Eiasa .wppPHaP,r wivp FKry- -'ipf! S is -4 ' THE PITTSBUBG- DISPATCH, SUNDAY,' JANITAIIT 25, 1891 fir rar V 5? I? g H i&raftfj. mtm ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 8, 1646. Vol.45, c:a -Entered at Pittsburg rostofflce, November Is. lsSJ, as second-class matter. Business Office Corner Smithfleld and Diamond Streets. Ke-wB Boom3 and Publishing House 75, 77 and 79 Diamond Street FASTER?. ADVr.!:TISl2G OFFICE. KOOSt 21. TltlBUMJ BUILDIM!. EW OKK. where complete files of 1 HE DlbPATCH can always bo Jound, Koreljrn advertisers appreciate the con venience. Home advertisers and friends of THE JilSjI'ATCH. while lu 2cw York, are also made velcouie. THE DISPATCH Is regularly on sale at JJrenl-ino's. S Union Square Acw York, and 17 Jltf. de COpeia, Pans, Fiance, where anyone who ha been disappointed at a hotel news stand can ob'atn tt. TEKMS OF THE DISrATCH. rCJTAGE TZZE II. THE UNITED STATES. 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POSTAGE All persons who mail tbo Sundny issue of The Dispntcli te friends thould benr in mind the fnct that the post- njse thereon is Two (2) Cents. All double nnd triple number copies ol The JBtspntcb require a --cent stamp to insure prompt delivery. PITTSBURG. SUNDAY, JAN. 25, 1891. THE PARALLEL COMPLETE. In commenting upon the bill to loan $100,000,000 of the Government credit to the Nicaragua Canal scheme the other da;, The Dispatch remarked that if the bill thould become a law "it urill be a modern miracle if the familiar feature ot inside con struction companies and profitable wheels within wheels be not evolved out of this scheme, throwing wholly into the shade the enormons private fortunes which were simi larly coined at public expense out of the famous Pacific Kail road subsidies." It now appears that we have to tender an apology to the promoters of this project for failure to properly appreciate their acquisi- tive energy and the promptness with which they adopt the modern method of absorbing all the profits of the enterprise which is to be pushed with Government funds! An in terview with Colonel Andrews, published elsewhere, brings out a very direct intima tion that the promoters of the canal project have already made a contract with them selves for its construction; that this contract was made without competition, and at a pri vate meeting. If the Government funds or credit is obtained for the enterprise, we need not fear that the undertaking will be an exceedingly prosperous one for the con tractors who obtained the contract by their own capacity as directors. This completes the parallel between the new project and the famous Pacific railroad jobbery. "With the legislative provisions so nearly identical there can be little doubt that the methods ot carrying them Out will be the same. If Congress makes this re markable grant of $100,000,000 of Govern ment credit to be spent in building canals in remote districts,in preference to furnishing curown nation with interior water communi cation, it will be easy to write its history in advance. The construction company will take the bonds of the Government and the stock of the company at valuation yielding 'a hundred per cent profit on the work. "When it is completed and even completion t not necessary to the profit of the con tractors the question whether the promoters whose canal was built for them by the Gov ernment credit shall continue to operate it or not will be decided as in the case ot the Pacific roads by the chances to make money by inside manipulations. The ultimate re sult, if the canal property is worth holding on to, will be a reproduction of the present plea in the case of the Pacific roads that the Government must in justice to its benefi ciaries give them an indefinite extension of the debt for a century or two at a nominal rate of interest. Such s proposition, for the use of Govern ment credit entirely outside the territory of the United States, with such a faithful re production of the Pacific Railroad legisla tion, could hardly be expected to receive any toleration except upon one hypothesis. It might be interesting to inquire whether another feature of the Pacific Bailroad job bery is not reduplicated by the handing around under the surface at the national capital of blocks of stock in the construc tion company that is to absorb the profics of the enterprise, and placing the shares of the enterprise, after the classic policy of the late Hon. Oakcs Ames, "where ther will do the most good " DIRECT PROCESS STEEL. Pittsburg is still at the front in iron and steel manufacture and likely to remain there indefinitely. The success of the Adams direct process for producing open hearth steel seems now to be demonstrated con clusively. This process, first announced in The Dispatch, exclusively, about a year ago, promises to revolutionize the business. Results are claimed that were at first not thought to be possible, significant among them being the production of a grade of material superior to the famous production of Sweden. Experiments have been going forward since the first announcement of the discovery, with such success that plenty of capital is offered to put the process in opera tion on an extensive scale. The location of a new large mill in this city is a matter for congratulation, while at the same time it shows the good judgment of the parties ia interest in availing themselves of unrivaled facilities. AS ATTACK ON THE AHJSTOCRACr. Be form is rampant at the Metropolitan Opera House. Not only have the declama tory strains and discordant orchestration of "Wagner been replaced by the flowing and passionate melody of the Italian school, but a more remarkable change has been made" by the display ol a dispos tion that the peo ple shall have a chance to hear the opera. In other words the radical and revolution ary step was taken at the performance of "L'Africaine" the other night of posting up a notice informing the occupants of the boxes that "many complaints having been made to the directors of )ho Opera House of the annoyance produced by the. talking tn the boxes during performance, the board requests that it be discontinued." This u ven a more radical departure than the change from German to Italian opera. The away of German opera at the Metropolitan Opera House was mainly due to the idea in the minds of the leaders of the Four Hundred, produced by the ardent labors of the "Wagnerians, that it was the correct sign of musical taste to revel in the outbursts of the former and to eschew the meretricious strains of the latter. But such au impertinent request as that the box holders of New York shall cease to furnish the audience with an accompaniment to the opera of their own sprightly conversation, strikes at the very root of Tested rights. It has been fully set forth heretofore that this opera bouse is the special property of box owners; that it exists for their especial ex ploitation. How can they manifest their leadership in culture and manners except by entertaining the more common and vul gar element of the audiences with their brilliant remarks on nothing in particular? To attempt to curtail this privilege of tbese models in polite finish, is to strike a deadly blow at that theory which has been ad vanced that the real attraction for the pub lic at this shrine of fashion is. the inex pressible pleasure of witnessing the mem bers of the Four Eundred, and of listening to their intellectual comments on the last Vanderbilt reception or the Astor engage ment. Of course, the occupants of boxes at the Opera House, when this unwarranted re quest was laid before them, passed it over with lofty disdain. They were too well ac quainted with the duty of upholding the high privileges of fashion to pay attention to the wishes of the vulgar herd who go to the Metropolitan Opera House for any such irrelevant purpose as hearing the perform ance. Nevertheless, the fact that a request has been made that those who can afford boxes should bring themselves down to the rule of common politeness that applies to mere plebeans in the stalls, shows that the leaven of socialism is at work which threatens to reduce the awfnl eminence of the New York aristocrats to the dead and uninterest ing level