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ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 8, 1846.
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PITTSBUKG, MONDAY, JAN. 12, 1891.
ANOTHER rilASE OF THE QUESTION.
A contributor to the Mail Pouch in to
day's DisrATCii calls attention to the
breadth of wagon tires as a matter materially
affecting the condition of country roads.
"While recognizing that the point is a perti
nent one we can hardly go the length to
which our correspondent does in regarding
it as the sole remedy and perfect solution
of the road question. We doubt if any
practicable tread could be made broad
enough to prevent a road made of soft ma
terial from working up into deep mud under
rains and thaws.
' But there is little doubt that when a
solid road has been constructed the width
of the tires on the wagons hauling heavy
loads over it will have a great deal to do
with its permanence. As the writer of the
letter says, this is a matter which concerns
both city and country. "We have seen il
lustrations of it in Pittsburg, where wagons
carrying heavy loads with comparatively
narrow tires have been known to actually
plow up paving stones when the ground
is loosened by a thaw, while if the
breadth of tire had been adjusted to
the load as is done abroad, 'the effect would
have been that of rolling and strengthening
the roadway. On country roads witb a
durable surface the comparative effects are
practically the same. The narrow tire un
der heavy loads will cnt up the road wheD
it is nt all soft; the broad tires under simi
lar loads will act as a roller and improve it.
The improvement of the roads is the first
thing; but as soon as a fair start is made in
that direction, there will be ac obvions
propriety in some legislation to require the
use o! broad tires whenever heavy loads are
hauled in weather tha makes the roads sus
ceptible of being cut up by narrow ones.
For the maintenance of good roads, after we
have got them, our correspondent's sugges
tion is a pertinent one, and for the preserva
tion of our paved streets it has an even more
immediate cogency.
NO CONTRAST AT ALL.
Apropos of a lecture by Chauncey M.
Depew on the subject of "Contrasts," the
New York Telegram amuses itself by point
ing out a large number of contrasts which
3Ir. Depew might draw, but presumably,
will not. Among them is a contrast be
tween the management of public affairs
under the present administration and what
it would have been if Mr. Depew could have
persuaded the 'Western grangers to accept
him as a Presidental candidate. "We ob
serve that their is no suggestion of the con
trast between the attitude of the Harrison
administration toward the great corporate
combinations and that which the Depew ad
ministration would have assumed. There
are several good reasons for ignoring this
contrast. The principal one is that .there
would be no contrast, but that one adminis
tration would have been just as amenable to
corporate interests as the other.
TnE EVIDENT CONCLUSION.
A pamphlet with a very flaming cover
representing the destruction of New York
and "Washington by the shells of British
fleets has reached us. Its text is the story
of a future war to break out between this
country and Great Britain, in which our de
fenseless condition and the armaments of
the older country result in the burning of
all the seacoast and lake cities, the impo
sition of an indemnity of f 10,000,000, 000 and
the universal smash of things in this country
generally.
The subject has already been worked
threadbare in various ways; hut this especial
example of its treatment contains one perti
nent suggestion. It represents the war as
breaking out because a British vessel has
seized an American fishing schooner in en
forcing the injustifiabla headland to head
land theory. This delicately intimates that
the United States should not let itself drift
into war which can only be disastrous to it.
Dy enlorcing against Canadian scaling
schooners the still more absurd phase of the
same theory which makes Bering Sea into
a more clausvm. If the pamphlet had
brought out its bearing on the real inter
national issue a little more plainly it would
have gone far toward redeeming its literary
and artistic crudity.
A GAP IN THE TEOOF.
The statement that the Indian revolt was
caused by the failure of the Government
agents to provide them with the stipulated
supplies, has caused the New York Tribune
to pull itself together and allege in defense
of the administration that it is not true. It
proves this to its own satisfaction by pro
ducing the figures showing that there were
purchased for the Sioux nation enough pro
visions to give each man, woman and child
"nearly two ponnds of beef and a half a
pound of flour for each day during the
year," in addition to "large but minor sup
plies of bacon, coffee, snirar, corn and
beans." This was for the year ending June
30, 1890, and for the current year the Tribune
gives the figures on which it alleges that the
ration is even larger.
All of which may be very true, but it
still leaves a hiatus in the proof that the
Indians are well fed. In fact, as there is
strong and unprejudiced evidence that the
Indians have not been properly fed it points
out an exceedingly different conclusion. "We
have the testimony of General Brook, Gen- -I
cral Miles, and a large number of disin
terested observers, that the banrains with
the Indians were not carried out, and that
they did not have food enough to keep them
from hunger. This evidence, taken in con
nection with the Tribune's figures, points
to tte conclusion that a large share of these 1
valuable and merchantable supplies went
w
some other road than the aboriginal ali
mentary canal.
The hiatus in' the Tribune's proof is in the
failure to show that the Indians got the sup
plies. The testimony that they did not is
conclusive; and the Tribune's efforts suc
ceed in making out, in addition to- the
charge of neglect and incompetence, a very
fair prima facie case of downright stealing.
COURTS AND COMBINATIONS.
The termination of the receivership in the
case of the Sugar Trust, nn Saturday, and
the announcement that the organization of
that concern will now proceed without any
obstacle, adds another prominent case to the
long list where great masses of capital have
come into collision with the law without
serious damage to the combinations.
The Sugar Trust was declared to be illegal
by the courts of New York on account of its
illegal purpose, ot stifling competition and
erecting a monopoly. It was not so much
the peculiar form of the organization that
was denounced by the courts although that
was recognized as abnormal and irrespon
sible as the utter illegality of its aims. In
the Chicago Gas Trust case the use of the
corporate form of organization to attain the
same illegal purpose was declared to be
no less at variance with public policy. But
in the teeth of these decisions the Sugar Trust
proceeded to reorganization, under one ot
these charters which it is the function of
New Jersey legislation to furnish to the
monopolistic combinations of the country.
It was proceeding with this work, avowedly
for the purpose of evading the decision of
the courts and maintaining its illegal pur
pose, when on a question of minor litigation
a receivership was constituted. The two out
of three receivers who did not belong to the
trnst had just prepared to submit a report
showing the books of the concern to be with
held from them and disclosing an altogether
extraordinary state of things, when the
Court suddenly makes a lightning change,
discharges the receivers, and it is now an
nounced that there will be no more interfer
ence from the legal authorities, who, it
seems, have fully desisted from their rash
attempt to make an organization with $50,
000,000 respect the law.
Here we have a signal illustration of the
respective validity of lecal dicta and cor
porate policy. In the first place the de
cision of the New York Court of Appeals
placed the Sugar Trust 'in the condition of
an organization without a legal right to ex
ist or 'do anything. All the acts constitu
ting it were null and void by reason of their
illegal intent. Yet this unwarranted or
ganization continued to do business and
was preparing to exercise the power which
requires full authority, of reorganizing itself
into a corporation for the express purpose of
maintaining its illegal character. Next,
the receivership is appointed, and the trust
displays its superiority to the law by re
fusing to surrender its accounts to the ma
jority of the receivers. "When the receivers
are ready to report this, and some other re
markable facts, the court obligingly pre
vents any such inconvenient disclosure by
dismissing the whole business and permit
ting the trust to pursue its own policy at
its own sweet will.
