- ?srs -1 THE PITTSBTTKG- DISPATCH, FRIDAY, JANUARY 80, 1891. je Bigpatdj. cup ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY S, 3M6. VoLtt, .No.K -Entered at ritUbHrErostofficc. o ember n, us:, as s econd-class matter. Business Office Corner Smithfleld and Diamond Streets, News Rooms and Publishing House 75, 77 and 79 Diamond Street j:ASTEKN ADVERTISING OFFICE. ROOM II, TKIKL'.NE Bl'Il.DlXe. NDV YORK, where complete files oi THE IHsl'ATCH can always lc Sound, Foreign advertisers appreciate the con venience. llomeadcrtlr and Jrleudso; T1IL DISPATCH, while In New York, are also made v-elcome. THE DISPATCH is rrpuJa,Ip pn sale at Mrcntino's. 5 Union Square. -Vc l'ork, aid V w4ic. lie rOpna, J'a,ts, Fiance, trhere anyone trfto ids been disappointed at a hotel neu-j itand can obtain it TERMS Or Till: DISPATCH. rORTAf.E TREE IX THE UNITES STATES. JUILY Ditatch, One Year 5 0 Daily Dispatch, I'er Quarter "- Daily DirATcn, One .Month "" DtlLY DISPATCH, inclndinc Sunday, 1 vcar. 10 00 Daily Dispatch, lacinriins sunday,3in'ths !SJ Daily Die-patch, including Sunday, IniUh TO Mtsday Dispatch. One car ISO "ttEMCLY DltPATCU, Oii- car 1 The Daily Dispatch is delivered toy carriers at fcrats perfect, or Including Sunda) edition, at Z rents per week. PITTSBURG. FKIDA Y, JAN. 30, 1S9L THE PARMER'S ONE EXTRAVAGANCE. The report of tbe Civil Engineer's Com mittee upon roads, which is substantially given in to-day's Dispatch, should be read by every farmer in Pennsylvania. The roads of Pennsylvania are a disgrace lo the State and to the century. They fitly belong to tbe cave-dwelling, mound-building period of the country's history, and should fiave no place in a time like this. They lave been described so fully, denounced so roundly, and are such miserable makeshifts, considering tbe opportunities for procuring rietter, that further adjectives were wasted upon them. Hut the farmer has become accustomed to these miry excuses for toads, which, in place of facilitating progress, effectually bar liini from the outer world for five or sis dreary months of tbeyeir. Mere discomfort in tbe situation and spectacle fails to arouse lira to action, else tbe country long since would have had such roads as are found in other lands. Custom reconciles the farmer lo conditions which he fears to attempt to escape because of expense. But it is precisely on this latter point lhat the committee's report is tremendously interesting. It re-enforces sentiment by startling figures which put an almost gro tue phase on the road question. Thus it appears that the farmers ot the State are paiing millions of dollars annually in labor, in time, in stock, in loss of market, and in material, for the high privilege of living in the mud. The impassable roads, which isolate them through the winter, also &eep them out of market, or else make the 3rocess of getting there so costly as to leave little or no profit on the effort. Tun DlsrATCH believes the only fault to he found with the committee's report is liueer estimation in its figures. There is not a single problem before the countrv ol snore importance to-day thau this one of cheap and comfortable transportation through the interior. We think its mag nitude, from an economic standpoint, whether as regards country roads or canals, is utterly beond immediate realization by the hasty thinker or careless observer. We liope the farmers of Pennsylvania will wake mi to the need ol immediately getting a vig orous road law. They are ambitious now of a more conspicuous part in public affairs. X.et them begin by demonstrating that they are fit to take hold of the one grossly mis managed affair which is at their doors the country roads. BETTER MINING LAWS WANTED. More strincent regulations about the coal inines are certainly called i"or. The miners' meeting yesterday voiced a very proper sen timent on the necessity lor laws that will se cure safety. The present laws may have Ix-en sufficient when they were passed, but iher certainly do not meet preseHt require ments. Tne prompt action of the Legislature in sending a committee of investigation to the scene of the awful accident indicates a willingness on the part of that body to pro "vide a remedy for existing faults if the way is made plain. Some previous Legislatures, lie it said with shame aud sorrow, smothered everything that looked like a measure for the protection of the poor miner. STORM EFFECTS STILL TROUBLESOME. List Sunday's stxrin in the East was even raore serious than at first reported. In spite of the most energetic efforts on the partot the telegraph companies effective communica tion has not yet been secured. The Dis patch has made strenuous efforts, but has been unable to secure the usual amount of news from Eastern points, because there have been no wires over which it could be transmitted. Now a severe storm is raging in the "West and has already touched Pitts liurg. Iti not expected to plav the mis chief with the wires as the Eastern storm did, but affects them badly enough. There is only one way to avoid repeated annoyance and loss froai this cause, and that is to get tbe wires underground where they will not OS at the mercy of the weather. Possibly induction might inteifere with them even there, occasionally, but the change would "be a marked improvement upon present conditions. THE ELECTIONS HILL DEAD. Prom Harrisburg wc are informed that the Republicans of the State Legislature have passed a concurrent resolution intended to coerce Mr. Cameron into voting for the elections bill. At the same time it is inti mated that Governor Pattison, with a broad sense of his duty to his own political party, and the whole people, will return the reso lution with his veto. In case he does this Senator Cameron may be left in some doubt as to whether his constituents have in structed him to support the force bill, or whether they have vetoed the proposition. Mr. Cameron, though elected by a party, is still a Senatorial representative in Congress for the whole State, and he may well doubt that a rajjority of his constituents favor the passage of the Lodge bill. It a popular vote cauld be taken on the subject it is more than probable a majority of Republicans would cast their ballots against the measure. But while the statesmen at the State capi tal are working up a tangle on this question that bids fair to interfere with the public business they are supposed to perform, we are informed from Washington that tbe force bill has been permanently laid aside by an arrangement between leading Sena tors on both sides. The Senators have realized that the bill has already obstructed public business too much; that it has stirred up untimely sectional feeling, and have happily concluded to leave it in its present retirement, The names of the Republicans who are parties to this arrangement are withheld, and it is not stated how much tbe World's Fair may have had to do with it. It is enough to know it is so. And now, this disturber being out of the way, it may reasonably be expected the representatives of the people will do busi ness the few remaining days of the session. This was expected by some people a good while ago. But radical partisan spirit re fused to be controlled while there was any chance to secure partisan advantage. With so little time as is now at their disposal, however, even the radical partisans may take some thought of the people lor their party's sake. Had the Republicans done so wise a thing earlier, the House of the Fifty ccond Congress would not have been so top heavy Democratic. GOOD WORK WELL DONE. A good and varied work is done by the Woman's Christian Association. The ladies engaged in this