of the undistinguished populace. A GREAT STRIKE THREATENED. President Gompers, of the American Federation of Labor, leaves no doubt that the miners will demand an eight hour work ing day all along the line, and says they are prepared for a fight, if they must fight, to get what they demand. The sympathy of the public will be with the miners in the hope that they may lessen the hours of their toil, though a great strike must be depre cated. Naturally enough the mine operators will resist the demand. A strike will nat urally advance the price of coal by decreas ing the supply. In the end the operators may yield, if they think they can keep prices up enough to pay the difference. In this Tie w of the case it would seem possible to effect the necessary change in prices by a partial suspension of work by mutual agree ment, if such change must be effected at all. THE PERMANENCE OF THE REPUBLIC. On another page to-day will be found the views of eminent and representative men on the durability of our republican institu tions, the perils which unay weaken or de stroy them, and the possibility of foreign control by the purchase of territory or ot industrial enterprises by foreign millionaires or syndicates. The widest variety of opinion is expressed, from Mr. Powderly's open as sertion that pure republican government cannot last if power is permitted to drift into the hands of plutocratic and monop olistic organizations, to the optimistic views of the eminent Senators, who cannot see but that every political prospect pleases and all laws are enacted and administered by the people and for the people. General Sherman's sarcastic reference of the decision of the subject to the newspaper editors makes it pertinent to say that, while the optimistic view is the most correct in its forecast, the pessimistic view recognizes most clearly the exciting situation. While this may be paradoxical, it may be explained by stating it conversely. The optimists do not sufficiently recognize the perils involved in the pending problems; while the pessimists do not place sufficient faith in the corrective force in herent in a country where the power rests with the people to be determined by intelli gent discussion. The perils which thinkers like Mr. Powderly and Bishop Potter per ceive are not more incongruous with and destructive of free government than the system of human slavery which prevailed for more than three-quarters of the first century of the republic They can be re formed without any such expenditure of bloodshed or treasure as that evil entailed. A nation which has triumphed in the first ordeal can certainly cherish a firm faith in its ability to solve the problems presented by the growth of monopolies and plutocratic fortunes. . But the firmest adherents to this faith should recognize that these evils can only be gnarded against when there is a clear per ception of the presence and the incident danger. The note of alarm sounded by Mr. Powderly in snch plain language is more pertinent and intelligent than the optimistic disposition to regard everything as all right. It is true, as Mr. Powderly declares, that there are features of development to-day which are absolutely inconsistent with the perma nence of popular institutions. It is even true that some prevailing practices are to day ignoring and nullifying the principles of constitutional free government. If these are not reformed the inevitable resnlt will be ruin.to republican institutions; and that they may he reformed it is necessary that the perception of them shall be widespread and distinct. To that end it Is well to give the peril a wider and more inclnsive definition than any of the gentlemen whose views are quoted elsewhere. All the abuses which threaten our democratic organization arise from the failure to maintain intact the letter and spirit of the constitutional enactments on which our popular liberties are founded. This evil permits alike the whole range of corporate abuses, the practices of partisan aggression, and the corruption and indiffer ence of the voting masses. Only two illus trations are needed to show how far this nul lification of the constitutional standards has already gone. The keystone of our politi cal system -is legislation by representatives whom the people shall choose; yet the coun try is familiar with the spectacle of control ling legislative bodies by deciding contested elections not in accordance with the testi mony as to who was honestly elected by the people, but in accordance with party dic tates. Nothing is more essential to demo cratic society than the control of all its ele ments by constitutional law; yet the spec tacle has long been presented in this State of great corporations who hold themselves superior to the Constitution, and a Governor wbo eight years ago set forth the necessity of maintaining the Constitution, and the other day by repeating his words called attention to the factthat nothing has been done, is only met in certain quarters by jeers upon his poverty of language and barrenness of ideas. Illustrations of the departure from the constitutional standards could be multiplied; but that is not necessary. It is evident that if the republic is to be maintained in its strength and pristine vigor all classes must be made to respect the principles underlying its Constitution. "When the people arouse themselves to this necessity the problem will bo solved; but the sooner the work is com menced the easier will be the task. HELPING PROFESSOR KOCH. Whether Dr. Mundorff can give any valu ble pointers to Professor Koch on the treat mentand subjugation of the various varie ties of villainous bacilli or not, his effort is worth a trial. There is, at least, much to commend his planot making his suggestions to the man who has already done so much, in preference to setting up a new line of ex periment. Professor Koch maybe able to make good nse of the suggestions; they may be the very thing he has been looking for to make his remedy altogether efficacious. Of course they may be of no value to him. In this latter case no .harm is done; in the former case great good will be tho result. THOSE UNCOUTH RUSTICS. The idiosyncrasies of agricultural Legis latures furnish a subject which is evoking sarcastic comments from the lofty organs of financial and monetary centers; and the Kansas Legislature is no exception to the rule. A caustic New York journal has found in the London Timet a description of the Servian Skuptschina, or legislative body, which is composed largely of peasants, and proceeds to discover points of re semblance between that body. It thinks the Servian costume is more picturesque than that of the Kansas legislators, "though we have recently been assured that nearly all of the latter wear 'turn-down collars and black neckties,' though one of them is sockless." The points of .resemblance are enlarged upon as follows: The Times tells as that the peasants ot the Servian Skuptschina "see no necessity for ap plying any other standard to public affairs than that which suffices for the regulation of their agricultural concerns," and it would not be easy to find abetter description of the standard that Is upheld by the corn raisers of the Kan sas Skuptschina. The Servian lawmakers "possess the charming qnalities of immatur ity," and perhaps the same may be said of the Kansas lawmakers. The Times is watching the "development ot ideas among the unsophisti cated Servians," as we are watching It among the unsophisticated Kansans. "The present government of Serria is a radical one," like the present Government of Kansas. The Servian candidates for the Ministry "seek office at great inconvenience to themselves," like the Kansas candidates for the Senate. The lack of general smartness and the un fashionable garb of the rustic has for many ages been the stock jest of the city wits. The joke in one form or another was first heard from the man abont town to Attic times who made Bcstian simplicity the butt of their jokes. It is quite natural there fore that the mirrors of culture and ele gance, who revolve in city life, should keep the old jest in circulation with the varia tions that modernized conditions render possible. There has