The radical reduction in the sugar duties,
which goes into effect on April 1, will very
much restrict the power of the trust to im
pose arbitrary prices on the public Bet in
view of the above facts it becomes an inter
esting question, how many millions it takes
to render a combination superior to the
principles of law and the judgments of the
courts.
AN ALUMINUM PROCESS.
The process which claims the ability to
manufacture aluminum at a cost of IS cents
per pound is one that naturally presents
great attractiveness to adventurous invent
ors; but the idiosyncratic accompaniments
of the business, as carried on by the concern
in Chicago, which professes to accomplish
that result, are seen by the statements of a
local article to be very peculiar. First we
have the feature of large purchases of Pitts
burg aluminum by a Chicago' dyer; and if
aluminum is an agent in' dyeing it is a dis
covery with regard to the valuable qualities
of that metal which has so far remained a
secret Next we find that the blocks and
plates alleged to be prodnced by the cheap
Chicago process are identical in chemical
composition, size and shape with those sold
by the Pittsburg manufacturer to the Chi
cago dyer, finally, the claim that the
cheap process is an electrical one, turns the
mind back to that electric sugar-refining
process which furnished a sensation a couple
of years ago. Cheap aluminum will be a
great boon, if no one has to pay for its.
cheapness.
STANFORD'S SUCCESS.
Some of the Senators whose terms expire
with this Congress arc not experiencing the
difficulties in getting re-elected which have
bothered Messrs. Ingalls, Blair, Butler and
Farwell. Senator Cameron's walk-over is
a case in point; and it is to be observed that
Senator Stanford comes back to "Washing
ton with another term in his pocket, despite
the opposition of the Huntington influence
and the talk of his defeat by putting up a
strong Democrat against him. A figure of
speech not used, might, according to some
talk, be strengthened by saying that he
brings back his new term in his pocket, as
an exchahge for the contents of a very large
pocketbook.
The recent remark tha a Senatorship
from California is a '$750,000 luxury was
apropos of Stanford's canvass. Of course,
Stanford does not indulge in indiscreet
boasts of that sort concerning his invest
ment. On the contrary he carries his Teti
cence to such an extent that when invited to
testify in a contested election case in which
one of his supporters was defendant, he
modestly pleaded xhis Senatorial privilege
and took an early train for the East. Never
theless some inquiring mind has discovered
a large preponderance in the vote for Re
publican Assemblymen and a correspond
ing shortage in th'e Democratic vote for men
who might have voted against Stanford,
from which the suspicious are prone to
argue that Stanford put his money where it
would do the .most good before the election.
The more we study California politics the
more we are likely to find out.
The "Western railroad agreement is
affirmed by the Philadelphia Press to have "re
sulted In the best sketch-plan for a general
traffic pool yet proposed." It does not seem
worthy of notice either by the Press or the
railway magnates that a certain provision
known as ah act of Congress forbids pooling.
A SORROWFUL tale of loss -and suffering
is revealed by a Washington correspondent,
who relates that the burning ot the Washing,
ton residence ot a wealthy Congressman
crushed the hopes of that family for a social
campaign of great splendor. Moreover, what Is
asserted by the correspondent to be "the most
pathetic thing" was the destruction by the
cruel flames of a part of the Parisian wardrobe
of the young ladies, one of whom was so
crushed by the tragic disaster as to go Into
hysterics. This is terrible; but It Is to be hoped
that time will assuaee the prostrating grief
caused by the overwhelming loss.
.The political plans tor controlling Legis
latures by seating or unseating members with
out reirard to the" question whether they are
honestly elected or not, continues to demon
strate how inimical the present spirit ot par
tisanship Is to the-republican system" of honest
representation.
The urgent deficiency bill appears to
have become decidedly urgent, as it appropri
ates the neat amount of 30,000,000 in round
numbers. This sum added to the total appro
priations of tha last session makes a lively
total. It also throws a very peculiar light
upon the declarations of the Republican
leaders and organs last fall, that the man who
said there would be a deficiency was.a liar and. a
traitor to the State.
Lieutenant &oveknob Jones, oi
New York, in a speech on Jackson's Day inti
mated very plainly that Governor Hill should
r?bt have a third term. This is taken to mean
that Jones Is anxioas to pay the .freight of a
gubernatorial campaign.
The formation of the Oatmeal Trnst calls
forth an expression of approval from the Buf
falo Express, which trusts that "it may send
the price of oatmeal so high that no one will
ever again be obliged to eat the wretched stuff
for breakfast-" This outbreak against a popu
lar article of diet leaves us in donbt whether it
is prompted by a revolt, against domestic
tyranny or an enmity to Scotch customs and
food.
Concerning the dissolution of the Har
vester Trust it is satisfactory to observe that
the members of that body recognized their
duty to respect the laws when they had to.
The attitude of most of the trusts is 'that they
do not have to.
It is calculated to create surprise In
Pennsylvania when we are told by theElmira
Advertiser that Senator Cameron "was first
elected to the Senate in 1877 to fill the vacancy
caused by the death Of bis father." Perbaps the
elder Cameron suffered political death In that
year; but the Impression is still strong that
then, as for many years alter, he was the
liveliest dead man tho world has ever seen.
The Nebraska rumpus seems to be de
signed for a demonstration that when the
Farmers' Alliance gets into Congress, it- can
play the grab game as recklessly as either of
the regular parties.
It may be remembered that while Gould's
great financial stroke was pending in Wall
street, there were some doubts as to whether
he was gobbling the Union Pacific or the
Atchison roads. Denials as to both were made
in Mr. Gould's behalf; but they made no differ
ence. The emptiness of tho dispute IS now
clear beyond question. He gobbled both of
them.
Well it can be said In defense of' the
weather that the sun actually did shine yester
day. There was not very much of it; but what
there was, was real sunshine.
THE King of Portugal reminds his African
contingent that it is charged with the defence
of territories that have cost "us" many sacri
fice's and much blood. Tho statement would
have been more impressive it it had dwelt on
the sacrifices and blood which the Portuguese
have inflicted on the unfortunate natives and
former owners of those territories.
PBOJUNEHT PEOPLE.
It may be said that probably to deneral Spin
ner more than any other single person the coun
try is indebted for its National backinc system.
Henry George will soon take his departure
for Bermuda, to spend the remainder of the
winter. He goes by the advice of his physician.
TnE photographs representing the Princess
Marguerite de Cbartres with tbo Due d'Orleans
have been withdrawn from the Paris shop win
dows, at the desire of her family, as she is no
longer the fiancee of tbo Due
Miss Maude Pauncefote.Uo eldest daugh
ter of Sir Julian Pauncefote, tbe British Minis
ter at Washington, Is tall and graceful. She is
fond of out-of-door exercise, and can out-walk
any member of the foreign legation.
Julian Hawthorne is very much handi
capped in his literary career by his eight chil
dren. Instead of writing for fame, he is
obliged to write for bread for his family, and for
this reason Is compelled to do any kind of work
that he can get.
