V' THtf PITTSBURG DISPATCH,' TUESDAY, '.JANUARY 20', 1891." . 4 iMgpttfl. ESTABLISHED FE3RUAKY S, 1S46. Vol.K. 'o. M7. Fnfrcd at ritlsbnrg rostoffice, 2ovcrnucrH. ISST, as sieond-class matter. Business Oflace Corner Smithfleld and Diamond Streets. Kows Booms and Publishing House 75, 77 and 79 Diamond Street. J.ASTERN AKVEK1ISIM OFFICE. ROOM 21, !I:lliU.NE BUILDIMJ. -NEW YORK, -where complete files of TIHE DlbPATCII can always be Jound. Forcljii advertisers appreciate the con xenlence. Home advertisers and friends of THE JilM'AlOII. while In lew york, are also made ' THE DISPATCH is regularly on sale at Jtrentino's, S Union Square. A'eio York, aid V wire, de FOpe a, Pans, Fiance, where anyone i7io has been disappointed at a hotel neics tland can obtain it. TERMS OF THE DISPATCfi. TOSTAGE TEEE IX THE CXITED STATES. Vatlt Dispatch. One Year ? CO Daily Dispatch, per Quarter 100 Kailt J)ipatck, Oneilonth.... - "0 Kaily Dispatch. Including fconday, lyear. 10 00 Uailt lhsPATCH, liicindlncbnnday,3ni'tlis ISO Jiailt Dispatch. Including fcnndav, lm'th 90 Mindat Dispatch, One Year 130 "UiUKiA Dispatch, One ear. li The Dailt Dispatch Is delivered by carriers at Jtcentspentcel, or including Mmday edition, at Z rent per week. PITTSBURG. TUESDAY", JAN. CO, 189L till: OBSTRUCTIVE HABIT. There is room lor a decided opiuion that in resuming the policy of obstruction in the House of Representatives yesterday the Democrats are presenting an unfortunate illustration of the force of bad habit. It lad not been supposed, heretofore, that in dulgence in obstruction involved results like the alcoholic habit; but the Democrats appear to have contracted the tendency so strongly that they cannot break themselves of it, and at present it looks as if it was going to the degree of delirium. The obstructive tactics of yesterday were resorted to in anticipation of the return of the elections bill from the Senate for con currence in amendments. But when that policy goes to the length of obstructing regular business, in order to throw obstacles in the way of a measure which has not yet reached the House, the Democrats put themselves as pains takiugly in the wrong as their opponents liave been doing heretofore. Obstruction, like opium, is something to be resorted to only as a last resort The Democrats should make an effort to grasp the truth that, as it is better not to cross abridge until you reach it, it is lully time enough to obstruct an ob noxious measure when it comes up. Beside the very grave responsibility of ob structing public business in this way, the Democratic leaders show bad judgment simply from a party point ot view. It has already been made plain enough that the Republican policy of legislating party su premacy is certain to break its neck if it has rope enough; and the Democrats are not under any obligations to use such strenuous means to prevent it from getting the rope. STREET KILLS AT HARRISKURG. Bills were introduced, at Harrisbure yesterday, to get this city out of its street muddle, and they will probably go through nithout much opposition. If passed, they are calculated to enable the city to collect assessments for improvements alreadymade, a necessity which cannot be denied. The present situation is very generally regretted, and even with a remedy to the extent pro mised by these bills, it is still a matter of regret that improvements could not be con tinued as the old law contemplated. KIPLING .VXD NATIONAL TIJIDE. "We regret to observo that some of our esteemed cotemporaries have shown a dis position lo get red in the face over Rudyard Kipling's sharp and rather summary sketches of political and social features in San Francisco. As the features which Kipling jumps on have been made the sub jects of indigenous saicasm these many j cars, it is illogical for the same humerous -writers who have made sport of these fail ings to get angry because Kipling charac terizes them in even more trenchant terms. It might almost be thought that the objec tion was prompted by jealousy at his en croachment on the Held of the native liumorists; but it is no doubt wholly the result of the sentiment, which, while clearly recognizing family failings, gets up inarms if a stranger comes in and points the Cncer of scorn at them. Vet, after nil this, feeling is crude and provincial. This country is old enough and big enough to let the world laugh at our failings and accept the verdict good naturedly, in the consciousness that if it does not recognize our strong points with our weak ones, it is a prejudiced and conse quently valueless judgment. That Kip ling's opinion ol the United States is vital to this country no one will believe. The young man is crude and apt to be hasty. He finds out that political matters are settled in saloon conferences, and, unmindful of the English cabinets that have been made and unmade by the publicans, slashes into it as an American trait. But his mute admira tion of our slang and his outspoken devo tion of the American girl, ought to concil iate every true American. This country can take Kipling's criticisms Without getting angry over them. They may be hasty and even prejudiced, but they are pungently put, and wholly devoid of instruction. Moreover, it is not yet by any means certain that the trenchant youth has such a bad opinion of the great American nation, after all. UNDERGROUND TRANSIT. 31 r. Thomas A. Edison is quoted in a re cent interview as saying that he considers the idea of rapid transit for large cities to be an underground electric railway. This, Mr. EJison points out, can be thoroughly lighted, well ventilated, can follow any de sired line with regard to the surface uses of the ground, andean be so planned as to re duce the dangers of accident far below those of surface roads or those elevated many feet above terra firma. This is the declaration of an expert It is a remarkable evidence of the inability of the vast majority of mankind to go a step be yond what tbey have set before them in the form ol concrete demonstration, that the agi tators for improved rapid transit in various cities, which imagine themselves beyond the Ttage of cable and surface electric lines, per sist in rejecting everything but an elevated railroad. Many of the disadvantages of elevated railroads are already well known. The possibility of a derailment, resulting in a fatal plunge to the street below, have been demonstrated. But the greater drawbacks which produce fear ful calamities, if the eventual disintegration oi the structure is cot anticipated by period - ical reconstruction, has not yet been ex perienced; and tbe consequence is that am bitious cities of the national second class wholly reject all propositions that they CSwjtft shall seek rapid transit in any other form than practiced in New Tork. Yet the evidence is convincing that the underground railroad is superior to the ele vated. That evidence takes the form of actual experience in London. The South' London Electric Railway has proved a great success. During the recent Xondon fogs its atmosphere was actually superior to that of the streets, while its convenience, speed and popularity have been demon strated beyond -question. The underground road would avoid the incumbrance of the streets and darkening of the atmosphere which is inevitable with elevated roads. It would wholly do away with the clogging of street traffic caused by surface roads. A great "portion of the preference for ele vated roads is due to the belief that they are less costly. But this is a decided error, when all factors are estimated. The improved appliances for tunneling have made a marked reduction in its cost, as