been a good deal of pictorial wit recently at the expense of the social uncouthncss and ignorance of what is culled the "hayseed" class; but the extract above quoted is one of the most noticeable expressions of the urban sentiment that the farmers of this country are really too ignor ant to be treated with respect when they venture into politics. Yet it is worth while to remember that some of the historical sneers at this class have turned out to be notably misplaced. The Athenians who turned up their noses at the Macedonians; the Boman exquisites who imagined themselves far superior to the Goths; the curled darlings of the Stuart mon archy who only could speak with contempt of the farmers and small shopkeepers of Cromwell's party, all were proved by subse quent events not to have been any wiser than they might have ben. It is also the case that the history of this country makes the stereotyped and antediluvian theory that the agriculturist must be an ignorant boor, incapable of knowing anything about politic and statesmanship, peculiarly mis placed. The embattled farmers who founded this nation were subjects for thesame jests by the lordly British until the failure to sub due them turned the joke on the other side. "When it is now the fact that the errors of the present day are in failing to live up to the standard set us by those rude farmers of a century ago, it certainly seems as if the stock outburst of humor at the unfashion able agricultural clothes and putative agri cultural ignorance might be restrained even from a city so renowned for the culture of its aristocracy and the enlightenment of its political rulers as New York. The .Dispatch is the more free to ex press its disapproval of this stock jest at the expense of the farming classes, because it differs from the policy which the Kansas farmers seem disposed to adopt, and has by no means a predominance of agricultural readers. It is able therefore to speak of the subject with impartiality. Any sensible person should recognize that the growth of this nation has been in great measure due to the intelligence and political independence of the farming class. "While there is much vagary and even demagogism in the Kansas Farmers' Alliance movement, there is as good reason to trust in their honesty, their sober second thought and the intelligence of their judgment as in the suffrages on which the political machine of New York City founds its power. It is true there is talk of measures on the part of these rebellious rustics which would be very bad policy. But when the sneers at their policy come from a source which has proposed that the settled policy of our laws shall be reversed in order that our corporate millionaires may increase their millions, to plant 5100,000,000 of Government credit in Nicaragua in order to prevent its use in this country in a way that would bother the corporations, it may be thought by the public that the rustic vagaries are not worse than the urban sub servience. A NEW SPIRIT AT HARRISBURO. The current session at Harrisburg prom ises to be interesting if the correspondents are right in theirdiagnocis of the situation. The revived Billingsley bill will meet a dif ferent fate from what befell it four years ago, when it was strangled in the Senate. The bill reducing telephone charges is also spoken of as likely to go through, unless, indeed, the telephone company take time by the forelock and voluntarily scale down their present exceedingly stiff tariff. We perceive that some timorous people affect alarm less the grangers become rev olutionary is their movements to limit monopolistic exactions, but this scare need disturb nobody's nerves. About all that anybody is asking for is that some reason able boundaries be fixed for corporations which exist by-gilt of public franchise and have succeeded in utterly abolishing com petition. If it is the granger statesman who is responsible for this new spirit at Harris burg, he has not entered, the halls of legisla tion in Tain. It will be time enough when there is evi dence ot the contemplated Injustice in the terms proposed to begin criticism. The Legislative Committee will give a hearing upon the facts and figures of all concerned, and then the public can judge whether there is not just grounds for some procedure on the lines now mapped out. Affairs with the Westinghouse Electric Company would seem to be very much simpli fied during the week by the assurance that Mr. Westinghouse has succeeded in getting sab scribed in the East 51,250,000 of the $2,000,000 preferred stock needed to place the company in a satisfactory condition to pursue its business, which, relieved of temporary embarrassment. Is represented as large and thriving. It the Pittsburg subscribers who voluntarily pledged themselves to 500,000 subscritpions to relieve the company now come forward, the condition made ty the Eastern subscribers that $2,000,000 in all be taken, would be, pretty near fulfilled. The original financiering and methods cf capital ization of the electric company are by means to he commended the common mistake being made of attempting a great business very largely on water and credit. But that is not the Issue now. The question is to re-establish It on a cash bases, and to keep an important Industry in Pittsburg. Naturally the public wish well to the new plan, and also to Mr. Westinghouse, whose enterprise and energy have certainly in many conspicuous particnlars been of benefit to the Industries of the city. It is stated that a robust artifical rain Btorm would cost the Government 520,000. If the rain storm can be successfully and adequately produced for that sum, at the right juncture, it would be one of the best invest ments of government fnnds that could he made. The bill to reimburse William H. Kern ble, of Philadelphia, for the 400.000 advanced by him to Governor Beaver to perform neces sary State work at Johnstown after the flood under the circumstances, is proper enough. Bat it should be accompanied by a scrutiny of the expenditnres. This is particularly neces sary since Governor Beaver adopted the method of a private loan -from Mr. Kemble In preference to calling the Legislature together, which would have been the legal way of meet ing the emergency. No one can wish to reopen now the debate as to the propriety of the Gov ernor's action. It will bo perfectly satisfactory to pay back to Mr. Kemble the money ad vanced for the relief at Johnstown; but since the transaction was a private one, the for mality of a thorough and caret nl audit becomes necessary when it 1s to be ratified by the Legis lature and made good by the public treasury. It seems that if any information is to be got about that silver pool is will have to be from people who were outside of it. All tho fellows who are inside of it unite in testifying that they know nothing about it. This pre valence of Ignorance is alarming. , It is interesting to learn that a member of the New York Board of Aldermen recently expressed his indignation at being cat short in his remarks by a protest against "Jag law." Some of the reports of the inebrloslty prevail ing at the passage of certain measures in Congress might rank those measures in the class of "Jag law;" bnt the large representa tion of the saloon element among the New York members renders It natural to suppose that the body would take a lenient view of "Jag" legislation. We are glad to learn there is one exception. Respectable saloon-keepers are not slow to recognize the proposition for a license commission In each ward as offering unlimited opportunities for blackmail. With regard to the Brooks law it Is a good principle to let well enough alone. The fact that Governor Patttson has already received over 8,000 applications for appointments, is regarded by the Philadelphia 1'elrgraph as showing "how hungry Pennsyl vania Democracy is." It shows beyond ques tion that the hunger which affects the political class when their party gets into power, is not an exclusive quality of either Republicans or Democrats. We believe that former adminis trations, both State and national, have witnessed a rush ot Republican patriots for office. As to Guatamala, it has got into the re bellion