thou My True Love'Be ?" and "I Am the Un fortunate Jonathan." Miss Darville sang sev eral other songs which won applause, but the bulk of the credit is due to her admirable sing ing. Miss Camille Darville is a newcomer. Sho hails originally from Amsterdam: sang with success in London, especially in "Mareery," and for a year or or so has been singing under Mr. Aronson's management in New York in "Madame An got" and "La Grand Duchesse" in both or which she added to ber success. She is the one grand figure in "Poor Jonathan," in the role of Harriet, which Miss Lillian Russell 13 taking still in New York. Her voice is a good deal above the average of comic opera singers, and with ber stately temperament and magnifi cent physical proportions may tempt her to seek a higher sphere in opera. She sang the song "Wilt Thon Mv True Love Bn V and. In fact, all her songs, with great feeling and- correccness. ner meinoas are artistic anu ine power and compass of her voice mezzo-soprano, with a bell-like clearness in the upper register enable ber to do full justice to Mil loecker's work. Her blonde beauty was re splendent In the dark dress of the student and lu the regal attire of the prima donna. Miss Eva Johns played the servant girl who weds Poor Jonathan when he changes places with the millionaire with a great deal of viva city. In the hnmorous duct with Jonathan in the second act. Miss Johns was very sprightly and amnsing. F'ed Solomon gave all bis powers for fun to the rolo of Jonathan Tripp and very comic indeed be made that unlor tunate man. Mr. Solomon's songs, mostly of the broadly farcical order, including the catchy "I am the Unfortunate Jona than," showed that be still possesses a very good voice for a comedian. Mr. Ryley was mildly and politely funny as the Impressario a nearly straight comedy role without a terri ble amount ot opportunities for downright humors. Miss Drow Donaldson never locked better than she did in tbo cadet sergeant's clothes In the last act. and the realistically smart air of the drill was due not a little to the Sergeant's sharp delivery of the orders. Mrs. George Olrai is lost in a small part and tor the rest pretty women filled in the stage pleasantly. Mr. Hallam, the tenor was needlessly stiff and gloomy as Ruby gold and we cannot say mnch for his singing. The cho ruses were well sung, but are not remarkable musically. Most of them are enlarged repeti tions of the leading airs in the opera, especially the "Poor Jonathan" refrain. The scenery and costumes are wonderfully fine, and show the excellent taste and liberality of the Aronson manaceraenLTbelast scene from the parupet of the North fort at West Point, with a view of the Hudson Crow's Nest and the Newburg Narrows, arranged in panoramic form, is one of the most beautiful we have ever seen, as well as a truthtnl picture of that famous landscape. Taken as a whole.the bright points of "Poor Jonathan" make It well worth seeing, though why someone does not chop ont about half of the second act, the introduction of the first act with an ax, is a question which will puzzle most people who see the piece. West Point Amazons. A great many people will wonder how the fair cadets in "Poor Jonathan" caught the military precision and correctness which mark their drill. Mr. Albert Aronson explained It this way last mgbt: "To begin with when 'Poor Jonathan' reached this country the last act wound up with what the authors tbonght was a picture of American life. It represented the Battery at New York covered with cotton bales, on which negroes were reclining and sing ing In a style that suggested 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' if it suggested anything American. Rudolph Aronson saw that this must be changed and hit upon the idea of changing the scene to West Point, with the chorus as cadets. To make the, scenery realistic was easy enough the pano rama of the Hudson and the environs of West Point which we use was painted from nature. The training of the girls was the next thing. By permission of the commanding officer ot the Seventh Regiment Drill Sergeant Sutton, of that cracK national guard organization, took the fair cadets in band. For six weeks he drilled them in evolutions and the manual of arms, and how well be succeeded may be judged from the remark of Gen. Sherman, that the girls beat the boys of West Point in their drill. Sir. Conried helped in perfecting the drill for stage purposes. The uniforms are made upon the Government pattern by the firm that sup plies West Point and tho guns the girls carry are the same lightweight weapons the cadets use. The white helmets which the cadets wear in summer were preferred for pictorial reasons. Every detail has been as faithfully copied as possible, even to the crease in the white trousers which the cadets affect Duquesue Theatre. If sustained fun and capable acting have anything to do with the success of a play, then "All the Comforts of Home" as produced on the Dnqnesne boards last evening was a decided dramatic victory. When Mr. Gillette wrote "The Private Secretary" it was generally conceded that be bad given to the public the greatest farce-comedy of