work have unselfishly de voted time and money to the care of the helpless, to the reclamation of the fallen n d the education of the young. The an nual reports, read yesterday, show that much has been accomplished in the past year and effective organization of the various branches promises still greater results in the future. Sme of the enterprises of the association are hampered in their work of human kindness by lack of funds, but it may readily be believed that benevolent lianas will come to their relief with open purses. In a great city there is always much for such Christian women to do. Vice and temptation are abroad day and night. While the former may be repressed by the municipal authorities it is for the kind-hearted and good to counteract the latter. CAPITAL STOCK AND EARNINGS. Since the accession of the Farmers' Al liance to political power in several of the Western States there is much agitation in railroad circles. Bills are before the Legis latures in the Alliance States to regulate railroad rates, and some of them shave very close. The Railroad Commissioners of Kan sas and Minnesota have protested against some of the more sweeping measures on the ground that the roads have actually cost more than is generally supposed. In fixing rates the Commissioners take into account the expenditure of service and the cost of property used, allowing a fair return for the capital invested. The grangers, in this view of the matter, propose official investi gation of the cost of the roads. It is argued, however, by the railroad people that they should be allowed returns on capital invested in betterments, even when such betterments are paid for from the income of the road. This raises a very serious auestion in equity. Of course, it has been customary with very profitable corporations to issue- stock: from time to time for the value of any improvements paid for out of the revenues of the company. This increase ot capital, it is contended, is not water but properly issued stock. In the case of a railroad or telegraph, enjoying the right of eminent domain, this claimed right is doubtful. It must be admitted that if the company pays no dividends and uses all its earnings for construction and equip ment, it is entitled to an increase in capital equal to a fair return on the original invest ment. But if the total of earnings invested in such manner amounts to more than a fair rate of interest, the public is entitled to the benefit of the excess. These corporations are given public fran chises and rights for the public good. They are supposed and expected to get a fair re tnru from their capital invested, something more than the legal or current rate of inter est on idle capital. But, if they issue capi tal stock for earnings reinvested, beyond the allowance mentioned, subsequent dividends will be equal to compounded interest on the excess, in addition to the interest on the original capital invested. This is not con templated by the laws governiug such en terprises. When it is decreed that rates shall be "fair and equitable," it is assumed that causes leading to earnings in excess of a fair return on the invested capital shall be followed by a reduction of rates. If the issue of capital stock in amount equal to invested earnings is proper, then it would be to the advantage of a very profit able railroad to reinvest all of its earnings until the net receipts would no longer p3y more than the current rate of interest on the amount of its capital stock. If its earning capacity was at first equal to 18 per cent on the original investment the point of bal ance would be reached when the capital stock had been increased to about three times the original amount, one-half of which be invested profits in excess of interest. The Alliance men will hardly be able, by any investigations, to discover the exact, legitimate cost of the railroads in the West. But they may approximate the outlay and fix rates based on the average of such ap proximation. This will give the advantage to roads the construction of which has been cheapest, and while it may do injustice to some, will offer a premium on construction without inside contract jobs. A NIGHT OF BANQUETING. Not all of Pittsburg was banqu eting last night, though it was a notable time for such entertainment in this city. At the Monongahela over 4,000 people participated in the Knights Templar festivities, and at the Duquesne several hundred newspaper people and their guests assembled around the festal board. The Knights of the Malta Cross feasted merrily, as those old-time Cru saders might have done on their return from the long, long war, and the knights of pen and pencil gave themselves over to the un wonted enjoyment of freedom from care. In New York the banquet of the Board of Trade was marred and turned into an occa sion for deep sorrow by the sadden death of Secretary Windom, in strong contrast to the joyous gatherings here. LIFE PRESSURE AND rNSANTTY. Recent statistics on the subject of insanity present some interesting facts. The first of these is that the number of insane persons in the country is increasing more rapidly each year, and the ratio of increase is greaterthan that of the population. The next is that nearly all insane persons become so between the ages, of 20 and SO years. The greatest number for any part of this span are be tween the ages of 25 and 35 years. Lastly, the pauper insane vastly outnumber the self supporting patients. With this exhibit it can hardly be doubted that much of the insanity existing is the direct result of the high tension to which breadwinners are subjected. At the age where the average man or woman begins the battle with .the world, or slightly after that age, is where the insanity begins. And the greatest contribution to the asylums is from the ranks of those at the age where the greatest efforts of life work arc made. The fact that the majority is composed of paupers may be taken partly as an evidence that it is the weak ones who give way under the strain, and partly to prove that tbe de pression consequent upon failure has a strong tendency to cause insanity. Read the statistics in any way, however and they teach the danger of our high pres sure modes of life. Not all of this pressure is in mere money getting or fame earning. Some of it is social. But it all blends to gether and all leads in the same direction. Hundreds who have no disposition to insan ity succumb to uervous prostration, or, being weakened by too much effort, are attacked by acute disease and havn no power to re sist. It is time we learned, as a people, to slow down a little. Ages have gone and icons arc yet to come. We may be content to leave some achievements for posterity. The sudden death of Secretary Windom at the Board or Trade banquet will cause wide spread legret and public sorrow. Mr. Windom lias occupied a prominent place in public affairs for many years and was generally respected and admired. Ho has, perhaps, not belonged to the brilliant school of statesmen, but he was of the better school, conservative and safe. Tho death of any man under such circum stances as those of last night is shocking, and that of so prominent a public man doubly so. Up to the present time there has been no official announcement regarding the views of tbo new Kansas Senator concerning the deca logue and tbe Golden Rule. A corporation's gross income repre sents its net receipts, but an individual's net income does nut represent his gross receipts. It is evidently the intention of the revenue commission's bill to tax tho net receipts of the corporations and. cross income of the indi vidual. Southern pig iron is