Koch, mainly by reason of his discovery of
the cause of consumption, has for several years
been the most prominent figure in medical
science that has been known in our generation.
His methods have been models of scientific ac
curacy, and tbe authority of his statements is
now almost unquestioned.
Frank Hatton is a typical American; he
commenced life as a newsboy, and was Postmas
ter General of the United States under Presi
dent Arthur. He has been everything on a news
paper, from newsboy up to editor, and would
rather be tho editor of a live newspaper than
President of the United States.
George William Curtis is described as "a
bland gentleman with a clerical appearance
and looking as though he ought to part his hair
in the middle. He stands S feet 10, wears En
glish whiskers, and darkish light locks shade a
handsome face. For 28 years ho has been tbe
literary adviser of Messrs. Harper & Brothers,
receiving the splendid salary of $25,000 a year."
THE RECENT EARTHQUAKE.
It Extended South 2,000 Miles and From the
Pacific to the East.
New York Sun.2
Tbe most serious among tbe many ear tha nab 6
shocks that have recently occurred is reported
from Texas. It was in the first hour of Thurs
day last, and was more alarming than any of
the other shocks of the past month. It was ac
companied by a loud and long detonation that
resembled a roll ot thunder, and It shook some
of the buildings of the town of Rush in a dan
gerous way.
The earthquake shocks heard ot since No
vember have extended along the two Americas,
in aline running north and south, for a dis
tance of over 2,000 miles, and in this country
have struck eastwardly from the Pacific Coast
to the Allegheny Mountains.
It is evident that the subterranean forces
have been unusually active dating the past few
weeks.
A RESORT OF SPOOKS.
The Inhabitants of an Illinois Tillage Fear
a Haunted House.
Fairhury, III., Jan. 1L The citizens of
Pontiac, 12 miles north of here, are considera
bly worked up over the thought that a haunted
house is located in their city. The haunted
residence is what is known as the Country mens'
house, and is near the Baptist Church. The
strange noises are In tbe nature of whistling
and scratching, which can be beard all day,
but in the dead hour of night it Is the loudest.
Parties have investigated tbe strange noises,
and when they thought they had got to the
place where it was beard the sound could
be heard in another part of tbe building alto
gether. It is said that, in times past, before
tbe place went ont of possession of tbe Coun
trymens, many persons visited the residence at
unreasonable hours, with the thought to Inter
view ghosts or other bad characters.
A Canal Suggestion.
New York Telegram. 1
Twenty-five millions for.a canal which will
unite tho Ohio with the lakes and make West
ern Pennsylvania tbe industrial center of the
world, is dirt cheap," says The Pittsburg
Dispatch, and it says truly. Even if a navi
gable waterway from Erie to the Ohio river
should cost more than 525,000,000, it would prob
ably be a wise outlay. Why does not Pennsyl
vania organize tbe work and carry it out, as
New York built the Erie Canal? Surely the
Keystone State is not waiting for Congress to
do it, ehT
The Irish War Slap.
New York Telegram.
Summary of the Irish situation by cable!
Paraell JJJ j withdraw.
McCarthy ".J meet O'Brien1
Circumstances Alter Cases.
Toledo Blade.
Suppose England owned Alaska, and Yankee
seal hunters were foraging around the seal
rookeries; wouldn't the British Hon roar,
though It "makes a' 'vast deal of difference
whose ox is being gored.
raTSBUJlG - DISPATCH;';
SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON,
The follies of healthy youth are the sharp
pains ot weak old age.
A rainstorm in whiter is not a pleasant af
fair,, is It? It's unreasonable, unseasonable,
Unbearable. Tbe summer shower, the season
able downpour, is refreshing. Then the clouds
are silver lined, the raindrops sparkling, the
patter musical, the air damp but balmy. But
in winter time it's different. There's no
music in tbe wind-driven drops that cnt
through tbe fog which seems to drag tho cold,
gray clouds down to the soggy earth. They
touch it, too, seemlnsly within the range of
vision, bringing the horizon closer and closer,
narrowing tbe .circle which is embraced in the
sweep of tbe blinking eyes. Dismal, damp,
dank, dreary is a rainy winter day. Nature
wears a weather beaten, bedraggled look,
and humanity is hypnotized in like man
ner. The mist goes through the water
proof and chills the very marrow. Faces come
out of tbe fog with eyes bent downward and
lips tight closed, as if holding back dark
thoughts and checking unkind words. The un
kenneled dogs slink along close to the base
lines of buildings, or stand shivering on door
step and in dark hallways. Horses' coats send
off clouds of vapor while they fretfully paw
tbe pavements and champ uneasily under the'
flacellation winter's wet whipping. Children
ot the alley look like wharf rats just returned
from a forage up a city's main sewer
grimy, slimy, scared looking. Tots who
shout in the April shower pout In tbe 'winter
ponr. Tbey see birds, bnds and flowers in one,
dead leaves, leaden skies, gray fogs In the
other. The boy who owns sled and skates sees
tbe snow and the Ice slip out of sight with a
sigh. He is the greatest sufferer. Each rain
drop falls Into his beating little heart and In
his eyes the mist is blinding. Poor little fel
low! he does not stop and think that the soft
flakes will come again out of a blue-black sky
against which big banks of snow clouds may be
gathering while he looks at the mud-tainted
little ridge below the window running off gut
terward, riverward, seaward. He sees what his
eyes see, happy little lad no more, no less.
Cheerfulness is the lymph which kills the
germ of sadness.
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THOSE who, use hearts for toys, doubtless
imagine they can be mended when broken.
At last, accounts Brooke was only seven
miles away from the hostile, camp. He Is still
safe.
The embezzler who is led on by a woman
would bo justified if he christened her misap
propriation. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania would
be appreciated in New York. As a street
sweeping machine it's a dandy.
Why not ship cigarettes to tbe reservations
and allow tho braves to smoke themselves to
dcathr Lots of Fish in the Sea.
Pray what can a poor maid do
When her lover ceases to woo.
Must she pine away,
Ho no longer gay.
Mourn for a heart unttue.
What shall the poor maid do?
, Pray what must a poor maid say
To a lover who flees for aye.
Should sbe silent be,
Or sing merrily;
Hide thorn in heart away.
Wear rose on brow alwayr "
Fray how shall a poor maid find
Love cast on tbe whistling wind
If she sits and sighs,
Or closes her eyes?
Surely love's never blind
If tbe maid's so Inclined.
This much a poor maid can do
When her lover ceases to woo:
Sbe can watch and waft.
Cherish love, not hate.
For whero a thorn once grew
A rose can bloom anew!
The plotter's motto Come, let us treason
together.
KlPLlKd was shockediby the spittoons while
be was in America. In tils country they swal
low what goes into them here, we suppose.
It takes an unblushing, damsel to court no
toriety. 1
TlQHT-FIS TE J fellows Prize-fighters.
George Augustus Sala has written up a
soap works for an English magazi ne. It must
have been a costly "paid local," and contains a
good deal of lye.
After the waiter feeds you he expects to be
feed.
His Visible Means.