business once more. As Misner Is not there to straighten things out, this Goverment can probably take the common sense course of letting Guatamala tuu its civil war to suit itself. Commenting on the proposition of a Texas member of Congress to establish a pro gressive income tax. the New Yprk Sun says: "The wise Oxecstlern thought of statesmen of the Corslcana school when he made his remark aDout the little wisdom with which the world is governed." Bnt considering that the governing class in this country has been tor years opposed to the Income tax, the application of Oxen stiern's sarcasm to that subject is not without its recoiling effect. Iz Is asserted that Governor Hill proposes to continue to work his Presldental boom in the United States Senate. lie has that privi lege; but Presldental booms in that atmosphere are apt to be blasted by adverse cold waves. V Mb. Henderson, of Illinois, declared in the House the other day that the scenes in that body were such "that honorable men mnst almost feel a temptation to resign and retire to privato lit e." Bnt as none of the honorable members have yielded to the temptation it is evident that Mr. Henderson's "almost" has as much saving vlrtno as Touchstone's "If," or as much of the unsavlng quality as King Agrip pa's use of the same word. It is noticeable "that the Hon. Smith M. Weed also did a good deal ot speech-making before the New York Senatorial election. Ho is not saying much now, bnt he may be sawing wood with a view to the future. BErBESENTATIVE TEWKSBTJRT, of Columbia county, wbo opened his legislative career by inviting bis constituents to come and visit him at Harrisburg, has made his second bit by introducing a bill for the taxation of tombstones. Since the Columbia statesman proposes to realize only halt of the old proverb about taxing the cradle and the grave, we are permitted to hope that he will spare the infant. If things keep on this way the force bill that will be most necessary will be one of force enough to compel the honorable Senators to come together to make a quorum. It is cogent that it did not take twenty four hours from the time when Vice President Morton abandonod the principle of using the presiding officer's power impartially, for him to get involved in deep water. It requires the audacious genius of Mr. Reed to successf ally run the chair of a legislative body in the inter est of a single party. It is not believei that the bursting of four Kansas banks, while Ingalls Is trying to secure a re-election to the Senate, has any po litical significance. These is ground for the opinion that both parties are- making fools of themselves over the force bill. The Republicans are the most persistent in that process, but the Demo crats are trying to make things even by the vigor and enthusiasm with which they are rivaling the Republicans' foolishness. , Fbench and Russian alliances are not calculated to encourage Emperor William's efforts toward general-European disarmament. Signs are not wanting that the cause of labor is far advanced In Great Britain. And the escape of the Government, by the narrow majority of 17, from a resolution to have hoars of labor on railways fixed by the Board ot Trade is a significant result -of the Scotch strike. MATTERS OF MOMENT, A Budget of Short Talks Wltli All Sorts of People on All Sorts of Topics Gathered by The Dispatch's Staff Correspondent in New York City. " rFROSI A STAPT COB.KBSrONDEKT.1 Dwight Lawrence, Librarian State Sen ateThe war correspondents at the seat of the Indian difficulties have been doing good work. The greatest war correspondents this country evor.saw. in my opinion, were Richardson. Vil lard and Redpatb. Tbey sawmore battles than anybody else during tho war of the Rebellion, not excepting army officers.' Billy Deutscu. insurance agent and man-abont-town Tho best book on poker is by John W. Keller, President of the Tenderloin Club. Tbe notes which General Schenck wrote and printed for tbe benefit of a lady in London are now almost obsolete. The game has progressed In 20 years. I tell you tbe big gest sum I ever won was at baccarat 100,000 francs, at Monte Carlo but I lost it again. There's nothing in gambling nothing but fun. Adam Enoel, cbophouse keeper As New Yorkers are getting more and more Anglo maniac the number of chophouses is on the in crease. We bavo now ten well-known chop houses in town. I've been established 17years. I have a small place and only ono waiter, bnt I do a big business. I use a hogshead of ale every six or seven days, and daring tbe past six months I used 3.830 pounds of cheese for rare bits. My waiter makes $230 a month on tips, so you can calculate how popular tipping is amorg our clubmen. Brentano, the stationer Fancy stationery Is made more and more elaborate. Monograms are on the decline, but odd symbolicflgures are In vogue. Ladies visiting cards are still larger than.men's. Colored inks are in almost com plete disuse. Red and purple Inks are now con fined to the plebeians ot tho East and West Side. Sealing wax is favored by the elite, but not universally. Grey and dried rose aro favor ite tints for sealing wax, Most people would still shock Lord Chesterfield by sending him envelopes sealed with saliva. Buck Taylor, recently with Buffalo Bill The Indian war didn't come to a close until Cody got there. It Is very amusing, isn't it? It is especially amusing to those wbo know Cody pretty well. He is afraid of the tamo Indians he has with the show. CodyT Why, he is afraid of an Indian in front of a cigar store. However, lam glad that be has settled tbe war. The Government ought to do something for him now, if only to let him have all the big Sioux chiefs for exhibition, perhaps, during the coming season. Thorley, the florist Fifteen years ago most of the New York florists lived on the Eastslde, and you sometimes had to scramble up rocks to get at them. Now florists aro to be found on every block. Saturday is our best day. Tuesdays and Thursdays are good days for bouquets. We have bachelors to whom we send boutonniere bouquets every morning, and they pay by tbe month. Matinee girls are good customers. Different tints are fashionable at different times. Now a pale lavender seems to be tbe thing. Most of our flowers come from Long Island and Jersev. Ex-Suerogate;Rollins The main requi site of an after-dinner speaker is terse and appropriate humor. That's why Depew is such a success. An anecdote always goes well. Brevity is a necessity. When I was toast master at a Dartmouth College dinner some time ago, I rose and gave the speakers some good advice: "Gentlemen, your speeches will doubtless be very fine, bur, for tbe good of all, they must be brief. It took Gibbon 20 years to write the "Rise and Fall of the Roman Em pire," we are told. I intend to make a rule here to-night, and that i, that every speaker must rise and fall in exactly five minutes." William Muldoon, trainer The reason most men about town and women of fashion get fat is becanso they eat late at night just before going to bed. The system assimilates food rapidly during sleep and adipose gathers. 