reported selling near Pennsylvania furnaces. Well, let it come. We will soon have mills to use all of it as well as our own. Singularly enough all the denuncia tion of Senator Cameron hinges upon bis'vote to drop the force bill and resunio public busi ness. His silver speculation is lost sight of. Naturally enough such a condition of things discredits the assumed virtue of the accusers. Before the effects of one storm have been overcome another is upon us. This is, indeed, a great country for storms. Last year's balance of trade was de cidedly in favor of this country. Exports ex ceeded imports about 35,000,000. But in gold and silver our exports also exceeded our im ports. This year should see a decided flow of money in this direction. There is still the one great lesson of the mine explosion. It i3 not safe to work in an; mine n ith the naked lamp. TnE fall of the building of the art asso ciation at Omaha, which destroyed many val uable painting?, indicates a necessity for the study of the art of building in that city before any other art treasures are exhibited there. When the ladies undertike to stop the spitting of the spitters there may be a good bit of sputtering. Senator-elect Peeper, it is said, was moved to tears by the shouts which greeted his election. Senator Ingalls, it may be inferred, if not moved to tears, had occasion for some strong language. Why are we proud? An International Press Club has been born here. Long may it live. Cherokee strip boomers are just as numerous and aggressive as if the people who rushed into Oklahoma were not in dire distress. Boomers, as a class, never learn wisdom. PROMINENT PEOPLE. Senator Hearst is better, the symptoms of blood poisoning having disappeared. F. A. Munsey, formerly or Maine, has bought the New York Star. Ho will change the name to the Daily Continent, and make other sweep ing alterations. Leonard Jerome's illness in London has taken a sudden turn for the worse. He is totally unable to take solid food, and cannot long re tain liquid nourishment given him. J. R. McKee. of Indianapolis, President Harrison's son-in-law. has formed a business connection with tbe Thomson-Van Depoele Electric Mining Company, and will reside in Boston. Olive Thorke Miller has within the past four months posted from her home in Brook lyn no less than 20,000 printed slips asking the women of New York not to wear birds or their plumage. Baroness Jules Leg on a who died in Paris recently, aged 49, was a musician of remarkable talent, a handsome woman, and the wife of a well-known Bonapartist leader. She composed several important works, one of which, a lyrical drama called "Joel," is soon to be sung at the Opera Comique. John D. Rockefeller, the Standard Oil king, is of Pennsylvania Dutch descent, and his face shows the heavy lines and prominent nose that are characteristic of that ancestry. He is a quiet, retiring man. wholly unassuming in dress and manner, and always speaks in low, well-modulated tones. His home life is noted for its simplicity. Queen Victoria has, just presented a mag nificent elephant to the Emperor of Morocco. The animal was purchased in India expressly for the purpose, and was brought from Calcutta in a P. & O. steamer to Gibraltar, where it was conveyed in H. M. S. Pheaton to Mazagan, on its wav to Fez. The elephant was splendidly caparisoned, and mounted with a sumptuous hondab. Vinnie Ream Hoxie, tho sculptress, is a very little woman, who has been compared to "a plump, brown sparrow fluttering in the sun light." She is quite short in stature, and her hands are lnlinitely small and delicate. Her face is brown, ber eyes dark and vigorous, and her wide forehead is almost covered with a few bangs. She is an emotional little creature, with an alternate tear and smile in her eyes. TnE sudden manner in which Dr. Schlie mann fell in love wih his second wife recalls the story of Henry Fawcett, England's blind Postmaster General. He had been talking at a public meeting when the news of Lincoln's death was received and announced. There upon Miss Garrett (afterward Mr. Fawcett), much moved.cxclaiined: "Better every crowned bead in Europe had fallen than the world de prived of that one man." Mr. Fawcett thought at once, "Those are my principles, and that is the woman I would like for a companion through life," aud their marriage soon fol lowed. Speak Up, States, Not All at Once. Detroit Free Press. Tbe intimation is made or is it a threat? that Ingalls will leave Kansas if he is not chosen to tbe Senate, and will try bis fortunes in some other State. Kansas, no doubt, would be resigned, for its failure to elect him would signify that it has no further use for him. But bow about tho other States? Is there any State anxious to secure Ingalls and give him a J-jena-torship? If there is it is maintaining a pro found silence. DEATHS OP A DAY. Mrs. Eunice Beers, Centenarian. Omiua, Jan. ;. Mrs. Eunice Beers is dead. She was 101 years old and well connected, being a daughter of New York's millionaire hakcr, the late Cyrus Strong, and closely related to ex Presldent Haves. In the early history or the Ter rltorv of Nebraska eh Was influential in pre venting a number of Indian massacres.! Ex-Governor George A. Crawford. Grand Jckction. Col., Jan. 29. Ex-Governor GeorceA. Crawford, or Kansas. dltd here to-day of hemorrhage ol the lungs, llcwaa the founder or tills city. Nathan Klcliardgon. FPZCtAL TXLZOKAH TO THE DlSPATCnl Newark. O., Jan. M. Nathan Richardson, pioneer ofthlsconntv, died at his home'at Hebron to-day from heart disease. Be was 7$ years of ge. , ' . SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON. To the man up a tree, it looks as if politi cians who aspire to greatness will havo to go West. Familiarity breeds contempt for tbe inan imate as well as the animate. The natives of Egypt will not burn their feet on the sands, or tire their limbs to climb tbe Pyramids. The Swiss will not risk his neck on tbe narrowpatbs leading up to tbe everlasting snows abovo bim. The Parisian will not exchange a comforta ble seat in tbe cafo for tbe tiresome tour of tbe Louvre. The Kcntuckian will not bend double and scrape bis sides in the narrow passages leading up to the magnificent chambers and sparkling stalactites of the Mammoth Cave. The Northwestern New Yorker keeps away from the thunderingand eternal roar of splendid Niagara. Those within a stone's throw ot tbo mighty sea never inquire about what tbo wild waves are saying. The beauties of tbe pict uresque lake pale on tbe more picturesque dweller on its edge. The isle-dotted bay has no attractions for its near neighbors. The singer under tho blue skies will sing of the clouds he never saw. Tho dreamer among the flowers will ramblo where bud ne'er burst. The pain, ter on the hill will put the valley in bis canvas, and so on through the odd gamut of life and scene. So it Is there, so it is here. Hayeyou ever seen the fountains which play golden grease? Have you watched the rivers of fire splntter onward to the crunching and cold jaws of the giant who is docile as a child un der tho touch of the strong fingers of toil-tattooed men? Have you seen the blowers and the stampers toy with the red glass and fashion it into wonderful forms? Have you entered the pit mouth and wandered through the chambers where death grins while men sweat? Have you tramped your own hills, walked through your own fields, plucked your own flowers, painted your own scenes? Some of you, but not so vers1, very many have, of course. Hence many, very, very many, have not. But you should. Don'tcontinue to be satis fied with the noise and the smoke, tbe sparks from tho stacks and the soot in