illustrated by the St Clair river tunnel, as also on a smaller scale by a sewer tunnel recently completed in this city. If the first cost alone is taken into con' sideration the elevated road may yet be a little the cheapest But if the damages to ad joining property are considered the under ground rdad will cost less. Beyond that, the tunnel furnishes a complete solution for the disposition of various underground structures that are necessary in a large city; and when the saving by building sewers and laying water, gas and electric lines in connection with it are considered, the economy is still more manifestly on its side. Finally, nothing is more certain than that, some time or other, the entire structure of an elevated road must be replaced, to avoid the most wholesale calamities, while of the underground road the only replacement necessary will be the track. It ought to be beyond dispute that rapid f ransit science, has reached a stage where the subterranean road presents a decided supe riority to the elevated one. As this will be the case until those Western adventurers get their airships to flying, ambitious cities will do well to give the fact its full weight. A BONANZA FOR THE PROMOTERS. The more' the demand of the Nicaragua Canal Company, is examined, the more audacious appear its provisions. How it conld ever have been favorably reported in its present shape by the Committee on For eign Relations is past comprehension. The Committee itself acknowledges that the total cost ot the work cannot exceed f 100,000,000 we may note parenthetically that the com pany's own estimate is but 590,000,000 the whole of which sum Uncle Sam is asked to provide by the sale of bonds bearing his in dorsement. Thus the United States is to build a canal which a private company is to own. This feature of profit and ownership by the company calls for a capital stock of 100,000,000, of which about eighty per cent is to be water, as frankly and undisguisedly such as any J. Gould" or the Vanderbilts ever injected into any of their liquefied schemes. The committee unreservedly states the canal is to be built by the proceeds ot the bonds. The only consideration for the stock is that 7,000,000 of it goes to the com pany promoters for what they have already done, and Costa Rica and Nicaragua get some more for their concessions; while $70, 000,000 is to remain in tbe United States Treasury, salable in case "the proceeds of the bonds should be insufficient to meet tbe current requirements of the company." Finally and this is the most significant provision the United States is to have but six of the fifteen directors; so that while the country is responsible for the, means of construction, the -control rests still in the hands ot the private promoters, their ap pointees, assigns, or friends. The value of the canal to American com merce will be great It will lessen by at least one-half the water voyage to Chile, Peru and other South American markets as well as to China and Japan. Our Govern ment might, perhaps, be justified in sup plying, as is proposed, the whole means for its construction. It would also be no more than fair to pay the private promoters hand somely for their investment, and to give them a continuing interest proportioned thereto in the profits of the cannl. But it is utterly inexcusable to leave the control in their hands, and especially to enable them to burden the enterprise with an issue of 5100,000,000 of stock which by their esti mates should not be needed yet upon which dividends will eventually be ex pected. These dividends can only be had by an added tax of nearly 100 per cent upon the commerce passing through the canal. The most dangerous and suspicious feature of the transaction is that the expenditure of the first 5100,000,000 is to be lelt wholly to the promoters who further have the privi lege of calling another 570,000,000 if they think fit. Should a bill be passed by Congress upon these lines suggested by the Committee on Foreign Relations, it will be a modern mir acle if tbe familiar feature of inside con struction companies and profitable wheels within wheels be not evolved out of this scheme throwing wholly into the shade the enormous private fortunes which were simi larly coined at public expense out of the famous Pacific Railroad subsidies. ARGUMENTS ON SILVER. There is a good deal of indiscretion, with a slight taste of stupidity, in the insistence of some of the Eastern papers that the silver coinage measure is intended to give the sil ver mine owners 51 29 per ounce for metal worth only 51 05. The stupidity of persist ing in this statement as the argument against free silver coinage is that it is easily disproved, and thus leaves the impression that other arguments against the measure are equally ill-founded. "When any man who has silver can get the Government stamp put on it the coin will be worth exactly what silver bullion is. It cannot be worth more; for if there were any greater value the entire stock of silver in the world would at once flood the mints to secure that appreciation in its value. The indiscretion of that erroneous argu ment is the more marked because it charges this silver coiuage bill with the attempt to raise the price of silver by legislation, which is exactly what past silver legislation of the country has been trying to do for years. It is true that the silver acts hereto fore have provided that the Government shall buy bar silver at its market price, and thus secure the profit of raising the coin to par with gold. But if a law should be paised that the Treasury shall buy and store fifty million dollars of pig iron annually, the 'country would have no difficulty in recognizing it as legislation to raise the price of pig iron. The essential difference between the silver legislation of the past ten years and the measure now proposed is that the past acts made a more or less tenta tive effort to raise silver toward the gold standard; the pending measure proposes to reduce the monetary standard to the value of silver. There is much'luore force in showing the Injustice of this as affecting debtors and creditors, "than in the argument just referred to. The Philadelphia Frets tries to com bine the two by saying, "the people are asked to make up this difference (that be tween the market value and alleged coinage value of silver) by taking silver at 25 per cent above its market value in payment of all past debts now standing." But this is not a clear statement of the case, both be cause the payment of past debts is not the only function of silver, and because the pro posed change will not especially benefit the miners of silver as a class, so much as all debtors as a class. The practical effect of free silver coinage will be to scale down ex isting debts by a percentage which the Press states toie 25 per cent, but which The Dis patcu thinks will be more correctly esti mated at 15 per cent The injustice of this the opponentsof silver coinage woulddo well to bring out. The general misapprehension of its effect can be strikingly shown by a sin gle example. Mr. Jay Gould's highly watered corporations Delong emphatically to the debtor class. Nearly, if not quite, all their value is balanced by their debts. The effect of the proposed change would be to make Mr. Gould and his coadjutors in those corporations a present of 15 to 25 per cent of the hundreds of millions of debt on their various corporations and take away from the thousands of small investors who hold the bonds of the corporations exactly tbe same proportion of their savings. Another striking illustration of the weak foundation of the silver