1 wouldn't toucn malt liquor after supper or just before going to bed. The proof of the cor rectness of my theory that eating and drinking late at night is injurious to symmetry of form lies in the fact that most Germans are fat and flabby, and, as you know, tbey ate inveterate drinkers of beer and eaters of rye bread and heavy cheese after theaters, operas and con concerts Marie Jajtsen. the actress Whenever we play in Philadelphia I take a run over to New York for a few hours. Mo3t actresses do just to keep their hand in as it were, andmake a few purchases. The tendency of dress is tonard simplicity among actresses. The day has gone by when actresses successfully advertised their profession by their clothes. The only players who still cling to the prononce are soubrettes. I was in a car with one tbe other day and her attire was so loud I bad to put cotton in my ears! Joking aside, I agree with Madame de Girardin. who said somewhere that the way for a lady to wear a dress is to forget it. L Horr, barber on Union Sauare The sham pooing machine has gone out in metropolitan shops. We also rarely use hot water for the faces ot the shaved, not half as much as they do in other cities ot this country. Our barber shops are much superior to foreign barber shops in furniture, comfort and elegance. We now have cane summer chairs and velvet winter chairs. Less hair washes and dyes aro used than formerly. The average salary of a barber in a good shop is from $10 to $12 a week, but be makes at least $10 on tips. Men about town often have cups in three different barber shops, ready for any emergency. There is great rivalry between Italian, French and German barbers. Colored barbers are out of fashion in New York. Horace McViceeb, theatrical manager I've been settled in New York some four months now, and I must say I like it better than I do Chicago. Plays T I think there will be a steadily increasing demand for plays by Americans authors. The old English melo drama seems to have come to the end of its tether. Melodramas are now costly things to mount. Twenty-five thousand dollars at a lick Is what some of them cost. Managers moro than ever demand that authors shall put start llngly realistic effects into their plays. It used to be a joke to say of a playwright that he had built a play around a patent thunder storm. It's a joke no longer. It's a soberly accepted and necessary fact. Geneeal Charles E. Furlong, formerly on the staff of General A. J. Smith I walk 20' miles regularly every day. It is more often 21 miles than it is less than 20. Tbese walks are confined to tbe pavements of New York. Why do 1 do itT Because I have nothing else to do, and It Is healthful and agreeable exercise. I have plenty of money and do not care to go down into Wall street to be plncked by tbe sharpers. My lite is getting along toward the close and I don't care to go into any business. I have traveled all over the world, having been around it completely three times, and there Is no novelty la foreign travel for me. Day by day as I walk about the streets ot New York I see more m one day to Interest me than most men see In a fortnight. Alfred he Cordova, stock broker Almost all the men on the Stock Exchange have some bobby. Some like yachts, some actresses, some horses. They take little tlmo for lunch, most of tbem. in winter, but in summer you'll find them at the fishingclnbs, at Cuttybunk, Basque Island and Squipnocket. Down-town clubs, by the way, have proved failures. Busy men won't take tbe time to loiter in tbem. That may do In Paris, where a man starts for de jeuner at 11 and comes back at 2, but it won't do in this hustling town. I can't get away from business, even when I am at my country place, Chetnlah, N. J., three miles from Wall street. My office boy sends me stook Quotations per earner pigeon every hour. The message is at tached under the bird's wing and arrives all right. Benjamin, dealer in autographs There is little demand for the heroes of tbe Revolution more for the soldiers of the Rebellion. Co temporaries bring next to nothing. Dickens' autograph letter signed is worth $4 1 have a good Thackeray worth $1L Uhackerly, in order to be really valuable, ought to have little draw ings by the author. Po is exceedingly valu able. It is bard to tell the handwriting ot public men bpcauso their secretaries imitate them so skilfully. Charles Sumner had a sec retary who was a wonder in this respect. There are plenty of secretaries in Washington whuse frank on a public document cannot be dis tinguished from the writing of the man tbey imitate. At the Boston sale the other dav tbe $500 paid for the autograph of John Eliot, 1673. was a fancy figure. The signature of William Shakespeare wouldn't bring that in New York. William H. Crane, the actor Politics in plays are very indulgently received br audi ences in America. Allusions to the roost burn ing topics of current discussion, such as free trade, protection, lobbies, subsidies and sur pluses are listened to with the 'utmost good humor. Max O'Rell told me when here that it is different in France. Audiences there take sides, applaud or hiss as tbe sentiment ex pounded by the actor either meets their views or is antagonistic to them. Our public men also are very indulgenttoward playwrights and actors. General Grant was a great friend of John T. Raymond. Grover Cleveland, I hear, never tires or seeing Mr. Florence in one ot his political plays. Mr. Blaine laughed heartily when he was topically, and vocally treated by Francis Wilson, and General Butler alwavs considers the caricatures of himself lu Rice's "Evangeline" as a big joke. CKABX.ES H. Hott, the farce comedy play wright I see that General Miles, now that he has reduced the Indians to subjection, has de vised a new scheme to keep them peaceable- He will allow tbem to have guns for hunting purposes only. Each Indian Is to receive a check for bis gun, and. when bo wants to go a hnntinf he'll get bis weapon and at no other time. Guns, like coats and bats at tbe theaters, will be checked at the agency. That's quite a farce comedy idea. But Indians, as farce comedy characters, are no good. Indians al ways seem to me to have missed a great object of life taking a bath. Indians, on the stage, have not been popular with audiences. That play, "Big Poney. written by Wheeler and Darling and acted by Nat Goodwin, thodgh a good play, was a failure. You remember that "Dovetta," by Mrs. Raymond, was a fizzle Only one line, spoken by Frank Davis, remains of that wreck I'O, tbe poor Indian, whose untutored mind Shaved on bis whiskers to disappoint tbe wind ! Richard K. Fox, patron of sport Jack Dempsey was beaten fairly, but I'm sorry for it. He is a nice, clean, square fellow. I met him years ago, when be first entered the fistic arenH. He came to my office one day and wanted me to back him. He looked a mere boy then, with a well-barbered head and an in genuous manner. The Bowery alwavs swore by Dempsey. 1 have never seen blm fight. Yon would scarcely believe it. but I've never wit nessed a prize ngnt in my life. I've attended numerous sparring matches, both bere and abroad, but I've never been present at a bare fist fight. I think the tendency is toward box ing matches. Australia at present shows greater Interest In fistic matters than either England or America, and I'm not surprised that Australia has produced three such fight ers as Fltzsltumons, Slavin, and Peter Jackson. I'm going out West this spring on a visit to tbe big cities. At present I'm mostl v interested in my trotters, Nellie Sontag and" Sir Mohawk, and take a spin behind them every fine after noon. A. C. Brown, land lawyer, ot Minneapolis I am surprised to see a newspaper article mak ing the statement that 73 per cent, of the farm mortgage Indebtedness of the country is mado payable in gold. This information comes from St, Panl. Now, I know something about farm mortgages, and have made a spocialty of con veyances. I never saw sucb a mortgage or evi dence of indebtedne's in anv shape inuny ex perience. Instead of being 7o per cent of them in gold, I don't believe, taking all the country -this side of the Rocky Mountains, there are 75 mortgages drawn in tbe last ten years made payable in gold. Tbe purport of such articles is plain. It is an effort on tbe part of a certain class of Eastern people to break down free coinage in the House, or with tbe President should the House pass the bilL Whether such a reckless statement as tho one I refer to will have any Influence toward such an end I am nnabletosay. But it is plain that tbe united efforts on the part of Eastern capitalists and the newspapers which represent tbem are di rected toward the prevention of free coinage, Archibald Clatebing Gunter I had tbe novel "Mr. Barnes of New York" in my trunk two years before I took It to publishers, and when I took it to the publishers seven of tbose wise men rejected It. The original title of tho book was Two Nights in Rome." I once knew a Mr. Barnes, whom I reproduced in the book. He was one of the coolest men you ever saw. I remember of hearing of Barnes going into an open air concert with an American lady in Wiesbaden one night. He advanced to the box office to purchase tickets, and as lie did so, left the lady alone for a few minutes. Meanwhile a supercilious German officer