the clouds, but look in where tho fires burn, the wheels whirr, the red rivers run where Toil wrests gold from the bard lumps, diamonds from the sands, pearls from the clay, happiness, content and bread from the grime and tho grit. What strangers travel far for you cannot afford to ignore. Always Quits a Winner. The wires may break and the poles may fall, The tickers be jerky and lame; t . But Jay Gould winks bis weather eye, Elevates tolls to an altitude bigb. And gets there just the same. The happiest hours of a woman's lifo should be when she takes her costumo apart and gets a chanco to breathe tbo free air ot heaven. One of the Alliance statesmen has turned out to be a wolf in sheep's clothing. Politics always did and always will make strange bed fellows. The women who have caught the monu mental fad would make a hit by putting up statues to the inventors of tbe sewing and tho washing machines, IN 1834 there were no telegraphs in America. Thanks to overhead wires and blizzards history is repeating itself. It is now tbe silvery West, not the woolly West. Whenever you win anything remember that somebody has lost something. Why are consumptives like raw oarsmen? Because they require Kocbin. All who go to Monte Carlo are sure to have a Nice time. A colored postal clerk is undoubtedly a blackmailer. The good actor can never afford to quit busi ness. Don Cameron played pool, but tho other fellows are scoring his game. (Congress seemingly has no business to be in session. Life is but a span, but if you drive it too fast you will founder it. The fresh legislator does tbe talking, but the boys and the bosses get there just the same. There be tricks in all trades, but tricky tradesmen are their own worst customers. The blind can see tbo road beyond the grave as plainly as the keen-eyed. Over indulgence will spoil a child as well as a liver and a good temper. Like the Bill, 'Twas Long. Mary had a, little sacque. It fit like skin on eel. And when you looked at Mary's back You fully realized why Uncle Sam and John Bull went to law on account of the am. phibious little animal called seal. Some statesmen's visible means of support comes to tbe surface when they support a measure. How would Don Cameron's profile look on the dollars to be minted under that silver bill? Africa is a coming event, and, thanks to tbe rear guard, it cast its shadows before. Black is a sign of mourning, but not neces sarily of sorrow. Indians who can drink agency whisky need have no fears concerning their ability to wrestle with a Pittsburg toby. When tbe flying machines fly we can go above tbe clouds to get out of tbe wet. There is this consolation: If all the law making bodies are composed of farmers they will aajouru at secu. uuiu auu iiarvest. A miner clothed in his right mind should not carry a nased lamp. The Indians will get to Washington ju3t in time to see Congress and Harrison on the war path. Sealing whacks would be plentiful if Uncle Sam and John Bull violently quarrel over the Bering Sea dispute. Ho Fooled Her. Tbe maiden thought she'd injure me, By saying mine sho'd never be. She did not Injurs me at all. But only missed a splendid ball. The slovenly woman seldom has fits. A crown of sweat on tye brow of the toiler sparkles more brilliantly and sits lighter than tbe diamond-studded bauble on tbe head of a king. It depends on where wo are buried whether we turn to dust or not. A good many stone images are being found in limestone soil. ' The arrow or scandal will not penetrate tho armor of character. Mine drifts are far more to be feared than snow drifts. Cal. Brice now wishes he had not sold the Nickle Plate. It has declared a dividend for the Vanderbilta. Tourists who visit Pittsburg are delighted with our glass houses, and what they get In glass, too. Why are realistic novelists like buildings? Because tbey have a foundation for their stories. Any sensible man In Bobert Ray Hamilton's position would rather be dead than alive. But Robert wasn't a sensible man. It's not the caper sauce that causes tbe an tics after the banquet. Indeed it isn't. Sailors are all tarred with the same stick. If you eat onions you will have no trouble finding strong words to express your feelings. It would be the height of folly for blind folk to go tosea. Willte Winkle. A NIGHT OF BANQUETS, Knights Templar Brllllaptly Entertain Their Friends at the Monongahela Houses Newspaper Women Dined at the Du qtiesiie Clnb The Social Happi-nlngs of a Day. The reception and banquot tendered to visit ing Knights and their ladles by Pittsburg Com mandery No. 1, Knights Templar, in the Monon gahela House, last night, was a brilliant affair, and one of the largest gatherings of a social description perhaps ever held in tbe city. The entire second floor of tbo hotel was given over to the occasion, and the hand of tbe floris traustormed tho rooms into so many bowers, whete beauty reigned and gallant knights paid fealty at tbe feet of lovely woman. The banquet was spread in the ordinary dining room, and served between 10 and 1 o'clock, plates beinglaid for 1,500 persons. Tho menu was very choice, and the catering admir ably performed. Invitations were extended to 3.500 Knights, and as each was privileged to escort two ladies which a very largo proportion did the com pany must havo numbered about 4,000. Tho cards wore gotten up with mnch taste, tbe front and back being a fac simile of the new street banner of the coramanuery. Between the covers are the names of the com mitteemen, as follows: Arrangements, Emi nent Commander, James B. Youngson; Geaer ajissimo, David H. Torrence; Captain General, Fager J. Sbidle; Sir Knights Herman Junker, Joseph G. Morris, Samuel J. Jloffit. Harry V. Dunlap, J. Howard Speer. Reception Com mittee, R. E., Sir C. W. Batchelor; E., Sirs Graff, Scott, Neeld, Estep, Watt, Lytle, Mere dith, Murdock, Arnold, Carson, Cooper. Lind say. Douglass, Hudson, Fltzsimmons, McKain, Felker, Wright and McKean. Ladies' Recep tion Committee. Misses Clara Arnholt, Ella 11. Youngson, Frances M. Speer, Mag gie Barrows, Emma E. Junker, Slol lio McKean, Aggio McKean, Edith Harper, Eliza M. Bailev. Lidie L. Brickell. Cora E. McCallin, Susie Kell v. Floor Commit teeSir Knights Georgo F." McDonald, Oscar C. Ganter. Richard Barrows, William T. Belter, Robert A. JIcKean. Robert Lockhart, Frank Shallenbcrger, David M. Kinzer, John P. Mc Cleary, Albert Reisfar. John Craig, Albert G. Breitweiser. Thomas D. Graham, William M. Bell, Robert A. McDonald, Harvey H. Smith. L. Reese Lindsay, William J. Diehl, Robert B. Phillips. Jr., William A. Stewart, John E. Haines. James AV. Shidle. Henry D. Scully, Harry T. Rowley, Henry T. Brodie. At 10 o'clock a very enjoyable concert was given in parlor C, the Toerge Orchestra tur nisbing the instrnmental, while Dr. W. T. English and well-known amateurs rendered the vocal music. Dancing was kept up till an early hour in the large banqnetiug hall, and al together the affair was a great success and worthy of tho commandery. KEWSPAPES WOMEN BANQTJE1ED. An Elegant Affair at tho Duquesne Club house Last Evening. Tho banquet tendered the lady delegates of tbe Press Club Convention at the Duquesne Clubhouse last evening was one or the most notable and elegant affairs in tho social annals of the city. Upon arrival at the clubhouse the guests were ushered to a dressing room where carriage wraps and bonnets were removed, and then, in the lull beauty of lovely evening toilets, tbey entered the handsome gold and white banqueting room, with Mrs. C. I. Wade leading the line. The table, a glit tering mass of cut glass and silver. was an enchanting sight with its decorations of maiden hair