theory is furnished by the general agreement that if free silver coinage is adopted something must be done to prevent the importation of silver from abroad. This idea, which is accepted by many silver men, shows their distrust of sil ver as money. No one wants to prevent the importation of gold. On the contrary its importation is welcomed as an increase of our stock of money. But at the same time that it is proposed to raise silver to the full rank of money, the distrust of it in that function is shown by this wish to exclude silver coming to us from abroad. If we can accept silver as an unlimited subject for coinage we should be glad to have it come from abroad in any quantity as an addition to our supply of monetary wealth. There are plenty of strong arguments against free silver coinage, but they should intelligently discriminate between the past attempts to boost the price of silver and the present proposition to reduce the monetary standard to the'silver basis. EUROPE TRUST-BOUND AGATN. After a slight moderation the weather is reported more severe than ever in Europe. The condition of the poor in London and Berlin is pitiable in tbe extreme. The dis tress is incalculable. Multitudes are on the streets, preferring the frost laden air outside to the chill of fireless rooms, and trouble is feared. It is certainly a time for action, prompt and vigorous action. Kind bands and open purses here and there are utterly inadequate to meet the situation. An organ ized system of relief seems called for. If the crowd is really desperate enough to do vio lence, in its benumbed and frozen condition, it will be far cheaper to spend two pounds for relief than to permit destruction of prop erty to the value of one. "sow that the Government board has made us spell it Bering, will it not please give us official information whether its first syllable rhymes with "beer," "fur," or "err" The Philadelphia Press remarks that Washington, then the richest man In the country, was elected and re-elected President a century ago, but asserts that to-day the'Tlchest man conld not be, even II he were which he Is not as good a man as Washington." If tbe esteemed Press will induce the richest man to do half as mach for the country as Washing ton did, we will guarantee that he will have the Presidency offered him, without putting a single dollar of his wealth into the campaign fund. TnE burglars of this vicinity are begin ning to resent Interference with their industry with revolvers. If they keep on tho law will retaliate on some of them with a roDe. It is noticeable that New York is now ex periencing tbe working of a law which makes saloon-keepers liable for damages arising from the salo of liquor to inebriates. The wife of a drunkard bat just recovered $1,000 damages in a case of that sort The same sort of law was in force in numerous Western States, a few years ago; bnt out there it has made a myster ious disappearance. It is formally announced that the Astor Willing engagement is dnly ratified, and recog nized by tbe family authorities. Society can cow drawalongbreatb. Disarming the Sioux is all very well, particularly when they have disarmed them selves by burying the modern substitute for the hatchet in the shape of Springfield rifles. But a better way to insuro peace will be to fill their stomachs. By disarming tho agents who havo been cheating the Indians, the danger of having the firearms dug up may be evaded. IrtlSK politics, as manifested iu Tralee, are pretty lively, but have not yet come up to tbe standard of activity presented by American politics in Colorado. Now it is proposed in Kansas that the Senate shall adjourn, leaving tbe Alliance men n the Lower House without a full Legislature. Tbe sentiment of this proposition is evidently that if tbe Republicans cannot have a Legisla ture that will elect Ingalls, tbey will have no Legislature at all. If they wish to perma nently break tbe neck of tbe 'Republican party in Kansas, they can do i; by carrrying ont this scheme. The man who has not got a fire escape on his building by this time Is warned by the Department of Public Safety that he is in a perilous condition. Iir the agitation for municipal improve ments in Philadelphia, we observe a new move ment has beep started to abolish the electric poles in the streets. This provokes the anxious inquiry when the promise that Pittsburg over head wires were to be abolished will material ize by the disappearance of the wires and poles. Judging from the mortgage filed yester day, the English brewery trust has not much of a hold in this country. Stranger than fiction is the true tale of an old English fortune, created in lnqia, which heirs and imposters are making a race for. The slow grind of the English Chancery Court Is likely to give ample time to the real heirs to prove their claims. Fifth avenue property is worth about as much gold as would cover the surface In the shape of doubloons. It is satisfactory to observe that, under the Instruction of experience. President Harri son has retrained from stating that if Senator Cameron is re-elected, the President will refuse a renomination in 1S92. Seekers after unclaimed estates in this section are likely to be confronted with odd be quests. A suburban fight over the gas question reveals the tact that there are localities where there is competition in the gas business. And where there is competition there also seems to be a supply of gas. Bo's Little, but Oh, My! Chicago Tribune. Jay Gould is a man of small stature and weighs only about 130 pounds, but he can ob struct more railway tracks at once than a whole army of elephants. SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON; People who havo false teeth are the only ones who wear crowns on this hemisphere. Tub old aphorism runs: Believe nothing you hear, believe only half of what you read, and do not believe everything-you see. When these words were penned the news of the day was circulated by gossips, the books were full of the wonderfnl tales of travelers, and telescopes bad not been perfected. Now things are dif ferent; you know. The news of tho day, that which makes and goes down into history, is no longer mouthed or hawked about growing or shrinking under tbe tongues of the talkers. All over the world busy brains, nimble fingers, swift feet, sleepless eyes aro watching and recording, siftln-and sorting tbe true from tho false, the reft ( torn. theVunreal, and scatter ing it broadcast -You are)' not asked to believe the comments7tiiteo9,'bttlf you do not be lieve only half ti&Bcaf&?ef events you only get half measure Yjo.Cfafas the real news of the world is coooBut Seeing is believing so far as material18e?'goes, too. If you see aright with tho mind's eye as well as tbe little headlights It's pretty safe to believe all you see. Of course if you are blinded by prejudice you will only see such things as are presented in a favorable light, and even then 'twere better not to believe all you see. But those who see aright who think while they looky need not doubt their senses or pose as skeptics, doubters, jeerers. But n hen you listen to the small and idle talk, catch tbe drift or the current of life's troubled stream, remember well the' aphorism. Don't believe a word of tbe gossip. If your correspondent writes over a nom de plume, is a slimy snake crawl ing tbrongh life anonymously, don't be lieve a word you read. Burn the letter and blot out its memory. If you judge persons and things by appearances don't believe what you see, for appearances are mighty deceptive. In these cases tho old saying fits to a nicety. Bat when applied to tbe news record it