Don't judge a dude's wealth by the sbv
Of the cane he loves to sport,
What you see with your naked eyes
May be his only support.
AN April shower in January is quite a nov
elty. But, then, the weather is nothing if not.
novel.
THE Exposition gas well is scarcely In It.
Precocious children attract more attention
during tho moulting period than afterward.
In the Nebraska and Oklahoma Legislatures
the gun is mightier than the gavel.
'Shorthand folk can handle long speeches
better than longhand people.
Some specialists believe baseball will benefit
the insane. It will remind them of old times,
at all events.
G Rover Cleveland will never vote aye on
the question, "Is marriage a failure?"
The railroads built on paper are tied with a
String.
Ireland's bogs may be her salvation.
There's gold In the peat .they hold, but some
thing else besldcs'polltlcs Will have to be used
to bring it to the surface.
Torn on the Light.
Old Adam was the first man.
But, somehow or other.
No early historian
Tells us of his mother.
The people who attend the wedding go out
with the tied-
In his 'Frisco letter Rudyard Kipling works
off a bunko chestnut and rehashes an old'
American police court joke. Ruddy must
have read the American newspapers between
stories in India.
If your wife is a typewriter she will stand
dictation and allow you to have the last word.
WiLHELM evidently Intends to make enongh
nut of Koch's lymph to pay tbe expenses of
keeping up the German army. It will un
doubtedly fatten his treasury. P"
A green-haired, rosy-cheeked girl has ar
rived in New York from the Green Isle. She
carries tbe green above the red.
A oenics wants the War Department to
stretch a live wire around the hostile camp and
let electricity do tbe rest. This is a uniqne in
stance of modern wire-pulling.
Pugs are supposed to fight to a finish. The
finish, like the Pattl farewell tour, goes march
ing on, however,
' Self-reliance develops the muscles of the
mind and adds to the will power. -
Would. Have to Be Tagged!,'
Those women who wear the blue stocking
Would also like to wear coats.
And then where both sexes kept flocking
The sheep would resemble the goats.
The first feminine monument commem
orated "Looking Backward."
The step-mother will turn if the members of
the first family tread on her.
ShipmkO clerks are very forward fellows.
A flour mill trnst would Undoubtedly be a'
grinding monopoly.
' .Kipling may have English' blood in his J
MONDAY?.'' " JANTTAiRT '
veins, but if he had 'not left home early he
would not have been so cute as he says he is.
Monte Carlo is dotted with villa and is
full of villains.
i
The American young man is dividing the
honors with bis fair sister in Paris. Between,
the two the gay natives are bating a'splendid
time. Yankee blades are destined to cut a
wide swath In any community.
It Is easier to pick out a winner in the race of
life than in a horse race.
The smooth-tongued individual is frequently
roughly treated. Willtk Winkle.
THE DISPUTED STATE ELECTIONS.
Editorial Opinions, Both Partisan and Fair,
From Representative Papers.
The. Democrats Have the Pole.
Chicago Inter-Ocean, Rep.
In Montana it mnst be conceded that the
Democrats seem to have the one pole long
enough to reach the tip-top persimmon.
The Rebellious North.
Louisville Courier-Journal, Dem.'l
It will be noticed that all the turmoil and re
bellion Is in tbe Northern Stats, where the
defeated party is unwilling to surrender, even
whenf commanded by the people.
Who Steals My Purse Steals Trash.
New Orleans Delta, Dem.J
The New Hampshire Legislature chose Tut
tle, the Republican candidate, as Governor of
JNew Hampshire. While legal, this was as
clear a steal as if they bad put their hands into
tbe pocket of Ames, the Democratic) candidate,
and taken his pocketbook.
A Point in Boyd's Favor. -Washington
Post, Rep.
It may be mentioned in passing that the
militia holds itself subject to Governor Boyd's
order, which Is a point In his favor, as he is a
good, conservative citizen, tenacious, of his
rights, but not inclined to resort to revolution
ary methods for their vindication.
The Fault of the Alliance.
Chicago Herald, Dcm.
Unfortunately for the cause of good govern
ment, tbe Farmers' Alliance party In the Leg
islature, by defying tho rights ot the minority
and engaging In various violent demonstrations,
played into the bands of tho defeated Repub
licans and brought additional scandal upon the
State.
The South and North Contrasted.
Atlanta Journal, Dem.
The present condition of the State govern
ments ot several ot the Northern and Western
States affords striking contrast with the peace
fulness and order everywhere prevalent at the
South. It suggests that if the bayonet or Fed
eral interference in State politics is needed or
would be justifiable anywhere, It is in these
Northern andWestern States.
Democrats May Bide Their Time.
New.Orlcaas Picayune, Dcm.
Tbe growth of Democracy In all of the New
England States of late years has been so rapid
that the Democrats may console themselves
with the hope that a few more campaigns will
give them an absolute majority, and thus enable
thorn to sweep away tbo laws that have per
mitted their political enemies to maintain
themselves in power in spite of the clearly ex
pressed will of the people.
i The Republican Advantage,
ft. Louis Post-Dispatch. Dem.
So it would seem that the Republicans In
power In New Hampshire can count them
selves into power acaln after every election,
as long as they have the nerve to violate
openly their own laws and precedents.
Flaying a Dangerou Game.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Hep. , '
There is reason to believe that in the end the
Alliance people Will have thelf own way. Tbe
power IS in their hands, and they will hardly
consent to any sort of compromise. They are
playing a dangerous game, however, from a
political point of view. Their party has much
to lose and nothing to gain by prolonging the
present unfortunate contest for the mere
purpose of showing that they can do what they
please.
Signs of Last Falls's UphevaL
St. Paul I'loncer l'ress, Rep.i
These are all signs of the slngnlar shaking
up that the parties and the people received
last fall. In tbe Northwest an entirely new
element has come to the front an element
which Is not accustomed to the exercise of po
litical power, which has dreamed of It as the
height of human felicity, and which in Ne
braska at least Is not especially careful of its
methods or its instruments. It is Inevitable
that the birth of this new political force, or
this unaccustomed ' manifestation of an old
one, shonld be attended with unusual phe
nomena. Not Go 'ornor Thayer's Fault.
New York Tribune, Kep.l
It Is undoubtedly a serious thing for Gover
nor Thay r to intetfere with the will of tbe
people aS expressed lu Mr. Boyd's plurality,
but the Governor has sworn to support and
maintain the Constitution, and the Constitution
plainly says that "no person shall be eligible to
the office of Governor who has not been for two
years next preceding his election a citizen of
the United States and of the State." It is not
Governor Thayer's fault if Mr. Boyd has been
careless or indifferent witb regard to his rights
and duties. The question Is purely a legal one,
and some way should be found of determining
it in a prompt and lawful manner. Partisan,
ship should play no part in such a controversy.
A Constitutional Weakness.
From Detroit Ncws,'lnd,
All these contests serve to illustrate what we
have often said about the weakness of Our
constitutional system in this country,whlch has
no means of referring' all such disputes to the
people, and. In consequence promotes In tbe
minds of politicians an utter disregard of the
people so long as by hook or crook power can
be retained. Under the parliamentary system
which obtains in other free countries, no
government would rotaln Office unless it could
obtain a clear majority of the popular branch
which in those countries Is the potent branch
and if those in office could hot transfer the
offices to others who conld obtain sneb legisla
tive support, they would refer thewhole subject
back to the people In another election.