the decade If his latest piece, "All the Comforts of Home" does not pre cisely surpass its great precedessorit certainly yields nothing to ic. either in plot or dialogue. A very large house last evening witnessed the first appearance of the new comedy in this city, and beartv laughter and continuous applause marked Pittsburgers' appreciation of air. Gillette's effort Even certain rather broad strokes at America and the Americans Avero wellrcceived, and tho distinct Dntlshism of the adaptation did not seem to mar its effect. The characters were evenly played and the players evenly selected. This was admirable, as the "star" is frequently a nuisance in farce comedy. Kate Dennin Wijson, however, as the inimitable she-dragon Mrs, Bender secured a larger share ot applause than anyone else. Marie Gteenwald made u charming Ingenue as Evangeline Bender; and Maud Haslam as Fiji Orikanski was delightfully suggestive of conllsscs and pink tights. 27ieodore Bender, Esq., as played by Samuel Edwards, was good; and Mr. Henry Miller scored one of his usual happy hits In the part of the happy-go-lucky nephew. The" plot is really wonderful, and reminds one of nothing so much as the mainspring of a Waterbury watch. However, one can easily follow its windings, and laugh over the ridicu lous situations and lots of business which occur at every moment If "All the Comforts of Home" is an adapta tion from the German, one is tempted to tell our comedians to give np original work and keep on adapting. Bijou Theater. Lovers of melodrama found food to their taste in "After Dark." as played at the Bijou last night Nearly everyone has read the fa mous novel upon which the startling plot of the piece is founded. Suffice it that Dion Bouclcault's dramatic adaptation locks nothing in interest, and is positively Improved in many scenes and situations. The "hair breath 'scapes" of the hero give ample reason for applause; while the admirable villainy of tho "bad man" was well-deserving of its uncon sciously approving hisses. Old Tom, the crusty boatman, as clayed by Edmund Collier. Is a really excellent impersonation. When he broke through tho wall, dragging his bene factor from the tracks, jnst in front of tha screeching locomotive, he showed bis audi ence a splendid bit of business. It must bo ad mitted, however, that the cast is rather weak, where it should have been strong. The Jiart of Sir George Mcdhurst is hard y well taken, and other characters would bear improvement But, on the whole, the performance was pleasing to the audience, which Is the main thing after alt The little love scenes seemed to touch a sympathetic chord, and the Ilght-beartedness ol the gay Rose Egerton took well with the listeners. The realistic novelties ol the show are to be found in tho sluice-gate or the River Thames ana the concert hall scene. In the latter. Kelly and Murnhy, said to bo exponents ot the noble art of self-defense, gave an exhibition of tbeir powers. It was none the less enjoyed because of an evident absence of science. Th e audience shonted for a fourth round with al the xest of a bull-fight crowd in sunny Spaing The fighters did their work manfully and were covered with applause The play closes happily, after the manner ot all good melodramas. Sharp as a Steel Trap. A name which figures a great deal on theatri cal lithographs and posters mostly of the Iond and distracting Jclnd Is William A. Brady. How many melodramas and spectacles he has the road only he can" say. for he may have ibled another show since tbo other day en be took Locke & Davis "Nero." lions and all, ont of pawn. He is a manager of the most modern kind; taking big risks, as a driver of five or six horses in the theatrical ring must, bnt match ing his daring with shrewdness and an nncommonly good knowlodge of human nature. To look at his slight figure, his smooth-sbaven, almost boyish face, and hi blue eyes, and to bear him talk very quietly of bn multifarious concerns, one would hardly take him to be tho sharp business man and clever manager ho is. UsuJlythe master of circus methods and melodrama or spectacular shows need tbo same "booroar" management as the elephant and the bareback artist is a good deal of circus in himself. Mr. Brady is not Yesterday he was talking of the craze for Spanish dancers which has disturbed the East moro than this city, and a Dispatch reporter remarked that no genmne Spanish dancer nad been seen here yet "If that's the case." said Mr. Brady, "we'll get one hero as soon as possible," and taking up a telegraph blank be wrote a message requesting a certain well known Spanish dancer to join the "After Dark" Company as soon as possible Unless some accident intervenes the Spanish dancer will appear in the London Concert Hall scene to-morrow night That's something like quick action! Pngs That Labor. Pug dogs have always been more or less of a riddle to the masculine half of humanity. Their faces are stamped with distress. They are as lazy as they are fat. Tbey seem to have a natural distrust of man. They always cap ture the girls, and the homller the pug the more affectionate the girl. Every "lodge" husband has reason to detest them. Small