is too sweeping, and if followed would rob the world of its chief charm. Error creeps in, to be snre, exaggeration garnishes trnth, rumor is clothed so as to be presentable, but when weighed tbe record of the day is not found wanting in fact There is a deal more realism than romance in the heavy grist turned out with each revolution of the big ball tbe grist which is bolted by the toilers under tbe bright lights, beside tbe flash ing and tbo sounding machines, down in the deep cellars where the Ink is black before it is ground into the white paper to produce the torch which guides liberty ana melts fetters. NewYoek does not seem to consider a Weed good Senatorial timber. Farmer Wheeler, one of Iowa's aspiring Alliance .politicians, farms by telephone. He is now working the wires for Governor. The first steamer on tha great lakes was christened Walk-in-the-Water by the Indians. She carried a walking-beam. The weather gives every promise of freezing out the ice trust Judging from the f nn New York society has In connection with amateur operas and the atricals innumerable high jinks are committed in the name of charity. Modern religion points to the star of hope in the sky;of faith, and its creed divisions only exist in prejudice. The poor mathematician frequently sets a bad example. Planned on Gay Lines. Dame Fashion is designing The cut of the summer girl. Who soon will be reclining Where ocean's cimbers curl. From sketches she is Hashing Before the public naze. The sweet thing will be dashing, And full of mannish ways. She'll wear a jaunty jacket, As well as starchy shirt Be fit tor any racket Costumed for game or flirt But her vest will be a daisy. It will show colors bright; The dudelets will go crazy. For she'll be out of sight In "reefers" she'll be taking, V In "blazer" neglige, j J In "Lenox" just heart breaking. In bathing costume gay. Her gait must be a swagger. Like silly mother's son. And cruel men will tag her The Girl of '91. After the scrap the Indians gave Miles enongh old iron to start a scrap yard. The only thing you need expect from the in dividual who stands on formality is an intro duction. Some fashionable prayer books and hymnals cost 100. They are intended to be looked at instead of being looked into. PiiTOK can give lnck the best cards in the pack and win out The hard winter has given Europe universal suffrage at last. Along dress don't last as long as a short one. The man wko(makes creme de minthe Is coining money, judging from the number of people who are drinking tbe stuff, Ireland has more turfmenthan any other country. Strong drink weakens tbe knees, but it strengthens the breath. Poor Lo's Tribute. - The Indian war is over now, Leaving a bill to settle; But General Miles can load a scow And sell the old gun metal. AS A composer Wagner mads mora noise in the world than all the others combined. Stuttering is not an impediment to mar riage. Some actresses after taking a part in public are taken apart in tbe dressing room. The. Black Watch A colored policeman. America's court ladies Our female law yers. Monk Ignatius says he has taken the vow of poverty. All the same he returned a check for $25 for a sermon because he expected 3300. Love lives where hope perishes. People who fail to catch onare called jays in spite of the fact that the Jays are the fellows who seem to havo canght on with both hands. If you get in the jaws of tbe loan sharks your life is bound to be full of.interest Ships always manage to have a strong hold on life on the ocean wave. Sickly smiles Five-cent whisky. Not a Good Catch. The women have been told to wear Their dresses long again, In promenading have a care, Or you will catch a tram. IF the dumb waiter Is tipped tho victuals aro spoiled. THE attitude of the Paris bankers who hold tho Irish fund will doubtless lean to a love feast. So long as a split exists they will hang to the cash, and tbe factions would rather kiss and make up than lose the boodle. THE Parisian dressmakers say the high shoulders must go. Those who buy the girls' dresses will shrug their shoulders, bnt will fork over just the same. People on the verge of bankruptcy try to make creditors believe in false profits. Farmer Tag o art does cot seem to wear tbe tag of the grangers, and cannot rake enough of them together to crush Cameron. When a cloture Is applied in'the Senate the grave seigneurs will have a foretaste of the workings of the force bill. Women who are good whistlers can afford to put on airs. Mammas with several marriageable daugh ters are usually clever match-makers. Willie Winkle. PEES05AL MENTION. Ex-Governor Ames, of Massachusetts, and his brother. F. L. Ames, are worth 510,000,000 and 42000.000 respectively. Dr. R. W. Raymond, Secretary of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, has gone to the Mediterranean and tbe Nile re gions. John A. King, who Js a candidato for the Democratic nomination as Mayor of Cbicago, is a millionaire druggist born in Schenectady, N. x., about 60 year3 ago. Mrs. Tibbies, better known as "Bright Eyes," who has been sent among the Indians by a Western paper to investigate the cause of their discontent affirms that incompetent in terpreters are responsible for a great many of the wild and absurd statements credited to Indian orators. Thomas A. Edison is said to regard his deafness as a blessing in disguise. It enables him to think and plan in perfect qniet, and he can have bis children about him at all times without being disturbed by their noisy prattle. He also misses the comments passed on bis ap pearance wherever be goes. It is understood that the hereditary Prince of Nassau is visiting England because bis parents are anxious that be should marry at once; and would be glad to Bee him choose a bride from the British royal family. Being heir to 20,000 a year, and a man of fine anpearacce and exemplary character, he is one of the great est catches in Europe. Whether Judge Gresham is a citizen of Illinois or Indiana has recently been disputed' apropos of the Senatorship contest in tbe for mer State. His legal residence has been In Chicago ever since his appointment to the United States Circuit Judgeship, which he now holds, which was in 1881 He has been a citizen of Illinois six or seven years, and voted iu Chi cago at every election since then. De Lancey Nicoli is a devotee of muscular culture and is well up in tho art of which John L. Sullivan is the most famous exponent He has a long reach, the pugilists say, good lungs and a chest that is broad and deep. He is a firt-rate lawn-tennis player and at one time held tbe Long Island championship. Horse back ridinc is another favorite exercise of bis and be rides well. Every day be takes some sort of physical exercise. Miss Camille Urso Harris, oldest daugh ter of the author of the "Uncle Remus" stories, is about to go tdMtaly to pursue tbe study of art She is now 20 years of age, and is a girl of remarkable beauty and talent She paints with skill, and her gift at sculpture is said to be amazing. One of the figures executed by her when only 15 years old has jnst been presented to the Atlanta Historical Society. It repre sents "Uncle Remus." Miss Harris leaves un finished a battle scene an episode of the march to tbe sea. IN HONOR, OF BANCROFT. Orders Relative to the Funeral and Emperor William's Sympathy. Washington, Jan 19. The President issued the following executive order this afternoon: "The death of George Bancroft, which oc curred in the city of Washington on Saturday, June 17, at 3:10 o'clock p. M., removes from among the living one of the most distingnished Americans. As an expression of the public loss