A COMIHG WEDDING.
Miss Audenreld and Count Devonno to Be
Married on Wednesday.
nmoM a staff correspoitdikt.j
Washington, Jan. 1L Cards are out for
the most fashionable wedding of the season, to
take place next Wednesday at St. Matthew's
(Roman Catholic) Church. The bride-to-be Is
Miss Florence Aodenreld and the groom Count
De la Forest Devonne, of tbe French legation.
Secretary Blaine, as the head of the diplomatic
corps, will bestow the hand ot Miss Audenreld
upon Count Devonne.
Archbisbop Corrlgan, of- New York, who Is
tbe bride's godfather, will officiate. After tbe
ceremony there will be a breakfast at 1230 p.
M. at tbe residence of Mrs." Audenreld, on Ver
mont avenue. Among the guests at the break,
fast will be the President and tbe officers of the
Cabinet.
MIXED SCHOOLS IN KANSAS.
There Can Be No Discrimination Against
.Colored Children.
Topeea, Jan. 1L The Supreme Court has
decided, that colored children could not be dis
criminated against in tbe mibllc schools.
In tbe case of Bertha and Lilly Knox, colored
children ot Independence, Kan., against the
Board of Education of that city, the conrt
holds that the Legislature not having granted
to cities of the second class power to establish
the separate schools for colored children, tbe
action of tbe Board of Education in attempt
ing to exclude colored children from the
schools and compel them to attend a separate
school, was illegal. A writ of Injunction was
therefore granted as prayed for.
Between Two Fires,
Boston Herald.
What with the Indian uprising and the blood
shed threatened by tbe Farm e is' Alliance, Ne
braska Is dark and bloody ground just now.
He or His Dollars?
Boston Herald .1
Senator Star lord.' of California-, has bean
triumphantly renominated.
12, ' 1891.
ON THE RIVER BANK.
A Visit to RIpon's Cathedral and Fountain's
Abbey Rev. George Hodges Writes
' Entertainingly of Spots of More Than
Passing Interest.
Half way between the cathedral towns of
York and Durham, and half way also between
the capital cities of London and Edinburgh, Is
the quiet little village of Rlpon. It gets its
"name from the Latin word for "river bank,"
and deserves it. The Skelt and tbe Ure meet
here to form the Onse. The hills rise gently
about the town, and In the midst stands tbe old
cathedral
The river banks were green with grass, and
shady with forest trees, in those ancient days
when St. Cnthbert used to journey down here,
and build himself a shelter within' hearing of
the pleasant water, tnd gather about him the
native savages of the wild district to his per
suasive preaching. By-and-by, disciples or St.
Cuthbcrt built a house here, where (bey might
live together, and so began a monastery. And
then came the delayed but inevitable con
tention between the two great missions, the
northern and the southern. For Eng
land was converted by swo quite
different bands of missionaries. From
the continent of Europe, and from its chief
city,' Rome, came Augustine", landing in the
souta, and establishing himself at Canterbury.
From Ireland came Colutnba, landing in the
north, and establishing himself In the Island of
Iona, off tbe west coast of Scotland. The
southern mission was Roman; tbe northern
mission Was Celtic that is. It represented that
branch of the Christian church Wbich bad been
driven out of England, and into Wales and
Scotland, by the invading Saxons. Of course,
the two great missions met. They were not
able to aeree. The only thing upon which they
could agree was to disagree. And they went on
working apart, presentine somewhat the samo
extraordinary spectacle to men and angels as
is presented to-day by the foolish divisions of
Christian people, even in this land and time of
enlightenment.
Must Be a Stop Somewhere.
But division cannot go on forever. There
had to be a stop to it in Englahd. Up In
North'umbria tbe King and the Queen bad
received conversion and Instruction from
different hands; one had been taught tbe
old-fashioned Celtic wavs. and tbe other tho
new-fashioned Roman wav. One of the differ
ences was about the time1' of keebibg Easter.
Tbe consequence was that while the King was
keeping Easter-tide, the Queen was still prac
ticing the abstinences of Lent. And that made
trouble. And the trouble was finally adjusted
by RIpon's other saint, St. Wilfrid. They had
a creat council, tne two branches oi the church,
at Whitby, before the King. And Wilfrid as
sured the King that St. Peter was on the Ro
man side ot this question, and that St. Peter
Was the gatekeeper of Paradise, and bore the
keys. Thatconvlnced the prudent King. "Let
mestand," be said, "upon tbe side of bim who
beats the keys, that he may let me in." So the
matter was decided. The representatives of
the briginal British church Withdrew from
Rlpon and their other'ablthbg places, and tbe
advocates of the continental fashion possessed
tbe land. Wilfrlfl built a cathedral here. You
can go down into the cathedral cellar and see
some ot tho old stones of It,
Queer Epitaphs on theWatls.
The present Cathedral of Rlpon is a plain
"church, not beautiful, nor particularly inter
esting. There are queer epitaphs along tbe
walls, and" queer misereres In the choir. The
epitaphs are of the kind you read about. You
begin to understand the jibes at gravestone
veracity as you spell out their remarkable ex
aggerations. Here lies the body of William
Weddell, Esq.. of Newby,
In whom every Virtue
That enobles the human Mind
Was united
With every Elegance that Adorns it.
The misereres are among the quaintest In
England. The word means "mercy." A mis
erere was a merciful contrivance by which a
weary monk, saying his daily seven-fold ser
vices, might at tbe same moment reverently
stand up and comfortably sit down. Tbe seat
of tbe choir stall tnrns Up, and discovers
a projection underneath, along the front edge
of It, which makes a second and a
higher sitting' place. In tbe angle be
tween the projection and tbe bottom
of the seat are tne most curious carvings. Here
is a mermaid lookibgat her face In a mirror,
the symbol of vanity, and a big pig playing the
bag pipes, to which a lot of little pigs are danc
inga satire on the minstrels: and a tox steal
ing a goose suggesting tho extortions di our
enemies, the friars. Under every seat is one of
these grotesques. You could spend a day there
stndylngtbem.
Tbe sign of Rlpon In thelanguage of heraldry
is a great horn. You see tbe born Itself, If you
stay there Over night. At 0 o'clock tbe Cathe
dral bell rings tbe warning curfew, as it has
been rung beside these rivers since the days of
'William toe oonquerer. Ana ous into tne
midst of tbe public square, where once tho
market cross stood, advances a singular figure,
dressed in tbe fashion of a century or two ago,
carrying a big born, which be proceeds to blow
with great force and .solemnity. If you
are lodged at tha Unicorn, and the
moon Is shining, you can see the
sight out ot your chamber window.
Thence goes tbe horn-blower to salute the
Mayor. Tbe bearer of the horn I found to be a
good-looking young fellow, proud of bit posi
tion, evidently enjoying bis singular duties.