boys love to pelt them. Cats can whip them. They are the spoiled, feasted pets of many households, beribboned and ca ressed by our pretty maidens, and aro the nearest approach we have to the effete "gentleman leisure class" onr American civilization can boast. William Gil lette Is evidently a utilitarian, and means to turn some of them to practical account on the stage. He brings two of them into bis farce "All the Comforts of Home." They are types of their class, lazy, ugly and family joys. The stage manager says tbev are more deliberate than a Government official. They won't be hurried, although their parts are purely think ing and picturesque affairs. To quicken the scene in which they appear, they are usnally dragged by a short strap across the stage and up a dozen or more stairs. This procedure has given their crooked legs as many lumps as adorn the extremities of a travelling drome dary. It makes no difference, however, to the self-sufficient;" pugs they cannot or will not hurry, and the masculine attendant in the play, as in the household, has to dance upon the pleasure of tho wayward pug. World's Museum Theater. The novelties in the curio hall of this honse comprise Mo and Him, respectively a very fat short man and a very lean long one, and Alex andria, a juggler with knives and plates. But the show In the theater is very good and of large dimensions. Romala turns summer saults and does other daring things on the tightrope. Nothing more daring or graceful In its way has been seen here than Romala's act. A. H. Knoll and Mane McNeil are skilful cornetists and played some old fashioned airs with good effect Mignon, a girl hardly In her teens, in a sketch with another artist, shoHS comedy talent and plenty of grace as a (lancer. She won raptnrous applause. Tbo grotesque acrobatic feats of Lassard and Lucifer are in a new vein. Sev eral other features are laughable. The audi ences were very large yesterday. Harry Davis' Museum. You can take your choice of seeing snakes or goats in the curio hall, and both are Interest ing. The Califormau silky-fleeced goats do some entertaining things under Prof. Borland's guidance, and Princess Dijelta shows an un canny control over some serpents of the larger size. Some additions have been made to the zoo upstairs, includinga Siberian wolf. In the theater Emil Miller gives some clever facial imitations of celebrated men. both ancient and modern, from Washington to James G. Blaine. The singing of the Mack. Miller and Hues trio pleased the audiences greatly, and the skill of Holmes and Waldron upon all sorts of musical Instruments was appreciated. Knockabout comedy, some acrobatic dancing by Sherman, and tbe ballads at Bella Lavarlns made up the programme. The audiences could hardly have been larger. Harris' Theater. The annual visit of Pete Baker to Pittsburg is always a sign of a week's big business. This season he has a new play, but he didn't present it yesterday. "Bismarck" will be given the latter half of the week, but as au opener the old favorite, ."The Emigrant," was yesterday enjoyed by two very large audiences, the "Standing Room Only" sign being trotted ont at an early stage of the game both afternoon and evening. Mr. Baker's supporting company is not tbe best he over brought with him, but it is not a bad one by any means, and the little girl who dances with him is really a pretty little prodigy. As usual. Mr. Baker displays excellent taste in tbe choice of his costnmes, and his sing ing is quite as catching as ever. Harry Williams' Academy. While Harry Kernell is the star of his high class vaudeville company playing at Harry Williams' Academy, tbe entlro combination Is made np of first-class talent It opened with the Felix and Claxton sketch team, and follow ing were gymnastic and song and dance special ties. Harry Kernell's act is just as Irish as ever, ana bis face changes but for the "irisher." Binns and Burns in their musical specialty were roundly applauded because it was first class. The three Carrons were acrobatically funny. The entertainment closed in a roar with McFadden's elopement Some College Concerts. Tho Harvard Glee Club's concert occurs to night at Carnegie Hall. It goes without saying that it will be delightful musically, and the audience promises to be large and specially appreciative as tbe concert enjoys tho patron age of the Harvard Clnb, of this city, of which Mr. John H. Ricketson is President. lho Princeton Club will bring their voice?, their banjos and their mandolins to bear upon a Pittsburg andieuco on Saturday evening next at Carnegie Hall. Ic will chime in nicely with tho New Year's festivities. A SHOWEB OF BICE Follows a Bridal Party as It Enters a Cable Car. Tbe passengers on car 205, East End division of the Citizens traction line, were treated to a little scene last night that they1 enjoyed for all it was worth. When tho car reached the street beyond Pearl street it stopped for a crowd on the corner. From the midst of this crowd stepped a bridal couple who had just been mar ried and were on their way to the new home prepared by tbe husband in the East End. As tbe couple stepped on the platform there