and sorrow, the flags of all the executive departments at Washington and of the public buildings through which tbe funeral party is to pass will be at half mast until -the body of tbis eminent statesman, scholar and historian shall rest In the State that gave him to his country and the world." t The Secretary of the Navy to-day issued the following general order: "It is with deep regret that the Secretary of the Navy announces to the Navy and tbe Ma rine Corps the death, ou the 17th inst.at Wash ington, D. C, of the Hon. George Bancrof t,for merly Secretary of tbo Navy. The long and honored history of Mr. Ban croft, hi3 high character and tbe dis tinction which be achieved, both in public office and in literary labor, have made his name one of tbe most familiar and venera ted in American annals. His snecessful ad ministration of the Navy Department from March IB 15 to 1818 was marked pre-eminently by tho foundation of the Naval Academy an act which has earned for him the most profound and lasting gratitude of the naval service. As a mark of respect to his memory, it is ordered that the Navy Department be draped in mourning for the period of 30 days and that all business be suspended therein on the day of the funeral." This morning Mr. J. C. Bancroft received the following telegram from the Emperor of Ger many, transmitted through tbe German Lega tion in tbis city: "Sir, His Majesty, the Emperor and King, remembering tbe relations of friendship whicb for many years existed between His Majesty, tbe late Emperor William, and tbe late Hon. George Bancroft as Minister of tbo United States to Berlin, liai directed me to express to you and to your family his most sincere sym patny with the great loss which has fallen upon you and upon your country." 1 he Rev. Dr. Douglass, of St. John's Church, will conduct the service, which will be held at St John's at 11 A. M. to-morrow. COTJIJJ NOT KEEP IT UP. A Chicago Co-Operatlve Housekeeping Con cern Goes to tho Wall. Chicago, Jan. 19. Evanston's Co-operative Housekeeping Association, formed on the lines laid down by Edward Bellamy, was compelled to go through the vulgar process of making an assignment in the county court this afternoon. The assets aro 4,000 and the liabilities S4.900. The former consist of a lot of cooking utensils and a number of finely colorpd delivery wagons, presumed to be models of those used in connection with the delivery department of tbo Cafe Chautrant, No. 47 Rue de Roque, Paris. Several weeks ago, Henry L. Gran, formerly chef of tbe Hotel Poletou, in the French capi tal, left tbe service of tbe company, and tho ladies of the association declare that he is mainly responsible for the failure. M. Grau says President Katherine Moore was altogether too extravagant and imagined he had the capi tal of the biggest French restaurant in Paris behind him, and that he expended several thousand dollars to no purpose when the asso ciation was first organized. The approximate cause of tbe failure was a snlt by the man who furnished tbo machinery for the laundry in connection with lhe establishment, which has not been paid for. Furthermore it was found as a matter of experience that the prices obtained S4 per week for adults, chil half price was too low, and that even at that rate instead of 250 people as expected, only 110 were being ted, BTJEPEISES FOE ITS HEADERS. Recognized as the Leading and Best News paper In Western Pennsylvania. Uniontown News.l The Pittsburg Dispatch for 1891 has sev eral important surprises in store for its readers. Tbe latest printing machinery has been added, and it has a complete new outfit in all Its de partments. The daily edition of The Dis patch has a bona lido circulation of over 30. 000 copies, while tbe Sunday edition has a cir culation of over 60.000 copies each issue. The accuracy and exhaustiveness of its financial, commercial, produce, live stock, and iron mar kets is sometbinc for which it is especially noted, and it is also recognized as the leading oil news journal. The Dispatch is tbe only newspaper In Western Pennsylvania carrying a daily special cable report while its home news-getting facilities are first-class. The Dispatch continues as it has been, an Inde pendent Republican journal, discussing all events of public interest The Weekly Dis patch is also one of the best papers in Penn sylvania. Blair Shaken Out of His Seat Kansas City Star.3 A severe sbock of earthquake was feic at various points in New Hampshire Thursday night. Crockery was Bhaken up and bells were ruuginthe church steeples. People who be lieve tbe story of Jonah will be disposed to at tribute this convulsion of nature to BUI Chan dler. A Point Well Put SomervilleJournal.1 - If it right to allow mine owners to take their silver bullion to the 'mint and have it coined Into silver dollars free ot expense to them, why isn't It right to allow tbe farmer to take his milk to tha county seat and have a paternal government churn It for him Into butterT IN LIGHTER VEIN. The Hanlon-Volter Martlnette Company 1 A Midnight Bell Emmet's Old Chirm Daniel Boone Again Musical Roosters and All Sorts' of Varieties. The Hanlon-Volter Martlnette English Pan tomime and Novelty Company ought to chop their name into baudiersize. This is all we have to say against them. In their favor it can be said truthfully that a better performance of the tbe kind has not been given here for years. It is a remarkable performance in several ways for its variety, the absence of offensive features and tho general excellence ot tbe specialties wbich make It up. Tne Martinetti troupe opened tbe ball with a knockabout and acro batic pantomlne, which made the audience laugh continuously for over half an hour The Martinettis, headed by tbe wonderful Paul, remind one of the Hanlons at their best but they are distinctly original for all that A cross section of a two-storied bouse, open toward tbe audience, is the sccno ol their wild pranks which cannot be described. They fell tbrongh the floor, tripped each other up, and, in fact, only stopped short of actual homicide apparently in the course of the pan tomime. It is really pantomime, too, not a word being spoken from be ginning to end of "A Terrible Night" The Montaigne troupe's Chinese balancing and acrobatic feats whicb came next had some novelty about them as well as wonderfnl skill. Then Miss Emerson sang a counle of songs with an agreeable soprano voice in a style decidedly J?.y , n n?ual in his sort of entertainment XnO .UU lilies' noi tnnelMl ilAnma AA nn ticnlarly depart from the beaten track, but -"-' "-o inucu laugmer. iiapoirs uesceni oi an unsupported 20 foot ladder, and several ..ether acts of more or less merit, iijending some great acrobatic feats by tbe Wartemburg family, four of whom are very comely and immensely strong young women, intervened before the climax came with the Hanlon-Volters' daring and graceful act upon lofty and flying trapezes. For this act a great net was spread over the parquet Tbe audience saw fit to vacate the seats under tbe net, but tbere seemed to be no danger as far as the spectators were concerned. Nothing like the Hanlon Volters'fllghts through tbe air and final dire into tbe net has ever been seen before in Pittsburg, in point of bravery and grace. The three men are masters of tbelr dangerons art no doubt, and they deserved tbe thunders of applause tbey received. The house was well filled, the gallery to overflow gin. Duquesne Theatre. For the second time Hoyt's "A Midnight Bell" Is with us, and a large audience wel comed It very heartily at the Duquesne The ater. When it was first produced here The Dispatch pointed out