He represents a line of horn blowers going
back nobody knows bow far. Once the blow-'
mgmeant something. It was tho signal for the
setting of the town watch. Now it means noth
ing but a pleasant memory" ot old times and a
perception of the value of the picturesque.
A Little Lord Fauntleroy Palace.
You go out across the fields two or three
miles, along Kirkgate and Skellgate, over tbe
stiles and past St. Wilfrid's Well, and you get
to tbo entrance gates of the magnificent estate
of Studley Royal, the residence of the Marquis
of Rlpon. Studley Royal Is like the place
which so surprised "Little Lord Fauntleroy,"
who was amazed that a man should live "over
a mile from bis front gate." You go along a
fine avenue of lime trees, straight as an arrow,
and a mile long; and then you turn
oft to tbe left, along shady' walks,
bordered witb great hedges, cut away
here and there for glimpses of lake and river;
and through the glade where once the "Curtail
Friar" of Fountains had a vigorous bout with
Robin Hood, and you come in sight of Fount,
ain's Abbey, whose ruins are the most e'xtenslvo -In
England.
The abbey lies by tbe river bank, some of its
buildings being extended out across the stream.
Here is tho church, with Its square side tower,
and its long eastern chapel "of tbenine altars,"
and Its ancient chancel, and Its majestic nave,
roofless, but with Its two rows of great, round,
Norman pillars standing like avenues of forest
trees. There-is grass where the pictured floor
of tbo monks lay. The ivy crows over the
broken walls, and all is open to the sky. They
broke In here after tbe monastery was "sun
pressed," and sold by the "Defender of tbe
Faith," and pulled tbo roof to pieces, first
for the lead that was in It, and. they
had a fine, big bonfire in tbe mid
dle of the church, with the wood of
the choir stalls for fuel; and tbey melted the
lead, and burned Up all that delicate carved
work, ana left the- unroofed, desecrated sanc
tuary to the birds, and the bats ana the
weather, the pious reprobates, tbe cultured
savages!
The Monasteries of Olden Times.
Every mediaeval monastery had fivo roofs,
a church, a cloister, a dormitory, a refectory,
and a chapter house. If the monastery was
rich, as Fountains AhJ)ey was, there were other
buildings beside these, guest houses, and an
infirmary, and the abbof s lodzmes. The cen
ter of all was tbe cloister. The cloister was an
open space of green grass about which the main
buildings of the monastery were ereated. On
the north side of this little square stood the
chnrcb: on the south, the refectory:' on the
east, tbe chapter-house; and on the west, tbe
dormitory. These bulldlnes fenced In the
cloister with their great walls. Around the
sides, making a covered porch all about tbe
green square, ran a low roof, supported by
stone pillars. This was the cloister walk.
Here tbe monks lived.
Tbe cloister roof has long since been broken
down at Fountains Abbey, but you can see
where tbe pillars stood. The buildings are still
about the square, witb brocen walls. Yon sit
down in the shadow of them and have a vision,
Tbe bell rings in the old tower, ana tbe candles
are aflame on the altars of the old chnrcb, and
you hear tbe voices of tbe monks chanting the
Psalms of David. Presently out marches a
procession ot men In cowl and gown, luto the
cloister and "a day that is past" comes back.
There, In the east walk, sits tbe abbot in
solitary state: in the south walk the convent
barber Is busy with his necessary labors; in tbe
west walk.scbool Is going on, with a company of
mischievous mediaeval boys for pnoils,learnlng
to read Latin, learning to sing psalms. Here In
the north walk, where the face of tbe sun Is pleas
antest,tbe monks are gathered who have no
other duties. The cellarer Is In tbe
kitchen, getting dinner; the chamberlain Is
in tbo dormitory, making beds; some are at
the mill, and some in tbe carpenter -shop,
and some blacksml thing, and some looking
after the needs ot tbe abbey's guests. For
there is plenty of employment. The abbey is a
whole town in itself, with all the industries
which minister to human life -included in it.
But all who are nowhere else are here In this
sunny side of the cloister. Here the books
are kept. The account books, minute to the
last half-farthing, and fearfully elaborate. '
Beforo the Time of Type.
Here is the medieval printing office, where
pen and ink must do tbe work ot type; 'here
deft-fingered monks are copying service books
for use in church, with many a erics and art
'and a taste for color, making the Illuminated
missals which we wonder at to-day. Here,
again, the monastic chronicle Is being written.
Everybody Is busy. When It is the permitted
time, much talk goes on here, ot the great
.world outslae, and ot the little world Inside
bigger than any other, for its closeness. And
some read, and some play chess. The bell,
every now and then, calls all tbe brother
hood to prayer; -and presently to dinner
welcome souadl where from the refectory pul
pit (you can still see where. It was) a monk
reads from the pages of a good book while the
others eat and listed. So tbe days pass.
Yes, and the cehtnrlos, bringing revolutions,
and reformations, and bonfires ot carved oakt
There was-a merry company of little children
at the abbey, when I bad my sight ot tbe ruins.
The day was showery, as most days are In Eng
land, and tbe children had taken refnge In tbe
ereat pillared cryot Under the old "dormitory of
thelay-bretbren."Here they were playing their
games, wbero the monks lived their quiet lives!
Presently the Marquis ot Ripon came, and his
wife, and brought a fiddler with them, and the
children fell to dancing with creat glee. It was
worthy seeing. Tbe nobleman, busy with that
noble occupation tho bringing of happiness
Into the hearts ot Utile children, which the old
monks never thongbt of. and the recesses of
that ancient abbey bright with children's faces
and echoing with children's voices. Tbe scene
and the background went delightfnlly to
gether. The last sortnd whieh I heard as I
turned away from Fountain Abbey was the
merry jigging of a fiddle.
OUR MAIL POUCH,
Roads and Wagons.
To the Kdltor or The Dispatch S
If The Dispatch's County Road Exploring
Expedition did not discover the reason why the
country roads are so bad, its members lacked
necessary observing qualifications. The nar-row-tread
wagOns do'tlie bad work; and beforo
we- can have good roads the narrow-tread
wagons mnst be dispensed with. The tire of
the average narrow-tread is, wheh netf, 1
inches. Tne tires soon Wear off at tbe edges
and then are oval, and the consequence is our
best roads are soon sheared into deep ruts.
The rains fill the ruts with water and the mud
making process begins.
The wagon question shodld be discussed at
Farmers Institutes, as well as the road ques
tion, and tbe Legislature should be petitioned
to declare the narrow-tread wagons, excepting
the light springwagnn and pleasure carriages,
public nuisances. W hat w neeA n thn hrnarl.
tread wagon for alt heavy hauling, whether in'
ins cities or in tue country; It would not dam
age our streets, neltber would it destroy the
country roads. Two inches of well broken
stone under a broad-tread wagon would be
more benefit to our roads than would 12 Inches
tihdenthe narrow tread. Even dirt would make
a sufficient roadbed for tbe broad tread It the
water would be kept off the road.