had come up, observed the lady and began impudently to ogle ber through bis monocle. Barnes took in tbe situation at once and imme diately walked around and around the German officer, coolly ogling him In turn. The officer, noticing tns, became very indignant. "What do you mean, sir?" said he. "Do you know that I am a German officer?" "That's all right, my boy," Interrupted Barnes, tapping him on the shoulder. "You're admiring what we call an American lady. I take tbe liberty of in specting what you doubtless call a German gentleman." Needless to add the officer slunk an ay. Count E. VERMqNT Valooubt, writer on heraldry Ono of tbe most remarkable things I've observed in all my experience and travel around tbe world is bow fond Americans are of titles,"and how proud they are to trace their lineage back to some illustrious origin. I com piled a book of the prominent families of America a few years ago and sent oatprospect uses. You would be surprised to see how many scions of protninent people offered to pay me to prove tbem of noble origin, and enroll tbem within tbe magic circles nl aristocracy. The appearance of Mrs. Hammersley, Dnchess of Marlborough, in a box at tbe Lyceum Theater created quite a flutter of excitement tbe other day. There are few of tbe belles of Gotham who do not envy the Americans wbo have al lied themselves with tbe nobility of Europe. You will remember some of the more prom inent of these alliances. Miss Jerome married Lord Randolph Churchill, and one of ber sis ters married Sir JoLn Leslie. Miss Consnelo Yznaga married Viscount Mandeville. and Sir John Lester Kay e married Lady Manderille's sister. . Miss Stevens married Lord Alfred Paget. Ladyl Angelsy, Lady Vernon. Lady Hesketb, Hon. Mrs. Plunkett, Lady Kart- right, Hon. Mrs. Carrington. Mrs. Edward Ballour, Hon. Mrs. Oliver Northcote, Mrs. Baring, Mrs. Beresf ord Hope and Lady A But ler are all nieces or Uncle Sam. I might, of course, increase the list. Henbt V. Allien, army and navy goods There is no gold bullion manufactured in tbe United States. All that you see in tbe cases here comes from England and France. Tbe best gold bullion is manufactured in the vicin ity of London, and goes from that city to all the countries of tbe world. Could it be manu factured cheaper here? Well, I very much doubt it, at least nofnntil tbe present laws, by which copper is put down cbeaner in London than it can be furnished to the New York manufacturer, are changed. We are not a military country, besides, and it3 mannfactnre would scarcely pay if we depended upon our own people. Bejond that dependence we would have ro establish a trade in Europe. It would cost $0,000 fur machinery alone to manufac ture gold bnliion sucb as is used in epaulettes, shoulder straps, gold lace, anchors, cbapeaux, sword belts, and so on. The greatest demand In the United States now is from our militia, and that has been growing some of late years. Curiously enough, while we have no producer of gold bullion in tbis country, tbe McKinley act increased tbo duty from 25 to 15 per cent. This was done at tbe solicitation ot a firm In Connecticut, which made a sort ot worsted, metallic fringe, but which never attempted to manufacture bullion. Tbe trade in even what the firm did manufacture has abont ceased. This extra tax is laid upon tbe militia and our army and navy. It costs a good deal for a man to be an officer In the regular army or to play officer in the militia, but it helps the English manufacturer. Leboy W. Baldtvin, Manager National Weighing Machine Company We made about 10.000 penny-m-thc-slot weighing machines last year. There must be somewhere about 12,000 or 15,000 of tbem now In operation throughout the country. N early every place where such a machine can be put is occupied, and every place where they can be used to advantage will he decupled before the end of the next fix months. Tbe company will then mannfactnre no more machines, except for export and for tbe replacing of those which may become dam aged or destroyed In tbis country. Tbe collec tions run all the way from 1 cent to $100 for each machine every two weeks. Tbe whole country Is divided into districts, aud all of these districts this side of tbe Rockv Mount ains pay tribute to tbe New York office, and tbose west ot tbe Rockies are managed from ban Francisco. Compared with the penny ma chines all the electrical and musical devices for weighing that are seen about barrooms and other places are few In number. The latter machines very easily get out of order and cost more originally than the sim ple balance penny machines. A great many machines are being made for ex port, which seems somewhat remarkable since they are made abroad under existing patents, and one would nttorallv suppose that tbey could be manufactured cheaper in Ger many, Franco and England than can be made bere. We are making quite a nnmber ot machines and shipping tbem to every country in Europe. For English consumption tbey are made to balance fori penny, which is two cents of our money. For French and Italian nse they are fitted for 10 centimes, which is also about 2 cents. Tbe company retains ownership in every machine made, just as the telephone companies retain ownershipin their telephones. It simply collects for the use of tbe machine. 1 he entire expens to the company is in tbe original cost of the machine and tbe cost of tbe collections. Sometimes they get out of order when tbey are left in the open air a con siderable time; but upon complaint being made to the agent in whose district tbe machine is located, be attends to the necessary repairs. There are now some 60 different kinds of machines, mostly located in barrooms, hotels, railway and steamboat waiting rooms and other public resorts. Tbese inclnde the selling machines vhich dispose of chewing gum and other articles. All, excepting this particular pcnny-weighUig machine, must be placed under cover, and will not stand exposure out of doors. With collectors, this company employs about 1.0C0 men. The iaot desirable places for the machines are the railway station waiting rooms. People who have to wait around the station will resort to almost anything to pass tbe time away. CHARLES T. MUBBAY. NEW Yobk, Jan. 21 John Jeems Up to Snuff. New York World, Dern.l Senator Ingalfs pair against both the gag rule and the force, and fraud bill shows how thoroughly he understands tbe Western senti ment and how anxious he Is to be re-elected. Gets There Jost the Same. , New York Press. Hep. ", In the contest between American tin and free traders' brass the tin is making less noise than the brass, but is getting there just tbe same. STORIES OF STATESMEN. Experience of T. P. O'Connor, the Famous Irishman, as a Newspaper Correspondent Senator Jones' Idea of Tariff Morgan's Ability to Kill Time. T. P. O'Connor, tbe world-famous Irishman, who is now visiting America, has done mncb newspaper writing and at one time he was tbe cable correspondent on Irish topics of a syndi cate of influential, American newspapers. An amusing incident of his connection with this syndicate was told me recently by the gentle man who used to manage It. Mr. O'Connor was a very unreliable worker. If lie had not been watcbed constantly be would probably not have turned inhiscoDy more than two or tbree nights in tbe week, lbe London agent of tbe syndicate made it bis ousiness to follow Mr. O'Connor about.hunt him up at night and, if necessary, wait for him to write his letter. One night ho hunted in vain. O'Connor was not at home and he could not be traced in any of his usual haunts. The syndicate, bad to have some Irish news, and, despairing at last ' of finding O'Connor, tbo agent sat down and wrote from his own knowledge a brief review of the situation. It was cabled over in the usual skeleton form. In tbe Now York office, from which Mr. O'Connor's letters were dis tributed by telegraph to all parts of the coun try, tbe skeleton letter was "padded." as usual, by tbe Introduction of the smaller words which bad been omitted from the cable message. Tbe editor wbo was making up tbe dispatch noticed that Mr. O'Connor's signature was lacking, but thinking that this was a simple omission, he added tbe signature