in some detail why Mr. Hoyt's claim that it was a legiti mate comedy conld not be entertained. It is unnecessary to recall more than the conclusion of the criticism, which was that "A Midnight Bell" could be made a straight comedy or a farce with but few alterations, but that as it was itbelont:ed to no particular dramatic genus. That the niece has virtues of Its own must be admitted; some in tbe nature of bur lesque and others in that of pure comedy; and the whole play is entertaining in a high de gree. The company is vory nearly the same as played the piece last year and is good and bad in the same proportions. The YanKee deacon as presented by George Richards is still a creation of considerable power, and Miss Mc Intyre, as tbe Bcnoolma'am made a very prettv and lovable little woman of her. Mr. Canfield's squint and boisterous fooling are as funny as they ever were, but the audience's applause should not persuade him that vulgarity is ex cusable in that amusing song, "When Poo was a boy like me." Tbe play is nicely staged, and the production fairly deserved a large portion of the applause bestowed upon it The Bijou Theater. The announcement that Fritz Emmet is to be at a tbeater here is enough to pack it So it came about that an immense audience gathered at the Bijou last night to see Mr. Emmet in "Uncle Joe, or Fritz in a Mad House," in which he appeared last year. The play is a sufficiently good vehicle lor Mr. Emmet, who only needs something light and yet tender in passages for the display of his re markable talents as an actor, singer and dancer, Mr. Emmet's company also is up t tbe nsual standard not a very high one, indeed, but high enough for tbe work" perhaps. Bat in candor and kindness It cannot be said that Mr. Emmet himself appeared to advantage last night He may be entitled to sympathy on the ground of sickness, but it Is a fact tbat last night bis acting lacked vitality, b:s voice its nsual clear ness, and his feet their wonted nimbleness in the dance. At times he seemed sleepy, and the audience recognized that their favorite actor was not in good trim. Only one of bis songs received an encore, though tbey were the old ones everybody loves, and tbe applause was painfully small compared to what Mr. Emmet usually wins without an effort here. Tbere Is no further comment to be made. Harry Davis' Museum. The orchestra of roosters at this honso is a decidedly unique and amusing feature. The roosters actually appear in full evening dress and apparently play as musicians upon a num ber ot instruments. They are actually feath ered fowls, as their lively crowing attests, and tbey present a very comical appearance. A rooster vocalist also makes a stagger at singing "Little Aunie Rooney" and executes a dance afterward. Tbo whole performance is very amusing and ingenious. It reflects credit on the management behind the roosters. Tbe Brilliant Quartet continues to offer some creditable part songs, and a num ber of curiosities besides the roosters are to be found here. In the tbeater an unusu ally good performance is given, among the artists being Charles and Maude Osborne, tho Irish duo. and several others who contributo comedy and music. Tbe Carls, who also ap pear, will bo remembered as having enlivened one of the Klralfy shows earlier in tbe season at one of our principal theaters. They extract music trom some curious instruments, and complete a very .clever programme. The crowds taxed the museum's capacity to tbe utmost Harry Williams' Academy. Lily Clay's Gayety Company made a decided coup at tbe Academy last night Man ager Sam. T.Jack seldom makes a mistake in any venture which he stages; and tbe com pany which appeared under bis auspices at Hairy Williams' last night was quite as good as any he has ever introduced in Pittsburg. "Tho Sleeping Beauty," with which tho show opens, is a capital bit of tableau, and minstrel business, combined. Tbe spectacular piece of "Robin Hood" gives the audience plenty of pretty dresses and pretty faces to admire. Ward and Vokes are excellent knockabouts while Leo pold and Bruncll produce something in the way of a novelty. The sbow closes with a second spectacular piece, "Anthony and Cleopatra," which brings quite a crowd of fair burlesquers upon the stage. The singing is very fair throughout,and the tableaux worth looking at. The World's Museum. The gentleman with the broken neck, Barney Baldwin, is the prime couriosity at this house tbis week, but tbere are others, Admiral Dot the handsome dwarf, who also can sing a song with the best of tho bigger variety people, and James 'Maurice, tbe elastic-skinned man among them.., In the theatre a strong programme is presented. Howard Clifton,' is a ventriloquist of more than ordinary abUity. Frank Do Mora does some astounding feats of balancing and contortion, Hnrni and Lunadi have a novel act of hat throwing, in wbich the trained dog "Jess" taues a prominent part. -roi. jonn White's trick mule and "Sis," the monkey, who walks the tight rope with great skill, are very amnslng. Tnen tho Elliotts, the well-known bicyclists, gave a very clever and novel per formance on the wheel, and the Goldens round np the show with plenty of fun In their sketch. The museum drew large audiences yesterday. Harris' Theater. The lover of lurid melodrama, of the frontier kind, is surely having his fill at this house of late. For several weeks border drama has held the boards. Tbe present bill of fare, tbougb, is about the most lurid ol all. Real Indians, horses, savage attacks, stage scalping and all the other business Is there. The "Daniel Boone" Company is not the best of the kind, though. It cannot compare with tbe excellent cast of last week, but all tbe standing room was taken at both performances yesterday, and the outlook for the week is equally as good. CHINA AHD JAl'AN IN THE FAIR Women's Work From the Latter Country to Have a Good Exhibit Chicago, Jan. 19. Charles Denny, United States Minister to Peking, has announced offlclallylto the World's Columbian Exposition officials that as a result of many Interviews with the Emperor, tbe Chinese government has decided to participate in tbe international ex position. Tbe Japanese minister at Washington has placed tho officers ot tho Board of Lady Man agers in communication with three of the first ladies of his country with a view to obtaining lor thefaira good exnioit oi Japanese woman's work. Tbe Japanese ladies Interested are Countess Oyama, Mme. Kuki andMme. Matsa, two of tbe wives of former American ministers and the other a graduate at vaasar. , AN raSTBnOTIVE LECTDBE. Robert B. Stttnton'Tells or the Rugged Beauties of a Colorado Canyon. The Colorado Canyon" was depicted at Old City Hall last evening so vividly, with all of its rugged beauty and wildness of scenery, tbat rapture in tha audience were quite tbe tbe proper thing. The speaker of tho evening was Robert B. Stanton, Chief Engineer of thjL Denver, Colorado, Canyon and Pacific Railroad? and a son-in-law of B. D. Moore, one of the old est residents of Allegheny. The dangers and tbe fascinations ot the trip through the canyon were made wonderfully realistic with the views, showing In bold relief the cliffs that had to be scaled by tbe traveler, and also tbe magnificent scenery tbat greeted an explorer at every turn. The perilous posi tions in which the speaker was frequently placed by bis undertaking, even in tbe telling, were productive of suspended breath by many in his audience until tbe landing was safely made on some friendly ledge of rocks. An intelligent andience listened to his re marks witn attentive silence, 'and expressed their appreciation of tbe stereopticon views witn audible expressions oi oengnt. I 0. H. OPEN MEEIIHG. Pleasant Entertainment Given, by J. K. MooTehead Conclave at Palace Hall. A very pleasant open meeting was held last evening by J. K. Moorhead Conclave No. 82. 