ferns and the corsage bouquets of roses that were laid besido each cover. The menu, engraved upon handsome souvenir cards, consisted of oysters consomme, boiled salmon hollandaise, sweet breads, peas, lamb chops a la maintenan, Paris ian potatoes, Brussels sprouts, Roman punch, roast quail, celery salad.truitices, fromage and coffee. During the feast wit and mirth with happy repartee prevailed. With the serving of the coffee letters were read by Miss Clara Reese from Miss Kate Field. Jennie June, Mrs. John A. Logan and Alice W. Brotherton, delegates unable to be present. Mrs. Wade, the Chair man, then introduced tho ladies, who responded to toasts as follows: Mrs. fiierce. "Woman's Press Clubs;" Mrs. Gutellus. "Our Sister hood;" Mrs. Peeke. "The Press and Woman;" Miss Reese, "Our Editors in Chief;" Miss Kel logg, "The White Squaw:" Miss Gorton. "The Fair Guard," and Mrs. Wade, "The Beloved Brethren." It was near midnight when the company dispersed, after farewells bad been exchanged. Those present wore: Mrs. Blerce, Mrs. Peeke, Miss Gorton. Miss Kellogg, Mrs. I. E. Wade, Mrs. Charles I. Wade, Mrs. E. M. O'Neill. Mrs. A. W. Rook, Mrs. W. A. Magee. Mrs. Joseph Nevin, Mrs. Theodore Nevin, Miss Adelaide Nevin, Miss Keenan, Miss Marion Crawford Gallagher, Mrs. H. B. Birch, Mrs. George Welihons, Mrs. W. C. Connolly. Mrs. J. C. Bergstresser, Mrs. Joseph D. Weeks, Mrs. Percy F. Smith, Mrs. W. H. Gntelius, Mrs. Andrew S. McSwigan. Miss Cara Reese, Miss Carrie Wetherell, Miss Virgmie Hyde, Mrs. Kathleen Hussey Watson, Miss Bell McElheny, Miss Clara Walmer, Miss Janey Coard, Miss Katie Evans and Mrs. W. H. Siviter. HONOES FOB HAED W0BK Won by the Pupils of the School of Design and Worn Yesterday. Miss Mary Watson was awarded the gradu ate gold medal at tbe annual School of Design contest, which took place yesterday. Tbe picture with which the young lady gained the approval of tho judces was an exquisite stndy in oil of purple grapes, arrarged with artistic carelessness. Miss Laura Jahn was awarded tbe silver medal, in tho same class, for a study of Turkish drapery, The other competitors were Mis3 Bessie Young, whose picture, "Finis," was a suggestive collection of love let ters; MiS3 Cette Dougherty, whose knowledge of bachelorism was depicted by an arrangement or cigars, meerschaum pipe, cuffs, collars and other attributes, in a striking ly natutal arrangement, and Miss Jean Maple who, in a "Symphony" picture, portrayed a handsomely carved chair with a drape thrown over the back and a guitar placed upon the seat. In the water color depattment Miss Bessie Young captured the silver medal with a classic representation of a skull entwined with honey suckles. The other competitors were Misses Elsie Graff, Bertha Gill, Laura Dummett and Miss East, who received honorable mention. In the crayon department Miss Bessie Riggs re ceived tbe bronza medal for a crayon ornament picture, and Miss Lilia Uctzel received honor able mention. In full-length crayon Miss Sallie Keenan captured the bronze medal and Miss Mary Boyd received honorable mention. Miss Frank McCreary was awarded the gold medal for a bead in black and white and Miss Josie Hoodwell and Miss Bakeweli received honorable mention. Tho exhibit will be thrown open to the public next Tuesday and the invitation reception will be given Mon day evening. The judges wore Messrs. Wood well, Wall. Beatty, Stevenson, Walkley, Johns, Hetzel and Lowman, together with the Board of Directors of tho school. THE LADIES' LEAGUE LUNCHEON. A Menu That Would Tempt Even a Dyspep tic's Appetite. Oysters, turkey, ham. tongue, pickles, olives, celery, rolls, butter, salad, jellies, coffee, milk, cream and pastry formed the menu that the Ladies' League of St. Peter's Church served yesterday, at its annual luncheon. The ladies were assisted by the King's Daughters of the cburcb, whoso motto Is "Lend a Hand." Tbey furnished and presided over one table, and with all due respect to the ladles of the League it was the prettiest table in tho room. Its dec orations wero of roses and a pretty pink tinge prevaded tbe entire service, cast by the rose colored tumblers placed at each cover. A similar menu will be served to-day,between noon and 2 o'clock. REVOLUTION IN THE AIR. The Object of the Ladles' Health Protec tive Association. A Ladies' Health Protective Association was formed yesterday at a meeting held at the par lor of tho Mercantile Library. The object is to prevent public expectorating, now so prevalent in cars and on tho streets, thereby insuring the more perfect health of tbe community at large as eminent physicians are authority for the statement that disease is spread largely by the disagreeable habit. Alter that object is accomplished, by petitioning corporations and publicofflcials, the ladies will revolutionize the street, and oran"e and banana skins will take their departure, "a number of society ladies are interesting them selves in tbe project. TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNIVEBSAET. Coroner's Clerk Grant Miller Gives a Charming Birthday Party. A pleasant affair took place last evening at the residence ot H. Grant Miller, Coroner's Clerk, No. 24 Federal street. The occasion was ti,A ralebration of Mr. Miller's 2ftth hlrthrfi a large number of his friends were present and t),a rrnnd feelincr exlstinrr. aided hv a. nnnn,A..a repist and music from tbe Montooth Band maue tuo um juviai one. Tho host was in receipt of many wishes for a future that would contain a long list of similar anniversaries. An Interesting Lecture on the Sun, Prof. Young, known to tbe scientific world by his researches in astronomy, and also as Di rector of Halstead's Observatory at Princeton, N. J lectured last evening at Carnegie Hall, under the auspices of tbe Academy of Science and Art. His subject was "The Sun." and in a scientific and Interesting manner, tbe professor treated its distance, size, light, beat, telescopic features and spots. He also gave a spectro scopic analysis of the sun, the chromosphere and prominences, tbe corona and phenomena of solar eclipses. Lantern slides were used with good effect in illustrating. Notable Sonthside Nuptials. A notable wedding yesterday afternoon was that of Miss Estella Andrews and Charles J. Farraf, that took place at the bride's home on Twenty-third street, Bouthside. The ceremony was performed by Kev. F. R. Farrand. of the Southsido Presbyterian Cburcb, in the presence of a few guestK. Tbe bride is a niece of Judge Ewing, and tbe groom is a son of Prof. Farrar, of Allegheny. Tbe newlv-raarried couple took an evening train for tbe East. A Green and Whlto Luncheon. Mrs. Fitzhugb, the bride an honored guest at so many social affairs was such again yes terday at the midday luncheon given by Mrs, J. S. Brown, of Stockton avenue. Allegheny. It was a green-and-white luncheon, maiden hair ferns and white roses forming the decorations, and the pretty contrast belnc still further car ried out by the damask covering of the table and the delicate tinted table service. About SO guests were present. A Qniot Home Wedding. Miss Julia Gill.daughter of A. J. Gill.of Arch street, became tbe bride, at 8 o'clock last even ing, of R. H. Craine, of Sharpsburg. It was a borne wedding and was witnessed only by rela tives of the families. Rev. Mr! Richardson, of the Christian Cbu'ch, officiated. The young couple dispensed with a wedding trip, and de parted immediately for tho previously pre pared home nest at Sharpsburg. Whlto Lilacs at an Afternoon Tea. Mrs. Joseph Albree's charming 4 o'clock tea yesterday afternoon was one of tbe most fra grant, picturesque and enjoyable small social affairs of the season. The