and sent tbe matter ont in the usual form. It happened that there was a larje Irish con vention of some character in Chicago and, as the dispatch was rather radical in tone, tbe Cmcago paper which received it made a strik ing featnre of it in an extra edition which was put on tbe street at a late hour. At about the time when tbis paper was selling on tbe streets of Chicago, the syndicate (sanager in New York received a delayed cable message frum London explaining the Inability of his agent to find Mr. O'Connor and tbe circumstances in which the cable letter was written. Tbis dis patch made him very nnhappy for a time, it would probably involve the necessity for ex planations, apologies and published retractions which would Injure bis reputation both with tbe editors who had used the dispatch and with Mr. O'Connor. With this uncomfortable prospect in view, tbe syndicate manager sat down at his desk and wrote a long cable mes sage to Mr. O'Connor explaining tbe mistake and asking what he would better do about it Mr. O'Connor probably went to the telegraph office and read the message as it was sent out over bis signature, for in a few Jionis tbe syn dicate manager received an answer from blm in two words. It read: "Happy accident. T. P. O'CONNOB." An Aphorism on Tariff. Senator Jones, of Nevada, told me a few days ago that his private secretary, Mr. Davis, could easily write his speeches for him. "Ho has become so thoroughly Imbued with my ideas," said Mr. Jones, "and he Is so familiar with my style of expression that he could easily write what would pass current as mine and what 1 would be perfectly willing to acknowl edge as my own." Senator Jones, however, is one of tbe men in public life who do not have to depend upon their private secretaries for gems of thought and expression. He writes as easily and as cracelnlly as be talks, and he Is a most entertaining and agreeable man In con versation. Start him on bis hobby silver coinage or on'tbe tariff, and he can tallr on In an interesting way all day. In private conver sation a few days ago he contributed an aphor ism to tariff literature. . , . "Free trade." said Mr. Jones, "is the indi vidual selfishness of a people: Protection Is national selfishness which 13 patriotism." Ingalls' Ready "Wis. "I want you to help me ont of a hole, Bena tor," a well-known correspondent said to Mr. Ingalls one day, seeking a pleceof inrormatlon. "Help an ass ontrof a pit?" said the Senator smilingly, quoting, I think, from Scripture, And the laugh was very distinctly on the cor respondent. TTolcott and His Manuscript. Senator Woleoit, of Colorado, is an easy and fluent speaker, yet be usually uses manuscript when he speaks. When he made his long speech against the elections bill two weeks ago be bad the manuscript spread before him on his desk. It was there for prompting purposes. The Colorado Senator evidently had committed his speech very carefully to memory. He did not tarn his eyes over In the direction of the manuscript on his desk, yet at intervals he turned the leaves over with such regularity that when be completed his speech tbe last sheet lay uptnrned before blm. Senator Teller, his colleague, usnallydoesnot carry a manuscript into tne Senate chamber. He often writes his speeches before coming to the Senate, but he does not commit them en tirely to memorv, and he frequently extempor izes dnring their delivery. Senator Stewart prepares a speech in advance, and he always has a typewritten copy in front of him when be speaks. Senator Stanford does not often speak, although he writes with some fluency. He would rather write about his magnificent stock farm and his horse-breeding interests than about political matters. He has ail of his speeches orinted before delivery. He makes no pretentions to oratorical ability, and he reads his remarks to the Senate without dramatic in flection or gesture. Senator Morgan's Capacity. Senator Morgan's speeches are exquisitely phrased and tbey make good reading. He has wonderful capacity, and no one doubts bis ability to speak for three or four days. Daring the debates on the elections bill the Democrats have held him In reserve for the purpose of harassing tho Republican Senators when tho days of the session should be growing few. He was trotted out to-day and only got fairly started. Senator Cockrell said to a leading Republican In a group of Senators not long ago "We will use every fair and honorable means to beat the elections bill." "Cockrell." said the Republican as he turned a sorrowful gaze on the Missouri Senator, "do you consider Morean a fair and honorable meaast" And even Senator Cockrell bad to loin in the langb that followed. George Grantham Bain. Washington, Jan. 24. HOTED MEK AHD WOMEN. John A. Kino, who Is a candidate for the Democratic nomination as Mayor of Chicago, is a millionaire druggist, born in Schenectady, N. Y about 60 years ago. ( General Miles says be has had more dif-. Acuity In keeping reporters out ot tronbletban in trying to convince the Indians that they were the under dog in tbe fight. W. Clarke Russell, whose sea stories have snch remarkable dash, breeziness, and out-of-door freedom, has long been a hopeless and wellnlgh helpless invalid, chained to an in door existence in an inland town. After 59 years of labor, Barthelemy Salnt- Hilaire has finished his translation ot Aristotle, a work in 35 volumes. For the last 20 years the translator has also been very active in pontics as Secretary to M. Thiers, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Senator Mrs. L. H. Seelye, of Fort Scott, maiden name Sarah Edmonds, Is reported as having served In tbe War of the Rebellion under the name of Frank Tbomnson, in the Second Michigan Cavalry, and there Is a Kansas tradi tion that the mother of Miss Fay Templeton was a soldier in the Ninth Kansas Cavalry. Mrs. Burton Harrison, one of the latest woman novelists to win favor with tbe public, is described as a pretty, youngish woman, very blonde, with a high-bred air. Bhe lives in a brown-stone house In old-fashioned Irving place. New York, where she has gathered a quantity of carved oak furniture and much antique silver. Her maiden name was Can stance Cary, and her family is one of the oldest In Virginia. Queen LrLtuoKALANT, who succeeds Kala kaua on the Hawaiian throne, is 52 years old. She is an amiable . and very intelligent woman, having a taste for poetry and music She Is stately in appearance and has a dignified car riage, but of late yesrs she has grown rather stout. She is animated and interesting in con versation, speaking in the low and musical tones that are peculiar to her race. She speaks English, and is well versed in tbe current liter ature of tbe day. DEATHS OP A DAT. tt Mrs. Eliza J. Anshutx. Mrs. Eliza J. Anshatz, awell-knewnladyinthe East End, died yesterday at the age of 70 years. She was tbe widow of the late Alfred P. Anshcti and a daughter ol the late Dr. Shenley K. Holmes. The funeral will occur Monday at 3 r. M. Ex-Senator Bainbrldge TVadleigh. Boston, Jan. SI. Hon.llalnbrldxe Wadielgh, a well-known Boston lawyer and ex-Senator frum ew Himpshlrc. died tin- morning or Bright' disease after a protracted Illuei.. Mrs. P. McCaffrey Mrs. P. McCaffrey, of Johnstown, mother of Mrs. Thomas Mirouey. or renn avenue, died last frldav. She wis veil and favorably knows la I, this city. CDEI0DS CONDENSATIONS. Thomas Meirs, of Batb, O., died on Wednesday, aged 100 years and S months. Hi wife, aged 86, died on Tuesday. The severo weather continues in the northern part of Africa, and the Arabs of the mountain tribes are suffering greatly from cold and famine. Washington county, G.a, produces annually 35.000 bales of cotton, worth tbout $1,500,000. This is one of the largest cotton producing counties in the State. The thaw thronghout Englarrd con tinues. One of its effects was a disastrous landslide at Folkstone. Three people were crushed to death in the avalanche of snow and earth which fell upon their cottages. The following is a copy of the return made by a colored constable on a warrant in Liberty county, G.a: "I have this Day Rest the Body of Kate Ann Lecounte. I hava Hir In My Cast. This tho 5th day of the 17th5 of Jan.lS3L" Dr. Corput, who