came from tbe crowd on tbe sidewalk a shower of rice that was almost enough to bury those be neath it When the passengers observed the incident they knew what it meant and set up a hearty cheer as the couple entered and took a seat Tho faoes of tbe bride, a pretty little woman, and tbe husband, a tall manly looking fellow, were a deep scarlet, but tbey bowed tbeir ac knowledgments to tbe cheer of the passengers, and the car moved on. , KNIGHTS OF AHEBICA.. A New Organization for Beneficial Objects Chartered at Scranton. tSrZCTAl. TKLXORAM TO THI DISPATCH.1 Scranton, Dee 29. To-day Judge Connelly banded down a decree incorporating the National Grand Lodge of the United States, of the Loyal Knights of America. The purposes of the organization, are tbe advancement of American citizenship, and to oxercise such other rights as usually belong to lodges having a bene flcial and benevolent object. . The niganization has heretofore been known as tbe Junior American Protestant Association, and will go into effect on and after January 1. 1&91, under a new constitution and code of laws. The incorporators are T. W. Faulkner, Norristown: G. T. Davis, Lackawanna town ship; J. Oliver, Scranton: S. J. Matthews, Olyphaut and E. A. Slow, Philadelphia. The organization has been in existence under its former name for 30 years. The Frisky Man With a Scheme Louisville Courler-Jonrnal. With tho old year tho promoter will pass away, and therewill be few mourners at his bier, for he lived to.decelvo and the world has no use for such. Let him be burled deep where tbe snows may heap above his grarcsland there will be no danger of resurrection. CURIOUS C0NDESSAT105S. . ' It is said that the tourist season brings 1.000,000 yearly into Switzerland. The Lexington, Ky., electric street cars carry school children at half fare There are 365 corps of tbe Salvation Army m America, with LOGS officers in service It is believed in Florida that rice cul ture is to become a profitable industry in that State. A new map of China has been ordered by the Emperor, andlho surveys have already begun. It is said t be a curious fact that all of the girls in Wellesley College who lead their classes are blondes. Platinum can now be drawn into wire strands so fine that 27 twisted together can be inserted Into the hollow ot a hair. A tourmaline ledge, recently discovered on a farm near Auburn. Me, is said to have al ready yielded $7,500 worth of gems. During tbe last 100 years 385,000 pat ents have been i'sued by the United States. There have been 600,000 applications. The Fulton, Ky., gormand who under took to eat three quails a day for 30 days stum bled at his twenty-ninth bird on the tenth day of his task. The Attorney General of Texas has de cided that tbe Court House of Bowie county must be built at the geographical center, which is in the woods. Wiley Jones, colored, owns outright, two street car lines, 12 miles in total length, in Pine Bluff. Ark. He was born there, and was a poor barber 15 years ago. He 13 largely in terested in real estate. The crowded audience attending the Residenz Theater in Berlin on Christmas Eve was forced to sit 50 minutes In darkness, broken only by tbe feeble ray from a lantern placed on the stage, tbe electric light having failed in the middle of the performance Bobbers entered a boarding school for girls at South Bethlehem. Pa a few nights ago and stole a number of rings, bracelets and other jewelry. When it wa3 noised about that burglars had been In the building several of the students fainted away. At a test of steel manufactured at Bead ing, Pa., the other day a one-inch bar broke at a strain of 233.833 pounds, "being about 20.000 pounds in excess or the highest record authori tatively known." The test was made under the supervision of Government officers. New Orleans is making extensive prep arations for the celebration of Mardi Gras. which comes on the loth of February. Tbe carnival will be on a grand scale, and the New Orleans papers assert the pigeant will eclipaa in brilliancy any of its predecessors. There seems to be good reason for the in creased interest in athletics and various kinds of physical culture fads. It is reported that out of 20 applications for enlistment at the United States rendezvous in Portland only one has been accepted, deficient chest being the main truuble, The Bombay branch of the Sorosis Club has increased to 130 members and is about to apply f oradmission into tho federation of clubs. Its members congregate to discuss gravely Par liamentary qnestions. the lives of noted women, technical training and other equally serious and advanced subjects. Mr. S. 31. Blount, a worthy citizen of Georgia, is the proud dwner of a silk hand kerchief purchased from a Hawkinsville, Ga merchant In 1S35. Although constantly used, tbe handkerchief is still without a bole in It Mr. BlQunt is also U3ing a tin wash pan bought in Macon over 23 years ago. A number of young unmarried women, employed in various shoe factories of Brock ton. Mass., have formed a syndicate for tbe purchase of real estate for investment Al ready tbey have bought nine lots, and are nego tiating for another block. It is