table and dining room were just sufficiently adorned with white lilacs to make the perfume entrancing and not too pronounced, and the menu was delicious. Social Chatter. Luncheon to-day at Christ M. E. Church. Concert to-night at the Pennsylvania College. Miss Wixkins, of Western avenue, receives this afternoon. The Pierse-BIamphin concert to-night, with F. Milton Hunter, at Old City Hall. The Allegheny Cotillon Club dance this evening at the Monongahela House. The pretty little play, "School," will be given to-night by the Sewickley Dramatic Club. Emma Louise Parry will lecture this evening in Trinity Lutheran Church, Alle gheny. Miss Bennett, of No. 9 Lincoln avenue, gave a 5 o'clock dinner yesterday to about 18 guests. Mrs. Joseph McCance gave a dinner party yesterday at her home on Church avenue, Allegheny. The Allegheny Art Musical was held last evening, at the residence of Mrs. Mary Scott, Allegheny. Good Will Council of Chosen Friends celebrated its anniversary last evening at Ma sonic Hall, Allegheny. Mrs. AV. G. Park was hostess last evening to a Kendal theater party, preceded by a dinner at the Duquesne Club. Mrs. William Scott gave a charming little dinner last evening at the Duquesne Club, followed by a theater party at the Bijou. MlS3 SoUTn entertained friends last even ing, with a dancing narty at the Slack-Davis parlors. Refreshments wero served by Ken nedy. Cornelia and Willie McKnlght, of Beach street, Allegheny, gave a party last evening in honor of Katharine Maliu, a young cousin from Philadelphia. TnE third annual select party ofthe Waukina Council, No. 7, Daughters of Pocahontas, was held at Turner Hall, Jane street, Southside, last evening. There were about 150 couples present. Invitations aro out for the annual recep tion and lantern waltz march of Adarlene Cir cle, at Patterson's Hall, Butler street, Friday evening, February 6. The officers of tho circle are George Dougherty, President; D. D. Col lins. Secretary; G.H. Ross, Treasurer, and they with others, form the committee. A SCEAP OF PAPER, Mr. and Mrs. Kendal's Delightful Comedy Performance at the Bijou. Mr. and Mrs. Kendal kept a full house ad mirably entertained at the Bijou last evenine in their delightful comedy, "A Scrap of Pa per." This drama was pretty well known to tho theatergoers of the East a few years ago; but has not, we believe, ever been performed in Pittsburg before last night. Our lovers of the lighter class of drama are fortunate in seeing the play presented by actors of such high talent as Mr. and Mrs. Kendal and their sup porting company. if we mistake not, the drama in its original form was given the emotional features that ranked it among tho now almost disused class of society plays. But the version rendered by the Kendals relies wisely on laughter as the keynote of the action, and makes tbe play a comedy of high character and most amusing complications. In that form the play presents a delightful entertainment, and its enjoyment by tbe audience was attested no less by the constant laughter that punctuated tbe action of the play than by the recalls at tbe end of every act. In developing the laughable situations or the play. Mrs. Kendal's striking characterization of the original Susan Hartley, who plunges into the deepest complications to rescue her friend from the consequences of an old love affair and finds herself caught iu a love affair of ber own. was one of the distinctive features of the play. Ihe whole part was marked by freshness and force; but the climax ot it was reached in tho second act. where the heroine driven to her wits' end to shield ber friend, de clares that 'he hero is her lover, which up to that point neither of tbem have had any idea of. On the other hand, while Mr. Kendal's impersonation of Colonel Make showed strong and even acting throughout, it was brought to its highest stago when this avowal is repeated to him by tbe husband, whom he supposes to be speaking of his wife's former love. Both of them were performances In the lino of bigb comedy such as are rarely equaled on tne modern stage and never i-xcelled. Tbtf acting of both Mr. and Mrs. Kendal in this drama will be a pleasant memory to Pittsburg theater goers for a long time. The subordinate parts in the play were all given with the completeness that forms tbe strong feature of the Kendal Company. "A Scrap of Paper" will be repeated to-night and at to-morrow's matinee. Saturday niche. "Tha Queen's Shilling." ' A GREAT CHANGE. From Desiring Government Assistance in Finance People Fear It. New York Times. I During the past three months a change has taken place in public sentiment, especially in business circles, tbat is essentially tho must striking feature of our financial his tory during the last quarter of a cen tury, and yot it has been only cur sorily remarked upon. The change has been more definite and more easily traced in the great money centers of the; Atlantic coast,espe cially In New York, but it has by no means been confined to tbese; there are evidences of its occurrence all over the country, and in re gions where it was least to be looked for. Briefly, the chanee is this, that business men, from having desired Government intervention In their affairs, have come to fear it; from seek ing "relief" from the Treasury, from tbe mints, from Congress, tbey are now holding a largo proportion of their plans and enterprises in suspense, lest Congress may by its action npset all their calculations. Only last Sep tember the country .rang with ap peals to tho Secretary of tbe Treasury for help in averting the stringency In tho money market, the first symptoms of which were showing themselves. The Secrotary strained every resource to respond to these appeals, and before the meeting of Congress 100,000,000 had been poured from the Government vaults Into tho "money market." Apparently it was ab sorbed like a summer shower on sandy soil, and absolutely no effects were to be seen from it certainly none of the effects that were ex pected. Kansas Farmers' Long Memory. Kansas City Star. This is magnificent weather for "the blankety blanked agricultural sons of gnns," or words to that effect, as Mr. Ingalls remarked while riding into the country some years ago. t LIQUOR LICENSE FEES, Various Amendments to Grade Them De featedA BUI to Itegnlate Detective Appointments Physical Culture in Schools Discussing the Pipe Line BUL FROM A STAFF COBHESrOSDKNT.3 Harrisburo. Jan. 29. The temper '.ol this Legislature thus far seems to be against any reduction in liquor license fees. In the Senate to-day, while on second reading, tne bill provid ing tbat tbe liquor license fees shall be paid into tbe treasuries of tbe cities, boroughs and townsblps, was discussed for half an hour. Senator Gobin's amendment tbat tbo fees in townships be applied to keeping the roads in good repair was adopted. An amendment was proposed by Senator Green to reduce the license fees in third class cities to 300. Senator Smith said be didn't think It was possible for a man engaged in tbo business of selling liquor to pay too much for the privilege. He would make the fee S2.000 if he could. Tbe amend ment was defeated. Senator Gobin then wanted to amend to make tbe license fee in first and second-clas3 cities 51,000, and SoOOin cities of the third class. This was opposed by several Senators, because tbey believed that an increase would jeopardize the passage of the bill; they didn't think this was tho time to equalize the licenses. Senator Gobin held that tbe bill under con sideration fixed the fees, and be insisted that the licenses ought to be graded at this time. There was danger in depending upou subse quent legislation to effect this result. Senator Gobin's second amendment was finally de feated, and tbe bill as amended in tbe first instance was passed. A Bill to Itegnlate Detectives. A bill which comes from tbe Department of Public Safety in Pittsburg was introduced in tho House to-day by Mr. Culbertson. It changes tbe method of appointing detectives. According to tbe present method a detective chosen by the courts may appoint bis assistant detectives. This bill requires them all to be appointed by a law judge. 