1. O. a., at Silver Palace Hall, Fifth avenue. At least 100 members and guests partook of a splendid supper, got up in.Carterer Wessels finest style. Sapreme Anchor, S. A. Will, Esq.. acted as toast master in bis usual happy manner. Daring the meeting Brother Joseph Bickbart presented the Conclave with an ele gant clock. Brothers Martin Schroeder. C. F. Warde, T. A. Lewis, C. F. Breute, E. C. Lord. Oscar Sheer and L. K. Logue, responded to toasts, and Brothers Philip Llppert, S. F. Mishler. Theo. Axthelm and H. C. Wolf were presented with banger. Tbe mnslc for the occasion was kindly furnished by Brother Adam Wetzel. AN0THEB WEEK OF GAYETx" Inaugurated by a Charming Luncheon Party In the East End. Tbe week of gayety was inaugurated yester day with a charming luncheon party given'by Mrs. W. A. Spronl, of the East End. The guests were intimate friends, and tbey fairly reveled in the exquisite beauty and delightful perfume of the choicest blossoms, and, of conrse, in the delicious results of the caterer's skill as well. But the cable decorations, for a luncheon, were something very elaborate. From a large centerpiece rose iu all their stately magnificence the perfect Easter lilies, with clusters of white vio!et3 and waxy carae lias peering ont from a green foundation of smilax and asparagus. Pretty little corsage bouquets of purple vio lets were gracefully arranged on tbe table for the ladies and tiny bunches of white violets formed tbe boutonnieres. AT THE DUQUESNE CLUB. Elegant Dancing; Party Given in That Popu lar House Last Night The assembly room of the Duquesne Club House, wbich is enjoying such a wave of popu lar social favor, was the scene last evening of an elaborate and magnificent dance. The com pany was small, but lacked only in numbers, equaling anv social event previously given this season. The leading spirits were Mrs. A. E. W. Painter. Mrs. W. R. Sewell. Mr? M. W. Watson, Mrs. W. G. Park and tbe committee. Nathaniel Holmes, Augustus P. Burgwln. H. BWllklns. Jr., and G. B. Painter. Another dance will be given by the same set at the Pittsburg Assembly room on the even ing of February 3. A CHANGE IN DATES Necessarily Made by the Management of the Linden Club. The date for the second Linden Club sub scription ball, which by some inadvertence falls upon February 12, will be changed to avoid in trusion upon the 40 days of fasting and prayer that commence Wednesday. February 1L The first ball comes off the 27th of this month, and great preparations are in order for the event. The patronesses will constitute a reception committeee from 8 o'clock until 10, after whicb supper will be served, and the german will open at 11 o'clock. AN ENJOYABLE SOCIAL Anticipated by the Ladles of the Point Breeze Presbyterian Chnrch. . The handsome new Point Breeze 'Presby terian Church will come to the front Thursday evening, in a social way. A church social is booked for that evening and not the traditional stiff, formal affair, either. Music vocal and in strumental, recitations and promiscuous fun will be the order of tbe evening, topped off with ice cream and cake. The young ladles who have the matter in charge do not recognize the word "fail," and a thoroughly enjoyable social is promised. Charmed by Bouert B. Stanton. A thoroughly enjoyable 5 o'clock dinner was given "last evening by Mrs. Max Becker, of Sherman avenue. Tho guest of honor was Robert B. Stanton, who charmed tbe company as he did the audience at Old City Hall, later in tbe evening. Tbe floral arrangements and otber appointments of the dinner were perfect and it was with barely time enough to reach tbe hall for the lecture tbat the party left tho table. Social Chatter. The Allegheny Association will give its sec ond concert for tbis season to-night at Carnegie Hall. Miss Maud Powell, tbe accomplished elocutionist, will be a feature of the pro gramme. THE Ladles' Mitten Club will give a parlor concert January 22 at the residence of Mrs. Charles A. Brown, Meyran avenue, for the benefit of the Newsboys' Home. ' Mrs. Thomas H. Bakewell will give a luncbenn to-morrow at her delightful Lincoln avenue home. ' The second Sewickley Assembly will be given this evening, notwithstanding rumors to the contrary. The Woman's CInb will bold its regular meeting this afternoon. The BIssel reception to-night at the Du quesne Clubhouse. COHFEDEEATE VETEBArTS. Old Soldiers of the Lost Cause Entertain Many Prominent People. New York, Jan. 19. The first annual dinner of the Confederate Veteran Camp of Seir York at the New York Hotel to-night brought together many prominent men from all parts of tbe Union. This camp Is said to be tbe first ex Confederate organization north of tbe Po tomac since the war. Covers were laid for 160 guests. The dining hall was elaborate ly decorated. Colonel A. G. Dickinson. Commander, sat at the head of tbe speakers' table, and abont him were General Daniel E. Sickles, General E. P. Alexander, Colonel Charles T. O'Ferrall, Colonel Charles O. B. Cowardin. Hon. Benton McMillan, Hon. Eu gene S. Ives, Hosea B. Perkins, Hon. A. P. Fitcb. Colonel Charles Marshal), General Fitz John Porter, General W.McLean.Hon. John L. Wise. Hon. U. S. Baker and Bishop Potter. Others present were Jndge Bookstaver, Surro gate Ransom and Floyd S. King. Colonel Dickinson made tbe opening address, and theifollowing toasts were responded to: "The Memory of Lee," Colonel Charlei Mar shall, of Baltimore; "Let Us have Peace." Gen eral Sickles; "Tbe Confederate Veteran." Gen eral William C. Oate. of Alabama: "Our Country the United States," Colonel Charles T. O'Ferrall. of W inchester. Va.; "The Soldier Journalist of '61-65." Colonel John A. Cockenll; "Our Old Home the South," Colonel Benton McMillan, of Nashville, Tenc; "Our Soldier Dead," was drank in silence. KNIGHT TEMPLAR DICXEBSOH. The Man Who Received Cuticle From His Brethren Is Doing Well. Chicago, Jan. 19. J. O. Dlckerson, tbe Knight Templar who was yesterday the recipi ent of about ISO testimonials of regard trom bis brother Knights in the shape of pieces of their cuticle, wbich were applied to him In tha way of skin grafting, is doing very well, and the sur geon in charge is very hopeful of the complete success of the operation. Stand Pat and Keep Mam. Cincinnati Enqnlrer.l It Is criminal to talk about the financial af fairs of others where nothing is known of such affairs.. It Is many times useless to talk where some thing isreally known. Therefore don't talk about your neighbor's business. Don't permit others to do It Stand pat and keep mumt ' CDEI0DS CONDENSATION It costs 10 cent per day per capita to feed tbe prisoners in the House of Correction at Detroit A strong flow of gas was struck at a depth of 30 feet in a well sunk on a farm at Comber, Ont Tbe deepest bole ever bored into the earth is tbe artesian well at Potsdam, which is 6,500 feet deep. It is claimed that in almond and 51a deria nut culture tbo Pacific coast bids fair to surpass the world. The "Warrick county, Ind., jail is with out an inmate, and It Is claimed that fear of White Caps deters crime in that county. Sixty thousand people are out of work in tho city of Berlin. Nicety thousand are out of work in the East End of London alone. It is estimated tbat nearly 10,000 pick erel have been taken so far this winter from Long Meadow pond, near Waterbury, Conn. Mrs. Albert Carpenter, of Prairie Ronde, Mich., although 61 years old, made 