their intention to build on all the lots, and rent ' Tbe Home Beading Union has more than 6,000 members scatteredibont the world, some of them in Tnrkey. They take certifi cates, not or knowledge acquired, bnt of books read, and the courses of reading which the union arranges seem to be very pleasurable ex ercises as well as productive of an acquaint ance with the best things in English literature.' The city of Toronto will lease its street car plants. Under tbe lease no employe can work over ten honrs a day. A class of tickets must be sold at tbe rate of eight for 25 cents, the same only to be used between the time the daily runs commence and 8 A, 31.. and between 5 and 7 p. yt. Another class matt be sold at the rate of 25 for f 1. and still another class at the rate of six tor '25 centj. It 13 not often that a lost art is recov- ' ered. but it is said that the chemists have tri umphed in tho matter of the ancient "Alex andrian blue." This blue, ths ideal of painters and decorators, was a peculiar and remarkably durable color. The chemists are said to have achieved a successful analysis of the colonng on the Pompelian frescoes, and to have repro duced the paint, identical with the ancient coloring in every particular. The Conntr School Superintendent of Adair county, Ky., after paying the expenses of his office out of tbo munificent allowance of 050 a year, made to him by the County Court realizes the sum of about SI a day a stipend that would not secure tbe services of many un skilled laborers at shoveling dirt It is less than tho salary of any of tbe teachers. Besides tbe labor performed for this miserable sum, tbe superintendent is required to give a 550,000 bond. When Lawyer Kimbrough attempted to go on the stand to testify on behalf of his client at Memphis. Tenn., tbe other day. Judge DuBose ruled that he must first retire from the case. "The rnle of this Court is that no at torney in a case can testify for a client" said tha Judge. "'Wharton on Evidence' takes strong grounds against such practice, and I will not permit it." Kimbrough formally an nounced his retirement and then gave bis tes timony. Nearly 20 years ago Dr. Wilks directed attention to the curious fact that a transverse furrow always apnears on the nails after a seri ous illness. Medical men ignored what they called the visionary opinions of Mr. Wilks. giv ing the matter but little attention in their medical works. Recently a new interest in the subject has been revived and pathological so cieties have begun an investigation. On? re markable case shows nail furrows caused by three days' seasickness. The statute providing for tbe admission of women to medical examinations at Oxford was rejected by only four votes. This practi cally insures Its success In tbe future, and the opposition will not be long maintained. Tho number of women students in the healing art increases almost dilly, and their achievements In the profession are constantly gaining in dig nity and importance A large hospital for women in London lately opened, which Is min istered to by women only, is crowded to its fullest capacity all the time A method is now on trial at the Mete orological Office at Stockholm which seems likely to throw some light on a subject which hitherto has been attended with some un certainty, namely, tbe determination of ths path taken by storms. From the telegraphic weather reports, tables of the density of the atmosphere have been constructed, and other data bave been collected which have been em bodied in special charts. These charts are found to give much more reliable clew to the movements and origin of cyclones than tbe usual method of the comparison of tha Isobars and isothems alone The latest investigations show that storms move in the direction ot tbe warmest and dampest air, parallel to the lines of equal density, leaving the rarer air to the right hand. PLEASANTLY PUT. It is said that no Vassar graduate has ever been divorced from her husband. Perhaps the husbands were all killed off by the cooking before things Had time to shape themselves for di vorce Lnuisxills Courier-Journal. A man is not satisfied with one jack pot in a poker game, lie wants something to draw two. .Veto Orleans Picayune. An Ohio man suggests that the next Dem ocratic national ticket be llrlce, or Ohio, and Brlce, of New York. Grand Rapids Telegram Herald. Photographer T can take a much better picture or you If you'll smile. Customer You'll bave to excuse me sir. I'm a prohibitionist Detroit Dree Press. Someone proposed to take Succi to Washington the last day of his fast that he might how to tbe office seekers somebody hungrier than themselves. Denver Times. Bnggs I Bee that Bounder, who, is so popular with his trade has the delirium tremens. Grlfgs What does his firm think about IK llrlggs They understand It and bave simply crossed New Jersey off his territory. Clotuur and lurntslier. Optician Myopia has caused divergent squint In one eye and Thompsen's disease has caused convergent strabismus In the other eye. Bowles-ir I bad a third eye, would I be total! blind In Kt-Jtwtttrf' Circular, A
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