1 he bill for two ad ditional law judges in the Allegheny county courts and tbe bill for an entire new court in Allegheny county, to bo known as Common PIea No. 2. will both be reported favorably to the House by tbe Judiciary Committee. Tbe conspiracy bill, by Mr. Kearns, of Alle gheny county, has been negatived. Mr. Rynd, of Allegheny, .has received an avalanche of letters protesting against the Allegheny county transition act. One of these protest ants says it smacks of consolidation. The bill, therefore, is not being pushed at present, and remains on the calendar. Physical Cnltnre in Schools. A bill to be reported favorably to tbe House in the morning by the Educational Committee requires pbjsical culture to be added to the course of study in all public schools of the cities in the State, and to all educational institutions receiving State aid. It will not relate to conn try schools, where the sessions are short and plenty of outdoor room affords opportunity for exercise. The idea or the father of the bill, Mr. Fltckinger, of Erie, is to provido some ex ercise for pupils in the overcrowded schools of .Pittsburg, Philadelphia and other cities. It makes it compulsory, and specifies calisthenics, leaving the way open for other forms of physical culture also. About a dozen bills requiring the State to furnish school children with text books have been referred to tbe special committee of five which is investigating the charge that there is a combination among American book pub lishers to put np tho prices of text books. The Investigation of Banks. Represenative Marshall, of Pittsburg, has beeu chosen Secretary of the Legislative com mission to investigate private and incorporated banks In tho State. Senator Robinson is the Chairman. Ihe committee to-day decided to meet in Philadelphia Satnrday evening to take testimony there. It will probably go to Pitts burg the next Saturday. Still another bill on this subject was intro duced to-day. It conies from Senator Thomp son, of Daunhin. and directs the Auditor Gen eral to examine into the condition of every in corporated bank, banking association, institu tion, savings bank and persons or partnerships doing business as private bankers. Considering the Pipe Line Bill. The Burdick oil bill came up for considera tion in tbe House Committee on Corporations this evening. Mr. Burdick himself appeared before the committee, and said: "We want this bill passed to relieve tbe oil producers. We do not want tbe pipe lines to produce millionaires while the producers are only able to make a bare living. The principal object of tbe bill is to compel a pipe line to deliver oil where the producers stipulate. As it Is now producers must sign a contract with tbe National Transit Company giving tbat corporation tbe option to name where tbe oil may be delivered. If a pro ducer buys Iona oil lor 10 cents be will be sure, under the act, that be is getting Iona and not some inferior grade of oil. Still another object would be attained by this bill in establishing some relation between charges and of service. It fixes 7 cents as the cost for the first 50-miles plpeage." Mr. Burdick then cited the contract of tbe Tidewater Pipe Lines with the National Transit Company, to sLow tbat 5 cents is the actual cost of plpeage. He said tbe effect of this hill would be to create new buyers for oil outside or the National Transit, and thus seenre com petition to the trade. A similar bill has gone into force in West Virginia, and none ot the corporations there nave gone out of business. Tbo Legislative Committee of the Knights of Labor also appeared before the committee. Its spokesman. Mr. Butler, of Warren, urged tbe justice of the measure. After the Vacant Judgeship. Senator Sbowalter, of Butler county. Is se curing names to a petition asking tbe President to appoint ex-Senator Greer, of Butler, to the District Judgeship vacated by Judge Achesou in Fittsbnrg. It has leaked out that the visit of Senators Woods and Williamson to Presi dent Harrison, when be snubbed them, was in the Interests of William Woods, Esq., of Hunt ingdon, for the vacant Pittsburg judgeship. Eight-Hour Bills Popular. Tbe eight-hour movement is popular. Tbe bill making that a legal day's work for public employes in cities, towns and boroughs, and on all public works, will be favorably reported in the morning. The Committee on Labor and Industries amended It to include women. The eight-hour law introduced by Marshall, of Pittsburg, also comes out with a favorable recommendation. Sonator Neeb's eight-hour law was recommitted after being negatived. SWIFT CHARITY. That Is the Need of the Hour at the Mam moth Mine. Philadelphia Ilecord.l Tbe Diners' occupation is a hazardous one; but the hazard does not prevent thousands of men from engaging in it, nor does it lead to any proportionate increase of wages. The awful calamity in Westmoreland county recalls public attention to the risk of life incurred In mining, and tbe Legislature has appointed a committee to go to tbo scene of disaster with a view to legislative action. This committee can be use ful in finding out the condition of survivors, and estimating tbe necessity of State aid; but unless It can call to its aid engineering and mining experts it will not be able properly to deal with tbe larger question of prevention for the future or responsibility for the past. In tbe meantime, it can hardly be doubted that swift charity the help following close after the hurt will do more than anything else to assuage tbe suffering of bereaved widows and fatherless children. HJGALIS AKD PEITEB. New Measures Wanted and New Men Elected to Get Them. Philadelphia Times. Ingalls' defeat is a loss in so far as It takes from tbe Senate a man of more than usual in dividuality and ot great capacity, who ought to have been anseful Senator. But he would not learn that tbe war was over and tbat tbe blatant partisan could no longer pass for a statesman. He was offen sive In his partisanship, and, stooping to the lowest devices of the demagogue, he exhausted the patience of tbe people who once admired him. His State has repudiated him, and tbe general verdict will be that it served him right. Peffer will probably not be a great ornament to tbo Senate, but at least he will serve to em phasize tbe fact that the country demands new measures, and, if necessary to obtain them, will take new men and let the old sink into ob scurity. . What the Traffic Will Bear. Helena (Mon.) Journal. The United States of Nortn America cer tainly ought to be able to stand a few little Indian wars and legislative fights every year if tbe Republics of Bonth America can attend to a new revolution every week. Still these evils are weakening. CUM0OS CONDENSATIONS. Strawberries sell for 53 50 a quart in the Boston market. John Woodbeck, 101 years old, died at Pewamo, Mich., Monday. A Leslie, Mich., woman has a geranium four feet and one inch high. W. A. Kent, living near Res, Mich., has a 6-year-old son who weighs 92 pounds. For rapid pronunciation: An anony mous Ananias i3 an anomaly and an ancbron ism. The proprietor of a Philadelphia cigar store has posted a sign In bis