had been charged by the Belgian Government to examine tbe sani tary Institutions of Germany, states in nis re port thar tbe annnal army death rate is In Ger many 3.97, In Belgium 4.07, in France 6, and in Austria-Hungary 6.94 per cent. . , Mr.; William Ledderdale, Governor of the Bank of England, was yesterday presented with the freedom of the city of London in a cold box bv the Common Council, fur averting a commercial crisis by aiding the Baring iirothers m their recent financial dimcuities. The latest statistics show that the sui cide mania is spreading in Germany to such an extent that even the children take their lives. During tbe six years ending with. 1SSS. 2S9 schoolchildren committed suicide. Many of these suicides occurred in the elementary schools and were prompted by fear ot punish ment. Newman, Ga., JTerald: Panther Creek district can boast of the biggest egg eater in the world in tbe person of Joe Burks, who measures 6 feet and 11 Inches high in his stock ing feet. Mr. Burks told ns that not long sinca he ate 130 eggs at one time, and felt like be had only partaken of a small snack. He also ate three hearty meals afterward in less than rive hours. The policemen of Savannah carry re volvers strapped to their belts in plain sight. They are armed with short clubs as well. Tbey cannot unllmber their shooting irons any quicker than a New York policeman, wbo usu ally carries his in bis hip pocket, can do it: but most of the offenders with whom the Savannah officer has to deal are darkies, and the sight of a weapon in itself has a salutary effect on many of tbem The inhabitants of Tbe Hague are de lighted at once more having; royalty in their midst, and the sight of the day is the little Queen taking her afternoon drive in a sleish drawn by four ponies. Both tbe queens lead the simplest of lives, and Qneen Wilbelmina has returned to her Books antC masters just as if she was still at Het Loo. Her father's old nnrse (who had been present: at hit birth in Brussels) died two or tbree days since, at the age of 100. and was buried with great state in the Cathedral of Breda. The Abghisians, a mountain tribe of Caucasia, follow the very primitive custom of stealing wives for themselves. If a young man kidnaps a girl be likes, he Makes e his wife whether she is agreeable to the match or not. This gives rise to frequent fights between the families of the tribe, which never end without human sacrifices. But it the kidnaped girl likes the man wbo has taker her, she acts as tbe Sabinlan women in ancient Rome did. When her family declare war against her groom, she rnns to meet them, and to appease tbem, and If they don't listen to her entreaties she joins her husband in fight against her own kin. The purity ot gold is estimated by an Abyssinian weight called a carat (Arabian, quirrat, a bean, tbe fruit of the carab tree), which ia subdivided into four parts called grams. Tbo term carat when applied to gold and silver Is not a weight nnit, but the mode of expressing the purity or fineness of the metal in twenty-fourths. Thus l&carat gold is metal in which 18 parts out or 21 (or three-fourths) are pure gold. This method of estimating fine ness is traceable from the marc of Enrope hav ing been divided into 21 real carats or actual weight units. The present method is tn esti mate fineness in thousands, i. e gold 750 fine has 250 parts alloy, corresponds to 18-caratgold, three-quarters ol the metal being pure gold In each case. Our gold coins are 2L19 carats. A friend of James Johnson's Quebec street, Kingston, Onr, brought him a swarm of California beer bees. Hived In self-sealers, and given a mixture of syrup, sugar and water, the colony manufactures aboux rthree quarts per day of beer, equal it is said, to malt and enough drunk will put a bead on a fellow as big as anyone could, desire. James Johnson, Jr., Factory street. Odessa, came here and took a swarm home. They are in an elght-onnce bottle, and resemble a "baby's own" sponge. When placed In the sun or a warm place, they shoot rapidly from their bed to the top of the flail, then return languidly to tbe bottom again. When hundreds of tbem shoot at once thev make things six. About 24 hours com pletes the make and the beverage is then fit for nse. Few people who pause to admire the beautiful landscapes bearing the name of Carl Weber know that the artist has done his best work nnder an affliction which, in the case of most men, wonld have sapped ambition and left them melancholy and dejected and bereft of all inclination to rise iu t.be woTld. For years the artist's wife has been prostrated with a wasting disease, accompanied by exquisite pain, and, though attended by thej best medical talent, her condition shows no improvement. In fact, tbe physicians hold out no hope in this direction, and tbe best, therefor.s. that can be done is to make the invalid a comfortable as her condition will permit. Like Che actor who seeks to entertain while his heart is torn with grief at home, tbe artist, tbou,;b depressed with the sorrowing strain, conceals bis afflic tion from the public gaze behind works ot art that reflect all that is beantiful in nature, and lead man's mind to ennobling thought. Surely, there is an impressive lesson In all ihis. The natives on some of the Pacific Islands, being provided with neither metals nor any stone harder than tbe coral rocks, of which tbe atells they inhabit are composed, would seem badly off. Indeed, for material of which to make tools or weapons, were It not that their very necessity has bred an invention no less in genious than curious and effective. This is nothing less than the use of shark's teeth to give a cutting edge to their wooden knives and swords. Tbe mouth ot the shark contains 300 teeth, arranged in live rows, all closely lying upon each other, except the outer row, and so constructed that as one tooth is broken or lost another takes its place. The teeth are not only pointed and keen-edged, but are finely and reg ularly serated. so that the cutting power is greatly increased. Indeed, so great a faculty have these teeth for wounding that the imple ments and weapons upon which they are used have to be handled with great care. The King mill Islanders make many strange articles ot shark's teetlt A CORNER IN fnm.ES. The Indian troubles being now practically settled, it would be well to turn Congress over to the care of the War Department. At any rate It needs taming over.-OW City Blizzard. "What's your dog's name. Johnnie?" Poplar tree." Poplar tree? What did yon dvehlm snch a queer name as that for?" "Because he's got such a heavy bark." WatX. ington Star. Mrs. Tomdik What do you think of my new bonnet? Tomdik Isn't It rather small? Mrs. Tomdlk-Oh. yes: but then I don't lntsnd going to the theater any more this winter. Chicago Jatir-Ocean. One of George Washington's rules was Tell not your dreams but to your Intimate friend." The man who eats mlneo pie at night may well snare even his Intimate friend the story ornowhe was picked up in his sleep by seven bald-headed mothers-in-law and run Spanish through eightmlles of sewer tunnel, Minneapolis Journal. ' Frenchman (standing up in aisle in American railway ear)-Beg pardone, sare. but haf you evare traveled In France? St. Louis Drummer (occupying four seats) Yes, took a trip through that country last sum mer. (Admirlngly)-Ah! Z American por-r-rk will get zare somehow '.-Chicago Tribune. Lady (house-bunting) Can I see the gen tleman of the house? Crusty Janitor I look after the premises, madam. Ah I Then there Isn't any gentleman of the house! Bo sorry! 'Good morninr. " Chicago Timet. Sextant How are yon getting along so fax? Ouadrant First rate. I am this year actinic my self on the advice I save everybody else last year. -St. Paul Globe. Woman cau't throw a stone straight to save her soul, bnt shu can sit in an easy chair and enchant t man so that be will go and throw It for aer.SomervUle Journal "This is a full-dress occasion," said Sinks. d- 1 should say so," said Banks, as a decollete eosturaesifeptpaithto., "Frulto overfiowtaj.V Washington raft. ItSferfoafctoj anaawaargarfj SsP'i'PSSfcffsi'iiSrS ,J&m1
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