We are prejudiced against tbe broad-tread
wagons, and Say they strike every obstacle in
the road. This Is Very far from the truth, for
they would have to have very wide tires to do
so. Again, we say they are too heavy. Neces
sarily the tire ot broad treads does no: need to
be heavy, for a very thin ire will do. If tho
tires of wagons were even 10 or 12 inches wide
they would not strike as many obstacles as a
narrow tread strikes in ruts iU or 12, inches
deep.
With broad treads our roads would become
smooth and even, without ruts 'and witbonl
mud. They would roll over the roads, but tbe
narrow tread is dragged through the reads. For
a two-horse wazon we shonld have a Six-Inch
tire; for a fottr-borse wagon ad eight Inch.
Witb such Wagons our roads can be put in
order with a great deal less money than would
be required to put them in order for the narrow
treads. Even if once made good tbey are soon
sheared up by this latter class. All that would
he required to keep them in repair for broad
treads would be little besides keeping the water
off.
Tbe sole remedy for our roads and streets is
in the broad-tread wagon. Our legislators
should see that tbe remedy is administered
without delay. But It will require backbone in
them to administer the potion. Tbey must not
qnibble about quarter inches in tbe width of
tires,- but strike for full round numbers. It
they could but see tbe unevenness of the
bottoms of ruts cut by narrow-tread wazons
they could .easily dispel all their prejudice
against broad treads. JAN.
Hooversville, Pa., Jan. 10.
The Future of the Party.
To the Editor of The Dispatch.
This is to congratulate you upon tbe posi
tion The Dispatch has taken against tbe
Federal elections bill. You are thus helping
the Rpublican party much better than those
blind guides who, having themselves stumbled
into the ditch, insist that their party shall con
tinue in the mistaken course they have led it
into.
I left the Republican party In 1S72 nn tho
issue of local self-government for the South;
voted for Greeley, Tilden and Hancock on that
issue, would not vote for Cleveland in ISSi; but
did not work as hard for Blaine as I onght to
nave aone, consiuering tue iiurcnard incident.
Two years ago I did my best ror Harrison, re
lying on some such tariff bill as the Senate sub
stitute for tbe Mills bill, and no interference
with local Self-government in the South. II
the plank In Republican platform abont "pre
serving autonomy of the States" means any
thing, it is a promise that bo Federal elections
bill will be passed.
It looks as If Blaine and Cleveland wonld run
again in 1892. If tbey do, it is important that
Republicans do not handicap their party So as
to make Cleveland's election a certainty. If
the Federal elections bill is given a quietus. Re
publicans nan recover lost cround and elect
Blaine In '82 against Cleveland.
William J. Fowler.
Rochester, N. Y., Jan. 8.
Lots of McKlnleyltes In Ohio.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
I am a newspaper man. I travel, hate been
over a large portion of Ohio, have talked with
many Republicans from all sections of Ohio.
1 know what the Republicans think and say, I
notice in your Issue of to-day an article head
lined thus, viz: "A Few of Them Left Mc
Klnleyltes Scarce in tbe West" Under tbls
bead you quote What that prince of Democrats
Al. Carlisle says of McKihley.ln his usual
style. His statement is false and he knows it.
The most pnpular man in Ohio to-day is Hon.
William McKmley.
Yes: "the man who once baa a bill" Is the
strongest man In Ohio to-day. Tbe Democrats
fear him and bis popularity. They know it he
is nominated "their goose is cooked," and that
him majority will be immense over anyone they
can nominate. They have been trying in every
way to kill him politically for years, but hare
only succeeded in making bim more popular
each year. If McKlniey will accept the nomi
nation he will be the next Governor of Ohio.
You will oblhte your Eastern Ohio readers hv
giving this truth tbe same prominence as you
did Al. Carlisle's falsehood.
Adena, O., Jan. 9. Thomas V. Deary.
Concerning the Heresy Trial.
To the Editor or The Dispatch:
Allow mo as a clergyman and a constant
reader of your paper, to call your attention to
some exuberant sentences at the beginning of
tbe article on tbe MacQueary trial yesterday.
We are not disposed to class the youthful
vaporings ot Mr. MacQueary as great thinking.
The P. E. Church is not in any sensa
on trial lu this instance, it is Mr.
MacQueary who is on trial. His con
viction 'or acquittal will not in the least
affect the church, whose doctrines ate forma
lated by general councils, and not by indi
viduals, and which charges her individual
priests with the duty of Interpreting them In
accordance with their ordination oath and by
no other standard, and sbe especially charges
them in those vows "to drive awav all strange
and erroneous doctrines." Mr. MacQueary may
be affected in bis own opinion, or in tbe opin
ion of tbe advocates of tbe so-called "higher
criticism," but the cburch will be whblly un
affected by tbls incident, and will go on her
way just as the ocean goes on over the opening
made by tbe casting of a pebble through its
liquid snrracs. Jesse C. Taylor.
New Lisbon, O., Jan. 9.
Improvement of the Mississippi.
To tbe .Editor of The Dlsoatch:
Your series ot articles on the improvement
of tbe Mississippi river contain more practical
suggestions, exhibit more real engineering con
ceptions and aro broader in their scope and
grasp tba anything that has hitherto appeared
on that subject. Not only this, but they rise
into tbe domain and amply cover the plane of
the highest statesmanshlp.-
By comparison, tbe ship canal project sinks
into absolute nothingness. I am awaiting tbe
report of the commission to see by what Jug
dory thev propose to canal over a dry hill.
Pleasantyillk, Pa., Jan. 8. xT.
A Couple of Corrections.
To tbe Kdltor of The Dispatch:
In a telegram published this morning I
notice that a grandson of Field Marshal
Blucher has taken out naturalization papers at
St. Louis. The telegram adds that the Field
Marshal commanded at tbe battle ot Leipsic
This is an error. The allied army opposed to
Napoleon was commanded by Marshal
Schwartzepburg. Tbe battle lasted three
days, and ended in tbe retreat of the French.
The name Blucher is misspelled in tbe tele
grams, which error I also coirect. Citizen.
Pittsburg, J an.. 10.
An Ares of 32,531 Square. Miles.
To the Editor Of The Dispatch:
Please let me know the number of sauare
miles in Ireland, to decide a bet.
TEwetTrrRER
Islewoos, PJl, Jan. 10,
CDEIO0S C05DENSAT105S. '
The cutting of veneers is now done by
electricity.
Steamboats will soon he running on tha
Sea ot Galilee.
rThe Chinese do not permit their women
to be photographed.
An Ionia, Mich., concern is shipping
corn cob pipes to England.
An idol collector in San Francisco, who
has just died, bad a collection of 500 little gods.
A St, Louis justice has decided that
young woman is bound to return tbe gifts made
by a rejected lover.
Colonel Debanse and M". Schneider, the
directors ot the Call and Creusot Works, re
spectively declare that it is unnecessary to re
place steel guns by bronze cannon, in view of
tbe adoption ef smokeless powder.
Charlie Griffith, of Athens, Ga., has a
curiosity in tbe shape ot a pipe. The bowl of
tbe pipe is fashioned out of a costly variety of
briarwood, while the stem was taken from the
leg Of some lordly gobbler of the days of long
ngo.