place forbidding smoking. The underground system of telegraphs of tbe German Empire has a total length of 3,600 miles. The Chinese have no straight streets or walls, because tbey believe the devil travels in a stralgbt line. A cluster of fine ferns frozen in the heart of a block of ice decked a Philadelphia dining table lately. An octogenarian, who lives six miles west of Moberly, Mo., was baptized the other day by his grandson. The people of Mexico have taken to drinking beer. Breweries are springing up In every city of importance. The soreness can be extracted from a ragged wound or puncture by holding it over a quantity of burning sugar. The printing press which Voltaire set upinFernay to demolish Christianity, is now used to print Bibles in Geneva. A carload of maple sugar was received at St. Joseph, Mo., the other day from Canada. It contained 20,419 pounds, and was valued at 1,480 45. The new Archbishop of York, Dr. Magee, formerly Bishop of Peterboro. Is the first Irishman who has ever become Primate of England. Statistics show that about 13 per cent of all railway accidents in tbe United States aris ing from derailments are caused by defective frogs and switches. An English company is working a sil ver mine in Bolivia which yields more than 360 ounces to tha ton, while specimens of almost pure silver are met with. It costs 5 cents to swear in a certain Grand Rapids factory, and the box which con tains the lines and which is now nearly full is soon to bo sent to tbe heathen. In 10 cities of Virginia the negroes own property worth g3.324.512. the greater part of which is in real estate. In Richmond their possessions amount to 1820,135. During the 49 years of his life the Prince of Wales has drawn 516,500,000 from tbe public treasury of Great Britain, and his debts, t U said, now amount to about 8,000,000. Little Matilda Oreicb, the Detroit girl whose scalp was entirely torn from her head last fall, is now able to walk out on fine days. The process of skin grafting is going success fully on. The press and land owners of Portugal are becoming alarmed at tho dearth of culti vators, and demand tbat tbe Government shall put a stop to emigration, as husbandry is suf fering. A nursery for the raising of skunks has been established at Homer. Mich. Phew! A rabbit hatchery is also in f nil blast at tbe same place, but tbat isn't quite so bad. Their skins are wanted. The official Russian bulletins now be ing issued assert that the number of German colonists within the empire have become dan gerous. In ono province they form 16 par cent of the population. The largest olive oil factory in tbe world will soon be built at Los Guilicos, in Sonoma county, CaL The plant will costS25o,000. The company has 60 acresof six-year-old trees and is planting 700 more. In counting his small change the other day. a Michigan man found tbe most valuable 5-cent piece extant. The jarnng on the table caused tho piece of money to split in two and from the center rolled a gold dollar. A Southern farmer has produced from cotton stalks a fabric suitable for bagging, which may rival jute. The problem which tbe inventor snccessiully solved was how to sepa rate cheaply the material from the woody fiber. Rruce Douglas, aged 26 years, who claimed to be a nephew and heir of Robert Percy Douglas, sixth Earl of tbat name, died recently at the County Hospital in Sau Fran cisco as a result of dissipation and pneumonia. A curious scarfpio-worn by a Nashville man is a petrified human eye set in a gold frame. The present owner of this singular ornament fouud it in Peru while he was on an exploring tour in the land of thelncas with a party of scientists. Of Cardinal Simor's immense fortune, one-third is bequeathed to tbe canons of Grau, one-third to the Cardinal's sister, and one-third to the poor. All cash found In the coffers of the episcopate is left to the Pope, amounting to probably S 1.000, (WO. A man was recently sent to prison in New r ork City because he cauld not furnish S500 bond to keep the peace. Astnere was no one to furnish it for blin this was practical im prisonment for 11 ie, so after a couple of months the mau was called np aud discharged. It is authoritatively stated that the electrical underground railway in London has proved that a speed of 24 miles an hour is prac ticable. There are bills before tbe House of Commons from many other British cities for rapid transit railways on the same plan. It hag been calculated that' the electro motive force of a bolt of lightning is about 3,500,000 volts, the current about 14,000.000 amperes and the time to be one-twenty thousandth part of a second. In such a bolt there is an energy of 2.450,000,000 watts, or 3,284,182-h.p. Experiments were made last week in Lake Cdmo with a submarine cannon. Tbe gun can be lowered to any depth desired ami remain quite invisible when in the water. Its projectilrs may be dicbarged at will with nrost destructive results without the nse of elec tricity. The gun is destined lor tbe defense of ports, bays and gulfs. The sermon delivered by Rev. Thomas K. Beecher, on Sunday, the 11th inst., at tbe Park Churcb. Elmira, N. Y., on the life of tbe late Mrs. Olivia Langdon. mother or Sirs. Sam uel L. Clemens, was distinctly heard by the latter and her bnsband (Mark Twain), at their home In Hartford, Conn., by means or a long distance telephone. Tbe distance is 450 miles. JUST FOR FUN. Woodby Swell Say, Fwed, I was calling on my best alrl last night, and at half after 10 her pa came into tbe parlor and turned off tbe gas. What do you suppose the old beszar meant? Fred Oldun Why, light out, or course. Jwtge. "Your quiet, easy indifference," said Mrs. Walkinzbeam to her spouse, "aggravates me to such a degree that 1 am hair dead with anger." "Ah, my dear," replied Mr. W-, "let me give you a pointer about tbat." "What Is it?" snapped Mrs. W. "No one should ever do things by halves. " Texas Sifttngi. Mamma (coaxingly) Come, Bobby, take your medicine now, and then Jump Into bed. Bobby I do not want to take my m calcine, ma. Father (who knows how to (tovern children) Robert. If you don't tale your medicine at once youwillbcputto bed without taking it at all. Bobby takes It promptly.-CAirasr" Sexes. Mr. Coenties (to visiting friend) That gentleman yonder is one ol our most prominent society leaders. Mr. Dearborn Indeed-and what Is bis society for the prevention on-Fuck. Listening to a sermon by telephone) has one objection. Tbe "chip Into" tha contribution box passed by tbe telephone company Is not op tional, and buttons do not "go." Minneapolis Journal A Japanese author, bv the name of Kiyf te Bakln. has just completed a novel In 1SS volumes. The coyotes that howl on the plains from aewj eve till early morn must slink Into their caves or gloom before the performance of their Japanese namesake. &. 1'au.l Pioneer-Press. A colored politician of Nebraska City has joined a minstrel show. His talents would have admirably fitted him for the Legislature. Omaha World-Herald. "I suppose," observed the exchange edi tor, with a withering look at tbe financial editor's new cross-barred coat, "you thought that gar ment would be appropriate for your department because It's In checks.' 0 "No, sir," retorted the financial editor, scorn lolly defiant. "1 got It to protect myself from the draughts." CMcago Tribune. 'I understand there is a company in New York that will furnish dudes for escorts, or for use at germans and cotillons, when there 1 a shortage of men." "I've beard of that. I saw one of their slzns the other day in Harlem 'Flats to Let.' "Xarpar's Bazar, : tmuwfrfai&k!ihi
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