2.246 pounds of butter last year, doing all tne churning herself. Dearborn county, Ind., has a 12-year-old boy with feet IS Inches in length. He is called "Proressor" because of the solidity of bis understanding. A band of 22 antelopes was seen by trainmen, Wednesday, near Ensina station. Ore. The animals approached to within a few yards of the train. An ingenious method of applying drugs hypodermically to the human body in which electricity u brought to bear is receiving con siderable attention. Dr. Zoller, of Paris, has just recovered from an illness of three weeks' duration, which hejAttributeV to an injection of the Koch lymph administered experimentally. An unfeeling burglar captured a pair of wedding pants at Sturgis, Mlcn.in an ex ceedingly inopportune moment The wedding bad to be postponed in consequence. An English newspaper speakes of Okla homa as being entirely surrounded by "tbe Great American Desert" Tbe idea was taken from the geographies of years ago. The advance from 10 to 15 cents, which the barbers of Topeka have made in tbe price of a sbave, is accounted for npon tbe theory tbat hayseed is highly destructive to razors. A rival lover of a Sturgis, Mich., girl succeeded in getting a temporary postponement of the olher fellow's marriage to her by baving his new dress suit stolen from the tailor shop. Examples have been found in this coun try of kyanized timber which was iu a good state of preservation atter 2S years' exposure, bnt it seldom lasts a very long time when used for railway sleepers. A Kussian paper says that a political exile sent to Siberia has more money, better food, more comfortable clothes and lodgings, and a better time In every respect than a sol dier in the German army. Judge Loomis, of SufSeld, Conn., dur ing the past week has been sleighing in an an cient sleigh wbich belonged to his greit grand father, and is believed to be nearly 100 years old. His borse wore sleigh bells which were owned by tbe Judge's grandfather, who died in lSli An electrical railway fog signaling ap paratus being experimented with in England has given great satisfaction. By means of a metal rail atsome distance from the ordinary signals, a sliding contact on the locomotive completes an electric circuit and works4he sig nal indicators. While gathering sand in the river near Knoxville, Tenn., a few days ago. two boatmen were attacked by "a huge serpent-shaped ani mal, about ten feet in length, and. after a des fierate struggle, tbey barely escaped with their ives." Tbe animal, it is averred, bad a head like a fish, and appeared to bo nearly two feet thiclr. The American astronomical party, sent out to Peru by the University of Harvard, has removed its observatory from Chosica. csar Lima, to Vincocaya. in tbe neighborhood of Arequipa, a place 4,300 meters above the ocean. There the party will soon be joinerlby a new expedition from the same university, provided wltb the most improved instruments. Horseshoes of compressed paper have been introduced into the artillery and cavalry of the German army. The shoe is made of sheets of parchment paper cemented with a preparation of turpentine, Spanish white Ic and boiled linseed oil. The separate layers are stamped out cemented and consolidated by a hydraulic pressL When dry the shoo is rasped to fit each borse. ' fi Collais, near Nimes, France, a village ot 465 inhabitants, is lighted by electricity. Tbe motive power for the 1,600 light dynamo is de rived from a small waterfall. The streets are lighted by 25 lamp? of 10 candle-power each. Besides lighting tbe village, tbe current is em ployed during the day in putting in motion the jinupi for supplying certain parts of the vil lage with water. The sight of a gang of convicts in prison suits of broad black and yellow stripes at work in tbe public parks of Richmond strikes a Northern man as a peculiar feature of the Vir ginia reformatory system. They work even in the shadow of the State Hocse. keeping tbe walks and lawn in order. Tbey are short-term men, and do not require much watching to prevent their escaping. A Western Nebraska farmer, having no corn to feed them, loaded up a wagon box full ofshoatsand took them to Broken How to sell. No one would take them and he turned them loose. The Marshal told him he would arrest him unless be took tbem out of town. He then drove home, and was going to kill tbem. when some one told him that he might be arrested for cruelty to animals. He hardly knows what to do. The third wealthiest man in Prussia is Baron von Bleicbroedervthe celebrated banker of Berlin, to whom many of the noblemen of that interesting capital am Indebted. Tbo Baron has an -income of 2,520.000 rnark, and pays a tax of 75.500 marks. Next to him are three men with incomes of 1,320,000 marks. 1,200,000 marks and 1,140,000 marks, on which they pay. respectively, 36,600, 36,000 and 31,200 marks taxes. 'Edmund Beckett, Lord Grimthorpe, who wa3 created a baron in 1886 and is now in his 75th year, has constructed a clock for the postofflce at Sydney. It is the largest that has ever left England and was especially designed by his lordship, who made the models for liig Ben at Westminster. The Sydney clock Is dis tinguished by a novel feature, as it will emit an electric flash light lasting five seconds every hour during the night thus enabling thoe living miles away or traveling within a certain radius to ascertain the exact time. An exhibition is to be held this year at Moscow. Russia, and will be open for a period of six months, from May to October. Tbo ex hibition will be exclusively devoted to tbe E reductions of the French nation, a concession, aving been obtained by a committee of French merchants and mannfacturers from tbe Czar for that purpose. Tbe exhibition will be di vided into nine section, devoted to the fine arts, education, liberal arts, furniture and ac cessories, textiles, raw products, machinery, electricity, food stuffs, agriculture, vine cul ture and horticulture. A CORNER IN SMILES. Lummix Time is a tough old character. Sklmgullet What do you mean? So many people are engaged in Killing him, bat he still survives. Chicago Inter-Ocean. It should be nnderstood that the Indian, are not treating for peace. Indians re bnt! tin the same mold as John F.St. Jobn. They -never treat. Omaha World-Herald. "Wanted A meek and lowly church choir.' Money no object Apply almost anywhere. Minneapolis Journal. Leezer (at the morgue) Shykes, I can't stand this. Let's jcet ont Shynes Agreed. Leezer (on the onUldeJ-Tongh. wasn't It? Shykes (llgbtlnjr cigarette) Awral (puff), Leeier. bor where are you going-, Leezert Leezer-Iam going back to the morgue.-CAJ-cago TrUnne. Railroad companies seem to hare the power of hypnotizing Legislatures by making p.isses.-OmoAa WorldUerald. "One of the essentials of a good photo graph Is said to be a clean face," which seems to explain why photographers always give a photo graph Jnst taken a bath. Chicago Time. Briggs I'm astounded that Clara Tan de Milk doesn't rind ont the character of tbat dls solnte foreigner she's about to marry. Why, tbat girl used to ba able to read a manlike m book. Dobbs Probably sbe's satisfied In this case to read only tbe title. Detroit Itet Press. When the summer girl tells you that shs always prefeis the mountains to the seashore, it isn't sate to assume that she is Inspired solely by admiration for the grandeur ot mountain scrnery. Thn chances are that at tbe seashore she can't kcepberbairln curt Somsrvilla Journal. "Well, how do you find yourself?" 'Do you mean to aecui me of elliellng."-. Indianapolis Journal. -, M
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