Of the 1,100,000 Lutheran communi
cants In the United States, about three-fourths
are Germans: tbe others are Scandinavians,
English, etc In no fewer than 12 lanzuages do
Lutheran pastors preach the Gospel to this
country,
Now, in advanced civilization, love
and care prolong life to a great age. This ts
not an unmixed good. Almost the very exist
ence of slow decay and long disease has been
brought about by tbe lore and care that dis
tinguish humanity.
Blankets are loaned to the poor, during
the winter months, tree of cost, by a kind
hearted citizen In Brunswick, Germany. They
are stamped, to prevent them from being sold
or pawned, and tbey are returned at the close
oi me com weather.
One of the essentials to a good photo
graph Is a clean face not a relatively but an
absolutely clean one and It is said that pho
tographers have much trouble because tbey do
botlike to make a suggestion which might be
resented by their sitters.
The strength of spider silk is incredible.
Size for size it Is considerably tougher than a
bar or steel. An ordinary spider's thread is
capable of bearing a weight of three grains,
while a steel thread of tbe Same thickness
wonld support less than two.
An old colored woman living in Atchi
son used to prepare herself every night for
death by dressing In a bine grown, and sbe was
always surprised to find herself alive the next
morning. Sbe kept this up until she wore out
three or four blue dresses and then she quit.
The Alabama Sentinel, a labor paper
published at Birmingham, is running a "dally
strike edition," for the benefit of tbo striking
miners and iron workers. The paper is not
only keeping up tbe courage of the men but
procuring a good bit of revenue for their
support.
Last June a covey of 17 partridges was
found dead in Southern Prnssla, with their
heads together. It was discovered that the
whole covey must have been struck by licht
nlnc. One could plainly see where the flash
bad strnck a little mound and from thence pro
ceeded along tbe ground.
The true French plum large, jet-black,
soft and juicy comes from the shores of the
Garonne and its affluent tbe Lot, and Is the
fruit ot the tree known as the prnnier d'ente.
or grafted plum. The center of the district is
Clairac, a quaint little old-fashioned town built
on a steep hillside overlooking the Lot.
The garbage scow in the Seattle harbor
attracts vast multitudes of sea gulls. When
ever tbe boat is towed ont from 1,500 to 2,000
follow It to its destination, and the men em
ployed on It claim that they scarcely have room
to work, as the gulls cluster around them In
swarms, all fighting one another to get on the
scow and select their food.
Probably the most unique Christmas
present given tbls year was received by tbe
editor of a Missouri newspaper. It was the
left hind foot of a common gray rabbit, which
bad. been killed in a graveyard at midnight is
the dark of the moon by a cross-eyed negro
Tbe charm is warranted to keep away all mis
fortune and bad lack. i
It is stated that While foreigners irl
France number 3 per cent of tbe population!
tbey are 11 per cent of the convict class. In
18S7, 1.217, and in 1883 L279 foreigners were con-
victed. the number of English being 53 and 51
respectively. Italians head the list m 1888 with
tii. then come 218 Belgians. 192 Germans, 0
opaniaras, oo owiss ana a Austrian.
Though much is said about the de
cadence of New England, during thelastten
years the population has increased more than
during any other decade in all its history. The
onlr State in wblcb there has been no increase
Is Vermont, and tbo conditions In Vermont are
such as make It probable that the State never
will have more population than now.
The Department of Justice of Canada
has decided to purchase a newly patented
photographic apparatus ot great value in de
tecting crime. The Invention will enable a
copy to be taken of the imace In the retina of
the eye of a dead person. This Is regarded as
very important, especially In cases where there
Is no other clew to tbe perpetrator of tbe mur
der. Spiders differ from insects in five mi
nnte'particnlars; their eyes are simple instead
otcomponnd, they have eight legs instead of
six. thev do not pass thringh the metamor
phoses which are characteristic of Insects, they
have no antennas, and their breathing is accom
plished by means of organs which combine tbe
functions of lnngs and gills. Instead of by tubes
pervading their bodies.
Scientist! have by no means abandoned
tbe attempt to reach tbe North Pole. Tbe
prospects are fair that another year will see an
expedition ihto Antarctic regions for purposes
of exploration and discovery. It is quite prob
able also that our Government will, dnring the
coming year, send out an expedition which
shall penetrate Into tha yet unknown interior
of our own Territory of Alaska,
Tbe first goldfish brought to Europe,
from where this country received Its earliest
supplies, were of tbe poorest and commonest
breed: they Were of a golden color, hence tbe
name for the entire cenus: and it will thus ba
understood why people speak of black, white,
red or blue goldfish. The old-fashioned gold-
nsh lives now in a wild state in tnis country,
and Is in fact connted among the native fishes
of North America.
Mrs. John 51. Weigle, of Augusta, Ga.,
excitedly called tbe attention of her husband
to a little animal which was sporting on her
sitting room hearth one night. Mr. Weiglo
soon saw tbat it was a pretty flying squirrel.
He tried to capture it but it escaped from the
room and was overhauled by the dogs. There
was no possible way for the little fellow to eet
into tbe room except down tbe chimney in tbe
tace of a hot burning coal fire.
We are first indebted to Herodotus for
the discovery of the pigmies, and. secondly, to
Andrew Battel, of Leigh. Then Moffat and
Livingstone Introduced us to the Bushmen of
South Africa. Bat the earliest knowledge of
the pigmies of Central Equatorial Africa was
eiven us by Schwelnfurth and Piazgia, who
had traveled to Nlam-Nlam and Monbutta
land, wbich countries are situated on the
northern edge of the Great Forest.
At Straubing, in Bavaria, soma Celtic
tombs have been opened and found to contain
most interesting bronze ornaments and iron
weapons belonging to the people of Rbstia be
fore tbe Roman conquest, Tbe long-sought-for
Roman cemetery has also been discovered
through tbe uneartbine of a Roman tomb con
taining cinerary urns flanking the old military
road from Serriodurum (Straubing to Abo
sma, both situated on the Danube.
WISDOM OF THE WITS.
They say the dude's harmless. He isn't,
yon bet;
But tbe very reverse he Is found.
Tor oft bis discarded, half-burned clgaretta
Burns a building or block to the ground.
Ktto Xor Prut.
It is thought the Interior Department at
Washington, combined with tbe Interior depart
ment of the red men, is the cause ef the Indian
war. Atlanta Constitution.
CurwinThe Indians don't teem to be
holding any more ghost dances.
Dogberry-No. they're indulging now la rifle
balls. Toledo Blade.
Justice Duffy Were you not intoxicated
on New year's Day?
Pat How can 1 tell, sor, wben I was not In a
condition to know? -Texat Sittings.
"Does your sister play the violin as much
as sbe used to?" said young Sapples, si he sat In
tbe parlor.
".No, sir; she said yesterday she guessed yoa
had quit coming altogether, and she might as well
throw the violin away." Washington Post.
Caller How perfectly devoted yon are to
yoar husband 1"
Young Wife Yes. I am trying topetand spoil
hl'n. so that HI die. and be marries again, no
other woman can live with htm. Svarf Moments.
"Anything new.nnder the sun to-day?" . .
"Yes, that paint you're' sitting agalsit. tr t
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